Rahul Desai
**** ********* ****, *** # ***, Richardson TX 75080
Phone: 214-***-****, E-mail: **************@*****.***
Objective:
To work as an Intern/Co-op in the field of Computer Science with focus towards design, implementation and testing.
Education:
• M.S. in Computer Science The University of Texas-Dallas GPA 3.33 Aug 10
• B.E. in Computer Engineering Mumbai University, India GPA 3.83 May 08
Certifications:
• Microsoft certified SQL server 2008, Database Development (MCTS).
Computer Skills:
• Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista, Linux, UNIX.
• Languages: C, C++, Java, PL/SQL, HTML, JavaScript, PHP, OCaml, C#.NET, ADO.NET.
• Assembly Languages: 8086.
• Applications: Oracle 9i, MS Office Pro, MS-SQL, Visual Basic, Hadoop, Lucene.
• Networking: TCP/IP, Wired/Wireless Network Setup, Firewall Setup.
Professional Experience:
• Text Parser Enhancer - Patni Computers (Wabtec Corporation) Aug 07- Jun 08
Developed a Real time User interface for Passenger and Freight trains.
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Enhanced the capability of the Controller unit to monitor Real Time situations.
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Ported some of the features from Visual C++ 5.0 to Visual C++ 6.0 for future compatibility.
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Conducted detailed study of IAR workbench, Compressor and Boiler units, also automated the process of
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compiling a build and run various tests such as Load test, unit test, web test and check the performance
parameters, build a statistics based on the results.
• Summer Internship -- Impulse Consultancy May 07-Jul 07
Database Management – Managed and designed the Payroll Database while migrating from oracle 9i to
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oracle 10g. This included creating an RDBMS and enhancing it with new features.
Website Maintenance – Maintained and developed the Company’s website using HTML, PHP, Javascript
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and MySQL 2005.
• Summer Internship – Impulse Consultancy May 06-Jul 06
Software Developer - Designed and developed various 3-Tier applications using JAVA, JSP, JavaScript,
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Visual Basic, Crystal Reports 8.0, MS SQL SERVER 2005, XML and HTML.
Related Coursework & Academic Projects:
• Database Design Project
Developed a RDBMS for a company profile.
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Created the EER model, normalizing the Database and connecting it to a high end SQL server.
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Tested final schema by running queries through SQL Developer.
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Rahul Desai
2400 Waterview Pkwy, Apt # 727, Richardson TX 75080
Phone: 214-***-****, E-mail: **************@*****.***
• Advanced Computer Networks
Simulated Multicast Protocol-PIM, Distance Vector and Hello Protocol which was coded in Java using
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Eclipse.
Multicast Wireless Protocol (Fall 2008): Simulation of a multicast protocol for a wireless network. The
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protocol was based on the underlying Link State Multicast protocol and designed according to the problem
definition. The protocol was implemented using Java.
• Cloud Computing
Hadoop Map/Reduce, Lucene-text based search engine, Database Replication, Load balancing, Query
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Federation and Synchronous/Asynchronous Processing.
• Database Design
• Advanced Programming Languages
Functional programming using Ocaml, Denotational semantics, Functional semantics, Fixed point Induction,
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Axiomatic Semantics.
• Principles of UNIX
Detailed study of file system data structures, Shell programming in UNIX, use of process-forking
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functionality, IPC and co-ordination, TCP/IP and other UNIX inter-machine communication facilities.
Developed a Distributed chat/File transfer application using C socket programming.
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The project consisted of a C based server component and C based client component communicating over an
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IP network via sockets and adhering to a distributed client-server software architecture model.
• Semantic Web
Detailed study of design patterns in JAVA.
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OWL, RDF/XML and RDFS.
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Professional Achievements & Awards:
• Completed Core Java course from Aptech in June 2007.
• Completed Visual Studio 2005 course from Aptech in May 2008.
• Head of the technical branch of Computer Society of India (CSI) for the year 2007-08.
• Placement Head for the College placement committee in Jan-May 2008.
• Worked as a Volunteer at a Blood Donation Camp held in the University of Mumbai.
• Member of the organizing committee of Intra college fest Horizon 2006.
Professional Affiliations:
• IEEE
• CSI (Computer Society of India).
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