Akshay Dahiya

Hi! My name is Akshay Dahiya. I'm a Grad student at College of Computing, Georgia Tech. I've been programming since the 9th standard and I'm in love with every aspect of it (Even the debugging part :p).

These days, I am

• doing my MS related coursework
• exploring Artificial General Intelligence and ethical dilemmas associated with it
• contributing to hydraecosystem.org
• improving my Data Analysis and Visualization skills (mostly D3.js)
• working on a startup idea (can't share the details yet :p)
• trying to finish UC Berkeley's CS188 in my spare time
• mentoring students for GSoC 2019
• trying to improve my writing skills

• Started MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech
• Finished MIT 6.042 - Mathematics for Computer Science by Tim Leighton

• Left the job at Fidelity International to study full-time
• Started MIT 6.042 - Mathematics for Computer Science
• Got accepted into Georgia Tech's Masters program
• Gave my first talk at Pycon India 2018 on Semantic Web and Hydra
• Served as Organization Admin and Mentor in Google Summer of Code 2018 for Python HYDRA
• Stated working as Graduate Programmer at Fidelity International
• Graduated from college (B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engg.)
• Started mentoring students for Deep Learning and React Nanodegree along with the Full Stack Nanodegree.
• Started learning AI and ML more seriously
• Finished Algorithms specialization (2 courses) by Tim Roughgarden (Stanford)

• Released final version of Typingeek
• Completed Google Summer of Code 2017 under Python Software Foundation
• Started working as a Classroom Mentor & Project Reviewer at Udacity for Full Stack Nanodegree
• Got Linux Essentials certification from Linux Academy
• Graduated Udacity's React Developer Nanodegree program

• I kept on working on Typingeek simultaneously. I Learned a lot about startups, user research, UX design, MVP designing, Lean methodology, marketing, deploying web servers and a ton of other stuff.
• Graduated Udacity's FullStack Developer Nanodegree program
• Graduated Udacity's Front-end Web Developer Nanodegree program
• Graduated Udacity's Tech Entrepreneur Nanodegree program

• Founded Typingeek (It started as a personal project. I wanted to improve my typing speed, tried using the platforms available at that time but didn't like any of those. So, I started working on my own typing platform)
• Finished MIT 6.00.2x - Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science, Edx
• Finished MIT 6.00.1x - Introduction to programming using Python, Edx
• Finished Introduction to Linux by Linux Foundation, Edx

• Zero to One by Peter Thiel
• Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products by Nir Eyal
• Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen
• Mathematics for Computer Science by Tim Leighton
• Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow
• Evil by Design: Interaction Design to Lead Us Into Temptation by Chris Nodder