Hello,
unfortunately, we do not expect these articles to be created anymore. We removed the promise from the article.
Best wishes,
Leon
Hey Manuel,
sorry for the late reply! I have now reposted it at the EA forum:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/2veWrFqMaGipFGiCM/european-master-s-programs-in-machine-learning-artificial
If the link doesn't yet work, it might be since the article is still awaiting moderator approval.
Hi Aidan_Kierans,
In the three cases I know, it went like this:
CWI: the student got in contact with a researcher from CWI who was willing to supervise a thesis.
CHAI: Same.
Mila: Same.
Note that for CHAI and Mila, you may need recommendation letters if you go over their usual routes of research internships. I myself also applied to Mila and FHI and got recommendation letters for this, though in the end I was not able to get accepted there.
The programs in continental Europe (e.g. Amsterdam, Darmstadt, Tübingen, ETH, and Lausanne) are usually 2 years long and the UK ones (Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge, and UCL) take one year. I don't know how well the UK ones adapted their program to online teaching, I have just heard that Edinburgh is currently struggling to do so.
Hi Piyush,
I'm sorry, but I do not have good answers to your questions.
Note that many students in Amsterdam are not at all interested in doing a PhD, and so the number of such students doing a PhD at UvA or a better institute may also not be that informative.
But I do know one UvA master's graduate who recently was admitted for a PhD in Cambridge (after he was rejected by Amsterdam itself - there's probably lots of noise in these decisions).