About

FORMAL BACKGROUND

I wear many hats, though I keep losing them. By training, I'm a scientist and engineer with a broad interdisciplinary background:

Physics (B.Sc), Electrical Engg. & Computer Science (B.S, M.S), Computational Neuroscience (Ph.D). 

My academic research involved building mathematical and statistical models and using machine learning tools for understanding how brains learn to form memories, process information and make decisions. I have worked on EEG studies of human speech and language, and on attention and decision-making. I have also worked on Reinforcement Learning, Natural Language Processing and Game Theory to model and analyze real-world problems. My publications can be found here.  I've been studying, researching and writing on brains, behavior and intelligence since 2011. 

I've also been a committed practitioner of Buddhist meditation for over a decade, having trained in Zen and Vippassana. though I do not identify as a Buddhist.

For more information, please see my LinkedIn profile: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ranit-sengupta/

PERSONAL

I'm an independant writer, researcher and educator, not affiliated with any organization and commit to no particular belief, ideology or opinion. I'm a student of all branches of science, arts and religion and open to all paths and fields of inquiry into knowledge that has something to teach me. My guiding principles are truth, beauty and compassion; everything else is excess baggage. 

All opinions are my own, and all errors are due to my cat.