My First Publication and My Thoughts on Academia

Few years ago I was someone was not interested in academia, I felt as if people are rehashing the same scientific topic in different ways, or publishing every minute thing just to add up to their pile of publications. I never thought I’d be able to write a publication under 200 words, the very idea of expressing something meaningful in such a short number of words was something that I could not agree with. ...

October 25, 2024 · Rukshan

The Art of Writing Abstracts

I have never been interested in academia and research. I always felt research and academia, or a majority of what people publish is just to fill their profiles with the number of publications. When I think about research, I always think about doing research as something groundbreaking. I remember telling colleagues (and I still do) to read the Page Rank algorithm [link, link 2] publication that formed the backbone of Google search in the beginning. I wanted every research or publication to be something like Page Rank. ...

April 25, 2024 · Rukshan