Dear Victor, Dear Lalit,
I am a first year Autonomous System double degree Master’s student at KTH, Stockholm. Next year I am going to do my specialisation in “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics" at Aalto University, Helsinki. I am interested in applying for the GSOC Challenge. In particular, I am interested in the “Scorecard for Credit Risk Assessment Phase 3” since it is the one mostly related with my background but also with my future goals. Thus I am very motivated to gain a hands-on experience in it. However, since there is a short deadline from the moment I found about this opportunity, I am wondering whether it is worth focusing all of my resources (i.e. time) in meeting your requirements given the competition (interested candidates). I am asking this due to the fact that although my background is compatible with the project, my skills can be considered on a medium level (or not on a very competitive level). Thus, I kindly ask you to honestly tell me whether you already found some strong candidates meeting the requirements, so that are very likely to be assigned the project, or if I should give it a try. For the sake of completeness, I should mention that I have several years of experience as a financial analyst and as an advisor for the German Investment and Development Cooperation in which I was working with DFIs as well as in the field of Microfinance. Also, in order for you to have an idea of my python and C++ skills you can have a look on a project, similar to this one, I did for the course “Introduction to Machine Learning” this year. The project can be found here: github.com/ThomasWeikert I have a medium level of expertise in Python, C++, ROS, GAMA. Please find my linkedin page here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/weikert/. I remain at your disposal for any additional information. Kind regards Thomas Weikert
