/tags/work/ Recent content in Work on Kailas Venkitasubramanian Hugo en Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/posts/2026-02-11-ai-augmented-community-research/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/posts/2026-02-11-ai-augmented-community-research/ <p>I thought of compiling a few thoughts on using AI at the institute or broadly in organizations similar to ours. I&rsquo;ve been using AI tools in my research for over a year and I still can&rsquo;t decide if I&rsquo;m more excited or more unsettled but I feel it&rsquo;s more of the former these days. But this ambivalence feels like the right starting point for a conversation about where we, as an institute built on community trust and research, actually want to go with this. When I say AI, I mean the generative AI kind.</p> /blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/ <script src="/blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/index_files/clipboard/clipboard.min.js"></script> <link href="/blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/index_files/xaringanExtra-clipboard/xaringanExtra-clipboard.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script src="/blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/index_files/xaringanExtra-clipboard/xaringanExtra-clipboard.js"></script> <script>window.xaringanExtraClipboard(null, {"button":"<i class=\"fa fa-clipboard\"><\/i> Copy Code","success":"<i class=\"fa fa-check\" style=\"color: ##90BE6D\"><\/i> Copied!","error":"Press Ctrl+C to Copy"})</script> <link href="/blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/index_files/font-awesome/css/all.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="/blog/posts/2023-03-13-exploring-highcharter/index_files/font-awesome/css/v4-shims.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <h2 id="time-study-goals">Time Study Goals <a href="#time-study-goals"><svg class="anchor-symbol" aria-hidden="true" height="26" width="26" viewBox="0 0 22 22" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="currentColor"></path> <path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76.0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71.0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71.0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76.0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path> </svg></a> </h2> <ul> <li>Find capacity for a pro-active research agenda</li> <li>Identify and address bottlenecks in project management</li> <li>Create better benchmarks for Project budgeting</li> </ul> <h2 id="time-allocation">Time Allocation <a href="#time-allocation"><svg class="anchor-symbol" aria-hidden="true" height="26" width="26" viewBox="0 0 22 22" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="currentColor"></path> <path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76.0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71.0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71.0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76.0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path> </svg></a> </h2> <div id="" class="panelset"> <div class="panel"> <div class="panel-name">Actual Hours</div> <p><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ6xJyn7ktsn8w8u-Bk9hprXfIig0uQWelszVSgdLU5KxW6pRjbF-0b5s4btj-ZcnUd-EFnIhi7vPAI/pubchart?oid=69329842&amp;format=interactive" frameBorder="0" width="100%" height="450"></iframe> <ul> <li>Hover the plot for more details</li> </ul> </p> /blog/posts/2023-03-01-blog-section-under-migration/ Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/posts/2023-03-01-blog-section-under-migration/ <h4 id="hey-im-still-migrating-older-content-to-the-blog-section-if-you-find-missing-or-incomplete-blog-posts-please-check-back-in-a-couple-of-weeks-thanks-for-understanding">Hey, I&rsquo;m still migrating older content to the blog section. If you find missing or incomplete blog posts, please check back in a couple of weeks. Thanks for understanding. <a href="#hey-im-still-migrating-older-content-to-the-blog-section-if-you-find-missing-or-incomplete-blog-posts-please-check-back-in-a-couple-of-weeks-thanks-for-understanding"></a> </h4> <p><img src="migrate.gif" alt=""></p> /blog/posts/2021-04-18-what-s-work-like/ Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /blog/posts/2021-04-18-what-s-work-like/ <h2 id="dust-settles">Dust Settles <a href="#dust-settles"><svg class="anchor-symbol" aria-hidden="true" height="26" width="26" viewBox="0 0 22 22" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <path d="M0 0h24v24H0z" fill="currentColor"></path> <path d="M3.9 12c0-1.71 1.39-3.1 3.1-3.1h4V7H7c-2.76.0-5 2.24-5 5s2.24 5 5 5h4v-1.9H7c-1.71.0-3.1-1.39-3.1-3.1zM8 13h8v-2H8v2zm9-6h-4v1.9h4c1.71.0 3.1 1.39 3.1 3.1s-1.39 3.1-3.1 3.1h-4V17h4c2.76.0 5-2.24 5-5s-2.24-5-5-5z"></path> </svg></a> </h2>