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M.S Computer Science Graduating: Dec 2010
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA

B.Tech Information Technology May 2009
VIT University, Vellore, India
Related Coursework: Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Software Architecture, Internetwork and Distributed Systems Laboratory, Web Technologies, Computer Communication, Network Programming in JAVA.

Technical Proficiencies
Programming Skills: C, C++, JAVA
Database: MySQL, Oracle9i
Scripting Languages: HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Perl, PHP, Bash Script
Operating Systems: Unix, Windows 98/2000/NT/XP
Graphics Engine: Ogre3D (Open Source 3D Graphics Rendering Engine)
Certifications: Sun JAVA Certification, CCNA
Other Proficiencies: Apache Server, Tomcat Server, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Eclipse, SVN, XSLT, XML, GWT

Work Experience
Student Worker, Intelligent Systems Division, USC/ISI, Los Angeles, USA March 2010 - Present
My Duties include creating a web based front end for a remote database using Google Web Toolkit(GWT) and maintaining a web server for the same.

Research Student, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad, India Jan 2009 - May 2009
Designed and developed an application to spatially connect random images in 3D space using Ogre3D graphics engine at CVIT labs, IIIT.

Summer Intern, Vi Microsystems, Chennai, India May 2007 - July 2007
Worked on projects involving embedded networking and RTOS during my undergrad.

Academic Projects
Multi-Threaded Client-Server Architecture Fall 2010
Designed and developed a multi-threaded program to achieve reliable client-server interaction using TCP/IP in C++.

IP based File Transfer Utility Spring 2010
Designed and developed an application that transfers a given file reliably between any two hosts using IP in C++.

Userspace IP Router Spring 2010
Designed and developed simple IP Router in userspace that routes packets from any source host to its designated destination host using libpcap library in C++.

NACHOS Operating System Fall 2009
This project involved the making of the four major modules of a modern operating system: thread management, multiprogramming, file systems, and networking for a very simple, but a functional, operating system called Nachos using C.

Smart Code Analyzer and Tutor Fall 2008
A browser based programming tool, similar to an IDE, which would help improve a student’s programming skills to professional standards and analyze his programming style. This application was developed using Google Web Toolkit (GWT) in JAVA

Other Projects
Accurate PHY Simulator for Underwater Acoustic Communication Summer 2010
Designed and developed a GUI simulator in JAVA to analyze effects of different factors like temperature, underwater currents etc on underwater acoustics.

Command and Data Handling Team, VITSAT-I University Student Satellite Project
In collaboration with Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) 		Fall 2008 - Spring 2009
The project involved designing of the hardware of the on-board computer for payload data handling module and develop a pyalod data analysis technique on the on-board computer.

VITLive
 Fall 2007
Designed and developed a web based chat application using the lightstreamer API (Based on the Comet paradigm that streams real-time data to any web browser, without installing anything on the client), HTML, JavaScript, AJAX and PHP.

References
Prof. Young.H.Cho, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI)
Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Southern California 		Phone: (310) 448-9107
E-mail: youngcho@isi.edu

José Luis Ambite, Ph.D.
Project Leader, Information Sciences Institute (USC/ISI)
Research Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of Southern California 		Phone: (310) 448-8472
E-mail: ambite@isi.edu

Publications
“Frame Based Intelligent Tutoring System with Weighted Attributes and Adaptive Hypermedia”, N.Ch.S.N.Iyengar, Aditya Chopra, Devang Negandhi, Soumith Chintala, proceedings of e-CASE, 2009, Singapore, Jan 8-10.

Extra Curricular Achievements
Student Organizer, RIVIERA 2008 Inter-College Festival
Hosted by VIT University 		January 2008
Third Prize in National Level Creative Ad-making Competition
RIVIERA 2007, VIT University 		January 2007