Category Archives: grad school

Reversing a list in Haskell

Posted on October 23, 2011 by gautshen

Totally bored and jobless over this surprisingly silent weekend, I decided to revisit some of the Haskell programs that I had written when I took the Functional programming course during the previous year. While I was at it, I remembered … Continue reading →

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Quitting my Job and restarting my education

Posted on August 8, 2010 by gautshen

I quit my job as a Linux Kernel Engineer at IBM on July 20th 2010 to enroll for the Integrated Ph.D program in Computer Science at the Chennai Mathematical Institute. I will be working in the area of Theoretical Computer … Continue reading →

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JEST done

Posted on February 21, 2010 by gautshen

I took the JEST-2010 (Joint Entrance Screening Test) today. Institutes such as the Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai, and now apparently even the Chennai Mathematical Institute shortlist candidates for their MSc and PhD programs based on scores of this test. … Continue reading →

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Resume, Webpage and More

Posted on October 4, 2008 by gautshen

I am in the process of applying to universities, like I mentioned in one of my earlier posts. Thus, earlier this week, it suddenly struck me that I didn’t have a Resume. So far I have had to prepare a … Continue reading →

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