“This is perfect timing to explore options since I have full scholarships (covering fees and maintenance)“, was the response I got from a professor I had sent a cold email […]
Perfect Timing to secure a fully-funded PhD Read More »
“Please what should be the subject of the mail?” was a question from my previous post on sending first email to potential supervisors. Since people still do judge a book
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Summer is over but the cherished memories would stick in my mind. In my previous posts, I shared my adventures at the summer schools in Norway and Portugal. In this post, I would recount the
Recounting summer school adventures in Germany and Finland Read More »
An uncle of mine called me up one day and told me about his ward (protégé) who had an urgent need requiring my assistance. His ward had received PTDF scholarship,
The story of my scholarship rejections that became another’s admission blessing Read More »
One question I usually get from aspiring PhD scholars is “where can I find PhD scholarships?”. Opportunities abound but sometimes information about where and how to find them isn’t that
5 top websites to find PhD scholarships Read More »
I received a lovely surprise package this month. An invitation to the University of Manchester to give a seminar to the Decision and Cognitive Sciences (DCS) research centre. What amazes
Invited to University of Manchester to give a seminar Read More »
From the 4th to 12th of July, I was in the city of Porto, Portugal for the 7th edition of the summer school on Vision Understanding and Machine Intelligence (VISUM).
My experience at the VISUM summer school, Portugal Read More »
Have you sent several emails to potential supervisors for Masters or PhD study and not gotten any responses? While there are no guarantees that an email would get replies even
How to get a professor’s approval for supervision on first email contact Read More »
If there’s one AI summer school to look out for in 2020, it will be the Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence (ProbAI) school. There’s also an opportunity to win a generous scholarship to participate.
Probabilistic AI summer school: 5 reasons you must attend Read More »
One of the pains of preparing a pitch presentation, say ranging from 1 to 5 minutes, is how to get started. If it is a competition, it makes this piece I’m
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