JULIAN HSU
Irvine, CA *****
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EXPERIENCE
BOEING SATELLITE SYSTEMS El Segundo, CA
Modeling & Simulation IPT Lead October, 2006 -Present
Reporting to System Engineering Lead and Program Management: providing direction, development guidance,
feedback, and evaluation to a team of eight software and electrical engineers, performing schedule planning and
status / earned value reporting in MS Project, and coordinating with related teams
Performing demonstrations, producing and presenting exhibits, slides, and documentation of new tools, visualization
capabilities, and analysis that demonstrate compliance of our design with customer requirements and the ability to
perform trade studies, algorithm development, and risk reduction activities
Continued work in network modeling using OPNET, tool development in C/C++/Visual BASIC
Senior Network Comm Systems Analyst (Engineer/Scientist) March, 2004-September, 2006
Shared team leadership role with senior engineers, provided support for task planning and assignments, and
mentored/trained junior system engineers
Network modeling, simulation, analysis, and documentation using OPNET Modeler.
Managed the production of a new packet based simulation tool and C/C++ based satellite capacity planning and
analysis tool for an IP-based satellite network, including software development using Visual C, BASIC, MATLAB,
and perl
SCALABLE NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Culver City, CA
Director of Technical Services June, 2002 - February, 2004
Reported to President and CEO, provided significant input to strategy, hiring, product development, pricing, and
marketing decisions as a member of a group of the three most senior engineering staff.
Managed 2-6 person on-site and off-site developer teams that successfully delivered government and commercially
funded research projects of wired, wireless ad-hoc, and heterogeneous networks using QualNet
Managed the production of simulation models of RIO, WRED, WFQ, SCFQ, CBQ, DiffServ. MPLS LDP, including
design, code development, developer management, and model validation.
Translated customers traffic generator and device models from OPNET to QualNet in C/C++.
Conducted training sessions at conferences and customer sites on application modeling, routing protocol modeling,
queue and scheduling algorithms, threaded communications, and command line operation in QualNet
Senior Member of the Technical Staff July, 1998 - June, 2002
Authored the QualNet Simulator Manual for QualNet versions 2.0 (first commercial release) through 2.9
Coded the QualNet facilities for realistic network scenario specification and import, using SEAMLSS and
COMTEST syntax.
Redesigned the queue and scheduler API framework, and wrote the simulation models for FIFO/RED queues, Strict
Priority Scheduling, STAR routing protocol, abstract switched Ethernet model. Wrote the C/C++ interface to the
Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model (TIREM), a Fortran-based signal attenuation library.
UCLA Los Angeles, CA
Research Assistant, Parallel Computing Laboratory September, 1999 - June, 2000
Researcher in 10 member team developing GloMoSim, a detailed, large-scale, parallel network simulator.
Wrote the GloMoSim simulation models of WRP and LAR routing protocols, CAMP multicast routing protocol,
HTTP traffic generator, and Voice over IP traffic generators in PARSEC, a C based simulation language.
Jointly (with one fellow graduate researcher) wrote the original GloMoSim IEEE 802.11 MAC DCF simulator code.
Teaching Assistant September 1997 - June, 1998
Taught socket-based programming in UNIX (Solaris) through assigned class projects.
Covered network protocol theory and organization using the ISO-OSI seven-layer model
Reinforced class lectures with presentations on IPv4 and IPv6, TCP, RIP and OSPF, CSMA/CD.
Taught C++ programming methods, data structures, and analysis.
Conducted Office Hours and Discussion Sections.
