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Mukesh Hira

Ph.D. Candidate

Department of Electrical Engineering

Stanford Unversity

Email: mukeshatstanforddotedu

I'm a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, doing research in the area of Multihop Wireless Networks under the guidance of Prof. Fouad Tobagi.

Publications:

· M. Hira and F. A. Tobagi, “Spanning Tree Backbone in Multihop Wireless Networks”, Proceedings of IEEE Globecom 2006, San Francisco, CA

o Presentation Slides

· M. Hira, F. A. Tobagi and K. Medepalli, “Throughput Analysis of a Path in an IEEE 802.11 Multihop Wireless Network”, To appear in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007, Hong Kong.

Industry Experience:

· June 2000 to December 2005: Involved in the design and development of IEEE 802.17 based systems for Metropolitan Area Networks at Luminous Networks, Cupertino, CA.

· January 2006 to present: Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Transmission Network Systems, Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company.

Research Experience:

· September 1998 to September 1999: Worked on NASA s Gravity Probe B project. Developed mission-critical tests for a telescope used aboard the Gravity Probe B spacecraft launched on April 20, 2004.

· March 2003 to present: Multimedia Networking Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University.

Teaching Experience:

· Fall 1999-2000:      Teaching Assistant, EE284  Introduction to Computer Networks

· Winter 1999-2000:  Teaching Assistant, EE34A  Network Protocols and Standards

Academic Projects:

· Studied the use of a Support Vector Machine for identification of Exons in a Genome Sequence

· Evaluated the VoIP capacity of a 802.11b ad hoc network by means of simulations.

· Devised and developed an energy-efficient lightweight routing protocol for mobile ad hoc networks.

· Power Management proposals for Wireless Networks .

· Survey of Reliable Multicast protocols.

· Implemented process scheduling, system calls, and file system for a mini operating system.

· Designed and implemented a prototype for a Proximity based Profile matching system for WAP phones.

· Simulated a light version of a MIPS processor in Verilog.

· Designed a fuzzy logic PID controller and simulated it in VHDL

Coursework at Stanford University:

EE284            Introduction to Computer Networks

EE384A         Network Protocols and Standards

EE384B         Multimedia Networking

EE392N         Packet Switching Architectures and Research

EE384C         Wireless Local Area Networks

EE359            Wireless Communications

EE276            Introduction to Personal Wireless Communications

EE278            Statistical Signal Processing

CS255            Cryptography and Network Security

CS161            Design of Algorithms

CS361A Advanced Algorithms

CS140            Operating Systems and Principles

EE271 Introduction to VLSI Systems

EE369B Medical Imaging Systems II

EE282            Computer Architecture and Organization

EE261            Fourier Transforms

EE275            Logic Design

CS145            Introduction to Databases

CS245            Advanced Database Principles

CS193I           Internet Technologies

CS444I           Internet Services

CS193W        Microsoft Windows Programming

CS262          Computational Genomics

EE418          Topics in NeuroEngineering

CS229 Machine Learning

MATSCI316  Nanotechnology

EE353 Business Management for Electrical Engineers and Computer Scientists

ECON 190 Introduction to Financial Accounting

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