Applied Mathematics: A Personal Statement Of Purpose

Having studied all fields of maths since the fifth grade I was gradually attracted by the honesty of this science that gives us wisdom to see how the world works. I attended classes in a maths center and spent every August in a maths camp, then I became a pupil in the strongest maths school in St Petersburg. It was rather challenging to keep on that schedule, however, I was keen on maths because of its duality : the most abstract and the most applied science I ever met.

In university I chose Applied mathematics because I was drawn by opportunity to see results of my work and my knowledge put into practice. Undoubtedly, lots of courses, like mathematical analysis or mathematical physics, which were taught to us not only for learning that particular

It is amazing to see our DNA, to understand it functions, our own internal algorithm. So I took an extra half-year course in Computer Science Center which turned out to be riveting. I won a scholarship for a summer bioinformatics camp and won their first prize in projects competition. It was brand-new and refreshing, a real problem which I could solve using my knowledge. In that project RNA-Seq data from different tissues from Illumina Body Map project was given and we were comparing these expression patterns using principal component analysis, plotting heat maps and other methods of data analysis . Now I am attending courses in the bioinformatics school which is headed by Mikhail

It is an outstanding feeling when you find out a solution and realize how system works. There are some problems in medicine connected with big data, to be good at solving them you need strong background in methods of optimisation and deep learning. My experience in bioinformatics showed that I want to improve my skills in data analysis and this possibility can not be given by bioinformatics and biomedicine programmes.Data track appears to be one of the opportunities to gain prowess of machine learning, deep learning in ambience of academic work, cooperation with labs in other countries with different points of view. I, on my part, will be happy to contribute to this track with my mathematical, bioinformatic background and my experience as a