Hi Ed, I replied to Thom. Waiting for his questions
Regards Lalit On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:17 AM Ed Cable <edca...@mifos.org> wrote: > 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> > >
