More about me

Teaching: I really enjoy teaching. Here are some student evaluations for my teaching:
- Vector Calculus for Engineers at Stanford University
- Problem Solving and Object-Oriented Programming using Java at Purdue University
- Programming with Multimedia Objects using Python at Purdue University

Quora: Few questions on Quora that I answered long long ago.
MasterClass: I enjoyed completing the following courses on MasterClass.
- Critical Leadership Training with navy SEAL officer Jocko Willink
- Terence Tao Teaches Mathematical Thinking
- Joyce Carol Oates Teaches the Art of the Short Story
- Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein Teach Advertising and Creativity
- Malcolm Gladwell Teaches Writing (loved this class)
- Roxane Gay Teaches Writing for Social Change
Wikipedia: I occasionally edit Wikipedia. Visit my contributions page for a full list of edits. I originally created the following pages:
Notes:
- I compiled D. Sivakumar’s tweets on “23 things he didn’t learn in college/grad school.“
- July 2019: Comments that I submitted on an initial draft of “biological data storage, access, and sharing policy” of India.
- Notes on Bayes’ theorem that I prepared for a class long ago.
COVID-19 Kerala: In 2020, Jithin K. Sreedharan and I were among the first to publish a COVID-19 dashboard for the state of Kerala. We published the dashboard on March 17, 2020, when Kerala government did not have an official dashboard. We maintained it for 79 days. This initiative led to interactions with the data analysis team from the Kerala government.

Varun Vasudevan