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Also got my rejection. Oh well.

I'd say Cornell, Austin and Madison are all (more or less) equally well known for their CS program, but specifically in Machine Learning I do not know. Ask your professors that do Machine Learning, read papers and talk to professors. At this point, word of mouth is the best way to learn about this kind of stuff.

Not sure, but I'm in the same boat with UIUC as well. I have a feeling if we do get admits, it'll be without funding so I'm not holding my breath.

Also haven't heard anything from them. Now I'm just getting annoyed :|

Yeah, kind of surprised to see someone calling BS on my results posting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirsch_number

I have a first author publication in a top security conference, strong letters and I got rejected from Berkeley and Stanford. It isn't clear cut, ever.

Not sure. I applied there (haven't heard anything though). EDIT: I was one of the GaTech acceptances. I went through the College of Computing and I applied to Security or Database Systems.

Also in the same boat. I even did a summer worth of research there .

I had no idea Computer Science was such a dried up field. Please tell me more about my major for the past 3.5 years.

Ditto. I also applied to Machine Learning, so here's hoping that one comes through.

Are interviews standard in Computer Science? Is this an individual faculty member scouting a recruit, or is everyone who will be admitted going to be interviewed?

Another CS PhD applicant chiming in, also anxiously waiting. God, this is going to kill me =\.