Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan
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Virticle Desk · Edited to Virticle Standards
September 30, 2026
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The human is the plot.
In short: Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan
What moved
I recently completed my PhD in Computer Science at Tokyo Institute of Technology (now the Institute of Science Tokyo) as an American student on the MEXT Scholarship. Simultaneously, I continued my work as a software engineer and researcher at Google.
This cleared Virticle’s weekday bar because it looks consequential for someone who is not giving a keynote — not because it won a thread.
Why a human should care
Ask what default, power relation, or daily ritual actually changed. If the answer is still “a demo,” this would not ship on Friday either.
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