EDUCATION
UCLA ANDERSON SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Los Angeles, CA
M.B.A. June 2008
GPA 3.63. GMAT: 780 (Q: 49, V: 51, AWA: 6)
Thesis: A comprehensive business plan for US market entry strategy and financing produced for a New Zealand based
mobile banking and information security start-up
Managerial Economics (405), Managing & Leading Organizations (409), Data & Decisions (402), Financial Accounting
(403), Financial Markets (408), Marketing Mgmt I (411A), Marketing Mgmt II (411B), Corporate Finance (430), Business
Law (224), Business Strategy (420), Negotiations Analysis (215), High Technology Mgmt (241a), Real Estate Investments
(279a), Managerial Interpersonal Communications (285b), Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation (295a), Managerial
Model Building (407)
UCLA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE Los Angeles, CA
M.S., Computer Science, Computer Networking June 2000
GPA 3.56. GRE: 2160 (Q: 750, V: 610, A: 800)
MS Thesis: "Wireless Network Protocol Implementation and Simulation in GloMoSim"
Computer Network Fundamentals (118), Formal Languages & Automata (181), TA Training Seminar (495), Artificial
Intelligence (161), Operating Systems Principles (111), Logic Design / Digital Systems (51A), Parallel Simulation (239),
Computer Systems Architecture (151B), Internet Research (217), Database Systems (143), Advanced Computer Networks
(218), Parallel Programming (233A).
UCLA COLLEGE OF LETTERS & SCIENCES Los Angeles, CA
B.A., Japanese Language & Culture June 1997
GPA 3.50. Dean s Honor List four quarters.
PUBLICATIONS
Julian Hsu, Brian Pheiffer, Hao Phung, Ying Feria. Analysing Routing Protocol Convergence in Routed Satellite
Networks In Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2005, pp. 1167-1173 Vol. 2. IEEE, October 2005.
Julian Hsu, Sameer Bhatia, Mineo Takai, Rajive Bagrodia, Michael Acriche. Performance of Mobile Ad Hoc
Networking Routing Protocols in Large Scale Scenarios in Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2004, pp. 21 - 27 Vol.1.
IEEE, October 2004.
Julian Hsu, Sameer Bhatia, Mineo Takai, Rajive Bagrodia, Michael Acriche. Performance of Mobile Ad Hoc
Networking Routing Protocols in Realistic Scenarios in Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2003, pp. 1268 - 1273
Vol.2. IEEE, October 2003.
Sung-Ju Lee, Julian Hsu, Russell Hayashida, Mario Gerla, and Rajive Bagrodia. "Selecting a Routing Strategy for
Your Ad Hoc Network" In Computer Communications, pp. 723-733. Elsevier Science B.V., May 2003.
Sung-Ju Lee, William Su, Julian Hsu, Mario Gerla, and Rajive Bagrodia. "A Performance Comparison Study of Ad
Hoc Wireless Multicast Protocols" In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM2000, pp. 565-574. IEEE, March 2000.
Rajive Bagrodia, Julian Hsu, Mineo Takai, Christian Heydemann, Gary Warren. "Parallel Simulation of Large-Scale
Heterogeneous Communication Systems" In Proceedings of the 1999 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop.
IEEE, 1999.
Julian Hsu, Teresa Yan, and Rajive Bagrodia. "A Simulation Study of Packetized Voice over Multi-hop Wireless
Networks using GloMoSim" In Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Processing Techniques and Applications. CSREA Press, June 1999.
Sung-Ju Lee, Julian Hsu, Russell Hayashida, Mario Gerla, and Rajive Bagrodia. "Selecting Routing Strategies for
Your Ad Hoc Networks", UCLA CSD Technical Report, August 1999.
ADDITIONAL
Computer Platforms: MS Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP ; RedHat and Mandrake Linux; Sun Solaris; OpenBSD.
Research Interests: Parallel Programming and Simulation, Network Traffic and Protocol Simulation, Wireless Ad Hoc
Networking, Routing Protocols, Diffserv and Intserv architectures, QoS Scheduling/Queueing, Wireless MAC Protocols.
Computer Skills: Knowledgeable in: C/C++, QualNet, GloMoSim, PARSEC, OPNET Modeler
Language Skills: Excellent written and spoken communications/presentation skills, third year proficiency in reading,
writing, and speaking Japanese.
Interests: Member American Mensa, Ltd., IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
U.S. Citizen