Aravindha Karthik Chellappa's Resume (Last updated January 3rd 2009)

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ARAVINDHA CHELLAPPA



http://aravindhakarthik.googlepages.com

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OBJECTIVE 

Work in an environment that fuses creativity and analytical thinking, with optimal utilization of my skills.

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WORK EXPERIENCE 

Research In Motion, Waterloo, Canada

May 2008 - August 2008

Digital Signal Processing Software Developer (Summer Internship)
Digital Signal Processing Software Developer(Matlab, C)
Developed a modified, robust Speech logging tool, used in the analysis of device and network issues in Wireless Communications.

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Global ERP & RFID, Inc., New York, USA

February 2008 - May 2008

Software Developer (Spring Internship)
Software Developer
Case study on RFID Tags, J2EE Analyzer, RFID adapter and RFID Biz server.

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Aadhithya Infomedia Solutions, Chennai, India

November 2006 - April 2007

DSP & Embedded Systems Software Developer (Student Trainee)
Project I: Speech Compression and Voice Processing using Linear Predictive Coding (Matlab, C)
Project II: Exploring Sound Effects' Systems in DSP Applications (Matlab, C, Assembly Language)

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Signals and Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India

September 2004 - December 2004

Digital Signal Processing Engineer (Student Trainee)
Obtained a Certification in Signal Processors from Texas Instruments (TI) on the analysis of TMS320VC54x fixed-point processors.

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RESEARCH 

Low Noise Amplifier (Agilent ADS, Amonagawa Transmission Lines Simulator)
September 2008 - December 2008
Designed a Low Noise Amplifier using Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) using RF transistor BFR92A.

Direct Sequence CDMA System (Matlab)September 2008 - December 2008
Simulated a synchronous DS-CDMA system (exploiting multipath effect) with Binary Phase Shift Keying modulation (BPSK).

Compressed Sensing (Masters' Degree Project - Matlab)
January 2008 - May 2008
Prepared a project report on the mathematics of Compressed Sensing and its implications in the field of Digital Signal Processing.

References and Differential Amplifiers (OrCad, pSpice, QUCS)
January 2008 - May 2008
Designed a Differential Amplifier with Active Loads, and a VT Referenced current source.

Analytical Formalism in Cylindrical Quantum Wires (Matlab, Mathematica)
October 2007 - December 2007
Analytical Formalism for determining quantum-wire and quantum-dot structure by developing complete 8x8 matrix using Envelope-Function Approximation.

Face Recognition using Eigenfaces (Undergraduate Thesis - Matlab)
January 2006 - May 2006
Implementation of Principal Component Analysis method on several image sets in order to determine the characteristics of the Eigenface method using Matlab, C and, C++ programming.

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EDUCATION 

City College of New York, New York, USA, August 2007 - June 2009

Masters in Electrical Engineering, (Major GPA) 3.7 / 4.0 Grade Point Average

 

Anna University, Chennai, India, June 2002 - April 2006

Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering, (Major GPA) 81.0 / 100 Grade Point Average

 

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SKILLS 

Programming Languages: Matlab, C, C++, Java, Visual Basic
Productivity Tools : Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Internet : HTML, DHTML, XML, J2EE
ERP Tools : Perforce, Tibco Designer
Platforms : Windows - 98, XP, Vista; UNIX (Fedora Core), Linux
Hardware Systems : Assembly Language, pSpice, OrCad, VHDL, Verilog
Design Tools : Agilent ADS, AutoCAD


Linguistic Proficiency: English, Tamil, Hindi

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FIELD WORK 

IN-PLANT TRAINING

All India Radio - Program production and transmission, Chennai, India June 2004
National Cash Registers - Automated Teller Machines, Chennai, India
December 2003
Lifeline Circuits - Fabrication of Printed Circuit Boards, Karnataka, India
February 2003

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PUBLICATIONS 

Submitted a paper on Filter Design in DSP to ICASSP 2007 organized by the IEEE-Signal Processing Society, USA.

Submitted a paper on Room Acoustics to ISSPA 2007 organized by the IEEE-Signal Processing Society, USA.

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CERTIFICATIONS 

Certification in DSP from Aadhithya Infomedia Solutions, April 2007.

Proficiency in English - University of New South Wales (Australia), November 1998.

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COURSE WORK 

Physical Electronics, Analog and Digital Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Probability and Stochastic Processes, RF & Microwave Design of Wireless Systems, Wireless Communications, Digital Communications, Computer Communication Networks, Fiber Optics, Digital Electronics

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AWARDS AND HONORS 

Solo Pianist - Berklee College of Music's World Scholarship Tour at Toulouse (France), 2006
Int'l Award for Young People - Gold, Silver & Bronze Std., Duke of Edinburgh Scheme 2000, 2001, 2002

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CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS 

Member of International High IQ Society (USA) since 2007.
Member of IEEE - City College of New York (Student Chapter) since 2007.
Member of IEEE - Signal Processing Society (USA) since 2003.
Member of IETE, Association of Engineers (India) since 2002.

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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 

Certified member of WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), USA, since 1996.
Organized Blood Donation camps in High School, and in college.
Member of YHAI, India for Trekking and Mountaineering.

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INTERESTS 

Application Programming, Digital Signal Processing, Analog & Digital Circuits, Optoelectronics, Quantum Computation, Networks, Algorithms.

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KEYWORDS 

Electronics and Communication, ECE, EE, Engineering, DSP, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Electronics, Computers, Software, Hardware, Information Systems, Circuits, Communications, Wireless Communication Systems

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