My projects in Java and C++ With the C/C++ language I have done two projects. The first concerned with the design of a game called Kalah. There were many things to do into that project, such as implementing all the rules of the game, defining a Graphical User Interface, providing the opportunity to play between two human beings and providing the opportunity to play against the computer (this last task involved studies on the game theory and on artificial intelligence). The second project was a minimal system for the management of a database that would allow to insert, delete, modify, save, load and find the objects stored in the database. That project, among other things, involved the design and the implementation of a class template that represented a container of objects (it was forbidden to use a container of the Standard Template Library): it had to provide a lot of methods for the user, but at the same time it had to be fast and it had to manage the memory efficiently and effectively (ie without wasting space). In both of these projects I learned to use the MVC model (Model-View-Controller): it allowed me to separate the internal representation of the information from the ways that information is presented. With the Java language I made an application with a simple Graphical User Interface that simulates a peer-to-peer system. With this application users could share their resources. In this project I took advantages of many of the principles of the concurrent and distributed programming and I used the RMI mechanism (Remote Method Invocation) in order to allow the application to cause a method to execute in another address space. Finally, I used Python and Matlab in the field of scientific calculation

Help me with a motivation letter I have to write a motivation letter in order to attempt to enter into an important organization. Could you help me? Obvioulsy,It doesn't have to contain grammatical mistakes, and I think it should be a little formal. THANK YOU Here what I have already written: My primary objective is to actively and personally contribute to the development of cutting edge tools in the service of science and research. I do not want to limit myself choosing to perform every day the same task: without being presumptuous, I know I am talented and creative, so I want to make the most of my qualities, I want my qualities to be at service of the entire humanity, I do not want they will be buried in a company without foresight and ductility. From this point of view, the XXX would be both an arrival and a starting point for me. Indeed, on the one hand it would allow me to put all my knowledges at the service of a big organization, turning me into an integral piece of the history that will be written: the countless hours of study would be finally put to use and I could contribute in a small part to the research. On the other hand, this experience would be a springboard, a starting point, because it would allow me to get in touch with part of the European scientific elite: it is true that I believe I have a lot of potential, but at the same time I am also aware that there are many obstacles I have to cross in order to best express myself and my abilities, and a place characterized by excellence and interdisciplinarity like XXX would greatly stimulate my intellectual, mental and personal growth.

My first conversation in English with a native Yesterday I made friends with a italki's user. She comes frome US, and she's learning italian because one of her dream is to travel to Italy. We have chatted a lot using Skype, both in English and in Italian (but she starts learning Italian recently, she is only a beginner, so the conversation in Italian regards simple and basic sentences). Today we have the first conversation: it's take more than one hour! We have spoken only in English and we have talked about dozens of topics! I was scared to have a conversation totally in English, because I have thought things as "I'm not ready", "I won't understand a single word" or "It will be boring for her to speak with me". But I have decided to try in any case: the result makes me very happy! Indeed she has an accent and a "manner of speaking" that makes me understand almost all of whats is said. So listening is not a problem. The real problem is another: I'm not used to speak in English very often, so I can't create correct sentences quickly! When it was my turn to speak there are long seconds of terrible embarassing silence!! However, I think it's useful to me try and retry speaking, without scare, so that I can improve my fluency! A thing that I have to change in the next conversation is to give more space to speaking Italian: indeed for a native it's boring to have a conversation in his own language without learning anything new. I have also the fortune to speak a few English so that if my language partner can't understand what I say in Italian I can explain the meaning to him in English. I'm looking forward to speak again with an English native!! Thanks italki, and thanks to all who are patient with me and help me learning this wonderful language! CIAOOOO!

I'm new to italki Hi, my name is Riccardo and I'm from Italy. I'm 21 and i'm currently studying computer science at university. I recently joined italki in order to improve my bad English (indeed, even if i have studied this language for many years at school i'm still very insecure in speaking it). The main reason for which i took this decision are my studies: in the world of computer science speaking english correctly is a must. The second reason regards my father's job. He is a ceramist, and he travels a lot around the world to sell his products: many times i follow him in order to help him with english (because he doesn't speak a word of this language), but often i'm useless. So i MUST improve my english!! Please help me: i know it's my first time in this site, I know there are a lot of people with much more experience than me in teaching italian to you, but I'm very motivated and i'm sure that all that i need is just practise what i've learned with a native speaker. Contact me, we can learn italian and english together, CIAOOO