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PhD student seeks advice on CS vs. EE branding for AI research careers

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A PhD student is seeking advice on whether to pursue their degree in Computer Science (CS) or Electrical Engineering (EE). Their research focuses on Graph ML, an area that overlaps both fields. The student is concerned about the job market and wants to optimize their personal branding for future research scientist roles in big tech companies. AI

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PhD student seeks advice on CS vs. EE branding for AI research careers

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/legoWolf13 ·

    PhD branding question [R]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm starting a PhD where I will be doing Graph ML (somewhere along the lines of graph signal processing/ graph deep learning.) </p> <p>My eventual goal is research scientist at big tech, or whichever company has a strong research division, where …

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