Ram  Poornalingam


1800 Jefferson Park Avenue
Apr #8, 
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903 
Email: ram@cs.virginia.edu
Phone: (804) 295-5801
Cell : (804) 825-6426
Department of Computer Science,
University of Virginia, 
Charlottesville, VA 22901
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~rp2h
Phone: (804) 982-2296



OBJECTIVE
            To obtain a challenging position in the field of real-time and embedded systems.   

EDUCATION	
    
    Master of Computer Science				        MAY  2002
    School of Engineering and Applied Science
    University of Virginia, 
    Charlottesville, VA 		
 
    PSG College of Technology,India                             May 2000  
    Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering)
    Honor: First Class with Distinction




COMPUTER SKILLS
      Languages: C, C++, Java, COBOL, 80x86 Assembly,Alter(a variant of LISP)
      Platforms: SunOS, Linux, Windows 2000/NT/98, DOS
      Tools & Others:  HTML, Socket Programming, DOME, GME, ESML, ACS.

WORK EXPERIENCE
      Internship
      CDAC,Centre for Development of Advanced Computing       April-July 1999  
      Banglore, India.

      Graduate Research Assistant
      University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science

 
      Graduate Teaching Assistant
      University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science
      Networks (Fall  2000)
      Introduction to Computing (Spring 2001)


 

RELEVANT COURSEWORK
       Computer Architecture
       Building Complex Software Systems
       Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing
       Theory of Computing 
       Operating Systems
       Real Time Operating Systems
       Security  of Derivatives



COURSE WORK TAKEN
       Probability and Statistics
       Design and Analysis of Algorithms
       Software Dynamic Translation





PAPERS

       "Evaluation of In-Kernel Web Server with Differentiated  Services" Ram Poornalingam, Shaun Arnold, Dharmesh Parikh.

       "VEST Virginia Embedded Systems Toolkit " John Stankovic, Hexin Wang,  Marty Humphrey, Riquing Zhu, Ram Poornalingam, Chenyang Lu.

PROJECTS AND SEMINARS

       Prepared a Paper on Home Smart Space based on HAVI Protocol.
       Developed a Graphical DFA/NFA Simulator.
       Developed a Stream Based Synchronous data transfer protocol with unlimited buffering over Active Message. 
       Developed services like Telnet, FTP etc. Also Have a good knowledge of TCP/IP protocol and have work extensively with sockets.  
       Peer to Peer Chatting software in Java.
       Designed a Health Care Information Appliance.
       Simulation of Mutual Exclusion Algorithms in Unix.
       Development of  VEST for embedded and real-time systems development.



ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS
       Ranked among the top 5% percent in class in my undergraduate program.
       Participated in the CSIDC 2000(Computer Society International Design  Competition) organized by IEEE.
       Student Co-ordinator and Joint Secretary of Computer Technology   Association, PSG Tech, India.
       Won awards in trivia/quizzing contests.

ACTIVITIES
       Student Member, IEEE.
       Member of the Computer Society of India.


VISA STATUS
       F-1 (Student Visa)

 REFERENCES - Available upon request