phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @superdominator I would imagine you will have a great time at Berkeley then! Do you plan on attending visit day? What lab have you applied to?
Superdominator Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @phdreally Yes I am attending the visit day (assuming that they will cover the cost for me...). I didn't apply to a particular lab, but if I am a DB person I think it's probably gonna be AMPlab?
phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @superdominator - amplab is largely focused on big data. http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Areas/DBMS/- Mike Franklin and Joe are the best DB profs you could ask for in my opinion http://db.lcs.mit.edu/- Mike Stonebraker is a legend, but is adjunct. Not too familiar with Sam (I'm sure he is good). So it is 2 active profs vs 1 active prof.
Superdominator Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @phdreally Yeah Joe was the guy who interviewed me. What's your area of specialization?
phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @superdominator machine learning + distributed systems. I have applied to amplab. Joe is awesome!
RP15 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Good luck to you all! Very anxious myself. At first I thought I had little chance, but after being accepted by Berkeley and unofficially by Stanford, my hopes are high now >_<
phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @rp15 which group have you applied to at Stanford? Were you interviewed by poi or ad com?
RP15 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @rp15 which group have you applied to at Stanford? Were you interviewed by poi or ad com? I was interviewed by a POI today and will be once again interviewed by an ad com tomorrow. By "unofficial", I meant that the POI today told me that I'll most likely be admitted.
nanoE Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 My fake $100 says it will on the 6th of Feb (US 6th)
phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @rp15 that sounds very promising.. What group/area have you applied?
RP15 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) @rp15 that sounds very promising.. What group/area have you applied? Indeed. I've applied to the EE PhD department. My interests are in semiconductor physics/devices (specifically, emerging electronic devices). Although I know MIT/Stanford/Berkeley are #1 in EE, I would like to know which university has the best reputation in semiconductor devices specifically. Either way I cannot go wrong with any of these institutions. Edited February 4, 2015 by RP15
heilaw Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @rp15 Advice from my professor, "Other than the reputation of the school itself, there are some other factors you should think of. Location of the school is important because you are going to spend next 5 or 6 years in that place. More importantly, choose a professor who works with his/her students." You should go and talk to your professor about that. Professor knows each other well.
RP15 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 @rp15 Advice from my professor, "Other than the reputation of the school itself, there are some other factors you should think of. Location of the school is important because you are going to spend next 5 or 6 years in that place. More importantly, choose a professor who works with his/her students." You should go and talk to your professor about that. Professor knows each other well. This is correct. However, it doesn't help my decision making when both locations are superb, and both surely have excellent professors/research groups to work with! I guess I will just have to check it out during the Visit Days
ribble Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Today or tomorrow. For the last few years it's been on the first Wednesday or Thursday of February.
afrojack4 Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Have the fireworks started? I saw a couple of accepts from EECS
phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 Me neither. Congrats to whoever received admits!
TheStudentEECS Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) I got an email!! Super Excited!! :-) Good Luck to Everyone! Edited February 4, 2015 by TheStudentEECS
thissiteispoison Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 I haven't heard anything yet. Hopefully the emails are coming in waves, and we'll all get ours soon enough . Congrats to those who are in already!
phdreally Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 (edited) @thissiteispoison - I'm hoping so too, but for now assuming it is a reject. Very unlikely beyond this point. Edited February 4, 2015 by phdreally nanoE 1
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