05-06-2021, 05:43 PM
(05-06-2021, 04:37 PM)Guest Wrote:(05-04-2021, 07:08 PM)drstrange Wrote: The likelihood that you will be the first author on an ML project with only a couple of summers to work and no background as an MS1 is slim-to-none. These projects are big, high-risk undertakings that will involve a decent-sized team of people. The senior grad student or postdoc heading the project will undoubtedly get the first authorship and you'll be buried in the middle.
I would personally go for option number #2 and try to head up a project of your own that you will be able to talk about at length. It really does not take long during an interview to figure out if someone was a hanger-on for a project or if they were integrally involved.
Take this advice or leave it. I'm a co-PI on a project with an NIH grant and a patent involving ML for a neurosurgical application, but I'm also an anonymous internet troll so who knows?
Thank you for this reply. I have first-authored a few basic science publications so I kind of know the hang of it. Even a negative result can be spun to a presentation/poster. This is what I was thinking of doing.
I did not realize that a first-author publication would make such a big difference.
I will probably speak to both of them, and inquire about a small side project. I can put in 10 hours/week while in med school, and of course, 50+/week on holidays/summer.
Thank you again.
Also, if I may ask, but the aggressive tone in the last sentence? I noticed that such language is common here, is it common amongst neurosurgeons?
Thank you again.
It's more common on neurosurgery hub in general. A lot of unprovoked attacking. Well, provoked if you consider "saying something I disagreed with" as a provocation
Let me add - this user's reply wasn't really aggressive, just some sarcasm. There is worse on this website however