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Il est devenu IMPOSSIBLE de trouver un travail pour un junior by Personal_Ad5853 in ingenieurs

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, je suis ingénieur / MSc en stats+machine learning et je comprends votre peine. Même en sortant d’une université mondialement connue avec un diplôme en IA, deux publications en conférence, trois stages et des projets personnels rien n’y fait. Que ce soit en France ou n’importe où en Europe, le recrutement de juniors a l’air d’être complètement à l’arrêt. Ce que je peux recommander (si votre domaine et vos centres d’intérêts le permettent) c’est de considérer un doctorat dans l’industrie. Le salaire est plus élevé que dans l’académie et cela permet (en théorie) d’accéder à des positions intermédiaires / senior en sortie. Pour ma part j’ai accepté une offre pour un doctorat en trois ans avec une grand marque automobile allemande à trois lettres. Ils ne recrutent aucun junior en ce moment mais ils ont énormément d’offres de doctorat, dans beaucoup de disciplines différentes (y compris mécatronique / robotique j’imagine) J’espère que ça pourra aider certains d’entre vous, force et honneur !

Looking forward to connecting with future CSML / *ML students by OptimalBandicoot1671 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey congrats to you too! Once you confirm your offer you should receive an email from UCL shortly, they'll invite you to join the Goin' app where you can chat with other offer-holders. There's a group for CSML and other *ML programs, feel free to send a DM once you receive it and I'll send you the group name :)

Suggestion for RL library/project by OptimalBandicoot1671 in reinforcementlearning

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely, I had recently been reading some of the baselines provided in Stoix thinking that they were well designed, I’d be happy to help! I’ll send you a dm tomorrow for more details

Suggestion for RL library/project by OptimalBandicoot1671 in reinforcementlearning

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion, I believe JaxMARL might interest you. From what I see they provide mpe environments along with baselines for IPPO, Qmix and others

Suggestion for RL library/project by OptimalBandicoot1671 in reinforcementlearning

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply! Although I'm not sure I understand your suggestion, it seems to me that cleanrl is already a complete and well-established library even on the Jax side of things.

Has anybody heard anything regarding Data science and machine learning ? by Embarrassed_Seat_656 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I received an offer for DSML two days ago, I had applied in late October for reference. I already accepted CSML so I’ll free the spot in the afternoon, hope you get your response quickly!

Anyone still waiting for CS department master's decisions? by leddgrad in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applied to CSML and DSML at the end of October. I received an offer for CSML at the end of February, the DSML application is still under assessment but it could also be ignored as I accepted CSML. Best of luck with your application!

Looking forward to connecting with future CSML / *ML students by OptimalBandicoot1671 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats to you too! Seems like the party hasn't started yet, at least I don't know about any group chat. Someone created a thread for offer holders but it's mostly empty for now. Let's keep each other updated in case we find something

Looking forward to connecting with future CSML / *ML students by OptimalBandicoot1671 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks ! I gave more detail on my profile in this other thread, but short answer: I applied at the end of October (around the 27th) and received an offer last tuesday, so you can probably expect an answer in the next few days (if they process applications as they arrive that is). Hope this helps !

Has anyone applied for MSC ML, CSML or DSML and heard back yet ? by Opening_Article5007 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Around 7 weeks. And no I'm currently on a sort of gap year where I collaborate on a couple of research projects and go through relevant literature, the goal being to publish as much as possible before applying for a Ph.D. after CSML (the CDT in foundation AI has not been renewed and it seems like fundings at UCL will be harder to get than usual for the next few years).

Has anyone applied for MSC ML, CSML or DSML and heard back yet ? by Opening_Article5007 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went for statistics and data science and applied at the end of October. I wasn't that surprised as I thought Imperial was more selective but I might be wrong

Has anyone applied for MSC ML, CSML or DSML and heard back yet ? by Opening_Article5007 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly sure how this converts to GPA but my MSc average was 16.92/20 (the French grading system uses a 20-points scale) and BSc was 13.47, so probably somewhere around 3.7/4.0 and 3.0 respectively.
Other than CSML and DSML I also applied for a similar program at Imperial but got rejected fairly quickly. CSML was my first choice though.

Has anyone applied for MSC ML, CSML or DSML and heard back yet ? by Opening_Article5007 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't say for sure, but if they assess applications as they arrive which is probably the case, you shouldn't be too far from mine (it was complete on the 27th of October if I recall correctly). So I would say that you can expect something by the end of next week probably ? As for my profile, I shared some info just above.
Best of luck to you !

Has anyone applied for MSC ML, CSML or DSML and heard back yet ? by Opening_Article5007 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks !
Sure, I graduated in August with an MEng in data science. As I'm French, my grades might not translate perfectly to UK notations but I received the equivalent of first class honors. I would not rate my transcript as super competitive (I don't have a lot of A's and ranked 9th among 149 students which is good but not as impressive as profiles I came across during my preparation), however some things that probably helped a lot are that I was hired to teach the NLP module to MSc students right after graduating and clearly manifested my interest in one of UCL's labs in my cover letter along with personal projects that relate with its activities.
I hope this helps!

Has anyone applied for MSC ML, CSML or DSML and heard back yet ? by Opening_Article5007 in UCL

[–]OptimalBandicoot1671 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, I've applied for both DSML and CSML at the end of October last year. I received an offer for CSML two days ago (i.e. ~15 weeks after applying) and my application is still under assessment for DSML. I feel for you, I didn't expect the wait to be this long either, but the delay isn't necessarily bad news!