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From: Ananth Krishnamurthy (91710009) <ananth@agni.me>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 10:23:15 +0530 (IST)
To: vora@kailash.cse.iitb.ernet.in
Subject: Finally Chande's SOP
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After carefully considering my aptitude, interests, the nature of my training
and my ultimate professional ambition, I have decided to pursue Ph. D. in
electrical engineering specialising in the fields of my interest namelyCommunications, Signal Processing and Information Theory and Coding,
ultimately leading to a career in teaching and research. As a
statement of purpose of my graduate study, I describe here my academic
background, my research interests and my career goals.
The undergraduate programme at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay is a
well rounded programme. It not only helped me build a solid foundation of
Electrical Engineering fundamentals, but also helped me develop an overall
perspective of the vast field of Electrical Engineering. In the final year I
developed a keen interest in the areas of Communications and Signal
Processing. I substantiated my knowledge of these areas by choosing electives
on Digital Communications, Communication System Theory (Random Processes in
Communications), Digital Signal Processing and Information Theory and Coding.
In the Master of Technology Programme, I specialised in Communications.
Taking advantage of a fully flexible course structure, I have chosen
electives on Statistical Signal Analysis, Applied Linear Algebra in
Electrical Engineering, Theory of Error Correcting Codes, Image Processing
and Adaptive Signal Processing. Apart from these, I have taken courses on two

special topics in Electrical Engineering namely- Computational Vision and

Artificial Neural Networks.
I have striven to perform well in the courses and have tried to gain
as much as I could from them. But I feel that the real qualification
of a good graduate student is his ability to perform independent research
work under the guidance of an advisor. My B.Tech. (final year) project
under Prof. P. G. Poonacha gave me such an opportunity. In my B. Tech.
project I studied convergence issues in Non-Symmetrical and Higher order
Neural Networks . First part of the project has been submitted to
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks as a brief paper. It has been accepted after
review.
In my M.Tech Programme, I did a mini project on determination of rotation
parameters of a lamina from its binary images using moment-invariants
of the images. I did an intensive seminar (a survey of literature) on
Simulated Annealing Algorithm for Optimisation.
My M.Tech. thesis deals with Information across Boolean Functions. It
involves establishing relationship between complexity measures of Boolean
Functions and an attempt to study the nature of optimal circuit through
restrictions of a Boolean function.
The project work and the course work have further interested me in
Communication and Signal Processing and have motivated me to learn more of
these areas. Also, the ideas involved in finding fundamental limits on
capabilities of information extraction and transmission and the attempts at
achieving the limits - which form the core of information theory - have
interested me very much. I realise that techniques and the tools used there
overlap. Therefore I have taken liberty to quote these broad areas as
research interests. Specifically the areas of my interest are Source Coding/
Data Compression, Information Theory and Coding, Statistical Signal Processing
,
Digital Communication,
Multi-user Communication,
optimal filtering and detection and estimation.
I am also interested in the application of Neural Networks
to these areas.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCSB is a well known
center of excellence. The department faculty consists of leading researchers
engaged in frontline research. The research interests of the faculty are extreme
ly
compatible with those of mine, a fact underlined by the fact that some of
the faculty members are pioneering people in their fields. In particular,
I would like to work with the faculty involved with the Center for Information
Processing and Research. I shall be glad to be a part of the group and witness
and contribute my bit to the leading research being carried out at UCSB.
An opportunity to work in the stimulating environment at UCSB will certainly
make the graduate study a rewarding exercise and a satisfying experience.
In terms of research facilities also, a university like UCSB has more to offer t
o
a graduate student.
I, therefore, look forward to joining UCSB as a graduate student.
As professional goal, I would like to take up a career in research and teachin
g.
>From the residential system of IIT Bombay, I have been able to have a glimpse

of the academic life and the sacrifices it involves. I feel that it is this
kind of life that I am best suited for. I feel that I have enough
motivation to see me through the challenges of the arduous but exhilarating
career in research.
I thank Prof. Gersho and Prof. Rose for their advice and valuable information.
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Ananth Krishnamurthy
Email: ananth@me.iitb.ernet.in
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