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You know, I might have misread what you're offering here when I submitted an application a minute ago, but what I was really hoping was that you would be able t
by Eridrus 9y ago
You know, I might have misread what you're offering here when I submitted an application a minute ago, but what I was really hoping was that you would be able to put me in touch with researchers in the field who would answer my emails about whether the research topics I was considering were interesting and promising or not and could help me navigate the academic publication process. The monetary pieces of this grant are largely irrelevant to me.
- yorwba 9y agoYou could try emailing the authors of some related research papers or professors at your next university. That's basically how I found the advisor for my undergraduate thesis. I had an idea, looked through the CS department's website to find the ML researcher whose work was most similar, then emailed him a proposal. You will probably have to make an effort to differentiate yourself from crackpots and demonstrate pre-existing knowledge of the field. In my case I had to answer a number of questions of the form "I think you may not be aware of XYZ, which is quite similar to your idea." with "The paper on XYZ inspired my idea, but I'm trying something different." A targeted venue that pre-selects for researchers willing to spend their time on mentoring others (who are not officially their students) could help, but it would still have to deal with the crackpot problem.
- nl 9y agohttps://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MachineLearning/ isn't terrible for this kind of thing. There are plenty of pretty good researchers who are looking for something to do (other than complain about NIPS reviews)