Design Engineer, Deputy Manager

Akshay Sriraman

*** * **** ******, *** *F, Philadelphia, PA 19104 ****@****.*****.*** 267-***-**** EDUCATION

Master of Science in Engineering, Embedded Systems May 2017 University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) GPA: 3.78 (out of 4.0) Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication Engineering Jul 2008 Visvesvaraya Technological University (Bangalore, India) GPA: 3.6 (out of 4.0) TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: C/C++, Java, Python, x86 ASM

Software & Design Tools: Android Studio, XQuery, Unity, kWorkbench, CATIA, AutoCAD, UPPAAL, SPIN, LabVIEW, Git OS: Flavors of Linux, UNIX, OS X, Windows 8.1/8/7/XP/Vista Hardware: ARM Cortex-M (mbed), AVR ATmega, AVR ATtiny, HCS12C, 8051, SparkFun ESP8266 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant DeDOS (DARPA XD3), University of Pennsylvania May 2016 – Present Ø Developing generic resilience to DDoS attacks by fine-grained replication of targeted hot spots in the TCP stack Ø Analyzing defense metrics to determine DeDOS prototype resilience to a variety of DDoS attacks Research Assistant “Atomwire-Smart Energy for IoT”, University of Pennsylvania Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 Ø Ported Dallas 1-Wire libraries (using C++) onto AVR ATtiny platform to design algorithms for node programmability, node structure visibility and enhancing node capabilities Ø Constructed a game, using Unity, to demonstrate structure and visibility of Atomwire nodes WORK EXPERIENCE

Deputy Manager-Design (FTC, ARDC) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (India) Jan 2013 – Jun 2015

§ Led a team that designed HUMS (Health and Utility Monitoring System) and vibration monitoring systems, using kWorkbench, with quality assurance clearance for Tejas prototype LSP7

§ Managed GSh-23 gun integration project on Tejas PV3 - strain gauge/vibration/RPM measurement of chain belt Design Engineer (FTC, ARDC) Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (India) Dec 2008 – Dec 2012

§ Developed a digital video transmission system for Tejas using kWorkbench and integrated Airborne Separation Video System (ASVS) to analyze stores’ (1000 lbs. MK-11 bombs and R-73 close-combat missiles) separation

§ Built a data storage system, using XQuery, for post-flight analysis and snag logging/rectification

§ Instrumented Elta EL/M-2032 multi-mode fire control radar to satisfy vibration and cooling requirements CONFERENCE PAPER

Sriraman A., “Dispersing Asymmetric DDoS Attacks with SplitStack”, HotNets 2016 (under review) COMPETITIONS

1. NI IoT Hackathon 2015: Developed a navigational aid prototype for the visually impaired, using ESP8266 and C 2. NIT-K “Automata” 2006: Built a line-following robot for maze solving, using AVR ATmega 32 and x86 ASM

[Awarded ‘Fastest Robot’]

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

• D-Chat: Designed a fully distributed, multi-threaded text-based group chat system (using C) on Linux

• Electronic Voting System: Implemented a voting system application using C, over UDP, TCP and RPC protocols

• Cardiac Pacemaker: Modeled, designed and formally verified a cardiac pacemaker on mbed using C and UPPAAL

• DLMS: Used Tika and DOM parsers to extract content and meta-data from open-web data files in order to link and store extracted fields (using MongoDB) and return search results as a graph of these links to the UI (using Node.js)

• PENN-NAV: Developed an Android app to navigate buildings, classrooms and facilities on Penn’s campus

• WiBot: Built a wirelessly controlled line following, grid navigating robot (using LabVIEW and x86 ASM) with an extendable arm for warehouse storage and retrieval applications

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