From: ted.dunning@gmail.com   
      
   On May 3, 4:34 am, neeraj2...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Hi,   
   > I find AI concepts really interesting and I would someday like to   
   > pursue research/a career in AI (with my current knowledge levels, I'm   
   > leaning towards Cognitive Science/Operational Research). I am   
   > currently working in the VLSI domain.   
   >   
   > Unfortunately, I come from an electronics background and I don't have   
   > any object-oriented programming knowledge. As a result, I'm really   
   > confused as to how I can convince anyone to take me on as a research   
   > assistant. :-(   
   > Any ideas what will enhance my chances of getting into a good AI   
   > course in the US/UK? Is doing a short object-oriented language course   
   > (e.g. Java) a good idea?   
   >   
   > Any help/thoughts are very much appreciated.   
   > Merci!   
   >   
      
   Java is hardly a pre-requisite for Cognitive Science or Operational   
   Research.   
      
   Good math skills would be much more helpful.  Look into machine   
   learning and Bayesian inference.  Chris Bishop's book is an excellent   
   starting place although it would be a hard slog without the basics.   
      
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