Machine Learning PhD Survival Guide 2021 | Advice on Topic Selection, Papers, Conferences & more!

#machinelearning #phd #howto This video is advice for new PhD students in the field of Machine Learning in 2021 and after. The field has shifted dramatically in the last few years and navigating grad school can be very hard, especially when you're as clueless as I was when I started. The video is a personal recount of my mistakes and what I've learned from them. If you already have several published papers and know what to do, this video is not for you. However, if you are not even sure where to start, how to select a topic, or what goes in a paper, you might benefit from this video, because that's exactly how I felt. Main Takeaways: - Select niche topics rather than hype topics - Write papers that can't be rejected - Don't be discouraged by bad reviews - Take reviewing & teaching seriously - Keep up your focus - Conferences are for networking - Internships are great opportunities - Team up with complementary skills - Don't work too hard OUTLINE: 0:00 - Intro & Overview 1:25 - Thesis Topic Selection 4:25 - How To Publish Papers 5:35 - Dealing With Reviewers 6:30 - How To Be A Reviewer 7:40 - Take Teaching Seriously 8:30 - Maintain Focus 10:20 - Navigating Conferences 12:40 - Internships 13:40 - Collaborations 14:55 - Don't Forget To Enjoy Transcript: https://ift.tt/3u4nqGY Credits to Lanz for editing Links: TabNine Code Completion (Referral): http://bit.ly/tabnine-yannick YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/yannickilcher Twitter: https://twitter.com/ykilcher Discord: https://ift.tt/3dJpBrR BitChute: https://ift.tt/38iX6OV Minds: https://ift.tt/37igBpB Parler: https://ift.tt/38tQU7C LinkedIn: https://ift.tt/2Zo6XRA BiliBili: https://ift.tt/3mfyjkW If you want to support me, the best thing to do is to share out the content :) If you want to support me financially (completely optional and voluntary, but a lot of people have asked for this): SubscribeStar: https://ift.tt/2DuKOZ3 Patreon: https://ift.tt/390ewRH Bitcoin (BTC): bc1q49lsw3q325tr58ygf8sudx2dqfguclvngvy2cq Ethereum (ETH): 0x7ad3513E3B8f66799f507Aa7874b1B0eBC7F85e2 Litecoin (LTC): LQW2TRyKYetVC8WjFkhpPhtpbDM4Vw7r9m Monero (XMR): 4ACL8AGrEo5hAir8A9CeVrW8pEauWvnp1WnSDZxW7tziCDLhZAGsgzhRQABDnFy8yuM9fWJDviJPHKRjV4FWt19CJZN9D4n