From: sdatta@usc.edu (Siddharta Datta)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: MSCE, CMOS VLSI/Board-level Design/CAD/Unix/C/XUI, Relocatable
Date: 4 Sep 1992 17:12:58 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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                       SIDDHARTA DATTA
                  3036 S. Hoover St., #308A
                    Los Angeles, CA 90007
                    (213) 746-5715 (Home)
               e-mail: sdatta@aludra.usc.edu


OBJECTIVE:  Challenging position in a Computer Engineering Firm.

STRENGTHS:  CMOS VLSI Design, Board-level Design, CAD,
            Unix/C programming, XUI (Athena widgets).

EDUCATION:
    Currently pursuing PhD degree (coursework) in Computer 
    Engineering at the University of Southern California. 
    GPA: 3.95/4.0

    Master of Science in Computer Engineering.   Aug, 1990
    University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.  GPA: 3.9/4.0

    Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering. Jun, 1987
    Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.  GPA: 3.3/4.0

PROJECTS:
    * Designed an 8-bit 20-Mhz RISC-type 2 micron CMOS 
      microcontroller with priority maskable interrupts 
      capable of timing and flagging external events and 
      executing elementary arithmetic and logical operations
      using Magic/Berkeley CAD tools.

    * Developed an X-User Interface front end for a 
      Multiprocessor simulator application program using 
      X-Toolkit Intrinsics library and Athena Widgets 
      (Release 4). 

    * Implemented interprocess communication for the 
      producer-consumer problem using shared memory, 
      signals, & semaphores of Unix SYS V IPC package.

    * Coded and simulated VLSI routing algorithm in C.

    * M.S. thesis focussed on research on the static and 
      dynamic characteristics of VHDL program profiles and 
      included the implementation of a VHDL parser.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
    Communications Engineer, R&D          Jul 1987 - Jul 1988
    TVS Electronics Private Limited, Bangalore, India.

    * Worked on development of intelligent (Hayes AT command 
      set compatible) full duplex 1200/300 BPS voice band 
      modems conforming to CCITT V22/V21 specifications (with 
      auto answering and call progress monitoring features).

    * Developed hardware layout and interfaces to telephone 
      line and IBM-PC.

    * Used Microtek's 8031 In-Circuit-Emulator with symbolic 
      debugging facility for extensive debugging of 8K firmware
      for the modem.

    * Created PCB artwork for the above using PCB CAD software 
      on IBM-PC.

    * Implemented Reed-Solomon error control code for 20MB 
      QIC-40 tape drive in C, which was integrated with 
      low-level device driver routines.

SKILLS:
Languages & Software:
     C, C++, Ada, Fortran, Assembler, VHDL, Verilog,
     MS-Windows, Suntools, X-windows. Fluent in Unix and MS-DOS.

CAD Tools:
     Magic/Berkeley CAD Tools, Spice, DC-2 (PCB Autorouter 
     package), OrCad (Schematic Capture Package), VHDL 
     Simulators (Intermetrics and MCC).

COURSES:
     VLSI Design, Computer Architecture, Parallel Processing, 
     Computer Aided Design, Software Engineering, Hardware 
     Description Languages, Microprocessors, Digital Systems 
     & Logic Design, Local Area Networking, Operating Systems. 

PUBLICATIONS:
      "Static and dynamic Characteristics of VHDL Programs", 
      Western Simulation Multiconference, Anaheim, 
      Jan 23-25, 1991, sponsored by SCS, ACM, and IEEE.

RELOCATION:   Open.