ANU Computing Tanya Dixit: From shy to proactive
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Machine learning engineer Tanya Dixit ventured from India to Australia in 2019 to join one of the few graduate programs in the world focused squarely on machine learning.
She also wanted to reboot her life.
During nearly three years as an Embedded Systems Engineer in Hyderabad, she had felt uninspired and adrift until a midnight epiphany inspired her to return to the academic setting.
“I was looking at the surrounding ecosystem, not just the university,” Dixit said.
As she researched Australia’s capital city, she was enticed by a burgeoning network of startup enterprises, incubators and development hubs. At its epicentre was The Australian National University (ANU).
“I wanted to be in a place that is growing and thriving. I wanted to be around people working in cutting-edge technology and bringing new ideas to life,” Dixit said.
“I thought, if I could be around people like that, eventually I could be one of them.”
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