Unfortunately, I get a large amount of email. Before sending me
a message, please check whether your inquiry may be addressed by one of
the frequently-asked questions below.
To schedule an appointment , please send me an email message telling
me what the meeting is about, how long you expect it to take, and
any time constraints you have for scheduling a meeting. My schedule
gets fairly full, so it's best to list constraints at least a couple
of weeks out.
All the information you need on applying
for admission to CS graduate programs is available on the Web.
PhD admissions in our department are done by a central committee,
which processes all applications and decides on admissions for the
entire department. Individual faculty members do not accept students
directly into their research groups, so sending me an email about your
application will not increase your chances of getting admitted into
the program. Note that admission into the Ph.D. program is extremely
competitive, since we get many more qualified applicants than we can
accept.
After you are accepted into the program by this committee, feel
free to contact me regarding research opportunities. Furthermore,
accepted PhD students are invited to attend a PhD weekend in the
last week of March. That is an ideal opportunity to meet with me
and see whether we have common research interests. In the
meantime, you can find out more about my research by looking at
my webpage.
All Ph.D. admits in CS are offered financial support in some form. If you
are a newly admitted CS PhD student who wants to join my group, please send
me an email.
Masters program admits or PhD students in other departments are not
automatically given financial support. Many students in our MS program
pay their own way. I very occasionally hire a masters student as a
research assistant. However, only after they have taken an advanced
AI class in relevant topics, generally either
(CS229 or CS228), and done well in it.
Teaching assistant applications are handled by our Educational Affairs
group. In no case will I hire a teaching assistant for one of my classes
who has not taken that class. If you have taken my class and want to apply
as a TA for it, you can send me an email in addition to submitting the
formal application to Education Affairs.
I am currently looking for a postdoctoral researcher with strong
background in machine learning and/or statistics and in computational
biology. If you are interested, please send me an email with a resume
and a link to your top 2-3 papers in the field.
Due to a variety of constraints I am not able to accommodate any new
visiting researchers in my group at this time. I also do not take on
summer interns from outside of Stanford, as the time frame is usually
too short for the student to learn the material and make a valuable
contribution to a project.
I'm happy to provide recommendation letters and/or serve as a reference
for students who have taken a class from me, and for my undergraduate
advisees. In order to write a thorough letter I need the following:
- Your Stanford transcript (unofficial axess version is fine)
- Copy of your "statement of purpose" for graduate school admission letters
- A couple of paragraphs summarizing any research or projects that
you have done with my group.
- The forms I need to fill out if there are any
I need these materials at least two weeks before the letter of
reference is needed.
I coordinate the CURIS
program, a summer internship program for CS undergraduates. The
program is open only to students who hold undergraduate status at
Stanford University. If you do not fall into this category, I can't
help you find a research internship at Stanford. If you do fall into
this category, please read the information on the CURIS webpage before contacting
me with additional questions. The CURIS application process is held
in winter quarter of each academic year, for the subsequent summer.
Once the assignments are made, the program is closed until the next
academic year, and I have no way of finding you a research
internships. You can try looking at other Stanford programs, such as
the URO program.
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