phd_aspirant2012

Thanks! I'll check them out. If anyone else has any other suggestions,do send them in. I would really appreciate it. Thanks!

Well, my research interests lie in CS rather than in EE and on top of that, I do not have any foundation in EE.

Thanks! It definitely is a good starting point. In fact, some of the schools were already in my list. All of these schools are amongst the top 20. It will be great if I would get an admit from them. But I also have to choose some mid ranking schools with good research in the area I described. Do you have any in mind?

Well, I am currently looking for wireless networking in general, no aspect in particular. If you have any universities in mind for any aspect, please do suggest. Even though I am open to all of them, I have particular interest in layer 3 routing protocols for networks like wireless mesh networks, vanets etc and technologies like 802.11, WiMax and mobile computing as well. I hope its not too narrow.

Hi guys, I am starting the process of searching good programs for the field of Wireless networks and shortlisting universities. Can anyone suggest strong programs in this field where good research ( in wireless networking) is being done. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

Hello everyone, I applied for IFST 2012-2013. But I haven't got any email. regarding my acceptance/rejection. Is anyone in the same position? Does anyone know when the results will be out? Thanks

Hi guys, THANK YOU Everyone for all your inputs and feedbacks. It has been very helpful and I'll definitely work on it.

I was the first author, guided by a professor. Actually, I developed an interest in research late(Last September; Did not have exposure to research early in my academic career; research is not so prevalent in most of the universities in my country). Both my degrees are professional degrees emphasizing on application side rather than on research. Whatever I did was on my personal interest. Thats why I took time to learn and understand research and thus, managed to write one paper. I really want to get a PhD from a very good university; UCB being my dream university. Is it important to get the recommendation letters from known academics. What if i haven't worked under one? What should I do then? What did you do to get an admit from Princeton?

Hi, I would really appreciate if you could give me some idea about "how to make an application strong in order to get an admit from a Tier 1 university?" I wish to apply to Tier 1 universities namely UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, UIUC for PhD CS program (Sub Field : Wireless networks) My profile: GRE: 1340 (V: 620 Quant: 720) TOEFL: not yet taken GPA: 9.39/10 A Paper on wireless mesh networks published in the proceedings of ICNCC 2011(indexed by IEEEXplore) Projects: - Developed an e-learning portal - Developed a software to control the movement of a radio operated toy car Degree: Bachelor of Science (Information Technology) - Mumbai University, India Master of Computer Application - VIT University, Vellore, India What do top schools look for in a PhD aspirant? How do I make my profile stronger to be good enough for the Tier 1 universities I listed? Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thank you