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Email: ashok@soe.ucsc.edu
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Hello! I am Ashok. Am currently a Graduate Student at Computer Communications Research Group (CCRG) headed by Prof. J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves at the beautiful UC Santa Cruz. My research interests include MAC and Routing protocols and architectures in wireless networks. I am also interested in learning more about Data Center/Cloud networks and infrastructure.
PhD student, Computer Engineering (in progress)
University of California, Santa Cruz (03/2010 - 2013 )
Advisor : Prof J.J.Garcia-Luna-Aceves
Research Interests: Wireless Networks, MAC scheduling, Content Routing
Masters in Computer Engineering,
University of California, Santa Cruz (09/2007 - 3/2010 )
GPA : 4.0 / 4.0
Dissertation : Disruption Tolerant Routing Protocol
Advisor : Prof J.J.Garcia-Luna-Aceves
Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Anna University(College of Engineering, Guindy), India (06/2003 – 05/2007)
GPA : 8.75 / 10
Dissertation : Energy Efficient MAC Protocols in Sensor Networks
Programming Skills C/C++.
Programming(familiar) Java, Python, HTML.
Tools Android SDK programming.
Networks Linux Networking Kernel, TCP/IP, 802.11 wireless,
Qualnet, NS3, NetSimpy (network simulators),
Mininet / Openflow, Software Defined Networking(SDN),
CCNx, Information Centric Networking (ICNs).
Embedded Programming Intel 8051, 8086, 8085 Microprocessor & Interface.
Platforms Linux, Mac OS X, Windows.
Developed a data-sharing application interface and framework for Android phones and MAC-OSX in Java using the Content Centric Networks Architecture (CCNx) protocol developed at PARC.
Developed a new routing mechanism for Disruption Tolerant Networks using Python in NetSimpy simulator that uses a novel Purging mechanism to release resources for efficient communication for a US DoD project.
PhD research is on developing scheduled based MAC Protocols and Routing for Multi-Channel Multi-Radio MANETS and context aware, software defined networks.
Course: Introduction to Computer Networks
Assisted the professor in handling the course by holding lectures, discussions and laboratory sessions.