EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Computer Engineering. GPA: 3.55 / 4.0
University of Florida. Dec 2002

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science. Equivalent GPA: 3.67 / 4.0
University of Mumbai, India. Aug 2000

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Graduate Technical Assistant at the Career Resource Center in the University of Florida. Developed web applications using ASP and client applications using Visual Basic, using MS-SQL Server as the backend for both. Setup computers, installed network components on the machines, and carried out maintenance, May 2002 - Dec 2002
  
  
• Teaching Assistant for undergraduate "Survey of operating systems" and "Ethics on the Electronic frontier" courses. Taught classes, prepared and graded assignments and exams. Jan 2002 - May 2002.
  
  
• Instructor for undergraduate "Survey of operating systems" course. Independently taught a class of 45 students, prepared and graded the class exams, and assigned the final grades, Aug 2001 - Dec 2001.

RESEARCH:

Designed and implemented a delay-efficient rerouting mechanism for Voice over IP communications using dynamic route selection and call admission control techniques. Studied the different, currently used techniques in VoIP and developed a technique to ensure better QoS in such applications. It dealt with rerouting of voice calls, implementation issues and the feasibility of such a scheme. Also developed a probing mechanism for determining network conditions. Used network-programming techniques to set up multiple sessions and route/reroute the call packets through routes that are best suited to maintain the QoS of calls for the entire duration.

PROJECTS:

• Bookstore Management:
  Designed and implemented a store inventory and sales system using C++ to automate all the sale and purchase activities of a bookstore. The system keeps stock of the number of books in stock; prints out order forms, prints invoices, etc and also handles employee records.
  
  
• Banking system implementation:
  Designed and implemented a banking system in C++. Worked as part of a team of three in implementing an editor interface for users and administrators that can handle all the activities of a small bank like creating user accounts, modifying accounts, handling some daily transactions and some other basic administrative work
  
  
• Online registration Process for Career Fairs:
  Designed and implemented an online registration system for the Career Showcase organized by the University of Florida's Career Resource Center. Designed the MS-SQL Server 2000 database for the application. The website allows companies to create and modify accounts, register contacts, register for the career fair and make payments online using ASP.
  
  
• Compiler for TINY:
  Developed a compiler in Java for the TINY language (a subset of C) as part of a team of two. Implemented a lexical analyzer, parser, constrainer and code-generator for the language. The compiler can handle all the normal arithmetic expressions, conditional constructs, variable declarations, and pointer arithmetic. It involved writing over 7000 lines of code.
  
  
• Unix System Administration:
  The project involved setting up and administering a UNIX-based network consisting of SUN-Netra and IBM-AIX machines. I set up the network, installed a variety of system software, setup DNS servers, mail servers, virtual interfaces and backups.
  
  
• Administrative Interface for Company Registration:
  This is a client application using Visual Basic and MS SQL Server 2000 that I developed as part of a team of two at the Career Resource center at UF. The application is for the administrators at the CRC to handle all the information that the companies submit online for the career fairs. It also allows manual registration of companies that email data, editing registration information and payment options.
  
  
• Online WebSponsorship:
  Designed and implemented this part of the Career Resource center website that allows companies to register for the websponsorship program that is offered by the CRC. It allows companies to register their contacts, specify the details of the websponsorship request, make online payments and create user accounts for future use. It was developed using ASP with MS-SQL Server 2000.
  
  
• WEBLIB:
  Designed and implemented an online library management system using Java Servlets with Sybase as backend. Implemented a servlet-served library website that the users can access to search for books, renew issued books, make online reservations, buy books from the online library store, etc. It also included a small interface for administrators to manage inventory and employee details.
  
  
• Reliable ARQ on UDP:
  Developed this network protocol simulation in Java. It consists of a client server communication implementing the GO_BACK_N protocol. The server can handle packet sequencing, lost packets, retransmissions and timeouts. Clients can send back acknowledgements. Implementation involved use of multiple threads in both client and server to handle several simultaneous connections.
  
  
• Secure communication for an IDS:
  Developed a project that involved setting up a secure communication for various components of an Intrusion Detection System (IDS). There are detectors that send reports of unusual activity to monitors. This project involves authenticating the detectors to the host monitors and vice-versa, by making use of Public-Key cryptography; and a secure exchange of a session key for an AES algorithm to be used for the session communication.

COMPUTER SKILLS:
Programming Languages : C++, C, Java (Network, Servlets, JDBC, RMI), ASP, Pascal, SQL
Operating Systems : Windows XP/2000/NT/98, Sun-Solaris, Linux.
Databases : MS-SQL, ORACLE, Sybase, MS-Access.
Other packages : HTML, MS Visual Basic, J-Script, MS Office.

COURSEWORK:
Graduate:
Computer Communications Networks, Software Testing & Verification, UNIX System Administration, Computer and Network Security, Distributed Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, Programming Language Principles, Computer Architecture Principles, Analysis of Algorithms.

Undergraduate:
Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming, Computer Graphics, Data communication, Digital Signal Processing, Systems Programming, Operating Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics.

REFERENCES: Available on request.