Here is a #linkedin success story! (I acted as a trump/catalyst and the benefactor being the one who is featured in the post I am sharing here)! (Not sure how she got connected to me – must be after seeing me write something about Purdue University). Akshitha Kartigueyan wrote to me (just a week or two after we were connected here) around 5 pm on November 28, 2023 enquiring of internship opportunities at our org. As her luck would have it, former director of our team/business unit Rob Denz (now he is the Vice President of the Open Innovation Center at Riverside Research) had just hit the road (from our Ohio Office toward Purdue University) to deliver a lecture at @The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University. Link for the talk (with video) is at CERIAS : Mind the Gap: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Cyber R&D at the Edge - Purdue University https://lnkd.in/gxYRkqrJ I suggested to Akshita that she must attend Dr Denz’s lecture the next day and meet with him after the talk. She did so – even asked a lot of intelligent questions (so I heard) and expressed her desire to work as an intern at our org Riverside Research. As her interests aligned more with #AI/#ml, Dr Denz tied her up with our AI/ML director Bill Casebeer and the rest is history (Akshita must have impressed Bill and co. and was offered an internship to join us in summer 2024). The whole process must have taken just a few weeks! Even though, Akshita and I are colleagues now, we have never met (she is at our Boston office and I am in Ohio). Hopefully, she would join us as a permanent employee some day (after graduating) (like dozens of our interns had sailed that boat). A few points of advice to our followers: do not be shy to reach out to Professionals asking for opportunities. Be a go-getter (here is a young lady who is a good example/role model). #ai #ml #internship #stem #artificialintelligence #machinelearning
Meet Akshitha Kartigueyan—a rising junior, majoring in #ComputerScience and minoring in #Economics at Purdue University. She is one of the #MachineLearning interns at our Lexington, MA, office. By the end of high school, Akshitha knew that she really liked math, public speaking, and debating. She wanted to pursue a field that combined those skillsets, which ultimately led her to computer science. In her free time, Akshitha loves playing badminton and trying new foods and restaurants. So glad to have you interning with us, Akshitha! #WeAreRiversideResearch #TeamRiversideResearch #RiversideResearchInterns #GettingToKnowOurSummerInterns #InternSpotlight
CS @ Purdue University | Prev. ML Intern @ Riverside Research
4moThank you so much, Dr. Arasu! 7 months ago, when I connected with you on LinkedIn, I never would have imagined I'd be here this summer - I am so grateful for the opportunity and excited to learn!