PRASHANTH ACHARYA 6510 El Colegio Rd Apt 1201, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Ph: (805) 286 6613 Email: acharya@cs.ucsb.edu , acharya.p@gmail.com Web: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~acharya OBJECTIVE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entry-level R & D software position. Interests in wireless communications, data networks, multimedia, distributed and embedded systems. PROFILE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ph.D in Computer Science with research experience in wireless communications and mobile computing, IEEE 802.11 mesh networks, multimedia networks, Quality of Service for multimedia applications EDUCATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ph.D, Computer Science Sep 2004 - Jun 2009 (expected) University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) GPA 3.97 Graduate Certificate in Management Practices Sep 2006 – Jun 2008 Technology Management Program, UCSB GPA 3.94 B.Engr in Computer Engineering Sep 1998 – May 2002 National Institute of Technology Karnataka, 80% (GPA 4.0) Suratkal, India EXPERIENCE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Graduate Student Researcher MOMENT Lab, UCSB Jan 2006 – Current - Advisor: Prof. Elizabeth Belding, Computer Science Department, UCSB - Involved in several research projects in the area of 802.11 wireless networks (in particular, multihop mesh networks), leading to publications in several conferences and journals - Peer-review service for several conferences and journals * Summer Intern – Engineering Tropos Networks Jun-Sep 2006 & Jun-Sep 2007 - Designed and developed prototype for ad-insertion technology - Designed and implemented adaptive-RTS protocol - Contributed to the design, implementation and testing of airtime-based congestion control module, offline measurement collection tool, client throughput estimation module * Teaching Assistant Computer Science Dept, UCSB Sep 2004 – Dec 2005 - TA for courses such as Introduction to Java, Software Engineering, Basic and Advanced Computer Networks; responsible for grading of written and programming assignments - Led discussion classes and project group meeting (Software Engineering) * Software Design Engineer Texas Instruments, India Jul 2002 – Aug 2004 - Member of board support packages team (VxWorks and Linux) for embedded network devices - Ported USB 1.1 - RNDIS network prototype driver to production quality WHQL certified driver - Developed USB 2.0 driver for TI's RNDIS network devices - Lead the design and development USB-CDC driver PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Congestion-Aware Rate Adaptation in Wireless Networks: A Measurement-Driven Approach P. Acharya, A. Sharma, E. Belding, K. Almeroth, K. Papagiannaki, IEEE SECON, San Francisco CA, June 2008. Nominated for Best Paper Award. * MARS: A High Throughput Multicast Rate Adaptation Solution for Wireless Mesh Networks P. Acharya, E. Belding. Submitted for review. * Measurement-driven Admission Control on Wireless Backhaul Networks I. Sheriff, P. Acharya, E. Belding. Computer Communications Journal, July 2008. * Antler: A Multi-Tiered Approach to Automated Wireless Network Management R. Raghavendra, P. Acharya, E. Belding, K. Almeroth. IEEE Workshop on Automated Network Management, Phoenix, AZ, April 2008 (co-located with INFOCOM 2008). * Resource Estimation on Wireless Backhaul Networks I. Sheriff, P. Acharya, Elizabeth M. Belding. WICON 2007, Austin TX, Oct 2007. * Sticky CSMA/CA: Implicit Synchronization and Real-time QoS in Mesh Networks S. Singh, P. Acharya, U. Madhow, E. Belding. Ad hoc Networks Journal, August 2007. * Integrated Data Location in Multihop Wireless Networks I. Sheriff, P. Acharya, A. Sampath, B. Zhao, E. Belding. IEEE/Create-Net COMSWARE, Bangalore, India, Jan 2007. * Reliable Open Spectrum Communications Through Proactive Spectrum Access P. Acharya, S. Singh, H. Zheng. First International Workshop on Technology and Policy for Accessing Spectrum (TAPAS 2006), Boston, MA, Aug 2006. * Gateway Selection for Multi-gateway Wireless Mesh Networks P. Acharya, D. Johnson, E. Belding. In preparation. * MeshMon: A Multi-tiered Framework for Wireless Mesh Network Monitoring R. Raghavendra, P. Acharya, E. Belding, K. Almeroth. Submitted for review. * Rate Adaptation in Congested Wireless Networks through Real-Time Measurements P. Acharya, A. Sharma, E. Belding, K. Almeroth, K. Papagiannaki. Submitted for review. * Other projects (including course projects): - SiteColumbus: Similar website finder using del.icio.us tags and a standard LAMP setup - Hardware-assisted spam filtering - Constructive protocol specification in Java (Undergrad thesis project) - Study project on Data Encryption techniques (at ISRO) SKILLS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Languages: C, Perl, Shell script, Java, C++ Software: MadWiFi 802.11 driver, GNU/Linux tools, Qualnet and NS-2 network simulators, Linux device drivers Other skills: CVS/Subversion, Rational ClearCase, Latex, VxWorks, Linux, Apache, MySQL RELEVANT COURSEWORK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Science: Advanced Computer Networking, Mobile Computing, Intelligent Wireless Networks, Advanced Computer Architecture, Computer and Network Security, Computational Geometry, Topics in Combinatorial Algorithms, Large-scale Networks, Web Search and Data Mining Technology Management: The Art of the CEO: Business Skills for Future Leaders, Entrepreneurial Marketing, New Venture Finance, Managing Innovation, New Product Development, New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship AWARDS & HONORS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Graduate Fellowship, Computer Science Department, UCSB (2004) * Ranked 14 for Karnataka state in Common Entrance Test (1998) * Ranked 8 for Karnataka state Class X exams (1996) * National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) scholarship: Ranked 2nd at state level (1996) REFERENCES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Prof. Elizabeth Belding, Professor, Computer Science Department, UC Santa Barbara. Email: ebelding@cs.ucsb.edu * Prof. Kevin Almeroth, Professor – Computer Science Department and Associate Dean for Advancement and Planning – College of Engineering, UC Santa Barbara. Email: almeroth@cs.ucsb.edu * Cyrus Behroozi, Chief Scientist, Tropos Networks, Sunnyvale CA. Email: cyrus.behroozi@tropos.com