Master of Science in Communications Engineering at TUM

Winter Semester 2022/2023

Statement of Purpose

Applicant: Ceyda YÜZBAŞIGİL

I hereby declare that I wrote the following statement of purpose independently without using any sources or auxiliary means
other than the ones indicated and that everything stated is true to the best of my knowledge.

I am Ceyda Yüzbaşıgil, a graduate of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department

of Middle East Technical University. I am writing this letter to express my interest in the
master's program in communications engineering (MSCE) at Technische Universität
München (TUM) to pursue my academic interest in the communications system. Throughout
the senior year of my bachelor's education, my specialization fields were control and signal
processing. Since I had the opportunity to observe the signal processing field in the
communication systems at my internship in ASELSAN and investigate the image processing
and control areas at my internship in Ford Otosan, I wanted to dive deep into both areas.
After my graduation, I started to work in ASELSAN as a Radar System Engineer who
focuses on algorithm design for radar detecting and tracking skills. Since September 2021, I
have been working on radar systems, and it becomes more interesting day by day. Thus I
decided to pursue a master's degree in communication systems. Also, it is clearly seen that
information and telecommunication technology is open to development and has increasing
popularity among the industries. These are other reasons for my decision on the MSCE
program.
During my internship at Ford Otosan, I worked on a project that focuses on how to make a
truck a driverless vehicle. For this project, I designed a system with a camera that warns the
driver of lane tracking and detection of traffic signs. The system was the first step of a big
driverless truck design project. After my graduation, working as a Radar System Engineer I
have started to use similar methods in my internship project. The control field courses I took
gave me a perspective of looking at the big picture. For my current project, I am assuming the
radar is a sensor like the camera I used in my internship and I am approaching with a similar
method as I used at the lane tracking for the tracking skills of radar. This method provides us
with better time management. Also, showing this analogy helps my colleagues to look in
different perspectives as I do. Especially, for some problems we faced, such analogies made a
huge impact on the solution.
Based on my individual research I observed that since TUM has a strong bond with the
German industry, not only academically but also TUM allows its students to study the new
concepts practically. Also, the MSCE program approaches the communications field through
various paths that the students could follow. Among the different approaches, I would like to
work on signal processing in communications technology with machine learning techniques.
This innovative concept is one of the most interesting parts of the communication
technologies for me since I consider that a great part of the developments in communications
would occur with the help of machine learning methods.
Besides these modules, the MSCE program offers different elective courses and these make
the program compatible with the interest of each student. Besides, the specialization fields I
previously stated cover a pretty large set of different concepts; therefore, having researched
the curriculum of the MSCE, I believe that I will be able to further improve my knowledge
and capabilities thanks to the courses and research opportunities MSCE comprises. Besides
the program, TUM has a cultural mosaic in itself. I believe that working in a team of people
from various backgrounds is a key to great personal and technological developments. Thus,
such a university environment that gets people from around the globe with different
backgrounds together puts TUM in a special place among the other universities.

To conclude, when I consider my interest in the communications area, my academic

background, and my short experience in the radar industry, I would like to improve myself
academically with a master's education. The MSCE program at TUM makes me excited to
steep myself in the area with various, enthusing, and cutting-edge concepts. Also, engineering
education in Germany is totally a life-changing experience since German culture is one of the
best-known cultures with deep-rooted engineering history. It becomes an irreplaceable
experience since TUM is one of the leading universities in this culture. Thus, I would like to
be a part of TUM with such a great program.