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  1. Statement of Purpose The number of areas in which Computer Science plays a vital role is astonishing and I feel lucky that my passion and skills lie in it. My undergraduate course in Computer Engineering and my experience in the software industry has helped me set a clear goal for my near future – mastery in the field of Computer Science. With an aim to study in one of the best universities in the USA, I wish to apply for the Master of Computer Science (MCS) course at XYZ State University. I have always found myself indulging in research activities and it delights me to know that XYZ State University gives high importance to research and has so many labs to facilitate the same. In my four years of experience in the software industry, I had the opportunity to work on multiple challenging research project. · At my first job for Calsoft Inc, I worked on the research project 'Federated NAS’. We as a team of 3 designed and developed the architecture for distributed and federated filesystem framework which allows global namespace for the data stored over several sources (Cloud sources, remote filesystems etc.). I actively participated in developing the design and architecture of the project and later was the leading developer to implement it. For this project, I developed a virtual filesystem and an object filesystem, an on-disk cache and an in-memory cache. · While working on the project – ‘In-band NFS XATTR support’, I researched for ways to develop the support for extended attributes in NFS (Network FileSystem) protocol in its data path. I proposed a novel way of its development and the idea was accepted. It helped me fetch an opportunity to guide a group of final year students for its implementation. · In Seagate Technology, I worked on the research project 'Parallel Data Mover (PDM)’. The work focused on developing a Data Mover which can migrate data at a high speed for HPC (High-Performance Computation) use-cases and is capable of working with multiple storage tiers spanning Lustre, GPFS, and Cloud Storage. Owing to the high quality of education, I believe studying at XYZ State University will be highly rewarding and satisfying at the same time being extremely challenging and competitive. I am fortunate that challenges excite me and bring the best out of me. · When I got the opportunity to guide a group of final year engineering students for the ‘NFS XATTR support’ project for the intra-company project competition, I was contending against other project guides who were senior to me by more than 8 years. This did not deter my confidence but instead motivated me to participate and try to win the ‘Best undergraduate project’ title. In spite of being occupied by other projects, my and my team’s dedication and positive attitude resulted in us winning the title. · Calsoft Inc organized a company-wide coding competition – ‘Code gladiators’. Even though I knew I would compete against top-notch Architects, Principal Developers, Director of Engineering among others, I believed in myself and spent more than a month preparing for the competition. I stood 1st and received applauds from everyone. There are no words to describe the happiness I felt when I was lauded by seniors who I greatly admire and respect. XYZ State University’s initiatives like ‘ABC’ speaks volumes about the importance the university gives to philanthropy. I believe I perfectly fit into this culture as I try to give back to the community in whatever ways possible. · A good education at a young age plays a vital role in deciding the future of a child. To reciprocate the effect education had on me onto others, I volunteered for ‘BHUMI’ NGO. There I taught Mathematics and English to orphan kids who never had the opportunity to study in a school. Even though I joined the NGO with a humble aim of teaching the kids, I ended up learning much more from them. Being part of the NGO for a year had a profound impact on my life. XYZ State University is a community formed to solve the world’s most challenging issues and I want to be part of this global group. The group which is bringing positive changes to the world and making it a better place to live in.
  2. It gives me lot of pleasure to recommend Ajay Nair for the graduate course at your esteemed university. I have known him since his second year of Engineering in Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT) and I had the opportunity to teach him ‘Theory of Computation’ and to be his final year project guide. For his final year project he along with his team were able to come up with a very innovative idea: ‘Sandman.js: Gesture Recognition Library’ using which developers can easily create and incorporate gestures which can act as a replacement for menu items in their websites. This unambiguously pointed out his quench for innovation. He always maintained an updated plan in his tracker which had detailed breakdown of the project into multiple daily tasks and weekly milestones. He was always on schedule and this level of discipline helped him and his team win 2nd prize in INC (Impetus and Concepts) nationwide technical project competition. Moreover, during the presentations of his project he showcased exceptional technical communication skill. Due to his overall superior performance he scored 90/100 for his project work and 42/50 for his project oral examination. He always stood out for his keenness to learn and his quick grasping skills during my lectures. He actively initiated and participated in discussions and asked relevant and important questions related to the subject. His high score in Theory of Computation aptly displays his top quality skill set. As a fresher in Calsoftinc he took time out to give back to his collage PICT. He guided a final year BE project 'NFS XATTR implementation' in which he mentored his team to implement support for extended attributes in Linux kernel NFS. For the team which consisted of 4 students, I was the collage project guide while he was the external project guide. Whenever the team faced any technical issue he always found a way out showing his strong hold on the subject. He always made the team stay motivated and his incredible leadership skills translated into the team standing first in the Calsoft project competition. Ajay was among the top students in my class. His discipline, keenness to learn and innovative skills coupled with high level of motivation will surely help him immensely during his graduate studies. Thus, I strongly recommend him for his admission with suitable financial assistantship at your university.
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