2008 February 28th, 08:33 PM
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In at UCSC (PhD in Computer Science)
Just checked gradcafe, saw a fellow acceptance and checked the website.
I am in at University of California, PhD in Computer Science (Technology and Information Management Track) I got a fellowship and funding worth $20K a year guaranteed for 4 years. Thanks so much everyone. This has been such a relief because this is my first notification ever this time !! To all fellow forum members, how would you rate UCSC? In all possible ways from all possible angles !! |
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2008 February 28th, 09:55 PM
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Wow! Congratulations!
Regarding some of the benefits of going to Santa Cruz: Google Answers: how good is UCSC as a grad school?
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2008 February 28th, 10:00 PM
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Congrats Ancalagon The Black ,
 I have just checked your entry on the gradcafe before looking back here at TM.Anyway, Congratulations, hope my luck would be as good as yours |
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2008 February 29th, 05:05 AM
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Thanks guys !! I am just going to wait for some more notifications before making the final decision. The best thing though is that my sister lives 45 minutes from Santa Cruz so I might be able to save money (she will pay my rent
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2008 February 29th, 07:14 PM
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Some CS professors who have gone to Santa Cruz are now at Amherst, Cornell, etc.:
site:.edu computer science professor "SANTA CRUZ" -ucsc - Google Search but it seems that's because they went to Santa Cruz for it's renown Bioinformatics program. A CS professor at UF who got his PhD from Santa Cruz in 1984: Manuel Enrique Bermudez Home Page BTW, it seems some people in Santa Cruz have already found out about your admission: YouTube - santa cruz hippie dance 1 Seriously, though, the location (in the middle of a redwood forest overlooking the Pacific) seems to be amazing if not inspiring: UC Santa Cruz slideshow UC Santa Cruz Video Image:Montereybay95064.JPG - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia University of California, Santa Cruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Regarding offcampus housing: UC Santa Cruz - Community Rental Costs UCSC Rental List Last edited by CalmLogic : 2008 March 1st at 03:02 AM. |
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2008 February 29th, 11:55 PM
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Anyway, regarding the important stuff, their professors seem excellent:
Graduate Programs- TIM @ SVC - Information Systems Management - Jack Baskin School of Engineering, UC Santa Cruz ISTM Department Faculty Information at UC Santa Cruz ISTM Department Affiliated Faculty and Lecturers Since I like Information Retrieval, I noticed that Dr. Zhang seems like a rising superstar: UC Santa Cruz - Review Magazine: Fall 2007 http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~yiz/cv_zhang.pdf Someone who worked in Dr. Zhang's IRKM lab and graduated with just an MS degree is now a research engineer at IBM: http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~zigoris/zigoris_resume.pdf Also, it seems their courses are really pushing the importance of probability models and operations research, which is another thing I like. So I now see why you applied. The Technology & Information Management (TIM) program seems excellent as well as new, exciting, and very promising: Quote:
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2008 March 1st, 04:16 AM
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Well, I applied to work under Ram Akella who is pretty famous in India. I thought that he wouldn't take me since he is a IIT/IISC graduate and these guys generally take their own brethren. I come from a top 10 university but not the top bracket like the IITs.
Also, if you check out his profile, Professor Akella's students have gone on to teach at very very reputed institutions. That was another factor. I think that I am leaning towards UCSC right now (since its my only admission) but if I get into Stern or anywhere better, I might have to reconsider !! Many IITians apply to UCSC (my friends brother is doing his PhD in the same department). I applied to TIM because I figured that since its new, I just might be able to squeeze in - which I think I somehow have - though how I don't know. Having said that, CalmLogic I love your links and sense of humor !! May you get admission into any place you find !! |
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2008 March 1st, 08:19 AM
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Within my grasp!
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@ancagalon.
there are young superstars in Santa Cruz, CS TIM and CE. You might be able to work with some of them... it's a strange school of engineering growing a lot. Zhang (TIM) Achilioptas (my favourite for CS) |
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2008 March 2nd, 12:44 AM
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BTW, Dr. Zhang has some tips for IRKM students.
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