Yen-Ming Chen

						6F, No.54 Ln 265, Sec 4,
						Sin-Yi Rd. Taipei, 106,
						Taiwan, R.O.C.
						Tel: 886-2-27088910
						Fax: 886-2-27556952
						E-mail: chenym@ms1.hine.net

Graduate Admissions
Department of Computer Sciences
1398 Computer Science Building
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1398
U.S.A.
							

			Statement Of Purpose

    On my career plan, I hope to work in Computer Labs as research scientists
or a professor in university. After accumulating enough research experience, I 
will consider to turn to the field of Management. In the rest of this statement
, I'll show you that I am well prepared for entering your graduate school to 
pursue for a Master degree on Computer Science.
    During high school, I spent most of my time on extracurricular 
activities. I joined Forensic Art club, Student Association, Mathematics club, 
and Graduate Students Association. I was awarded the honor for "Excellent 
performance in group life training" when I graduated from my high school. 
    I entered Mathematics Department of National Central University. 
For broadening my knowledge, I chose courses in different areas of 
Mathematics and Computer Science. These courses ranges from Analysis, Algebra,
Topology, Differential Equations to Wavelet and Fuzzy in Mathematic area, and
Data Structure, Network, Assembly Language to Security in Computer Science 
field.
    Working is my another source of learning. I worked in the Mathematics 
Computing Labrotary as a System and Network Administrator for 3 years. I was in
charge of 4 Sun workstations, 1 DEC Alpha, and 40 PC. I established our WWW server, featuring bi-lingual (Chinese and English) and a collection about the Math
resources on the web, which is the first and the best one in Taiwan. I also
posted lots of articles on newsgroups, and answer people's questions. The editor
 of "HopeNet CD-ROM Monthly" found my article on the network and then invited me
for writing columns introducing newest technology of WWW, which was published 
for 14 months. I also work for the "College Entrance Exam Center", teaching WWW
and HTML, also developed some Web-based remote database system, like "Exam 
result query system". You can refer to my resume attached for works I did.
    After I graduated, I joined the army. I served in the Data 
Processing section of Management Information Center, Combined Service Forces.
My job is administrating TCP/IP network, RS/6000 and Netware servers. I teach 
Unix and network. I am also responsible for maintaining their Web server and
constructing their Intranet. Lately, I joined a logistic information system 
project, offering advice on network architecture and administrating Oracle 
database.
    I have strong background on Unix, database and Network and I have 
experience on writing articles for publishing. My main concentrated area in
the future will be AI, Network, Security, or Information Systems. I hope to 
implement my ideas in the best environment, and you graduate school offers such
an environment for me. 

	Sincerely Yours,


	Dec. 6th, 1997.