From: raghu@hal.COM (Raghu Sakleshpur)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.resumes
Subject: Seeking a Job in Image Processing.
Date: 8 Nov 1992 12:44:42 -0800
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		      MANISH BAKSHI
		34655 Skylark Drive, # 521
		   Union City  CA 94587
		     510 - 475 - 8124
		Email: mb1@wucec2.wustl.edu

OBJECTIVE :  To secure a job in the field of Signal Processing.

EDUCATION :  
	Washington University in St. Louis.	September 1992.
	Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.	G.P.A : 3.5/4.0
	Research: Companding applications to the ISO video standards - 
	JPEG, MPEG and CCITT (p*64).  The image quality desired determines 
	the system bandwidth used in video compression. Compression in JPEG 
	is controlled by the q-factor, which affects the visual acuity of the 
	reconstructed image. A mu-law companding and decompanding processing 
	scheme with the baseline JPEG reveals that the quality of the 
	reconstructed image improves for each q-factor in the range of JPEG 
	industrial usage.
	Washington University in St. Louis.	May 1990.
	Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.	G.P.A: 3.1/4.0.
	Senior Year Projects: Multichannel CD Sound broadcasting via satellite, 	parallel-serial interface on the MC68000, video test pattern and 
	alphanumeric generators, a Huffman-encoded VLSI serial data 
	transmitter (CMOS 2.0 mm).

PUBLICATION :
	COMPANDING APPLICATIONS TO THE JPEG ALGORITHM, Manish Bakshi and Dr. 
	Daniel R. Fuhrmann, under preparation.

COMPUTER SKILLS :
	Programming Languages: C, C++, Scheme, Pascal, Simscript, Basic, 
		FORTRAN.  assembly- MC68000, AMD92K, PDP-11.
	Hardware Platforms: SUN, VAX, DEC 3100, NeXT, PC and MAC.
	Operating Systems: UNIX (SVR4, ULTRIX, XENIX, AIX), VMS, MS-DOS and 
		System 7.0.
	System Software and Others: MAGIC, esim, SPICE, TCP/IP, NFS, SQL, X, 
	Xt, X11/MOTIF, 	OpenLook, Simscript, LabVIEW, familiar with UNIX 
	scripting languages (csh, sh, perl, expect) and	classic	UNIX tools 
	(sed, awk, lex and yacc).

WORK EXPERIENCE :
	Research Assistant				January 1992-present.
	Electronic Signals and Systems Research Laboratory (ESSRL),	
	Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
	Implemented the JPEG, MPEG and CCITT (p*64) standards in C using the 
	ISO CD 10928 and ISO CD 11172 drafts. Implemented the staircase method 
	to measure visual response on a PIXAR II image computer. Implemented 
	a gradient-based algorithm for determining the q-factor for any 
	desired bitrate.  Implemented a mu-law companding and decompanding 
	scheme and measured effects on perceived distortion. Investigated the 
	feasibility of image metrics in determining an optimum companding 
	factor for mu-law processing with the baseline JPEG algorithm. 

	System Administrator				May 1992-Sep. 1992.
	Tickets Now Ltd., St Louis Arena, Oakland Avenue.	St. Louis, MO.
	Wrote UNIX shell script, routines in C and the customized language 
	SNAWK.  Other tasks involved doing system backups, and maintaining 
	the TCP/IP implemented ETHERNET network.
	
	Laboratory Assistant, 					Fall 1989.
	Washington University.					St. Louis, MO.
	Assisted professor in teaching basic electrical network element 
	theory.  Required knowledge of oscilloscopes and relevant digital 
	integrated circuits.  Designed software routines in C and
	performed D/A interfacing using LabVIEW.

GRADUATE PROJECTS :
	o Implemented a model for estimating blood pressure using additive 
	  noise models and the Levinson Durbin algorithm.
	o Implemented the QR decomposition algorithm for eigenvector-eigenvalue
	  determination that is used for signal direction-finding purposes.
	o Implemented the Berlekamp-Massey algorithm for linear feedback 
	  shift register digital sequence decoding.
	o Simulated digital queuing systems using Simscript.
	o Investigated image vector quantization compression using the 
	  Linde-Buzo-Gray (LBG) algorithm.
	o Investigated the EM algorithm  for image restoration and deblurring 
	  purposes.
	o Designed a minimum mean square digital transversal filter given a 
	  desired magnitude response.

COURSE WORK :
	Computer networking/Programming
 	Detection, estimation and modulation theory.
	Digital Filter Design/Signal Processing	
	Communication Systems.
	Adaptive Filtering.
	Network Analysis and Design.
	Matrix Computations.
	Information and Coding theory.
	VLSI chip design.
	Object Oriented Programming.
	Digital Hardware Design.
	Random variables and Stochastic Processes.
	Control Systems.	
	Computer Architectures.				
	
AWARDS & ACTIVITIES :
	o Tuition scholarship from the Stix International House, 
	  September 1986-1990.
	o Graduate scholarship awarded by Washington University, 
	  September 1990-1992.
	o Dean's List Spring and Fall 1990.
	
REFERENCES :
	References and transcripts available on request.