Computer Science :: Graduate Admissions Essays

Computer perception   I remember the twenty-four hours as if it were yesterday. During my second year in college, I was attempting to transmit a group of characters comprising my pretend from one data processor to another. I connected the computers using RS-232 cable, wrote the necessary programs and executed them. I typed my name on one terminal and rushed to the other to see the results. Wow, this is put-on I exclaimed as I read Tom on the screen. While I realized intuitively that a complex version of this elementary web could achieve much, at the time I had no real melodic theme what. Now, four years later, I know that Networking makes possible a embarrassment of applications, from video-conferencing over the Internet to linking banks through private networks. It still seems like magic. Or rather, a grand adventure - one that I most for sure want to be part of.   My interest in applied recognition dates back to my school days. During high school, I was fascinat ed with electronic gadgets. briefly thereafter, designing and building basic circuits started as a hobby. Along the way, however, I realized that the problem-solving aspect of making electronic gadgets was what I enjoyed the most. Engineering was a natural career choice after this.   During my undergraduate studies at the Electronics & adenylic acid Communication department of M.K. College of Engineering, subjects like Microprocessors, C-Programming, Computer Networks interested me the most. I was awful by the potential of Intel 8086 microprocessor, more(prenominal) so by the manner in which its faster and more powerful cousins revolutionized the working of computers in a decade. I was now determined to focus on microprocessors during my Final Year project.   I elected to do the project at National Space question Organization (NSRO) as it has an outstanding infrastructure setup and a stimulating, frontmost seek environment. This enabled me to work with some of the be st minds dedicated to engineering research in my country. I gained a lot from this association - in particular, an thought of how rewarding and meaningful a career in research could be. The more tangible benefits have been a deeper insight into architecture and working of microprocessors and thoroughgoing(a) C-programming skills. Sometimes I spent more than ten hours a day at NSRO, reading manuals and troubleshooting circuits and debugging code. I am glad to say the parturiency paid off in the end.