Author: Shruti Pandey

  • Security and Privacy for People with ADHD

    My work in academic research and personal writing has been about making a case to design, write, and make strategies that are friendly for an ADHD brain. Doing so also helps the product/interface/service be more usable for everyone because we all live in a world where our attention is pulled in a million different directions.…

  • Creating a DSL for our proposed CEA tool using SRN

    Creating a DSL for our proposed CEA tool using SRN

    This is an extension of the research work we did for CEA using a dynamic modeling system (SRN). We are creating a Domain Specific Language (DSL) that would address the insufficiencies we found in the existing literature. A domain-specific language (DSL) is a computer language specialized to a particular application domain, like HTML, CSS, etc. The…

  • Use of predictive modeling for performing Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Use of predictive modeling for performing Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    I conducted this research with a team under Bass Connections at Duke University. Cost-effectiveness analysis is a type of economic analysis that is used to compare the effectiveness of different intervention strategies. The effectiveness can be measured using different metrics like Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALY), Disability Adjust Life Years (DALYs), Incremental Cost Effectiveness Ratio…

  • The Importance Of Knowing Mathematics

    The Importance Of Knowing Mathematics

    The Importance of being earnest is my favorite play and this post is a small tribute to the book – “The Importance of Knowing Mathematics”. I was reading Bill Gates’ fireside chat with Jessie Woolley-Wilson. It’s named “A fireside chat on Education, technology, and almost everything in Between”. The article prompted me to reflect on…

  • Let’s simplify Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    Let’s simplify Artificial Intelligence (AI)

    I am sure you have heard the AI talk everywhere. It’s the buzz of the town, and they say that AI is here for you or it’s gonna take your job away. But, what is AI really? In this article, I will cover everything and explain it in very simple terms. How do you explain…

  • What is ChatGPT and what does it mean to me?

    What is ChatGPT and what does it mean to me?

    In parties, social gatherings, and classrooms, I have had a number of questions asked about ChatGPT. It’s in the news and everyone’s raving about it. In this post, I will answer the questions I have been asked the most. If you have more, feel free to share them in the comment section! What is ChatGPT…