# Cover Letter (candidacy for a Ph.D. program)

- This is a Markdown file. You can edit it with, for instance, <https://ubiquity.rs>.
- Replace the text in *italics* with your information.
- It is expected that much of the information provided here will also appear in your (free-from) CV. Redundancy between this file and your CV is not a problem.

## Applicant

**Name**: *firstname* *lastname*

**Nationality**: *yournationality*

**Email**: *youremail*

**Web**: *link to your webpage, if available*

**SCM**: *If available, a link to your SCM page (e.g., on GitHub.com) that illustrates past programming projects*

**Earliest feasible starting date**: *Earliest date when you can begin, if you are offered the position*

## Education

### Master's Degree

- **University**: *universityname*, *city*, *country*
- **Program**: *for instance, Electrical Engineering*
- **Program duration**: *number of years*
- **National ranking of your university**: *ranking*
- **Dates**: *start*, *end* (If not yet completed, indicate the expected graduation date)
- **GPA or equivalent grading average**:
  - **GPA or equivalent grading average in your university's official scale**: *gpa*
  - **If your GPA isn't expressed in a 0–100 scale, please convert it**: *xx/100*
  - **Percentile**: *for instance: top X% of my class of Y students*

### Bachelor's Degree

(same info as Master's Degree)

## Post-graduation

If already graduated, pick **one** of the following that best describes your activities since graduation:

- research in a public research organization (e.g., university)
- research in a private research organization (e.g., private research institute)
- other

Your answer: *answer* 

## Publications

A list of publications that you have contributed to (if any):

- *Title*, *authors with your name* **in bold**, *conference/journal*, *year*, *DOI if available*, *link to a pdf of the paper*.

## CV/ML/Robotics Courses

A list of in-person or online courses on computer vision, machine learning or robotics that you have completed, and the grades you have obtained:

- *Course name*, *university/program*, *date completed*: **grade** (repeat this line as many times as needed).

## Referees

Referee 1:

- **Name**: *firstname* *lastname*
- **Position**: *for instance, Associate Professor, or Research Manager, or PhD Student, ...*
- **Employer**: *employer name, city, country* (e.g., KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium)
- **Email**: *email*
- **Phone**: *phone*
- **Relationship to the applicant**: *for instance, Master's thesis supervisor*
- **Frequency of contact**: *for instance: one hour a week for 8 months*

Referee 2:

- (same info as above)