I'm a Computer Science graduate and gonna apply for Masters this year. I was thinking about my research proposal (or rather a problem statement) to submit during the application process and I had a rather different problem in mind than the ones I see on internet. My topic is not based on a real life problem but rather about my musings of a fictional world (lets just say its an anime). So my question is, is it okay to submit a research proposal that doesn't address a real problem but rather entertains the musings of a nerdy fan, and how we can use machine learning / AI for that?
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Is the problem of theoretical interest? Or is it only interesting because you like the anime?– Stella BidermanFeb 14, 2018 at 3:53
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@StellaBiderman I think it can be categorized as theoretical interest. I want to find an image or symbol based on a given text (its a spell). What I had in mind was that we do some tasks on the text and then predict the image/symbol. We can have a few images as a dataset.– Rida IftikharFeb 14, 2018 at 4:09
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If it’s of theoretical interest, go for it. Maybe don’t tell everyone you meet that you want to do this because of the anime, but I also wouldn’t shy away from saying that it was inspired by something you saw on TV. Focus on the research problem first and the inspiration second and you’ll be fine.
answered Feb 14, 2018 at 4:13
