Hope this helps

Some_Advice.txt

Since you seem to be well versed in Optimization algorithms and Machine Learning, you should consider participating in 
ongoing Conference Competitions/Workshops for ex Gecco has several competitions running right now: 
https://gecco-2020.sigevo.org/index.html/Competitions; in addition there are many Upcoming competitions and workshops in 
ECCV(and many other conferences too, check out list of conferences in this brilliant space: https://aideadlin.es): 
https://eccv2020.eu/workshops/ working on such problems can provide you an unique exposure(that even some internship might 
not cover), plus there is always doors open for open source project contributions at many organization which to be honest 
is bed rock of many your prospective internship that you might be targetting, a great post to summarize this point is 
shared by our senior Vaidik sir here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vaidik_interns-internship-internshipprogram-activity-6660997288166600704-7Bqs/ .
Don't feel stuck with conventional paths that have been working for years but try to make one for yourself; I know it 
might be hard but trust me it will prepare you to face any future tough situations that you or industry might face 
with much more optimism.

Thanks for the advice Aalekh.