Computers and I go a long way back … I discovered them as a toddler, tapping the keyboard on my father’s Dell Inspiron. Later, I learned my English alphabet on the fifteen-inch screen. Today, I know they make the ‘impossible possible’ – IBM’s Watson being the best example. Currently, I am the Secretary of my school’s Computer Club, and hold events where I invite eminent computer geeks. In the last Speaker Series my guests were Microsoft’s Mr. Pradeep Jhunjhunwala, and Mr. Rohit Kumar, from Chapter Apps, a Silicon Valley-based startup. In the June of 2017, while working as an intern with the Gurgaon branch of the latter, I played a pivotal role in translating their training modules into app-based systems. One such was preparing a unit for their …show more content…
I am eager to create a self-learning robot, which will also interpret a person's emotions and be a companion and nursing attendant for the elderly. Therefore, I hope to translate my nascent ideas into reality in Penn Engineering’s GRASP’s and other cutting-edge labs and research …show more content…
Working with like-minded Haptic enthusiasts in the HRI and PHRI domains and exploring the frontiers of Haptography promise me countless eureka moments and epiphanies, as I move forward in the area of research that excites me. In addition, I imagine learning will be a series of intellectual and academic adventures during my forays into the realm of developing, enhancing, and fortifying, ways of “continual learning and transfer across diverse tasks, … self-directed learning, … and interaction with end-users and other agents”, as I work with the Lifelong Machine Learning Group. Also, The Rehabilitation Robotics Lab enthrals me, for I look forward to combining my Study Abroad with research in robotics and understand international perspectives, as I create inexpensive robots by combining my engineering skills with my knowledge of neuro-rehabilitation robotics that I would have gained as a student of Penn Engineering. On the lighter side, working UPennalizers, the RoboCup Team, I will further improve my hands-on skills in robotics and be a part of the winning team that will bring home the trophy.
Additionally, at Penn Engineering a plethora of research opportunities will become available to me. Winning the Terry B. Heled Travel & Research Grant under CURF’s umbrella, I will undertake independent research in the summer in universities on foreign shores, beginning with
The author of Your Genes Don’t Fit: Why 10,000 Hours of Practice Won’t Make You an Expert went to the same Computer Center as Bill Gates and spent as much time as him on the terminal. The author commented, “The computer was called Rax, so when I turned on the computer, a message would type out on paper: Rax says hello. Please sign in. And I would eagerly sign in.
Carr and Turkle both use their essays to explain that although computers can lead to a lack of patience and depth, they can also increase productivity, build knowledge, and encourage acceptance of people from all different walks of life.
Traveling outwards, you would see our universe: billions of galaxies, trillions of worlds, an uncountable number of stars. We marvel at the vastness of magnificence of the cosmos, yet sometimes we forget, there is also magnificence inside of the human. Traveling inwards, you could see inside my individualistic brain: an incoherent mass of number values, peculiar concepts, unimaginable ideas. My mind is colored with hues of fascination towards the natural world, with shades of intrigue towards equations and functions, with tints of enthrallment towards the workings of human society.
My interest in Japanese arts and culture has propelled me to live in Tokyo during my gap year between high school and college. Staying with a local family, I explored many aspects of Japanese culture not only by auditing at local high schools but also by learning Japanese traditional art style, wood printmaking. My stay at Tokyo has later persuaded me to return to Tokyo after graduation. While at Penn, I continued my exploration through joining the Japanese Student Society and taking advanced Japanese language courses. As someone who foresees herself pursuing a career in Tokyo after graduation, I was very pleased to learn of the Global Internship Program (GIP) in Tokyo from my Japanese professor.
This setting will not only me to communicate and develop with other students holding similar interests, but also those who are selected as some of the most advanced in these fields. It will help me build connections to pursue collective investments into the evolutionary future of human technology and engineering, where idea advancement is crucial. In addition
Nicholas Carr is “an American journalist and technology writer” who attended Dartmouth College and Harvard University. Over the past decade, Carr has examined and studied the different impacts that computers have on our life and the “social consequences” of this new technology (Carr 123). In “A Thing Like Me” by Nicholas Carr, the author claims that technology is overpowering and dominating our lives. Carr expands on this idea further by defining it as people using “tools that allow them to extend their abilities” (Carr 124). To help with his argument, Carr uses a historical narrative about the creation of computer software, named ELIZA.
