Should I get my PhD in computer science?

Summary. A computer science PhD offers the chance to become a leading researcher in a highly important field with potential for transformational research. Especially consider it if you want to enter computer science academia or do high-level research in industry and expect to be among the top 30\% of PhD candidates.

What is the difference between deep learning and computer vision?

Computer vision is a subfield of AI that seeks to make computers understand the contents of the digital data contained within images or videos and make some sense out of them. Deep learning aims to bring machine learning one step closer to one of its original goals, that is, artificial intelligence.

What did you learn during Your PhD?

At the time, I felt like I was learning a lot during my PhD: taking advanced courses, reading papers, conducting research, regularly giving presentations, organizing two conferences in my field, coordinating a student-run graduate course, serving as an elected representative for grad students in my department, and writing a thesis.

Who are some famous people who work in deep learning without PhDs?

Just off the top of my head, I thought of the following people who don’t have PhDs and who are doing interesting, cutting-edge work in deep learning (this list is incomplete and there are tons of others): Chris Olah, co-editor of distill.pub, creator of insightful visualizations, researcher at Google Brain (no college degree)

Why don’t more people do PhDs?

On the other side, there are many people doing fascinating and cutting-edge work without PhDs, who are less likely to be asked for advice on the topic. Other important factors, such as the disproportionately high rate of depression amongst graduate students or the opportunity cost of doing a PhD, are rarely discussed.

Do you work with teammates without PhDs?

In all the jobs I’ve had, including a couple that technically “required” a PhD, I had teammates without graduate degrees. My teammates without PhDs were often more productive and helpful then those of us with PhDs (perhaps because they had more practical experience).