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Craving for Computer Science - Georgia Tech Essay [11]
Question:
What interests you about your selected program of study? ( Limit: 2000 characters (with space))
About two years ago, I came to know what computer science essentially was - a logical and analytical challenge to a human's thought process, by then I knew this was what I wanted to pursue in my life. I was drawn to the subject like a moth to a flame. Over the course of time, I strived to learn about programming and where it may possibly lead me. I studied C++ and python and worked with different softwares like QT Creator, Gazebo and ROS. Writing a long program and compiling it without errors, producing the pseudocode to a challenging question or finding that one bug which took me hours, these moments were most likely the greatest. They often instilled a feeling of progress and served the purpose of nurturing my passion for the subject.
A few months back, I attended the Reflections | Projections event held by UIUC. During Yisong Yue's presentation, I experienced the same feeling as I did two years back, a feeling of direction. I had finally found my calling; the ability to code something that could make far better decisions and predictions than mankind could ever dream of, one that would get exponentially better with time and data, Machine Learning. Machine learning is highly interdisciplinary; it's applied in domains such as sports analytics, data-driven animation, medicine, self-driving cars and even speech recognition.
Over the past century, computer science has both undergone an exponential growth and produced a revolutionary change in mankind's lifestyle. I'd like to be a driving force in this change. However, I possess only a few drops of this vast ocean of language. I believe that Georgia Tech, being one of the world's greatest research institutions, would be corner stone in me achieving the skill I require to tame the tides that I plan to face. Courses like Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Understanding, Knowledge-based AI, Game AI and Pattern Recognition offered in GT will prove crucial in paving my path to success.
Character count (with space) : 2000