Getting Started with Applied ML Research
So you are interested in applied machine learning (ML) research? Oftentimes, a lot of young aspiring machine learning researchers jump straight into reading papers and either get discouraged with the amount of work published on a particular topic or get too caught up reading a lot of papers with very little progress on generating new and exciting research ideas. To avoid these situations and ensuring a healthy start on your research journey, here are some of my tips on how to get started with applied ML research. These tips do not guarantee success but they give you a useful framework for enabling creativity and avoiding common pitfalls in research.
Identify a problem that matches your background and skills
For instance, if you have studied biology maybe it makes more sense to conduct