Software Project

LUNA SAPNA D'SOUZA

**** ** ****** ****, #***, Silver Spring MD 20903

Phone: 304-***-**** email: *****.**@*****.***

Keywords: Wireless System Implementation, Routing Protocols, Software

Development

EDUCATION

Master's in Telecommunications Expected May 2011

University of Maryland, College Park GPA: 3.78

Coursework:

PCS/AWS System Implementation, Cellular Network Infrastructure, Drive

Testing of Cellular networks, OFDM Technologies, Telecommunication

Networks, Decision Support Methods, Management and Organizational Behavior,

Advanced Wireless Communications, Satellite Communication, Wireless LAN's

Bachelor of Engineering (Telecommunications) July 2008

B. M. S. College of Engineering, Bangalore, India Percentage: 75%

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Assistant May 2010 - Present

Center for Advanced Life Cycle Engineering (CALCE), University of Maryland,

College Park

. Developed software tools in C# and Matlab platform to implement in-

house algorithms

. Designed and implemented different modules using C#

. Developed GUI for CALCE_svm software tool

. Worked with data mining techniques like PCA(Principal Component

Analysis) and SVM(Support Vector Machine)

. Developed and maintained CALCE website

Software Developer June 2009 - August 2009

Via World, Bangalore, India

. Developed a customized application 'ViaTalk' to enhance communication

experience at a reduced cost.

Features include:

o Instant messaging using XMPP.

o International calls using SIP.

o Nationwide texting capability.

. Developed GUI for 'ViaTalk'

. Integrated ViaTalk and iViaWorld Market Place.

. Incorporated ViaAds in ViaTalk application for advertisement

placement.

Project Intern July 2008 - March 2009

Esqube Communication Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India

. Designed and developed ACE(Audio Conferencing Engine) that was based

on multicast and was designed to function within a LAN. Features

included:

o Allocation of multiple multicast addresses within the LAN

reducing overhead on server.

o P2P conferencing with scalability

o Instant messaging with faster response times and more security.

. Developed a proprietary text based protocol for ACE.

. Developed GUI for ACE

SKILLS

Technical Skills:

Audio Programming (wave functions of Win32 SDK), Windows Socket Programming

(TCP, UDP and Multicast), Windows Mobile Programming (Pocket PC and Smart

Phone), Object Oriented Programming, SIP

Software:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and 6.0, Microsoft Device Emulator, Microsoft

Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MATLAB, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat,

Dreamweaver

Languages:

Microsoft Visual C++, C#, C, Java

CERTIFICATE COURSES

. Java Programming from Manipal Institute of Computer Education(MICE)

2005

. C++ Programming from NIIT 2006

PUBLICATIONS

D'Souza, L. S., Subrahmaniam, V.R., "Self-Organized and Server-less IM

Architecture for Corporate LANs based on Multicast", Third Workshop on

Intelligent Networks: Adaptation, Communication & Reconfiguration (IAMCOM

2009), January 2009, Bangalore, India.

ACHIEVEMENTS

. Received 'Student Grant/Award' for POSTER Presentation during IAMCOM '09

. Successfully completed the project 'Audio Conferencing Engine based on IP

Multicast'

ACTIVITIES

. Organized and conducted '8085 programming' during the B.M.S.C.E fest

Utsav '07

. Organized and conducted the Telecommunication Department fest 'Epoch '07

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