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I have been admitted to the Masters program at Virgina Tech, Blacksburg Campus. I have completed my undergraduation in electrical engineering. My work experience lies in the automotive industry. My area of focus is in Software and Machine Intelligence or Signals and Systems. I could choose between these two. I intend to study subjects concerning Machine Learning and work towards a thesis in autonomous systems. Since, I do not have any substantial coding experience, just self-taught Python etc., I would like suggestions on choosing the coursework for the graduate program. I plan to have the following courses to satisfy the program requirements - Pattern Recognition Convex Optimization Deep Learning Advanced Machine Learning Probabilistic Graphical Models and Structured Predictions Advanced Topics in Intelligent Systems Theory of Algorithms I plan to learn Data Structures, Java, Python and build up a strong mathematical background in the next three months, before graduate school starts. I also intend to work in a lab, to perform research for my thesis or towards a project. I am afraid that my coursework is quite heavy, though those fears may be unfounded. Any advice on choosing the coursework for a non CS background guy would be appreciated. Any leads on preparing for this courses would also be appreciated! Thanks!

I have been admitted to the Masters program at Virgina Tech, Blacksburg Campus. I have completed my undergraduation in electrical engineering. My work experience lies in the automotive industry. My area of focus is in Software and Machine Intelligence or Signals and Systems. I could choose between these two. I intend to study subjects concerning Machine Learning and work towards a thesis in autonomous systems. Since, I do not have any substantial coding experience, just self-taught Python etc., I would like suggestions on choosing the coursework for the graduate program. I plan to have the following courses to satisfy the program requirements - Pattern Recognition Convex Optimization Deep Learning Advanced Machine Learning Probabilistic Graphical Models and Structured Predictions Advanced Topics in Intelligent Systems Theory of Algorithms I plan to learn Data Structures, Java, Python and build up a strong mathematical background in the next three months, before graduate school starts. I also intend to work in a lab, to perform research for my thesis or towards a project. I am afraid that my coursework is quite heavy, though those fears may be unfounded. Any advice on choosing the coursework for a non CS background guy would be appreciated. Any leads on preparing for this courses would also be appreciated! Thanks! ECE5524, Pattern Recognition

To all the interview applicants in this thread, any Masters applicants here?

Hello, Recently found out about this website. I would be grateful if you some of you could evaluate my profile and provide suggestions on my targeted universities. GRE - 165 Q, 158 V, 4 AWA CGPA - 7.97/10, Approx. 3.7+ on a 4.0 Scale Electrical and Electronics Engineer Top 30 Engineering School in India Academic Projects - 1. Lead FSAE Suspension Designer, won one of the dynamics event 2. Head of the Electric Power Systems team for the CubeSat Student Satellite project 3. Two Bachelor's thesis on Neural Networks and State Space Modeling of DC DC Converters Research Experience - 1 Year at a very large automotive company (independent research) that led to internal publications and drastic changes in test methodologies Patents - 1 Patent on Autonomous Driving System (Filed in 5 Countries, through the company, Sole Inventor) Industry Experience - 3+ years of experience in an automotive company. Technical Lead, for the global team. Very high profile there. Start Up Experience - 1+ Year as a Co-Founder in the electric vehicles domain. Working on machine learning and motor control methodologies. SOP - 8/10 - I am applying with the intent of researching and studying autonomous system and vehicle controls. My SOP is focused on working on "Self Driving Cars" with Motion Planning as the main area of research. LOR - 2 Strong, and 1 Strong to Moderate (Not Sure) - 2 Ph.D's and 1 a very senior system architect in the automotive company Universities Applied - Very Ambitious (because why not?) 1. Stanford University - Electrical Engineering (Controls) 2. Harvard University - Electrical Engineering (Controls) 3. CMU - Robotics and Machine Learning (Motion Planning) 4. UPenn - Robotics Ambitious/Moderate - 5. Georgia Tech - ECE (Controls) 6. Virginia Tech - ECE (Controls) 7. Ohio State University - ECE (Controls) 8. University of Southern California - ECE (Controls) 9. UCSD - ECE 10. UMD - ECE Safe 11. University of Florida - ECE 12. Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Robotics 13. University of Massachusets, Amherst - Industrial Engineering I am getting sleepless nights now waiting for a reply from the universities. I am hoping to get suggestions from you, on where my chances lie. All the best for your admissions too! Hope we get it where we want it!!