Graduate Research

Fall 2008
I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Daruka Mahadevan, Arizona Cancer Center. I am researching in the domain of ATP-protein docking.

Summer 2008
I worked full-time as a Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Jonathan Sprinkle, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Arizona on the C2WT project. This work was supported by the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research. We explored how multiple computational nodes can perform simulations of quad-rotor vehicle control models, allowing evaluation of various human-UAV interaction protocols through the C2WT infrastructure (under development at Vanderbilt University). Models were created for advanced simulation and control, based on existing abstractions and models developed by researchers at University of California-Berkeley .

Fall 2007
I worked as a Graduate Research Assistant with Prof. Amar Gupta, Eller College of Management, University of Arizona. My research revolved around the development of software solutions for the 24-Hour Knowledge Factory. I worked on the development of the front-end of a plug-in that facilitated visulization and access of team projects in a 24HrKF enviroment. We also prototyped some communication protocols and handoff mechanisms. I also got the opportunity to help Prof. Gupta in editing and compiling the manuscript of a journal.

Graduate Teaching

Spring 2009
I am currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Algorithms (C SC 445) with Prof. John Kececioglu, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona.

Spring 2008
I was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Analysis of Discrete Structures (C SC 345) with Dr. Lester McCann, Department of Computer Science, University of Arizona. Along with the responsibilities like grading and holding office hours, I got the opportunity to teach a 50-min section. This was my first teaching experience, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Undergraduate Research

Summer 2006
I worked as Research Intern with Dr. S.P. Nawathe at the Department of Information Technology , Government of India. I worked on the development of an inference engine for a Java-based Expert System, which could perform goal-directed as well as forward reasoning on three rule-bases. During the course of this internship, I also got the opportunity to interact with Prof. V. Prithviraj, Pondicherry Engineering College, India with whom I researched on Fuzzy-Logic based Software Obfuscation. He also introduced me to Chaos Theory.

Summer 2005
I worked as a Research Intern with Dr. S.P. Nawathe and Dr. S. Sivasubramanian at the Department of Information Technology , Government of India. It was during this period that I was first introduced to Soft Computing. I researched in the domain of Fuzzy Logic applied to Cyber Forensics and Internet Patrolling. I also worked on the design and devlopment of a module library for Rough Set Theory. I wrote the modules for identifying reducts and elementary sets, and also for determining Lower and Upper Approximations.