Software Engineer / Developer

Vipul Gagrani

*****.*******@*****.*** Ph no.: 213-***-****

Education

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Current Student

Masters in Computer Science with specialization in Game Development

GPA(after 1st sem): 3.61

Pune University June 2010

Bachelor in Computer science

First Class. Ranked in top 5 amongst a class of 90

Student Work experience

Currently working as a part time student programmer at USC campus

Also, a Lab Assistant for course- Programming Game Engines under Prof. Sanjay Madhav

Projects

Codename “SPECTRUM”

CSCI 526 – Advanced Mobile Devices & Games January 2011- (In progress)

Platform: iOS, Cocos2D, Box2D

Position: Lead Programmer for a 2D side-scrolling puzzle game for iOS devices in a group of 4 people

Digitopia

Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011 entry. October 2010 – (In progress)

Platform: PC, XNA

Position: Working in a group of 4, creating a 2D XNA game for the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2011 Game.

Programming AI and movement.

Updating the Game Engine

CSCI 522 – Game Engine Development September 2010 to November 2010

Platform : OGRE and GGE (USC)

Position: Worked in a group of 4, updating the AI module of GGE. Added the path-finding for NPC’s

Handwriting Speaks September 2009 to March 2010

Aim: To find the character traits of a person by analyzing his handwriting by making use of MATLAB

Position: Mapping the character traits from database, splitting the sentence to alphabets

Intranet Communication System February 2009 to April 2009

Aim: To allow more than 2 users to chat at a time, send and receive files and to share drawings at run time. The connection was established using Winsock Controls in VB.

Position: Lead programmer

Computer Skills

• Languages: C/C++, Java, Objective-C, SQL, LISP

• Frameworks: Prime Engine, Cocos2D, Box2D, OGRE3D

• Programming Environments: Microsoft Visual Studio, Adobe Photoshop, MALAB

• Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux.

Extracurricular Activities

Coordinator at M-Pulse’08 and Advertising Head at M-Pulse’09, a national level technical event held by the P.E.S. Modern College of Engineering. Playing sports like cricket, badminton, table tennis, basketball and soccer.

Winner at numerous robotics and quiz events held by colleges.

Certified C and C++ programmer by the govt. of Maharashtra

Gold medalist in computer science at state level securing 199 out of 200

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