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I wanted your views about my stream of choice i.e. Algorithms/Data Structures and Parallel Computing Techniques.
Few people have commented that it does not have much value because it is general in nature being part of theoretical comp science.
Is it really so?
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Parallel computing is certainly in demand:
All Parallel Computer Science Jobs | Indeed.com=
Some related areas of interest may be distributed computing, algorithms for data mining (information retrieval), machine learning, etc.
Once you find professors and other faculty who work at the research labs you are interested in, I would suggest looking at their websites and CVs too see how much consulting/research is going on for corporations in that area of research. For example, data mining and information retrieval is my primary research interest, and I know that is very relevant for industry:
UC Santa Cruz - Review Magazine: Fall 2007
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~yiz/cv_zhang.pdf
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Also wanted your views on my profile?
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It looked impressive to me. As you suggest, you are just missing the IIT designation
Anyway, I would certainly apply to GA Tech with that profile, especially if you take the GRECS. Someone in this forum mentioned that UT Austin puts extra value on work experience, so you should consider them, too, though I don't know what your chances are. UT Austin (along with Rugters and GA Tech) does seem to care about the GRECS more than most schools, so I would take the GRECS if you are considering UT Austin.
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Would a good CS Subject GRE score really boost my profile?
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The problem is that there are obviously two major variables to consider: the score and the selectivity of the university you are applying to. Even 70 percentile seems to provide a boost to place like GA Tech, though I don't know how much. 90 percentile would be gold for an MS applicant. Heaven on earth. Nirvana. You get the picture
(There was someone who posted their
profile at Edulix who got something like a 630 on the GRECS -- around 20th percentile -- who was admitted to Rugters, though I don't know if he submitted that score.)
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Almost all universities i came across have Algorithms as part of their syllabus.
Hence it becomes difficult to chop and choose the univs.
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You may want to search Edulix (along with this forum) including terms like "research":
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Originally Posted by antztein
If you wish to pursue research in Algorithms, you be better off at Duke than UW-Madison. Here's what I found on Duke's site -
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The algorithms group, rated among the best nationally, makes leading contributions in computational geometry and topology, data analysis, data structures, approximation, online, and combinatorial algorithms, algorithms for database and data stream systems, high-performance computing, I/O-efficiency for external memory, geographic information systems (GIS), and nanotechnology systems and structural biology.
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I personally wouldn't care about the rankings.
Given the shortage of high-tech workers and scientists in US, biggies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon etc. are hiring from lesser known universities too. I know of a girl who did her Masters in CS from UC Riverside and was hired by google.
http://www.urch.com/forums/graduate-...licants-6.html (Calling all CS grad school applicants) |