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Essay Instructions: Reading and Writing about the program of study (Computer Science).
Write an essay in which you take a stand on the issue of your future professional career (Computer Science). State your thesis clearly by defining the problem and the solution you will cover in your paper. Begin by clearly summarizing the essay and evaluate your arguments objectively. Then draw your own conclusions about what you think the problem really is and what solution would prove to be the most effective. Support your ideas clearly. Include a title page for your paper and also a work cited page at the end.


Synthesis and analysis are organized, neat, typed and concise.

demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of material.

Responses to all specific questions are thorough, pertinent and accurate.

Responses manifest critical thinking (pros and cons, full understanding, etc.)

7 Pages – double-spaced in Times New Roman font.

Essay Instructions: Hello

I am preparing an essay basically presenting the connections existing between computer science and the different scientific domains at MIT. It is an essay that I wanted to integrate in my "Why MIT?" essay.
Furthermore, I want a part explaining the possible relation between music (piano in particular since I am a pianist) and computer science (since I am a programmer) on an emotional and technical scale.

Thank you

Essay Instructions: This is exactly the assignment that was given:

Conduct a literature review of some area of computer science research that interests you. Your writing should have
600 - 1200 words, 1 - 2 pages, not including the bibliography.

Choose a topic specific enough to be well covered within the page limit. Your submission must have a precise and carefully-chosen title, corresponding to what has been reviewed. Give a clear and brief overview of the topic first. Then follow the guidelines from lectures on “Before You Start” and “Reading Technical Papers” to write a literature review that is organized by ideas. Identify the ideas, classify your references by idea, describe the key contribution of each reference, and discuss its strengths and weaknesses. Include a brief conclusion section at the end.

The bibliography section must strictly follow the IEEE Citation Style Guide available under Assignment 4 Resources on the CS course home page. At least two third of your references must be technical articles from journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, or books and dissertations/theses. There should be at least 9 references in your bibliography. Pay attention to the way you cite the references in the main text.

Your writing must have good organizations for both content and format. If you use sections, choose section titles carefully and number each section. Your submission cannot have any type of graphics. On each page, all four margins (top, bottom, left, and right) must be 1 inch. The smallest font size is 10pt. The line spacing cannot exceed 1.5 lines.

Essay Instructions: I would like the paper to begin with the quote and transition into educational and work experience, then connect my experiences with what I've learned since graduating and end with Masters Thesis topic and why I would be a good candidate for the Masters in Information Systems program. Below I've included some background information. Please contact me if it's unclear or if you need additional information.
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Quote:
- Introduction: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web; Use quote;
“I have a dream for the Web [in which computers] become capable of analyzing all the data on the Web – the content, links, and transactions between people and computers. A ‘Semantic Web’, which should make this possible, has yet to emerge, but when it does, the day-to-day mechanisms of trade, bureaucracy and our daily lives will be handled by machines talking to machines. The ‘intelligent agents’ people have touted for ages will finally materialize.”
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Program Applying to:
- Applying for Masters in Information Systems program

Educational Information:
- Graduated from <> December 2005 with a Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
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Work History:
- Worked at <> as Web Applications Developer, <> as Internet Marketing Specialist and currently at <> as Web Developer
- <>: worked in a team environment as Lead Developer on Web Based Training courses.
- <>: I maintained the website and listerv, monitored the in-house servers, resolved DNS issues and networked printer problems, and maintained the Active Directory on the exchange server (among other responsibilities). I was able to see hands-on how the World Wide Web and network architecture works. I also gained an understanding of the business side of web development and how it plays a major role in marketing a business on the internet and how it affects the entire design of the database and security of the web site.
- <>: Maintaining intranet and internet sites in several environments: Qual, Dev and Prod (Staging/Live). Legal aspects.
- President of web design company, <>;
Gather requirements; Produce design document; Create timeline; Design mockups; Implement; QA; Delivery;
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Why I became interested in computer science/web design:
- Throughout middle and high school my uncle would show me how to upgrade the memory on my desktop computer; eventually I was installing new operating systems, detecting and resolving computer issues and replacing hard drives on laptops.
- <><> influenced my interest in web development after implementing projects using Perl, CGI and PHP.
- Several college courses in Macromedia Flash and in other authoring tools influenced my interest in animation.
- I learned Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator so that I could design a more aesthetic user interface.
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Skills obtained after graduating:
- Since graduating I have gained knowledge of Ajax, cold fusion, ASP, xml, JavaScript, CSS, RSS and other technologies.
- Developing web site’s for small/medium sized companies; gained communication, organizational and general business skills. Must have a clear understanding of the client’s expectations and knowledge of which technologies to use to meet their requirements. Staying on schedule. Professionalism.
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Why I enjoy developing web sites:
- I’m passionate when it comes to web development and learning the latest technologies. When developing a web site it is important that it’s secure, efficient, interactive, usability, browser compatible, innovative, and accomplishes the goals of the business. The World Wide Web is complex, ever-evolving technology infrastructure/ always changing and growing; therefore with time I can only improve/master my skill.
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Proposed Masters Thesis Topic:
- Master’s Thesis Topic: Security Issues for the Use of Semantic Web in e-commerce; under <>, <> or <>.
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Information about Thesis Topic:
- Semantic Web: The semantic web is a vision of information that is understandable by computers, so that they can perform more of the tedious works involved in finding, sharing and combining information on the web.
First step: Need to be able to define a relationship between pieces of data. A layer of semantic information needs to be added over existing content to make it accessible by machines. Site source: http://techbiz.blog.com/1730241/
Second step: new security concepts and methods, capable of handling semantics, have to be developed. Ontologies are used to store important and confidential data and so it is necessary to protect the ontology against unauthorized access. Enforce special types of access control restraints. Handle trust issues between communicating parties.
- OWL: Web Ontology Language, RDF: Resource Description Framework, SPARQL: SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language
- My career goal is to have a well-establish web design business that develops web sites that use semantic web and the latest technologies. Host the sites on my own server and provide a realm of web services. Site source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web
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Why I should get accepted into Master's program:
- The Master’s in Information Systems program will provide me with a more focused ?understanding of concepts and ? in my field. I can incorporate experience from previous and current jobs. The knowledge that I’ll gain from this program will