Quinn Hill Mrs. Rodger AP Computer Science 23 May 2016 General History of Computers In today’s society we are surrounded and immersed in technology at every corner. Often, we don’t take time to think about how these extraordinary machines came to be. Computers these days are so technologically advanced that information can be accessed at the snap of your fingers.
There exists a certain aesthetic in how neurons command these vessels of flesh, the way nervous systems essentially drive humanistic accomplishments, the way occipital lobes process squiggles on a page into comprehensible ideas virtually instantaneously. Much like Benjamin Franklin, who spent his days pursuing intellectual curiosity and philanthropic pursuits, I revere the liberal, humanitarian, and empirical values at Penn, dedicated to intellectual exploration and the curiously famished. With my own undying love for neuroscience, fine arts, and natural sciences, the programs unique to Penn, the BBB (Biological Basis of Behavior) major or the Life Sciences and Management (LSM) program, will undoubtedly spark endearing connections previously
My goal is to graduate with a bachelor degree in marketing with this degree. I plan to work as a fashion marketer for major cosmetic or fashion companies like Gucci, Chanel, Vogue, L’Oréal, and Estee Lautner. Fashion has always been an interest of mine, but what I love most about it, is the business side. I enjoy interacting with people this helps me in understanding what consumers desire. I feel confident when I present a product to a customer showing why they should purchase it.
As University of Pennsylvania (Penn) President Amy Gutmann stated in her Penn 2020 Compact address, “The most challenging problems cannot be addressed by one discipline or profession.” I admire Penn’s advocacy of study that transcends traditional boundaries between disciplines. I want to study computer science and its intersections with statistics, healthcare, and the social sciences. My goal is to draw from across these disciplines to tackle challenging societal issues like HIV/AIDS prevention and homelessness. Penn will help me achieve these goals.
I have found that Penn has stood out as the perfect university for me. The University of Pennsylvania is a world-class institution that will provide me with an exceptional educational experience. Academically, I was drawn to an individualized option in the Wharton school in which I could mix my studies of international business, real estate, and hospitality management. I hope to continue pursuing my interests in these areas.
At Penn, I will continue pursuing my academic interests in business, psychology, and French. Penn gives students the freedom to choose multiple concentrations while also engaging in interdisciplinary studies. The unique feature that differentiates Penn is that the university offers such a breadth of study without sacrificing depth, a feature many other schools lack. While getting my bachelor of science in economics from Wharton, I will concentrate my studies on both finance and behavioral economics with a minor in consumer psychology while also enriching my cultural understanding of France by spending a semester of study abroad.
As technology and robotics progress, people continue to debate how jobs and careers could be affected. Robotic replacement might not have a negative effect , especially since it has helped our development to be able to survive. The process of the robotic development started in the industrial age. The industrial age is known for “a period in which fundamental changes
Pranav Patil Computer Science STATEMENT OF PURPOSE INTRO I believe that the ability to invent, innovate and discover is what has propelled man to the echelons of success. Throughout my life, I have been driven by the desire to “create”, a capability that transcends the passive acquisition of knowledge. It is always the unknown path that has enthralled me more than known terrain. In a world where everything from fighter jets to elevators, interactive graphic displays to digital watches, is driven by computers, I found it difficult not to get fascinated by the technology involved.
Personal Statement of Purpose I, Nilay Pramodbhai Patel, take this opportunity to introduce myself as a graduate of Mechanical Department from Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat. I now want to take the next step by specialising in Global Production Engineering (Manufacturing) by undertaking and pursing my postgraduate studies at Technical University of Berlin in the specialism mentioned. I would humbly request you to take time and consider my application to you and put forward this personal statement of my purpose of seeking higher education at your university together with supporting testimonial and recommendation letters from my college and current employers.