Project Engineering

Ashok N Masilamani

PhD student, Computer Engineering, in progress.

Education:

University of California, Santa Cruz (03/2010 - 2013 )

Advisor : Prof J.J.Garcia-Luna-Aceves

Research Interests: Wireless Networks, MAC scheduling, Content Routing

Masters, Computer Engineering,

University of California, Santa Cruz (09/2007 - 3/2010 )

GPA : 4.0 / 4.0

Dissertation : Disruption Tolerant Routing Protocol (Endemic Routing)

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

Technical Skills: Programming Skills C/C++.

Programming(familiar) Java, Python, HTML.

Tools Android SDK programming.

Networks Qualnet, NS3, NetSimpy (network simulators),

Software Defined Networking(SDN).

TCP/IP network programming.

Embedded Programming Intel 8051, 8086, 8085 Microprocessor & Interface,.

Platforms Linux, Mac OS X, Windows.

Professional Experience:

Research Intern, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto Jun '11 Sep '11

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.

Research Intern, BBN Technologies, Boston Jun '08 Sep '08

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.

Graduate Student Researcher, CCRG Lab, UCSC Feb '08 Present

PhD research is on developing scheduled based MAC Protocols and Routing for Multi-Channel Multi-Radio

MANETS and context aware, software defined networks.

Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Computer Engineering, UCSC. Fall '07

Course: Introduction to Computer Networks

Assisted the professor in handling the course by holding lectures, discussions and laboratory sessions.

Publications:

Ashok Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves, NOMAD: Deterministic Collision-Free Channel Access with

Channel Reuse in Wireless Networks, in 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh

and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2011.

Ashok Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves, VCMA: Efficient Channel Access in Wireless Mesh Networks

Using Virtual Coordinates, in IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2012.

Ashok Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves, GCMA: Scheduled Channel Access Using Geographical

Classification, in International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2013.

Ashok Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves, Medium Access Control Using Spatial Classification,

Submitted to IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), 2013.

Posters:

Ashok Masilamani, "Deterministic scheduling in Wireless Networks", Poster at UCSC Graduate Research

Symposium, May '11.

Ashok Masilamani, "A combined framework for Routing and scheduling using labels", Poster at UCSC Graduate

Research Symposium, May '10.

Projects :

Current Project:

- Context Aware Backbone Services (CABS) :

A DARPA project in collaboration with Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that provides

Context Aware services as SDNs (Software Defined Networks) for mobile users connected

to a low bandwidth backbone. To be implemented on Single Channel Ground and Airborne

Radio System (SINCGARS).

Masters/PhD:

- Endemic Routing :

DARPA project in collaboration with BBN technologies developing a Disruption

tolerant routing protocol that combines the advantages of HSLS and

Epidemic Protocols and utilizes resources efficiently by novel purging mechanism

Implemented in SimPy using Python.

- Multihop Stargate Network : Multimedia Systems (Winter '08)

Setting up of a Multihop network of nodes using Stargate Linux boards that capture, encode,

and share pictures taken at any node with all other nodes.

- DPUMAC : Computer Networks (Fall '07)

Design and Implementation of Wireless Multicast Routing Protocol in Qualnet using C++ that

uses Dominating Sets to reduce the Control Packet Overhead in DPUMA.

- MMAC with cluster coordination: Sensor Networks (Spring '08)

A Multichannel MAC scheme that uses routing clusterheads for MAC scheduling in single radio

multi channel radios implemented in Qualnet using C++.

- Analysis of Power Models with SPEC Simulator : Computer Architecture (Fall '08)

The SESC simulator used to analyze different processor designs, also provides power

analysis tools. The tools were comprehensively analyzed and shortcomings exposed.

Undergraduate:

- Thesis: Energy efficient protocols for Sensor networks

Development of algorithms for MAC Protocols to reduce the energy consumption of

nodes in sensor networks using NS2.

- Comparison of ROUTING Algorithms using GLOMOSIM (4th yr)

- Automatic/ Remote Controlled Car (4th yr)

- Line Tracer & Maze Finder (3rd yr)

- Wireless Modem (3rd yr)

- E.C.G Simulator and Analyzer (2nd yr)

- Electronic Code Lock (2nd yr)

- Water level Controller, Voltage Regulator (1st yr)

Relevant Courses:

- Design and analysis of Network Protocols; Analysis of Algorithms(fall 2007)

- Multimedia Systems; Graph Algorithms (Winter 2008)

- Sensor Networks ; Network Administration (Spring 2008)

- Computer Architecture (Fall 2008)

- Data Compression (Winter 2009)

- Wireless Networks (Spring 2009)

- Information Theory (Winter 2010)

Reference:

- Prof. J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves (UC, Santa Cruz)

- Prof. Katia Obraczka (UC, Santa Cruz)

- Dr. J.J. Marc Mosko (PARC)

Emails available on request

Contact:

Department of Computer Engineering,

UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060.

Email: *****@***.****.*** Web: http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~ashok/ Phone: 831-***-****

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