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Tagged with independent-researcher masters
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I'd like to conduct a personal research project as a master's student. What progress should I make before bringing it to a professor?
Last semester in my master's program, I came up with an algorithm that I thought was an interesting improvement on another algorithm we learned in class. I brought it to my professor, but he never ...
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Is there a path to publishing if you're outside of academia, specifically with a master's?
I'm graduating in a few months with an M.S. in Economics. My program required a thesis, which took a bit longer to write than I hoped for, but I've done it, passed the defense, manuscript approved. My ...
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Does it make sense to "pause" an academic career so that I can pursue financial independence and self-fund my research?
I graduated with a bachelor’s in the humanities last year. I would have preferred to continue studying, but I don’t have the money, and I have found very few opportunities for full funding where I ...
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Should I spend my summer as an independent researcher? [closed]
I am a Masters student at a mid tier school (and perhaps getting dangerously close to low tier for my field specifically). I am planning on applying to PhD programs this coming Fall. I applied for ...
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What is better, "self study" or a "research internship"
I am a 4th year student in an bachelors in Electronics Engineering program in a university in India. I am plan to pursue a career as a researcher in Machine Learning and computer vision, and hence I ...
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Publishing with a master's degree and no academic affiliation? [duplicate]
Currently I am finishing a master's degree in linguistics. I was accepted for a Ph.D at my university, but I decided not to do it in the end. I love my research and my field, but I don't see myself as ...
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Can I use an independent research to get a master degree?
I have an undergraduate degree, and I do some of independent research on my own, so I was thinking if universities have some kind of offer where I can use it, and I mean in exchange for my research I'...
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