Researcher at MIT Media Lab - Graduate Student Researcher MIT Employee Review

5.0
Mar 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

- A lot of freedom when choosing research topic - Collaborative environment between research groups - Well funded research resources, facility, offices, equipment, etc

Cons

- Not very rigorous on the technical side (at the Media Lab) - Lab is mainly funded by corporate sponsors, and a lot of work/time goes into demoing/pitching projects to visitors

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

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