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Hi guys, I just received the two offers and I was recently really hesitanting. I have talked with many students and professors from CMU and Austin. But still, I did not make a clear decision.

I graduated from CS department and I was doing ML in EDA previously. Personally, I did not want to touch something related to hardware/EE. My future plan would be finding a faculty (at least current plan) at Hong Kong/Singapore, but I am always open to industry.

I just list my summary here:

CMU

Pro.

1. Maybe higher reputation, especially in CS domain?

2. Private university, more friendly to graduates?

3. We can receive a "free" ML ms by enrolling required courses, which may contribute to our future career.

4. I actually kind of tend to work with US professor since I am too familiar with research in Asian group.

5. The professor is nice and do not push you harshly.

Con.

1. I am totally a rookie in DFT (Design for Testing) and hardware security. Also, the two topics may be too "hardware" to attract me and I don't know the difficulty to find a faculty in both directions.

2. The professor is not active now, and only a few students went to faculty.

3. Previously, the professor did not encourage intern, but recently, intern seems to be acceptable.

Austin

Pro.

1. I can continue my research direction, which seems to be more consistent.

2. The professor is pretty influential recently, and he seems to be still rising.

3. It is easy to find intern, because many companies, i.e., Facebook, Google, Cadence, will ask the professor to recommend students.

4. A fellowship is offered, therefore, the stipend is a little higher.

Con.

1. Maybe a little harsh (just a little, many people said the professor was also nice)

2. The reputation may not be as good as CMU. At least in HK, our department head recommended me to CMU without hesitation.

Thanks guys!

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

but then I remembered it was ground this morning.

Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale

Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

A play on words.

Pilot on me!!

My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.

Christopher Walken