Teaching Archives - Alok Govil

The Science of Decision Making

Alok Govil — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:04:13 +0000

Here are photos from a new session I developed and delivered recently at Amazon; attended by about 200 people (online, given the pandemic). The session is still under construction actually; feels perhaps only 5-20% complete. I’ll be continuing to build this. Median feedback rating: 4.8 stars out of 5.0. Most loved it, except one person […]

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Neural Networks at DDU College

Alok Govil — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:12:47 +0000

Here’re a few photos from a session Purav Aggarwal and I took at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College on Neural Networks in February. In the four hour workshop, we introduced the topic to the students (about 60 of them, from 1st/2nd/3rd years, various streams) from scratch. Whereas the professor had asked to explain the industry specifics, we insisted […]

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Computer Vision Basics in Microsoft Excel

Alok Govil — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:59:02 +0000

In this very unique and fun work, we’ll learn Computer Vision from very basics using sample algorithms implemented within Microsoft Excel, using plain-old Excel formulas! We use a surprise trick that helps us demonstrate and visualize algorithms like Face Detection, Convolutional Neuron, etc., within Excel. No external libraries, no scripts, no plugins are used. After […]

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At Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women

Alok Govil — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 10:08:32 +0000

Pleasure to have delivered a lecture at Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences For Women. This is a government-funded college to prepare women for professional and STEM fields. Some 150 students attended, plus around 6-7 professors. 🙂 The professors said I taught an entire syllabus in a few hours. Students too were usually nodding their heads […]

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On Seminar Q&A

Alok Govil — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:25:01 +0000

I recently delivered a session on Patents and Inventions that generated a lot of excitement in the audience. (Am hoping to scale the session to a larger audience.) People asked a lot of questions. Depending on the specifics, questions can indicate both, the audience is unable to understand the concepts, or that they are understanding […]

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