From: srinirk@seneca.cerc.wvu.wvnet.EDU (Srinivasa R. Kamana)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: MSCS, Data Comm., Multimedia, Dist. Computing
Keywords: Conferencing Systems, text, graphics and audio media, C, X Windows
Date: 17 Apr 92 17:09:35 GMT
Reply-To: srinirk@seneca.cerc.wvu.wvnet.EDU (Srinivasa R. Kamana)
Organization: cerc


                        Srini R. Kamana
                        752 B Weaver Street
                        Morgantown, WV 26505
                        Home: 304 296-8012
                        Work: 304 293 7226

                        srinirk@cerc.wvu.wvnet.edu

Dear Prospective Employer,

I am a graduate research assistant currently working for Concurrent Engineering
Research Center (CERC) in Morgantown, WV and will be graduating in May 92. My
primary experience has been in developing software in a team oriented
environment coordinating with six other members. Most of this work has been
involved with distributed heterogeneous infrastructures and in developing
TCP/IP based communication/network software. I have a strong background in C
programming, Unix Interprocess Communication mechanisms including sockets,
Client/Server modelling, multimedia services and the X windowing system.


I am posting a copy of my resume in this newsgroup with a firm belief that
my expertise in the afore mentioned areas and multimedia communications in
particular, could be utilized to the fullest potential in furthering the
pioneering efforts of your organization. My current employment at CERC has
exposed me to various issues of software development which are not always
related to generation of code. I am also coordinating with  another member to
port the Audio Conferencing Systen to the SGI's as well as on to a Macintosh
running AUX.I have had the good fortune to indulge in project integration of
the MONET system being developed at CERC and also modify and adapt it to
specific customer requirements based on feedbacks that we get from engineers at
the GE and Westinghouse Alpha sites. This required of me to work considerably
in the area of shell programming, embedded  makefile generation and revision
control by means of RCS. I also take pride in admitting to the fact that my
other  responsibilities included contribution to Requirements and Specification
documentation and also to Design documentation submitted to and reviewed by
DARPA. I am a quick study and also have an abounding enthusiasm to learn and
grow in an environment much like the one that your organization provides,
despite some shortcomings in the hardware area, as has been demonstrated by my
project work. One of my recent and significant contributions to CERC was to
make the Conferencing System (in text, graphic and audio mediums) work between
two machines at the Software Engineering Institute of CMU in Pittsburgh and a
lone machine at CERC in Morgantown, WV over the Internet. This was demonstrated
on April 15th to members of the DARPA review committee and was an overwhelming
success.


As my resume indicates, I also have a track record of programmming in varying
environments unlike Unix but primarily in C language. Most of these projects
involved source code exceeding 5000 lines. I have also held positions in a few
other areas in the academic circles as a teaching assistant and as a library
assistant which may not deserve the attention to be mentioned in the resume but
which nevertheless has helped me in building my character and work ethic.
During my Master's work I have enjoyed teaching laboratory classes in physical
sciences to education majors during the 89-90 academic  year. Although I have
not had any direct responsibilities in systems administration, I have learnt a
good deal about Unix internals and system contraints because of constant
interaction with the administrative personnel to cope with security issues
rasied by the inhouse servers being developed.


I hope to convince you of my ability to communicate effectively with people,
here in written form and would like to do the same verbally as well. Please
feel free to contact me via electronic mail or at either one of the listed
phone numbers. A hard copy of my resume and letter could be mailed to you, if
you do entertain it. I thank you for your consideration of my employment
request and shall look forward for the opportunity to discuss and prove my
ability to contribute to your organization.


Sincerely,
Srinivasa R. Kamana


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Objective:  Pursue a challenging career as Software Engineer/Systems Programmer
            in a dynamic organization with an emphasis on Network/Data
            Communications, Multimedia, X Windows and Distributed Computing.

Education:  MS in Computer Science, May `92 (expected),
            West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

            MS in Industrial Engineering,  May `89,
            Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

            BS in Mechanical Engineering, Dec `85,
            College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras, India.

            Topics of Interest :
            Groupware Techniques        Software Portability Techniques
            Artificial Neural Networks  Advanced Operating Systems
            Solid Modelling             Abstract data types
            Programmable Control Systems  Computer Aided Manufacturing.

            Master's Project
            Designed and developed a network based real-time Audio Conferencing
            system on Sun Sparc II's using both TCP and UDP Internet protocols.
            It incorporates a control mechanism over the microphone which could
            be passed around by the chairman. The system provides a GUI for
            interactive control of audio, silence supression, whispering,
            message forwarding and audio compression. The system was easily
            adapted to perform as an open-ended conference that allows all
            participants to speak at a givem time with a reasonable amount of
            synchronization. Other control mechanisms can also be incorporated
            with ease and minimal modifications to source code.

            Other Projects :
            Interactive Graphics        Implemented a 2D and 3D viewing package
                                        on the Macintosh in Think C involving
                                        GKS primitives, wire-frame modelling,
                                        as well as coloring and shading
                                        concepts (3000 lines).

            Systems Programming         Developed a Multi-tasking OS on an IBM
                                        AT, 80286 processor in Turbo C
                                        providing a Unix-like command handling
                                        shell and device driving control
                                        routines for terminal I/O and line
                                        printer.

            Theory of Compilers         Developed an interpreter for a subset
                                        of C language in Unix that supports
                                        dynamic memory allocation, function
                                        calls and a variety of data types.

            Information Analysis        Implemented an Oracle/SQL-Forms based
                                        application for an automated document
                                        control and revision system by means of
                                        trigger programming.

            Computer Simulation         Simulation of an automated material
                                        handling system in GPSS IV for the
                                        effective use of storage space by
                                        evaluating different scheduling
                                        strategies.

Experience:

Jul `90 -   Research Assistant, Multimedia and Virtual Co-Location Lab,
            Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia Univ.
            Designed and developed an Audio Server to complement an X based
            Conferencing System supporting text and graphics media. Also worked
            on enhancing the Conference Server for installation and support at
            test sites and in the development of a Video Server model.

Aug `87 -   Student Engineer, Plant Operations, Texas Tech Health Sciences
Feb `89     Center. Monitoring, diagnosing and repairing of a pneumatic tube
            system controlled by a TI Translogic 300 system. Job
            responsibilities also involved monitoring and trouble shooting of
            HVAC & Fire Alarm equipment controlled by a Honeywell 2000 system.

Jan `86 -   Engineer Trainee, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Hyderabad, India.
Aug `86     Supervision of the production process and machining of turbine
            components using standard SPC/SQC techniques.

OS's:       UNIX (SunOS, ULTRIX, IRIX), MS-DOS, VMS, IBM 3033 and Vax 11/780
            MainFrame computing.

Languages:  C, Ada, Fortran, Pascal, PDP-11 Assembler and Intel 8086 Assembler.

Protocols:  TCP/IP, UDP/IP, OSI, BSD sockets and System V.

Software:   X Windows (XToolkit and XLib), Athena and OSF/Motif Widget
            programming, Oracle Forms, Turbo C, SAS, FrameMaker,
            Builder Xcessory, Shell programming, GPSS IV, Lotus 1-2-3 and
            AutoCad.


Publication: "Monet: A Multimedia Conferencing System for Colocating People and
              Programs," CALS & CE Conference, Washington, June 1991.


Affiliation: Member of the Association of Computing Machinery and the Society
             of Manufacturing Engineers.



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