Hi Thomas, Thanks for introducing yourself publicly. I'm just directly adding Lalit to this thread as well so he can be in touch with you.
Best wishes, Ed On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:01 AM Thomas Weikert <thom.weik...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > -- *Ed Cable* President/CEO, Mifos Initiative edca...@mifos.org | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos>
