Being a TA is by far the most meaningful experience I have had at CMU. Now that I’ve graduated, I wanted to write something down about it (ya know, before I inevitably grow old and feeble in my mid 20s and forget how important this experience was to me 😛) Life Fulfillment It’s no secretContinue reading “TAing at CMU”
Author Archives: Parmita Bawankule
Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar
I am so honored to receive this award https://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/five-scs-seniors-named-acs-scholars#:~:text=Parmita%20Bawankule%2C%20Pranav%20Kumar%2C%20Arnav,named%20Andrew%20Carnegie%20Society%20Scholars. Five School of Computer Science seniors have been selected as Andrew Carnegie Society Scholars for 2021. The award recognizes their academic excellence; volunteerism; leadership; and involvement in student organizations, athletics or the arts. Parmita Bawankule, Pranav Kumar, Arnav Mahajan, Stephen Price and Chloe Yan are among 40 studentsContinue reading “Andrew Carnegie Society Scholar”
How to Succeed in 151
What this is:This is advice for the CMU class 15-151 aka “Concepts” aka “Mathematical Foundations for Computer Science.” It’s the intro CS class that all freshmen in the School of Computer Science (SCS) have to take. Who it’s by:I’m a senior in SCS. Though it’s been a while since I’ve taken Concepts, I was aContinue reading “How to Succeed in 151”
Watch Together FB Messenger
It’s here!!!! I worked on the Messenger Cowatch project. It allows you to watch videos together with friends. Check out its official release page for details on How it Works and more. Here’s a pic of me testing it out with my intern mentor. My contribution can be broken into 2 main parts: 1. Using MachineContinue reading “Watch Together FB Messenger”
Remote Internship at Facebook
This summer I was fortunate enough that the company I signed on to intern with, Facebook, was doing a remote internship during the pandemic. I wanted to summarize some of the ups and downs of this experience. Structured Internship Facebook has a very structured internship. Interns (at least on the technical side) are given 3Continue reading “Remote Internship at Facebook”
SCS Day Part 3!
I’ve had the honor of being featured in SCS Day my first and second year and again this time! It was a lot of fun! Here are a few of the comics that were on display: I even got featured in the CMU SCS Instagram page! Can’t wait for next year!
On Volunteering, Optimizing Metrics, and more
This winter break I volunteered at the Southern California Vipassana Center in Joshua Tree near LA. On being free: I’ve done a couple of 10-day meditation retreats in the past through the Vipassana Organization and the neat thing is that it is completely free.Not even that it’s a non-profit, but actually free. You don’t pay forContinue reading “On Volunteering, Optimizing Metrics, and more”
Dream 2 Meme
idk how to explain this My friend Neha asked me what would happen if you replaced the word dream in all those “deep” internet quotes with the word meme and we spent the next half hour laughing about this. I laughed harder about this than I have about anything all year. So I made an extensionContinue reading “Dream 2 Meme”
GHC Thoughts
I was fortunate enough to go to the annual Grace Hopper Celebration– the world’s largest gathering of women technologists. Here are some random thoughts I had throughout my experience: On travelling: Travelling can be pretty annoying. Planning an itinerary, packing the right amount of stuff, waiting in line, standing at the airport, sitting in a plane–andContinue reading “GHC Thoughts”
Summer of Stuff (Photo Journal!)
Many summers, I regret not doing as many activities or going to as many places as I could have. I think part of that is because at the start of summer it feels like you have an infinite amount of time so “why not go somewhere next weekend?”As sad as it sounds I was indeedContinue reading “Summer of Stuff (Photo Journal!)”
