SOP Sample for MS in Computer Science in Canada

Statement of Purpose

Name: [NAME]

Course: Master of Computer Science

Term: Fall 2022

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"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do," said [NAME]. It has been bread and butter for my brain to keep ticking. The world is constantly expanding its wings till the end of the horizon and we engineers play a crucial role in its transformation and beyond. This rapid change around us and unchanneled chaos compel us to discover new innovative and dynamic solutions. It is essential for us to have the tenacity and creativity to face challenges thrown in our way. We need to draw answers not only from our domain but from the overlap of many others and I see pursuing a Master's Degree as the first step of a long way.

I have completed my Bachelor's (Honors) in the field of Computer Science Engineering from [UNIVERSITY], a highly reputed international university and largest university from my country. With my worth proven and interest fulfilled by the stream I have enrolled in, with constant and passionate commitment towards my subject, I have perfectly managed 8.14 CGPA.

With the introduction of the technical courses, I started to develop an interest in certain parts of the curriculum. With the theoretical knowledge I have gained in my four semesters, I started working on real time project named [PROJECT_NAME]. I have designed an application which finds the number of battery cars available near us between the multiple buildings in the university campus using Python and Oracle DB.

For my final year project, I worked with a team of two other classmates to implement "Smart Fish Farming". Using Big Data, ML and IOT Technologies, we collect the data required for the farming and predict the necessary precautions to be taken. Data consolidation is a challenging issue in data integration. The promise of the big data hinges upon addressing several big data integration challenges, such as record consolidation. Despite the research conducted on these problems, there is limited work on creating a uniform, standard record from a group of records corresponding to the same real-world entity. We refer to this task as record normalization. Such record representation, coined normalized record, is important for both front-end and back-end applications. In this, we formalize the record normalization problem and present in-depth analysis of normalization granularity levels. Apart from academics, I am Certified System Architect and Certified Senior System Architect by [COMPANY].

Apart from my academics, I have worked for various departments and held multiple positions of responsibilities. I was always keen to know and meet people. This made me want to work for the NSS (National Service Scheme), a public service sponsored by Government of India under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. I have been Co-founder for an organization named [ORGANIZATION] which is working for various causes, the main being child education. Where something interesting happens, I like to explore it, break it down and build it up. Even when I eat something tasty, I want to know how the dish is made. That little thought inside me made me work for the cooking club and photography club in campus.

With the experience and knowledge I have gained from different courses, projects and internships, I finally landed into a multinational corporation (MNC) [COMPANY], which is an American IT service company listed in top Fortune 1000 companies in the world. For the past 2.5 years I am working in a project called [PROJECT_NAME], which is an [COMPANY] project that deals with patients' claims information. Claim data processed by ETL platform is fed in form of FHIR bundles for the application. Claim FHIR data is converted to delta lake format, later enriched using client specific metadata, and further lookup and tagging enhancement is done using Spark and Scala. Finally, data set is loaded to database as input for analytics zone. BI platform publishes results to dashboards. My roles in the project involved developing Spark-Scala client code and Spring Boot-Java server code and developing smoke testing scripts for CD tool chain to ensure pre-deployment needs.

Like all rivers join the ocean, all my thoughts and feelings joined the vast area of Computer Science Engineering, pushing me to study and work harder and further beyond my limits, which helped me in steering my career towards pursuing the finest master's program in applied computer science from a globally recognized university. For its limitless possibilities and vast scope for research, the Masters in Computer Science at your esteemed [UNIVERSITY] will help me gain more knowledge about everchanging Computer Science. Your premises have drawn my attention for their peculiar curriculum with highly academic faculty. This program has been customized, keeping the modern challenges and future needs through practical learning in mind. After going through the prospectus and discussing it with my peers, mentors, and various alumni forums, I am highly positive that this would be an ideal stand for me to outshine and make my aspirations true.

Research labs at [UNIVERSITY] like [RESEARCH_LAB] have inspired me to work under a supervisor, if provided, to improve my research skills and to be a valuable addition to your innovation-friendly university. The ongoing research areas at your university are totally aligned with my interests such as Data Mining and Natural Language Processing. It will be a path-breaking accomplishment if given this research opportunity. Furthermore, [UNIVERSITY] is a pioneer leader when it comes to the Computer Science department. The department has constantly adopted the rapidly evolving disciplines of the field. The graduate programs you have designed for Computer Science are quite engaging and equipped with relevant and real-time case studies covering advanced computer science and its subsidiaries through multiple electives to specialize in. These numerous advantages have assisted me to understand that [UNIVERSITY] provides high-quality education with its magnificent labs and much-needed industrial exposure. I will be very excited to be a part of such an advanced graduate program to make myself an industry-ready associate.

My short-term goal is to serve as an expert software developer working for Big 4 companies and bring meaningful yields for the betterment of the company and the people around the world. For my long-term goals, I see myself as a senior Software Developer or Data Scientist taking higher leadership and critical decision-making for my own IT company. Hence, I am looking forward to the association with your university, and I hope you will consider me as the perfect fit for your master's program.

Thank you.