ARUN P. VISWANATHAN Address: 1221 Cumberland Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 Phone: 719-440-6239; E-mail: aviswana@uccs.edu Webpage: http://vast.uccs.edu/vast/viswanathan.html OBJECTIVE A full-time position as a software developer, wherein my experience in Embedded Systems, Wireless / Sensor Networks and Storage Area Networks can benefit both my employers and me. SUMMARY * Sensor networking, protocol design (Zigbee protocol), systems programming in wireless sensor networks * Proposed various design parameters for a sensor network to detect hazardous chemical leaks * HP StorageWorks software intern, involved in scripting for automated testing of disk arrays and array controller firmware in Windows environment * SNIA intern, worked on zoning, HBA configuration, Samba shares, exposure to storage networking * Lab management and LAN administration * Excellent spoken and written communication skills EDUCATION Master of Science; Computer Science; Current GPA: 3.7 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Expected graduation: May 2006 Advisor: Prof. Terry Boult Master of Science; Telecommunications Management; GPA: 3.9 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma (transferred to University of Colorado) Bachelor of Engineering; Electrical and Electronics; GPA: 3.5 University of Madras, Chennai, India May 2001 EXPERIENCE 1. HP Software Intern, Enterprise Servers and Storage Dept; May 2005 – November 2005 Manager(s): Ms. Julia Hodges, Mr. David Brinkmann; Technical lead: Mr. Jerry Johnson As part of a 6-member team, integrated command-line tools and wrote utilities to check controller status, talk to FC switches, create LUNs / VDs, verify multipathing capability, detect specific events, PERL scripting to automate test procedures; hardware set-up / trouble-shooting of server racks and disk shelves 2. Networking Intern, Storage Networking Industry Asscn (SNIA); May 2004 – August 2004 Former Director: Mr. Thomas Conroy; LAN Admin/Engineer: Mr. John Malia Installed and zoned in Host Bus Adapters (HBA) on several switches, set up Samba as WINS and for restricted resource sharing, set up Resource Scheduler, LAN maintenance and inventory management 3. Research Assistant, Vision and Security Technology Lab (VAST), UCCS; January 2004 – Present Advisor: Prof. Terry Boult 3.a) GPS-based Tracking System for Trauma Patients December 2004 – Present Army STTR project, joint with NAVSYS Corp Conducted performance tests and comparative analysis of Zigbee development kits (signal strength, bandwidth, power measurements); developed prototype software for an application specific gateway; enhancing the IEEE 802.15.4 compliant Zigbee protocol to make it more reliable and power-efficient 3.b) Detection of Chemical Warfare Agents in Maritime Cargo January 2004 – May 2004 Project sponsored by NISSC Developed a computational model to simulate the leakage and determine the diffusive behavior of CWAs, suggesting desired sensitivity levels and optimum positions for sensors 3.c) Privacy Enhanced Biometrics May 2004 – December 2004 Implemented algorithm for face detection and hiding in JPEG images, extensible to MPEG video for use in CCTV cameras; implemented a novel algorithm for secure/revocable biometric recognition system; used OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library in C) 4. Teaching Assistant, Telecommunications Laboratory, OSU; January 2003 – December 2003 Trained students to develop interconnected networks, emulate LANs, configure routers and PBX switches 5. Laboratory Administrator, Telecommunications Dept, OSU; August 2002 – December 2003 Managed lab equipment including DMS 10 switch, routers, servers, laptops and cluster of Dell PCs; maintained Symantec Ghost server, configured it to auto-push images to clients on a nightly basis 6. Graduate Assistant, Telecommunications Department, OSU; August 2002 – January 2003 As LAN security in-charge, monitored traffic using Snort Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) 7. Electronics Engineering Intern, Thomson Electronics, Chennai, India August 2000 – March 2001 Assembled and Tested C-Band Satellite TV Receiver TECHNICAL SKILLS * Platforms: Windows, Linux, Unix * Languages: Java, C, C++, Pascal, Assembly (for 8086 microprocessor) * Scripting: PERL, Shell, HTML * Packages: Free-FEM 3D (open source C-based partial differential equations solver), OpenCV (open source C-based computer vision library), CSU face software (open source C-based face recognition evaluation software from CSU) * Tools: Visual Studio, Atmel AVR Studio, JTAG ICE, ActiveState Perl Development Kit, JBuilder, MagicDraw 9.0 UML design tool, Symantec Ghost 7.5, ActiveBatch cross platform job scheduler, POV-Ray, Medit and OpenDX (image pre/post-processing graphic display tools), GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) * Networking and hardware: Fiber channel switches, disk arrays, array controllers, HBAs in storage networking; Ethernet switches, routers, ATM switches, serial communication, PCs and Macs in LAN networking; PBX switches in telecommunications networking AWARDS & HONORS * Member of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, since August 2003 * Highest GPA in freshman year of B.E. degree, 1998 * Prizes for quizzes and music performances at inter-collegiate cultural competitions, 1999–2000 REFERENCES Dr. Terrance Boult, El Pomar Professor of Computer Science 294, EAS building, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO 80933 Office No.: 719-262-3510; Cell No.: 719-963-0573; E-mail: tboult@cs.uccs.edu Ms. Julia Hodges, Senior Staff Software Engineer Seagate Technology, 9950, Federal Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Office No.: 719-388-5495; Cell No.: 719-651-7818; E-mail: julia.a.hodges@seagate.com Mr. Jerry Johnson, Windows Automation Team Lead Hewlett-Packard, 301, Rockrimmon Boulevard South, Building CXO1, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Office No.: 719-548-3370; Cell No.: 719-964-7596; E-mail: j.r.johnson@hp.com Mr. John Malia, Technology Center Engineer SNIA Technology Center, 301 Rockrimmon Boulevard South, Colorado Springs, CO 80919 Office No.: 719-884-8910; Cell No.: 719-201-9771; E-mail: tcengineer@snia.org VISA STATUS: F1 (one year Optional Practical Training after graduation)