dustlandfairytale Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 So, I'm very sure I don't want to do a PhD, but I'm definitely interested in ML and want to do a Masters degree in either Machine Learning or CS with a focus on Machine Learning. How good/bad are the following universities considered? Stanford Princeton UIUC Cornell UMich Edinburgh UCL Cambridge ETH Zurich EPF Lausanne What are the other top ML universities where I could pursue a Masters degree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Networc Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I saw Microsoft's Academic Search referenced in a post the other day - it's pretty interesting (I'm sure some would disagree). Here are its results when you search based on "Machine Learning", "Last 10 Years", and "All Continents". Hope it helps! orangeMan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangeMan Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 I saw Microsoft's Academic Search referenced in a post the other day - it's pretty interesting (I'm sure some would disagree). Here are its results when you search based on "Machine Learning", "Last 10 Years", and "All Continents". Hope it helps! I didn't know about this Microsoft Academic Search. Thanks so much for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustlandfairytale Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) That's very interesting! Thanks! Is there anyone who disagrees? Edited January 16, 2012 by dustlandfairytale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weninger Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 The Microsoft Academic Search is great for some things. But this is not one of them. H-index and paper numbers are not the best indicators of research quality. Most salient point -- People can write lots of papers in crappy conferences. A much better indicator is funding amounts and sources. That is, NSF funds are competitive and very rigorously reviewed by top scientists. If a university (in America) has 3 awards for ML research vs 1 or none, then its obvious where the quality research is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weninger Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 To follow up on my last post, more to the point. You've got a good list there. I would certainly add CMU and UDub. Depending on what you are interested there are really great researchers a WUSTL, UPenn, and UNC-CH. For PhD students my advice is: find a list of professors first, then consider the school. For MS/MCS students: always pick a top 5 school if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustlandfairytale Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Networc Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Weninger: Would you consider the Microsoft site useful if it were used as a starting point? For instance, take the schools that appear high on the Microsoft list for Machine Learning and then see how well those schools rank on PHDs.org for criteria such as grants, awards, and student outcomes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace589 Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Microsoft's Academic Search does seem to have some faults. I would not use it as strong indicator of a good school. Some schools with a good reputation appear to have no data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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