Optimising Cab Routes In NYC Using Data

10 Dec 2016 In most of the cab rides I had my conversation with the cab owner tending towards to the ever-so-important question - “How to generate maximum revenue?” Do I drive at night? Where do I start my trip? What do I optimize for – longer rides in a longer time or repeated shorter rides in the same time? How long do I drive? and alike questions. This post tries to solve some of those questions along with bringing out some interesting insights about traffic in NYC. Read more

Is unsupervised learning the way forward ?

17 Sep 2016 Of late, we have heard a lot of talk about unsupervised learning being the way forward. A lot of research at major R&D organisations like Open AI is focussed on unsupervised learning.Why is unsupervised learning so important ? Read more

AI - Beyond Buzzwords & Comparisons To Human Abilities

05 Sep 2016 Any heated argument on AI these days soon ends up in a predictable trajectory - so DeepMind's AlphaGo beats Go champ,Tesla to compete with Uber using AI driven cars, ethical dilemma of driver-less cars and finally - would robots overpower humankind Read more

Why Tinder works? Solving for X in Tinder for X (Part 2/2)

15 Mar 2016 In Part 1, we delved into the user psychology of what makes Tinder such an addictive product and what are its takeaways for your business idea in general... So we ventured out to find what makes or break a Tinder for X model where X could be different industries like recruitment, shopping etc. Read more

So, can coding be a lot easier ?

09 Feb 2016 So most of us have had our share of interactions with developers, in some way or the other.Luckily enough I have now been on both sides - and frankly the experience of creating things from scratch as a developer has been overwhelming. But then not being a 'techie' from Day One has left me pondering with certain things, and in this "Hello World" of LinkedIn Posts, I take up one of them. Read more