Project Engineer
Resume:
PALLAVI. K.BASAVARAJU
San Jos , CA -95131.
Mobile no: 805-***-****
Email : *******@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
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Seeking a full time position as a Software Engineer (User Interface and Web
Development)
EDUCATION
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Masters Degree
University: San Jos State University, San Jose, CA
Degree : Masters Degree (Computer Science)
Graduation date: December 2009
Bachelors Degree
University: Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bangalore, India
Degree : Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science), First class with
honors, 2005
TECHNICAL SKILLS
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Project Roles : Software Development, Design and Debug.
Primary Skills : PHP, JAVA, MySQL, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, C, C++, VC++,
RDBMS,
8086 Assembly level programming.
Other tools : Apache web server, Network Simulator (NS2)
Operating System: Windows Vista, Windows XP and LINUX
Front End Tools : Visual Basic 6, Front Page
WORK EXPERIENCE
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. Gaia Interactive, Inc. San Jose, California (September 2008 -
December 2008)
o Worked as a Software Development Engineer designing and
implement new features for the website Gaia Online.
. Work involved software development in PHP, HTML, CSS and
MySQL.
o Enhancing and modifying the existing stack at Gaia.
o Fixed all the bugs that were present on the website (Front end
and back end)
o Worked with marketing team to ensure latest updates to the Gaia
website.
o Worked on improving the User Interface (UI) for different parts
of the website.
o Development of unit tests.
o Worked with QA to ensure that product quality was delivered.
. Hewlett-Packard, Electronic City, Bangalore (March 2006-
June 2006)
o Worked as Technical support Engineer for internal employees of
Microsoft.
o Acquired understanding of built in tools and testing mechanisms.
- Remote Monitoring Desktop, trouble shooting and Wireless
network connection.
. Datacons Pvt.Ltd, Hosur Road, Bangalore (March 2005
- June 2005)
o Developed Remote Monitoring Project along with 2 other
teammates.
o LAN based project- provides facility to administrator to
remotely access other systems features like - System name,
Memory size of various drives, Snap shot of desktop and View
various processes that are running on other systems.
PROJECTS
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. Heuristic search cryptanalysis of the Zodiac 340 Cipher (Masters
Project)
(Jan 2008 - Dec 2009)
Technology: Java - NetBeans
In this project I have developed a genetic algorithm aimed at cracking
the Zodiac 340 cipher. I have built a dictionary lookup using ternary
search tree for recognizing English words in the cipher.
. User Interface Project (Home Support System)
(Sept 2007 - Dec 2007)
Technology: Front page, PHP and SQL
In this project, we developed a system which allows a family to store
all the data in one place. They are able to archive this data and
query it when required. We consider 4 main areas: Medical, Finance,
Vehicle and Education. We also have additional features like
Messaging, To-do and Reminders.
We designed the desktop and Web-based GUI and implemented the Web-
based GUI.
Role: Requirement analysis, Navigation, Coding and Testing.
. Sudoku
(Jan 2007- May 2007)
Technology: C
In this project, I developed software to solve a 9 * 9 Sudoku puzzle
by means of elimination method. This elimination method was very fast
and was able to solve most of the Sudoku problems that were tested.
Role: Requirement analysis, Coding and Testing.
. BO2K (Back Orifice 2000)
(Jan 2008 - May 2008)
Technology: C++
In this project we developed a plugin for a unidirectional chat window
between the server machine and the client machine ( Hacker to the
User)
Role: Coding and Testing.
. Software Re-engineering project
(March 2007- May 2007)
Technology: OllyDebugger
Hex Editor: Hex workshop version 4.2
Project involved bypassing security feature in software, by studying
code in assembly language and altering code in Hex editor to bypass
security constraint.
Role: Analysis of Code, making necessary changes and testing
. Shift Register Based Stream Cipher-Correlation Attack (Jan 2007 -
March2007)
Technology: C
Involved writing code in C to find initial values of X, Y and Z
registers from known key stream.
Role: Requirement analysis, Coding and Testing.
GRADUATE COURSEWORK
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User Interface Design, Design and Analysis of Algorithm, Cryptography and
Computer Security, Computer Communication Systems, Applied Network Security
and Advanced Operating Systems
PERSONAL INFORMATION
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. Citizenship : India
. Visa : F-1 (student visa), allowed to work full time on Optional
Practical Training (OPT) starting January 5, 2010
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