SANTASHIL PALCHAUDHURI
santa [AT] alumni [DOT] rice [DOT] edu
http://www.cs.rice.edu/~santa/research/
Interested in the design, analysis and development of wireless networking systems, architectures and protocols;
particularly in mesh and sensor networks.
Have a strong background in the design of algorithms and protocols, complemented by
hands-on experience in start-up environments.
A fast learner able to contribute effectively both individually
and in team environments. Excellent communication skills.
Rice University
PhD, Department of Computer Science, May 2006
Thesis: An Adaptive Sensor Network Architecture for Multi-scale
Communication
MS, Department of Computer Science, May 2002
Thesis: Power Mode Scheduling for Ad Hoc Networks
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
BTech (Hons.), Department of Computer Science and Engineering, May 2000
Thesis: SMARTE: Shared Memory Architecture for a Real Time Environment
Wireless Group, Aruba Networks:
Staff Engineer, 2007-
Involved in mesh networking and remote AP. Linux networking stack and MadWifi drivers.
Algorithms Group, Meru Networks:
Software Engineer, 2005-2007
Responsible for the core component in the linux-based controller which managed virtual cell, mobility,
contention and resource. Worked on distributed algorithms and state management algorithms for robustness, scalability and
performance.
Involved in licensing, high-availability features, power mode sychronization in Nucleus, wireless backhaul in MadWifi.
Thorough knowledge of 802.11 standards.
Extensive interaction with customer support, quality assurance, product management and engineering
both in individual and team environments.
Resolved critical customer situations both on-site and off-site
Monarch Group, Rice University:
Research Assistant, 2001-2005
Research on protocol design for sensor and wireless networks.
Developed an adaptive, cross-layer wireless sensor network
architecture called COMPASS, and designed routing, channel
access, and synchronization protocols within this
architecture.
Designed scalable ad hoc network architectures under Safari and Ad Hoc
City projects. Developed a framework for physical implementation of ad
hoc network routing protocols, called PRAN. Implemented
UNIX-like operating system kernel, device driver, and file system.
Laboratory for Computer Communications, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL):
Visitor, Summer 2004
Developed steady state mobility models for ad hoc networks,
specifically for random trip models
Network Technology Group, Sun Microsystems:
Research Intern, Summer 2002
Designed and prototyped a network element architecture
for scalable aggregation of network services.
Designed a rule aggregation algorithm for conflict-free
enforcement of tier 0 network device actions
High Speed Networks Research, Bell Labs, Lucent Technology:
Research Intern, Summer 2001
Designed a distributed OSPF protocol to handle load in high speed
routers, by using the multiple processors in the new generation of routers
CMC Limited: Intern, Summer 1999
Design and development of a Distributed Treasury Management
System
Mobile and Wireless Networking,
Distributed Systems, Broadband Networks,
Advanced Computer Networks, Network Processor System Design,
High-Performance Computer Architecture,
Network and Systems Seminar,
Operating Systems, Compiler Design, Design & Analysis of
Algorithms, Entrepreneurial Management, Network Management
Systems: FreeBSD, Linux, Windows
Languages: C, C++, Java, Perl, Shell, Network Simulator (ns-2), Lex, Yacc
Method and Apparatus for Computing Priorities Between Conflicting
Rules for Packet Flows.
Christoph L. Schuba, Santashil PalChaudhuri, Raphael Rom, and Michael
F. Speer. U.S Patent application filed, March 3, 2003
An Adaptable Protocol Stack Architecture for Wireless Sensor Network.
Umakishore Ramachandran, Rajnish Kumar, and Santashil PalChaudhuri.
U.S Patent application filed, June 29, 2006
COMPASS: An Adaptive Sensor Network Architecture for Multi-scale
Communication. Submitted to IEEE Wireless Communications magazine
Design and Performance of PRAN: A System for Physical
Implementation of Ad Hoc Network Routing Protocols,
IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), April 2007. Previous version
published as Technical Report TR05-449, Rice University
Safari: A Self-Organizing Hierarchical
Architecture for Scalable Ad Hoc Networking Networking,
Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal, 2007.
Previous version published as Technical Report TR04-433, Rice
University
An Adaptive Scheduling Protocol for Multi-scale
Sensor Network Architecture,
IEEE International Conference on Distributed
Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2007
System Support for Cross-layering in Sensor Network Stack,
International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN),
Hong Kong, China, Dec 2006
Design of Adaptive Overlays for Multi-scale Communication in
Sensor Networks,
IEEE International Conference on Distributed
Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), Marina Del Ray, California, June
2005
Perfect Simulations for Random Trip Mobility Models,
38th Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS), San Diego, California, April 2005
Physical Implementation and Evaluation of Ad Hoc Network
Protocols using Unmodified Simulation Models,
ACM SIGCOMM Asia Workshop, Beijing, China, April 2005
Adaptive Clock Synchronization in Sensor Networks,
3rd IEEE Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks (IPSN),
Berkeley, California, April 2004
TreeCast:A Stateless Addressing and Routing Architecture for
Sensor Networks,
4th IEEE Workshop on Algorithms for Wireless,
Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks (WMAN), Santa Fe, New Mexico, April 2004
Design and Evaluation of a Metropolitan Area Multitier Wireless
Ad Hoc Network Architecture,
5th IEEE Workshop on Mobile
Computing Systems & Applications (WMCSA), Monterey, California,
October 2003
Power Mode Scheduling for Ad Hoc Networks,
10th IEEE International Conference on
Network Protocols (ICNP), Paris, November 2002
Cellular Automata based Image Compression for high speed
multimedia conferencing,
13th IEEE VLSI Design Conference, Calcutta,
January 2000.
Most Valuable Engineer at Meru Networks, 2006
Best Poster in Rice Computer Science Annual Day, 2002
Rice University Graduate Fellowship, 2000
JBNSTS (Jagadish Bose National Science Talent Search Scholarship), 1997
Scholarship of Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, 1996
Selected for INMO (Indian National Mathematics Olympiad), 1995
NTSE (National Talent Search Examination) Scholarship, 1994
Prof. David B. Johnson, Rice University, dbj@cs.rice.edu
Prof. Richard Baraniuk, Rice University, richb@ece.rice.edu
Prof. Raphael Rom, Technion, rom@ee.technion.ac.il
Prof. Jean-Yves Le Boudec, EPFL, jean-yves.leboudec@epfl.ch
Ben Dunsbergen, Meru Networks, bdunsbergen@merunetworks.com