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发信人: oneant (oneant), 信区: AdvancedEdu
标 题: 美国研究生院理工科申请评论(4)
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Mon Jun 28 14:37:46 2004), 站内
六、继续讨论
我的表达能力不强,不知道是不是把想说的表达清楚了。而且回头再看,这个题目起得太大,内容相对空洞了一些,很多东西网上都有了。不管如何,大家如有问题,批评,或评论,可以发信到我的永久信箱 jingpushi@yahoo.com ,不要用站内信箱,我以后不怎么到这里来。附上我自己的经缩编的一篇PS,仅供参考。最后祝大家留学的梦想成真。
Statement of Purpose
oneant
My primary interest of study within language technologies involves speech synthesis and its applications. By pursuing a Ph.D., I wish to become a top-notch researcher dedicated to bringing computer-synthesized speech to not only the research community but also the end users. To achieve this objective, I plan to proceed in two steps in my Ph.D. program. First, I want to broaden my background in speech synthesis. Second, I plan to gain first-hand experience in speech synthesis applications and deployment.
My motivation for applying to XXXX goes beyond the fact that XXXX has a prestigious academic reputation and a world-class faculty. In fact, after tracking the research progress within your department, reading publications by your researchers, and consulting with Professor XXXX, I am impressed by your ability to convert language and speech theories to practical applications. The resources and projects within your department will help me achieve my objectives in pursuing a Ph.D. in the following manners.
First, the XXXX and XXXX project will provide me with an opportunity to broaden my background in speech synthesis. Based on the XXXX’s system, the project XXXX makes it possible for interested parties to systemically build a new voice from text. Currently focusing on a very specific topic in articulatory speech synthesis, I will benefit from experiencing all phases of building a voice from text in this project, including text analysis, linguistic analysis, and waveform generation. I will also learn from the strategies and approaches for developing a small and fast run-time engine in the project XXXX.
Second, some past and ongoing projects such as XXXX will supply me with successful examples of speech synthesis deployment. In addition, I will have an opportunity to address some further questions in these projects. For example, in the XXXX project ……..
Third, I will have an opportunity to conduct pilot research on speech synthesis applications in some new projects. Professor XXXX is starting a project on ….. By participating in this project or other similar projects, I will gain an insight into innovative ways of applying speech synthesis.
These projects and resources will provide me a strong support to achieve my objectives in a Ph.D. program. And my past academic and research experience described as below has prepared me to make the most out of these resources.
My research at my university involved….. I first obtained and improved a speech synthesizer which exploits a two-mass model to simulate the voice source and Mermelstein’s model to simulate the vocal tract. Then I made several assumptions and simplifications to narrow down my research. First, ….. Second,……. Third, ….. The acoustic-to-articulatory transformation was then conducted in two steps.
In the first step, ……
In the second step, …
Prior to this experience, I worked at XXXX, where I participated in a national research project and conducted research on….. I, along with a research scientist, proposed a new model called ….., derived its mathematical description, and implemented its supervised learning algorithm. I also got myself involved in some speech projects in which I extracted speech features and evaluated their weights on speech recognition.
After describing my past research experience, I want to address several issues that the admissions committee might concern. Language barriers were the reason that my first-quarter grades at my university were not strong. After my first quarter, I overcame these hurdles and …. Preoccupied by ….., I decided not to take the GRE Subject Test. However, I did take many classes in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at my university, which further strengthened my background and prepared me to join and contribute to your program.
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