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Professor advises PhD applicants on effective cold emailing strategies

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A professor on Reddit's r/MachineLearning subreddit has shared advice for prospective PhD students on how to effectively cold email potential supervisors. The post warns against mass emails, generic research interests, and dishonesty, such as misrepresenting workshop papers as conference papers. It also advises caution with excessive AI use, suggesting that while AI can help with grammar, outsourcing critical thinking to LLMs can lead to unoriginal research directions. AI

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RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a professor offering advice on a specific academic process, not a primary announcement or research finding.

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/tariban ·

    Cold emailing profs about PhD positions? Read this [D]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>This is the time of year when the number of cold emails I receive about PhD positions tends to ramp up quite a bit. In many countries, this cold emailing is essentially part of the normal recruitment process, so there is nothing inherently wrong …

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