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grayshirts
10y ago
My comment was aimed more for someone without a CS background entirely. If you have sufficient CS preparation, then of course you can be admitted to a MS program (assuming you satisfy whatever other departmental admission requirements). I&#
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grayshirts
10y ago
> Georgia Tech's MS as well as CMU's both accept non-CS traditional backgrounds. There are exceptions but in general CS Masters programs look for sufficient coursework/background in Computer Science and Mathematics. An art
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grayshirts
10y ago
If you are talking about ML then: Bayesian stuff, Variational and MCMC, Graphical models, Deep Learning, Linear Algebra, Probability theory, Statistics, Multivariate Calculus, Optimizations - as a baseline. I think the "average" p
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grayshirts
10y ago
In general Masters in CS programs require either a BS in CS or coursework in areas like operating systems, data structures, algorithms, computability/complexity etc. These courses generally have prereqs such as 1-2 semesters worth of p