Pursuing the Next Level of AI(nytimes.com)
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Pursuing the Next Level of AI
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/technology/03koller.html
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AFAIK, the rate of PhD production in US CS programs is actually quite healthy:
http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may07/taulbee.html
Admittedly the rate of new graduate student enrollment has decreased recently, but that's after a few years of record PhD production.
http://www.cra.org/CRN/articles/may07/taulbee.html
Admittedly the rate of new graduate student enrollment has decreased recently, but that's after a few years of record PhD production.
Interesting statistics. I'm actually surprised how few PhDs there are each year compared to what I'd have estimated.
She entered university at 13 1/2 yrs old, taught a course at that university when she was 17, and got her Master's at 18. Thank goodness she's not lured by the money - this is an intellectual powerhouse!
She's also firmly in my list of successful women in tech.
She's also firmly in my list of successful women in tech.
It worries me how many people do take the easy option of heading off to "chair warmer" jobs at places like Google rather than work in lower-paid, but ultimately more rewarding, academic and research jobs. What's even more odd is how few people when exposed to the commercial world actually return to the academic world.
There's a lot of work to be done in the fields of computer science and computer engineering, and a lot of the people who could be making the breakthroughs are instead chasing the dollar. We can't blame them, but instead perhaps we should be looking for ways to ensure the cream of the crop have, at least, an appealing alternative in doing research.