On Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 11:43:38 AM UTC-5, Rohit Thankachan wrote: > > I am planning on applying to masters and/or PhD programs that start in > Fall 2016. I am a JSoC 2015 student and have been doing work related to 3D > visualizations from Julia - ThreeJS.jl > <https://github.com/rohitvarkey/ThreeJS.jl> and Compose3D.jl > <https://github.com/rohitvarkey/Compose3D.jl>. I am hoping to continue > working on these projects along with newer projects in Julia as part of a > master's or PhD program. Does anyone know of any programs that would allow > me to do this? Pointers would be appreciated too. :) >
As a general rule, you should apply to PhD engineering programs with the expectation that you can choose your general area of research (e.g. visualization), but your specific projects will be chosen by your advisor in the beginning. You can generally spend a certain fraction of your time on personal projects, and as you become a more senior graduate student you often have more input in steering your research direction, but your advisor will typically hire you with projects already in mind for you to work on. (Also, as a general tip for admissions: by all means, express an interest in specific areas of research, but in your application statement you should appear flexible in what specific problems you want to work on. If you appear too determined to work on a specific problem, no one will want to admit you except in the unlikely event that your problem exactly coincides with a project already in their research program/grants.)
