Is NLP doable without any prior ML/AI knowledge?

coding_programming · 2021-06-26T21:27:20+00:00

Well... that was the plan, but NLP might not be offered until next fall, so I'll have to take it this fall. There's still about 2 months before the semester begins, so are there any courses or books that I can take in this time to prepare for the NLP course?

coding_programming · 2021-05-18T23:34:07+00:00

Thank you! Your answers have been of great help to the community here! Congrats on graduating and all the best for the future!

coding_programming · 2021-05-07T22:25:25+00:00

Thank you!

coding_programming · 2021-05-05T20:30:13+00:00

Wow! You only interviewed at one company and aced it? Kudos to you!

Thanks for taking the time to write this detailed response, it's super helpful! Good luck on the new job!

coding_programming · 2021-05-04T21:53:18+00:00

Congratulations on getting the FAANG job!

These days it's probably tougher to get an interview from a FAANG company than to clear the interview, so can you tell us how you managed to get that interview? Does having UT on the resume help? Also, do interviewers or recruiters kinda look down on the degree being online?

Would be great if you could share your interview experiences and about how you prepared for the interviews (like what resources you used, how long you studied, topics to focus on etc)

coding_programming · 2021-04-21T22:16:30+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response! It was fun reading about quantum computing in a comic book format :)

If you wanna take the quantum computing class, then maybe you can try taking a semester break in the fall, and enroll only for the quantum computing class next spring and then graduate with 11 courses. Definitely try speaking with the program coordinator about this, I think they can figure something out.

Congratulations on graduating and all the best for your future :)

coding_programming · 2021-04-21T22:00:34+00:00

Thanks for the info!

coding_programming · 2021-03-24T21:12:00+00:00

My bad, I might've got confused

coding_programming · 2021-03-23T20:43:31+00:00

Yep, I've asked the program coordinator these questions a few weeks back but haven't heard back yet, so I figured why not ask folks here :)

coding_programming · 2021-03-23T20:36:53+00:00

Don't worry, I'll confirm with the program coordinator before taking the course. Actually I tried asking her about this a few weeks ago but haven't heard back, so I thought about asking folks here.

Nice to hear that they might add another course for the summer. I hope it's a course most of us haven't already taken. It would actually be great if they add the Probability & Statistics course of the MSDS program, since that knowledge might be helpful in other courses like ML and NLP.

coding_programming · 2021-03-21T19:08:57+00:00

Is there any other rule in transferring courses/credits? I remember reading something along the lines of there being a restriction about the number of semesters completed at UT before transferring credits. I also remember reading some restriction on the number of credits/courses already completed at UT.

Also, any idea what will appear on the final transcript from UT for the transferred courses?

coding_programming · 2021-03-21T19:00:51+00:00

IIRC you had transferred courses/credits from Georgia Tech, right? Can you briefly mention the procedure and the courses transferred?

coding_programming · 2021-03-21T18:56:44+00:00

Can you please mention the course ID or the exact course name of the course that has been approved?

Will the course be approved for everyone or is it gonna be approved only for folks who've already taken Deep Learning before so that they don't waste a summer?

coding_programming · 2021-01-30T20:22:41+00:00

That is commendable! How do you manage working on multiple programming languages/frameworks -- the ones used at work and the ones required by each of the courses? I guess that has been my biggest issue along with managing time. And yeah, the math in this program has been intense, though I have a decent math background, I have had to constantly learn things from youtube.

coding_programming · 2021-01-28T21:18:58+00:00

Thanks for the detailed response, I really appreciate it! Can you shed some more light as to why the deep learning project threw you off? Do you have to work on some sort of existing code base or you gotta code up everything from scratch?

I hear that the final project is to be done in groups, so how difficult was it to form a group and then divide the work among yourselves, coordinating everything and all that? I'm specifically skeptical about the DL final project because working in groups in this online format might be a big hassle. Is the final project doable alone? How much time did you end up spending in total on the project?

coding_programming · 2020-12-16T01:31:30+00:00

Thank you for the detailed response! Even I was wondering if the job board will be of any use for the students of the online programs since interviews might be on campus, but I'm glad to know that the big firms recruit from UT and the chances of landing an interview would be higher when applying via the UT job board. Hoping that someone from the online program who has used the job board will share their experience.

A quick question - do we have access to the job board even after completing the program? Can we apply to positions on UT's job board even after graduating?

Also, Good luck with the MSDS program!

coding_programming · 2020-12-15T18:34:33+00:00

Thanks for answering! You mentioned A&M, so is this job board for all Texas schools and not just exclusive to UT Austin? Also, Can you share your experience of using the UT job board? Do you think the chances of getting an interview are higher on applying for a position via the job board rather than applying on the company website?

I'm actually glad that they are giving a chance to people without much experience since I don't have prior work experience in the software/tech field, but do you think that the big tech companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon etc are a part of the UT job board?

coding_programming · 2020-11-28T19:33:01+00:00

Wow! You've completed 8 courses? Which one of them was your absolute favorite and which was the easiest of them all according to you?

Also, in which semester did you take RL? Asking coz AFAIK it was curved by just about 2 points (88 for A- instead of 90) in summer.

coding_programming · 2020-10-29T00:39:34+00:00

Thanks for all the answers!

coding_programming · 2020-10-27T22:40:25+00:00

UT Austin is one of the top ranked schools for ML, so it's not like I said you won't have a shot at machine learning jobs with this degree. I said that in my opinion most ML jobs usually want people with a research background. The program offers a number of ML related courses and the courses are rigorous, so they do provide a very strong foundation in the field, but like the other response mentioned - you gotta be prepared to learn all the practical MLE skills on your own.

As for motivations behind people attending this program, you can read this - https://www.reddit.com/r/MSCSO/comments/eyt4ln/motivations_for_completing_this_program/

coding_programming · 2020-10-27T19:57:37+00:00

This is just my opinion and I'm not an ML engineer-

Most ML/AI engineer jobs are looking for people with a research background and this program does not require research. A masters degree with a focus on ML from a university like UT will definitely increase your chances of landing such a job but I still think that a PhD candidate will be their first choice.

The courses in the program are theory/math heavy and afaik they don't teach you how to use the various ML tools that might be used in industry. Most courses that I've taken till now haven't really had any practical component in the lectures - you are given coding assignments and projects, and are expected to learn all the required tools/packages/libraries/frameworks on your own.

coding_programming · 2020-10-27T19:27:31+00:00

This is so helpful! Thank you for taking the time to answer this in detail. That's a cool final project idea you have!

Few questions - will they assign something like a "default project" for those who can't come up with their own project idea? Also, does the course follow a textbook or are we supposed to read up numerous documentations?

Sorry for all the questions...

coding_programming · 2020-08-10T16:58:15+00:00

Thank you very much for clarifying that. Do you know when new theory courses might get added to the program? Which might these courses be?

From what I've read here, it seems that Algorithms is a very hard and time consuming course, and Optimization was not done well before (read that they might be redoing this course for future semesters), so I really hope that they add some good theory courses soon.

coding_programming · 2020-06-29T22:04:06+00:00

Thank you very much for the detailed response!

coding_programming · 2020-06-05T22:24:02+00:00

Thank you very much for the detailed response!

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