Coco_Dirichlet t1_isbdj0s wrote on October 14, 2022 at 5:47 PM

Reply to comment by pumpkinsmasher76 in [D] How can a prospective PhD applicant gain ML-related research experience beforehand? by pumpkinsmasher76

Start by asking people who wrote your letters about what opportunities they know about. Maybe they received an email through a listserv (many conferences and associations have them). Also, ask them advice on how make your application package stronger.

Google works like: predoctoral fellowship "computer science"

This is an example of what you'd get from a search like that: https://allenai.org/predoctoral-young-investigators

There are more.

There's also this website that has more of this predocs and RA ooportunities: https://predoc.org/ -- Some are data science with applications to social sciences; also, check information about applications and free workshops. Even if it's not specific to ML, it's still useful.

Also, make some saved searches on LinkedIn for universities and computer science. Some Labs will put their Lab searches there.

pumpkinsmasher76 OP t1_isftkhr wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:31 PM

I have heard of and applied to Allen AI at least a couple of times but coming from a Top 40 undergrad these are people from like top 20 if not top 10 undergrads who get into this.

For the other website that's more for economics students where pre-docs are more common. I have also applied to a few of these myself with not much luck. Maybe an ínterview if I'm lucky.