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Program:
2014 Fall MS/Meng/PhD in CS/EECS
Research Interest:
Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Admission:
CS MS, UT Austin
RI MS, CMU
Rejection:
CS PhD:
UCLA, Stanford, CMU, MIT, Berkeley, U Washington, Princeton, UT Austin,
UCSD, Columbia
CS MS:
Stanford, CMU, Columbia, USC
Decision:
CS MS, UT Austin
Education:
MS in Electronics Engineering, NTU, 2011-2013
GPA:4.2/4.3 Ranking:22/138 (16%)
BS in Electrical Engineering, NTU, 2007-2011
GPA:91.27/100 Ranking:20/230 (9%)
Test Scores:
GRE: 1450, V650, Q800, AWA3.5
TOEFL: 105, R29, L26, S22, W28
Honors and Awards:
NTU Outstanding Performance Scholarship
Novatek Scholarship
Champion of Track 2 in KDD Cup 2012, as a team member
Design Completion Award in "2012 Integrated Circuit Design Contest"
Presidential Award (2 times)
Research Assistantship
Teaching Assistantship
Publications:
1st author IEEE Conference x 3
3rd author IEEE Conference x 1
Nth author KDDCUP Workshop Paper x 1
1st author submitted IEEE Conference x 2 (1 got accepted later.)
Letter of Recommendation:
1 from NTUEE, Advisor of master's thesis, Vice President of NTU
1 from NTUEE, Advisor of undergraduate research and T.A.
1 from NTU CSIE, Advisor of KDD Cup 2012
1 from NTU CSIE, Advisor of undergraduate research
1 from MediaTek, Supervisor of summer internship
Research and Work Experiences:
Summer Intern in MediaTek
Two years of graduate school studies in Computer Vision
One semester in KDD CUP
Three undergraduate research topics