With the Roberta Sentence Tokenizer — The Requirement I was recently exploring multiple models for building a cognitive search bot for open-domain question answering. The bot should be capable of returning the appropriate answer to the question posed by the user. Of course, the efficacy of the bot is limited by the content of the training dataset. …

Learning from a practical NLP project — The problem of incident ticket classification is one of huge impact to IT companies. When users raise a ticket, the ticket needs to be directed to the right team as quickly as possible, to ensure speedy resolution. Sending it to the wrong department leads to longer resolution times since it…

An intuitive guide to calculating input shape and complexity of neural networks — While building neural networks, a lot of beginners and non-beginners alike, seem to get caught up in figuring out the input shape that needs to be fed into the neural network. But why should we know the input shape, and why should we feed it? Can’t the Neural Network…

An introduction to Pattern Exploiting Training — The overwhelming world of mammoth language models Ever since the advent of transfer learning in Natural Language Processing, larger and larger models have been presented, in order to make more and more complex language tasks possible. But the more complex the models, the more time and the more amount of data it needs to train. The latest…

An honest review of the Agile Mindset — For the longest time in my work life, I don’t know the Scrum Framework all too well! I was literally given a table-top sketch of the entire scrum framework by my Scrum Master, one month into my first job, for a whopping 15 minutes. And that’s it! …

Being a Product Manager demands you to be a master of all trades! Even though the job description is not standardised across companies, countries or products, one most vital skill expected from a PM of any level of seniority is Stakeholder Management. Unlike other expected skills such as Product Analytics…

How to turn your biggest fears into your greatest advantage! — Introduction I was a fresh Ph.D. grad in 2018. I was looking for a job, and was already feeling like a loser compared to my colleagues who had major publications and glamorous post-doc opportunities. I was despairing over my bleak chances at a career when I received a job offer as…

Busting the common myths I get asked about landing a job in Germany — Ever since I moved to Germany with a job, my friends, relatives and acquaintances on LinkedIn alike, ask me how they can land a job in Germany. Based on over two-dozen conversations, I have seen three major myths emerge regarding getting a job in Germany: Myth 1: You need to know German Nothing could be farther than…

Book Recommendation: The Culture Map — Moving Out of the Comfort Zone It was always my dream to move to Europe. Growing up in India, I always felt like I was a misfit. I was chasing different things. I was dreaming differently. So when I got a job in a huge e-commerce company, I had to take it! The role I was…