EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Los Angeles
MS in Computer Science (GPA: 3.83/4.0)
Related Coursework: Advanced Operating Systems, Security Systems, Software Architectures, Computer Communications,  Artificial Intelligence, Analysis of Algorithms, Computer Vision, Software Engineering for Embedded Systems

Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Deemed University), India
B.Tech in Information Technology (GPA: 9.1/10.0)

HONORS & AWARDS

- Vice-Chancellor’s Gold Medal award for standing first in IT Dept. at JIIT (Deemed University), India

- A recipient of Dean’s scholarship on merit basis and Class Senior (academic representative) for continuous 4 years

- Awarded the Certificate of Technical Excellence and Wonderful Team Work from British Telecom, Ipswich England

- Recipient of several certificates of academic excellence

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Research Assistant, USC Software Architecture Group (Advisor: Prof. Nenad Medvidovic)

  • Engineering Intern: Google Inc, Santa Monica USA

  • Software Engineer: Infosys Technologies Limited, Pune India
    - Assisted Project Manager in designing the 21CN detailed design document and minimizing the resources needed
    - Supervised team members in understanding, implementing and testing the functionality of modules with external systems
    - Analyzed and optimized performance tuning of oracle databases and shell scripts
    - Identified, investigated and prioritized defects using FISHBONE diagram as a problem-analysis tool
    - Authored and executed Unit and Integration test plans and cases for regression and stress testing
    - Configured and simplified the initial setup of server. Directed the release, patch deliveries of the product to the customer

  • Summer Intern: PRAVAK Cybernatics Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi India
    - Modeled a VC++ (MFC) application to control 5-degree motion of a ROBOT using Serial Port Programming concepts of baud rate (9600 bits/sec), parity and start bits (escape character)
    - Analyzed the protocol embedded in the microcontroller for interfacing it with an application through RS-232 cable
    - Implemented multiple execution points utilizing multithreading: User, Worker Threads, Message Handlers and Queues

RESEARCH PROJECTS

- DDoS Attacks: We studied various structural approaches to DDoS problem by classifying DDoS attacks and developing various defense mechanisms. Read More

- AXML documents: We addressed communication cost and performance related issues for improvements in distribution, replication and caching of AXML documents. Read More

- Quantum Optics: Developed a systematic theoretical method to study the possible candidates of single photon source used in quantum cryptography. Read More

- RiverSoft: Derived an approximate mathematical model called RiverSoft, which governs the propagation of a flood wave in natural rivers. Read More

MAJOR PROJECTS

- Built a distributed file sharing system using peer-to-peer technology. Read More

- ROBOT: Developed a VC++ application to control 5-degree motion of a ROBOT using serial port programming. Read More

- Developed an e-goverance OLAP tool for allocation of tender for various road construction projects across the country. Read More

PUBLICATIONS

- Prakash Gupta and Anirban Pathak, Reduction of Quantum Phase Fluctuations Implies Antibunching of Photon, Physics Letters A (2007) [PDF]

- Prakash Gupta, Pratap Narayan Pandey, Anirban Pathak, Higher order antibunching is not a rare phenomenon, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39 (2006) 1137–1143 [PDF]

- Prakash Gupta and Anirban Pathak, Higher Order Squeezing and Minimum Total Noise in Different Optical Processes, 2nd International Conference on "Current Developments in Molecular and Optical Physics with Applications" Delhi University, New Delhi (22nd-25th Mar, 2006) published in Narosa Publishing House Page 95 [PDF]

- Anirban Pathak and Prakash Gupta, Total Quantum Fluctuation as a Measure of Nonclassicality, International Conference on Quantum Optics, Chinese University, Hong Kong (16th-20th Dec, 2005) [PDF]

COMPUTER SKILLS

- Languages: Proficient in C, C++, JAVA (JSP & Servlets), ASP, PHP, PL/SQL, HTML, XML, Scripting (Shell, Perl, JavaScript, VBScript)

- Tools: Visual Studio 6.0, Visual InterDev, TOAD, VSS, Eclipse, LaTex, Mathematica, 3DMax, Animo, Photoshop, Illustrator

- Database / Web Servers / Platforms: Oracle 8i & 9i, MySQL 5.0, Apache Tomcat 4.1, J2EE, Windows, UNIX, Linux, Mac

LEADERSHIP QUALITIES / MEMBERSHIPS

- An active volunteer of placement cell and programming contests during under graduation

- Lectured classes on C and Object Oriented Paradigm to 100+ undergraduates

- An active volunteer in social service activities through the stride of Sri Sathya Sai Trust

- ACM Student Member: Algorithms and Computation Theory Group

REFERENCES

Available on request