Motivational Letter: Pavel Jahoda

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Motivational Letter

Pavel Jahoda

I am interested in studying Data Engineering and Analytics at Technical University of Mu-


nich, because as far as I remember I always liked working with data. Whether it was working
with stock market data for my final high school project, visual data during my research at
Czech Technical University or spectroscopic data during my ESA internship. As my under-
graduate studies started, I knew I wanted to develop my passion. I enrolled in extracurricular
courses, attended talks and took part in a computer vision summer camp. In the meantime, I
was also getting better at algorithmic problem solving. Again through extracurricular courses
and summer camps.
At the end of the first year I was offered an internship at computer vision research center
at my university. During this internship, we have worked on a system that detects decision
ambiguity from facial images using machine learning techniques. It was a challenging task that
required the use of many tools that I was not familiar with, but I enjoyed it. In the end, we
have managed to get our publication accepted into an international conference called Face and
Gesture, and as the first author, I got to present it in China. It was throught internships like this
where I realised how much I enjoy doing research. Especially research that involves analysing
data.
When I learned about an exchange programme with one of the best universities in the world,
I didn’t hesitate. Studying at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore was a growing
opportunity for me. I was adapting to a completely different culture and learning interesting
subjects along the way. A few days after arriving from Singapore, I was moving again. This
time to Cologne in Germany to start my internship at European Astronaut Center, which is part
of European Space Agency. Sharing a working space with astronauts who went to International
Space Station was a truly unique experience. That said, it was more important for me to be
working on an exciting project with brilliant people. Alongside with amazing engineerings, I
have worked on developing machine learning software for estimating chemical and mineralog-
ical composition of planetary materials. This software will hopefully be used during future
planetary exploration.
Apart from getting better understanding of machine learning and data analysis, I eventually
became good enough to represent my university in algorithmic problem solving internation-
ally. Together with my teammates, we represented our university at Petrozavodsk Programming
Camp in Russia and Central European Regional Contest (ACM ICPC CERC 2019). I believe
that the problem solving ability helps me with analytical challenges as well. When it comes
to the Data Engineering and Analytics at TUM, I like the course structure and the wide selec-
tion of elective courses. Whether it is Computer Vision, Data Analytics or Data Engineering, I
am ready to dive into all these fascinating areas. Therefore, it would be an honor to continue
pursuing my passion at Technical University of Munich.

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