Request to review my statement of purpose

[Ajay Nair]

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.