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-----Original Message----- From: Lin, Martin Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 3:14 PM To: Kaminski, Vince J Subject: RE: Reference request regarding Eric W Cope S05371/R966 Vince, Please find below some text for Eric's letter. I hope it is helpful for your development of the letter. If you have questions or would like some other information, please let me know. Also, on the question of Enron letterhead, I suppose the desired form of submission is via the web site. Unless you have electronic letterhead, the issue may be moot. Martin Eric Cope worked as a summer associate in the Research Group during the summer of 2001. During this time, Eric worked on a variety of projects requiring a diverse set of skills. In all cases, he quickly grasped the scope and context of the problems at hand. While some direction was given in each case, Eric was often charged with developing the approach details independently, and he executed the tasks very effectively. One major project for the summer was to develop a web-browser-based trading simulation platform (TSP). The TSP would create user accounts, require user logons, post simulated market information, post simulated commidity prices, accept and execute buy and sell transactions for users, and track user account information such as positions, order history, and buying power. The TSP would allow for the use of human users as well as software agent. Simulated commidity prices could be histroical prices, ficticious calculated prices, or bid/offer prices based on some update algorithms. The primary goal was to create a framework to test different udpate algorithms and trading strategies. Eric immediately arranged for the appropriate reference materials to develop the database and associated software infrastructure. In short order, a simple site was up for users to create accounts and begin "trading" commodities. The project ended before extensive algorithm evaluation could begin, however, the TSP goes a long way to making such evaluations possible. Other projects included the development of forecast models for motion picture box office revenues, advertising media placement prices, and long-distance voice telephony prices. In many of the cases, data were scarce, as were definitive instructions. Eric analyzed the problem to develop a focused approach, always in consultation and discussion with others, but never with "hand-holding" or intense oversight. His co-workers and immediate supervisor quickly developed confidence in Eric's ability to take general direction and achieve productive results. Such confidence and ability is crucial in an environment with limited structure, such as we had. -----Original Message----- From: Kaminski, Vince J Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:00 PM To: Lin, Martin Subject: FW: Reference request regarding Eric W Cope S05371/R966 Martin, A request for the letter of recommendation. Vince -----Original Message----- From: VKaminski@aol.com@ENRON Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 8:03 PM To: Kaminski, Vince J Subject: Fwd: Reference request regarding Eric W Cope S05371/R966 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: <kbl@research.att.com< Received: from rly-za04.mx.aol.com (rly-za04.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.100]) by air-za05.mail.aol.com (v83.35) with ESMTP id MAILINZA51-0124173949; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:39:49 -0500 Received: from mail-green.research.att.com (mail-green.research.att.com [135.207.30.103]) by rly-za04.mx.aol.com (v82.22) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINZA48-0124173900; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:39:00 -0500 Received: from akalice.research.att.com (akalice.research.att.com [135.207.26.22]) by mail-green.research.att.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D01F81E0AB for <VKaminski@aol.com<; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:38:57 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kbl@localhost) by akalice.research.att.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA52811; Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:38:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 17:38:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200201242238.RAA52811@akalice.research.att.com< From: AT&T Web Resume Database <resume@research.att.com< To: VKaminski@aol.com, kbl@research.att.com Subject: Reference request regarding Eric W Cope S05371/R966 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Dear Colleague: Eric W Cope has submitted an application to AT&T Labs, with a request that we seek a reference letter from you in support of this application. We thank you in advance for providing this letter. The reference letters are a very important part of our evaluation process, but we also recognize that they call for a significant measure of time and attention on your part. In this message, we first describe below the three options for submittal of the letter, and then, in the final paragraphs, you will find some comments about the nature of the job applied for. We know your time is precious, so we have tried to make the process as efficient as possible. If you have access to a browser from your mailer, then the easiest thing is to use the URL given below: http://www.research.att.com/~kbl/cgi-bin/resumedocs/S05371/R966 Via this web page, you can submit text, html, postscript, or pdf files. Please note that this URL should be used ONLY by you, and ONLY for this particular student. It is linked directly to the student's resume, and the processing occurs automatically and immediately. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If it is inconvenient to use the URL, you may email your letter by replying to this email, but please help us out, if you use this option, by sending the letter as plain text only, not as a word processor file, without indent, and not as an attachment. Also please make sure that your mailer includes the entire subject line in your reply message. If you use this option, please note that the processing of your letter will occur manually, and therefore may entail a considerable delay. Our system will format the emailed text appropriately for display, unless you ask that it be treated as fixed-format. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- As a third option, if you prefer you may submit your letter as hard copy. Please note that we discourage this approach, since electronic letters can be distributed far more effectively to the hiring managers. However, if you wish, please see http://www.research.att.com/academic/Addresses.html for information on the proper address to use for various purposes. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, a word about the position for which the student has applied: This student has applied for a summer internship. We hire summer interns roughly from the third year of undergraduate work through graduate school. The summer projects vary in level, depending on the student involved. The students normally work in a one-on-one fashion with a member of staff on some facet of the ongoing research work in the lab, but they are expected to function somewhat independently after an initial period of familiarization with the work. Accordingly, we are interested in information you may have as to the student's adaptability, ability to learn new material, and to work effectively with minimal supervision. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Ken Lyons, AT&T Labs Web Resume Database
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