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* Can function sanely in -40 Degree weather, and still keep continuing experimentation.
 
* Can function sanely in -40 Degree weather, and still keep continuing experimentation.
 
* Have crashed IBM Watson : [http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirudhkoul/5575901202/ Proof]  
 
* Have crashed IBM Watson : [http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirudhkoul/5575901202/ Proof]  
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* Have developed 3 Question Answering systems, once personally, then under Dr Eric Nyberg and then Dr Noah Smith.
  
  

Revision as of 14:25, 5 September 2011

Anirudh Koul

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Who am I and Why I am here

Hello there, I am Koul (Pronounced 'Cool') from Canada. I am a Masters students in the Very Large Information Systems program (between LTI & ISR).


Before joining CMU, I worked 4 years with Yahoo as a Research Engineer. I am here to gauge what new technologies can be build by combining NLP and Machine Learning.


Superpowers

  • Can function sanely in -40 Degree weather, and still keep continuing experimentation.
  • Have crashed IBM Watson : Proof
  • Have developed 3 Question Answering systems, once personally, then under Dr Eric Nyberg and then Dr Noah Smith.


Random Notes

  • Once ran a triathlon with a broken toe bone, just to look better than an MTV VJ right behind me, who was being captured on camera all along.
  • Have a photo site with over a million visitors, 2000 sites currently using my Creative Commons licensed photos, including New York Times, Wikipedia, Yahoo Homepages, ABC News, Lifehacker, Consumerist, The Economist, ReadWriteWeb, Ars Technica, etc. Photogallery