I am a recent Computer Science graduate and have a keen interest in Computer Vision and Computational Photography. I attended the MIT ReDX workshop held in Mumbai this year (Achuta was my mentor) and it was a great learning experience. I really appreciate MIT Media Lab setting up innovation centers in India. They actually get something done!
I'd really like to pursue my graduate studies in this field and it goes without saying that Camera Culture group is the perfect place to be at. However, I couldn't apply this year because of my ordinary profile. Here are some questions from my side:
a) How can a person like me (average grades, not much research experience but highly relevant work experience) improve his/her profile and chances to get into your group? I apologize if you'd be answering this question for the zillion-th time.
b) How much weight do grades carry when you are shortlisting candidates? Because IMO, grades surely do not reflect your potential and quality because the education system here is severely flawed, even in top colleges. (I'm from a Tier 1 college!)
c) Do you recommend any other schools/labs that are working on really cool camera related projects?
d) Can a person work in Camera Culture group in a non-student capacity? (As an assistant/associate etc.)
Thanks and keep up the awesome work you guys are doing!
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Hi Prof. Raskar,
I am a recent Computer Science graduate and have a keen interest in Computer Vision and Computational Photography. I attended the MIT ReDX workshop held in Mumbai this year (Achuta was my mentor) and it was a great learning experience. I really appreciate MIT Media Lab setting up innovation centers in India. They actually get something done!
I'd really like to pursue my graduate studies in this field and it goes without saying that Camera Culture group is the perfect place to be at. However, I couldn't apply this year because of my ordinary profile. Here are some questions from my side:
a) How can a person like me (average grades, not much research experience but highly relevant work experience) improve his/her profile and chances to get into your group? I apologize if you'd be answering this question for the zillion-th time.
b) How much weight do grades carry when you are shortlisting candidates? Because IMO, grades surely do not reflect your potential and quality because the education system here is severely flawed, even in top colleges. (I'm from a Tier 1 college!)
c) Do you recommend any other schools/labs that are working on really cool camera related projects?
d) Can a person work in Camera Culture group in a non-student capacity? (As an assistant/associate etc.)
Thanks and keep up the awesome work you guys are doing!
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