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Motivation Letter for Master's Program in Computer Sicence and Engineering

Hi, I have wriiten a letter template for my application to several Master's Programs in CSE. Would you help to proofread it? Thanks a lot!

Here is the text:

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am writing to express my enthusiasm for the Master's program in Computer Science and Engineering. I have already received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from [university], which is one of the most famous universities in [country].

I started my undergraduate study with a specialty in design initially. However, due to my strong interest in mathematics and the IT industry, I switched over to majoring in Computer Science and Technology one year later. This decision did live up to my expectations. I was enjoying myself learning the basic courses, especially ones on data structure and algorithm. Brilliant methods that I had never thought of were introduced to reduce time and space complexity, which was much to my taste. At the end of my sophomore year, I got an opportunity to attend SIGGRAPH 2012, the 39th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. It was an unforgettable experience. I was totally amazed at the cutting-edge technologies I saw there and how they had changed our lives. From then on I had been admiring those who were active at the frontier of research.

I participated in a student research training project on mesh deformation as soon as I got back. My primary task was to implement efficient algorithms described in related papers, so as to achieve real-time manipulation of large meshes. Later I joined in the research group of ubiquitous computing directed by my academic adviser and focused on context-aware computing. My efforts led to a poster paper, which was then accepted by UbiComp, the 2013 ACM International Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing. The nice academic atmosphere and international setting appealed to me deeply during my stay at the conference. At that moment, I realized that my career goal would be a research position in either academia or industry, just like the other attendees. I enjoyed exploring new things and communicating with people from different background. On the other hand, I had also found my lack of professional skills by that time. So I finally made up my mind to pursue a Master's degree.

[A paragraph describing reasons for choosing this program]

The undergraduate education has provided me adequate confidence in taking graduate study abroad. I paid special attention to the core courses, in order to lay a solid foundation in mathematics and programming. Besides, I also picked several courses that dealt with practical matters, like numerical analysis and applied mathematics. In honor of my outstanding performance, I was awarded with First-Class Scholarship for three consecutive years. In addition, I took an active part and won prizes in several competitions, such as mathematic modeling contest, programming contest and etc. They had enhanced my ability of problem solving, and taught me how to perform well within a team meanwhile.

My graduation thesis mainly discussed the recognition of Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals collected during motor imagery (not thinking, thinking left and thinking right). I combined a spatial filtering method based on independent component analysis and a feature extracting algorithm based on common spatial subspace decomposition. By making use of brain waves' spatial distribution and selecting signal channels reasonably, the classification accuracy reached 90%. Moreover, I presented a framework for the communication between Emotiv EEG headset (device for collecting EEG signals) and Android. An image browser was implemented as a demo, in which users were able to switch images by thinking left or right. The thesis accounted for 8.0 credits and took a period of four months in length. My thesis received a grade of 90/100 and was honored Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis.

With my strong desire and academic background, I believe that I am qualified for entry and able to make significant contributions to the program. As I am considering pursuing doctoral studies in CSE related areas ultimately, your program will undoubtedly be an essential preparation for me and add tremendous value to my academic experience.

Thank you very much for considering my application.

Yours sincerely,

[name]
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