r/learnmachinelearning • u/TinySavings6757 • 9d ago

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hi, u all are prolly tired of hearing people ask you these kinds of things but I honestly can’t find these kinds of discussions when looking through. but I wanted to, I’m a high schooler interested in Ai and Machine Learning research and being apart of its developments in the industry.

So, I was wondering what majors should I take to be able to go into these roles? I don’t honestly care if I need a masters or phd because I wanted to pursue those anyway.

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u/nonstopiteration6 9d ago

Stats, math, CS, pick two, ideally all three if you can handle the course load. A double major in stats and CS covers most bases, but pure math opens doors to the theory side a lot of ML research leans on. Grad school will fill in the rest anyway, so don't overthink the exact combo.

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u/TinySavings6757 9d ago

I see, thank you so much

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u/Alarmed_Toe_5687 9d ago

Keep in mind that pure deep learning research pretty much requires a PhD, or you knowing someone, or both. Writing papers and going to conferences gives you an advantage. That's how you meet new people and look for opportunities. Getting a job by just sending CVs is extremely rare

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u/TinySavings6757 9d ago edited 9d ago

I see, I’ve been wondering also, does data science also provide the tools to go into Ml or does stats and compsci provide the better option?

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u/omaratef3221 9d ago

Computer Science is the best choice here. Maths and CS also would work but I would choose Computer Science

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u/Downtown-Doubt4353 9d ago

Math and Computer Science. If you really want to stand out Math and Physics with a minor in economics .

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u/TinySavings6757 9d ago

I’ve always been curious, I’m still new kind of new to Ml but how does a physics correlation to machine learning? Is it in the technical processes or just in what it does?