academic cultures
May. 8th, 2010 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guslI'm soon going to start my PhD in Statistics, but I usually still think of myself as a machine learning person (or as a computational statistician). My department (Columbia) is a modern and open-minded one, and has hired faculty whose PhDs are not in Statistics.
But it seems like, at some point, I will have to make a decision about what research community I want to belong to. Perhaps most importantly, whether to publish in conferences (the CS model), or only in journals (the Stats model). What should I be taking into account when making this decision? Should I simply follow the faculty who I most want to work with?
But it seems like, at some point, I will have to make a decision about what research community I want to belong to. Perhaps most importantly, whether to publish in conferences (the CS model), or only in journals (the Stats model). What should I be taking into account when making this decision? Should I simply follow the faculty who I most want to work with?