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So today I talked to the species distribution group about some of the work that I did while I was in Australia. The group today was composed of Tom (my adviser), Weng-Keen (another professor), Rebecca (name may be wrong, but new post-doc) and Phoebe (another IGERT student). While I felt that I could have gotten more done during my time in Australia I really felt pretty good about the progress. I was proud to show the maps I had created and was pleased with my grasp of the data, the data collection process and the policy impacts my work could have. Tom however seemed less than impressed. I am not, nor have I ever been, a student that was interested in the nitty gritty details of machine learning algorithms. I am however, endlessly intrigued by the possible applicaitons of them outside of the field of CS. Perhaps this means that I dont pay enough attention to the details of such algorithms and I am sure that this frustrates Tom but I told him I wasn’t interested in theory. It was just a real downer to come from ARI where the ecologists really like my work back to my university where it apparently isn’t meeting standards.
I take my quals this month. I am wondering if Tom is going to pass me or just suggest that I get my masters and go. That would crush me but I would try to get into University of Melbourne and do my PhD there I guess.
Le sigh.
