The Innovative Database and information Research Lab

“Everyone thought you guys could not finish it, but you proved them wrong!” our supervisor said with pride after we demonstrated the term project for Object Oriented Programming Language Course. We chose to implement “Video Conferencing on Local Area Network”, while others thought it to be a preposterous choice for two first year students. It was the strongest feeling of achievement I felt that day, which only comes from overcoming a challenge with diligence and hard work. I relived the same feeling for numerous occasions throughout my undergraduate and professional career which justified my decision to take Computer Science as my career path. I am writing this essay to prove my eligibility as a PhD student in Computer Science. I will try to describe my academic background, professional experience, research interest and finally my reasons for choosing to do PhD in Database and Data mining related fields in the next few paragraphs.

Academic Background

My under-graduate study at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, which is the most prestigious institutions in the country, exposed me to all the core areas of Computer Science. I got introduced to Structured Programming Language and Object Oriented Programming Language in my freshman year. These two courses along with the projects laid the foundation for the future courses. In following years I really enjoyed the CS courses like Discrete Mathematics, Data Structure, Algorithms, Database, Software Engineering, System Analysis and Design. Most of these courses were designed with a term projects which helped me to get better understanding of the theories as we put them into practice. I was the lead member of a team which designed and developed a Web applic...

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... completely meshes with my work experience and research goal. I feel that, my experience with relational database design, Data warehousing, OLAP, MDX queries, and related fields makes me a strong candidate for research in this lab.

I observed that, significant amount of research is done on Database in the industry as well as in the academia. I want to pursue My PhD in Computer science and contribute to the community either by teaching or working in the industry. I believe that I have the determination and potential to thrive in this particular area. I feel that graduate study at The University of Texas at Arlington will be the most logical extension of my academic pursuits and a major step towards achieving my objectives. I would be grateful to you if I am accorded the opportunity to pursue my graduate studies with financial assistance at your institution.