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Sure! While Google Brain is focused specifically on AI, Stanford as a whole conducts research across a very wide range of disciplines. As a result, my network a
by akshayka 6y ago
Sure! While Google Brain is focused specifically on AI, Stanford as a whole conducts research across a very wide range of disciplines. As a result, my network at Stanford has a more diverse collection of interests. As a PhD candidate I have worked with or am connected to people interested in neuroscience, radiation treatment planning, finance, control, economics, computer systems, and (yes) machine learning, among other topics.
Of course there's nothing wrong with focusing specifically on AI. It's just that I wanted to develop my research sensibilities in a more diverse environment.
edit: & thank you for the kind words!
- a-dub 6y agohow much real-world collaboration do you get to do with students, postdocs and faculty in those other disciplines? (ie; what is the experience like when one does a phd in computational tools as opposed to a specific stem domain?)
- akshayka 6y agoI think it depends on many things, such as whether people at your university are generally collaborative, and whether your advisor or you are well connected. Most of my time is spent on tools or fundamental research, since that's my primary interest; but sometimes people will reach out to me (or vice versa) about starting a collaboration. But even just exchanging notes and chatting with researchers in other disciplines has been fun. But that is just my experience. Some of my labmates had PhD's in which the majority of their work was collaborative, across disciplines.