computer science personalstatement
computing and its applications have always fascinated me and for this reason i have found my a-level courses extremely interesting. this also has maintained my long-term interest in computer-related careers. i have studied mathematics, physics and computing to a-level and also during the first year at hills road sixth form college i re-took my gcse english. last year and this year i have been improving my self-learning, and developing many skills with the help of the key skills qualifications and a-level general studies. my sincerest desire is to become a computer scientist. specifically, i am interested in exploring how problems can be modeled and solved using artificial intelligence. i also want to learn about human cognition and machine intelligence. i have been studying the online debate over whether machines will ever become "intelligent" given the current course of research and reading about such issues as whether a machine can acquire "common sense" (as discussed in hubert dreyfus's book "what computers still can't do"). i have been exploring many different areas within the domain of artificial intelligence (such as neural networks, genetic algorithms, and natural language processing). the bottom line is that i want to be a part of this exciting field. over the summer i traveled to russia, and thoroughly enjoyed exploring a very different part of the world. my other interests include current affairs and sports, such as football, tennis and general fitness. ever since the start of sixth form i have been a successful member of the college football team. i have played basketball as an enrichment activity because it was a new sport to me at the beginning of sixth form. i also participated in a 5-a-side indoor football tournament at the college. in addition to pursuing my academic studies i would like to continue some of these sports at university.
