From: sujatha@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Sujatha Nagarajan)
Subject: Looking for: AI or database projects
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 19:16:04 GMT

Dear Prospective Employer : 

I graduated with a Ph.D in Computer Science in August of 1992 from 
Florida State University. I am currently seeking a research position 
in AI or database related software projects.  My specialization is in Natural 
Language Processing.  I am particularly interested in applying AI 
techniques to application oriented products.

Currently, I am involved in designing and developing an expert system
in an object oriented environment for the State of Florida that automates 
the adjudicator's job of recommending or denying benefits to an unemployed 
person.  This expert system gets input from VSAM files in the mainframe.
The ADS knowledge base shell from Aion is being used for the development 
of this expert system.

I am also involved in a project (personal) in Neural Networks to recognize 
English characters with small aberrations.  I am implementing this in 
C using X-window graphic tools to see the weight changes in the network.

My Ph.D research work has given me a solid background in Artificial
Intelligence; especially in Knowledge Base Systems.  I implemented a
prototype of a Natural Language Processing system for my dissertation 
in C. It involved developing features in the system that were capable 
of handling various syntactic and semantic errors in input English 
sentences within a restricted domain.  Extensive use of  Fuzzy Logic 
and Knowledge Representation in my research has given me a firm 
background in these areas as well.

My Master's project was in Database which involved taking in various 
user views of the same data and integrating them in the database.  
I have taught a senior level class in databases that involved teaching 
relational databases, SQL and various other database techiniques;
however I have not had the opportunity to use any of these in a DBMS.

In addition to my research experience in AI, I have a strong
mathematical background.   This provides me with analytical skills
that I have found to be a valuable asset not only in approaching 
projects and other problems, but also in  acquiring new skills. My
job as a teaching assistant has enhanced my ability to communicate 
well and   taught me how to work productively and amiably with people.
A position which will allow the application of my combined analytical,
computing and research skills and afford me the opportunity to work
with other people is  the kind of job I am seeking.  

If you desire to discuss my qualifications in greater detail, I shall be
glad to do so either over  a telephone or in a personal interview.
Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

Sujatha Nagarajan


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			 SUJATHA NAGARAJAN
		
              808 Buena Vista Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32304
                       Phone : (904)224-1427
                    e-mail : sujatha@nu.cs.fsu.edu



OBJECTIVE :     Seek opportunity to apply my competence is many areas
                of computer science and extensive mathematical background
                towards a challenging AI or database related software projects.



ACADEMIC
QUALIFICATIONS : 
-------------- 
8/88 to 7/92

               Ph.D in Computer Science , Florida State University,
               Tallahassee, FL. 
               

               Ph.D Dissertation Area : A.I. - Natural Language Processing. 
            
               Title: Mimicking Human Language Processing features using
                      Fuzzy Syntax-Semantics Analyzer and Semantic Interpreter
                      in a Natural Language Processing System.
 

8/86 to 12/87.
     
               Master of Technology in Computer Science, Indian Institute of
               Technology, West Bengal, India.
 
               M.Tech area : Database 
               Title: View Integration in Databases 
 

8/84 to 4/86.

               Master of Science in Mathematics,  Indian Institute of 
               Technology, New Delhi, India.
 
               M.S area : Applied Mathematics.
 

PROGRAMMING
EXPERIENCE :
             Major Programming Projects :
             --------------------------
            1.  Designing and developing (in progress) an expert system
                that automates the adjudicator's job of recommending
                or denying benefits to an unemployed person (State of 
                Florida).  The ADS knowledge bass shell from Aion is
                being used for the development of this expert system.
       
            2.  Working on a Neural Networks project (personal) to recognize
                English alphabets with small aberrations.  I am implementing
                this in C using X window interface.

            3.  Developed software (on NEC-S1000 system) using C to integrate
                two or more views of the same data.  Extensively used the
                screen generation facility of the NEC system.  This was a
                part of a major project titled :  ``Automated data base
                design tool''

            4.   Designed and developed a prototype knowledge-base system
                 (C code on Sparc station) to mimic the following human 
                 natural language processing features :

                    *  dealing with incomplete natural language sentences
                    *  handling grammatically incorrect sentences
                    *  handling  semantically incorrect sentences

            6. Implemented various mathematical approximation techniques in
               FORTRAN.

Knowledge base shells:
---------------------

             M.1, M.4 and ADS (Aion product)

Languages:
---------    C, Pascal, Lisp, FORTRAN, COBOL, Prolog, IBM and 68705 Assembly,
             LaTex

Tools : 
-----        X window system, SunView, csh, tcsh, gmacs, xdbx, 
             FrameMaker, Xfig, Aion Knowledge base tool to develop
             expert systems


COMPUTERS : 
---------
             Hardware:   Sparc stations, IBM PC, NEC-S1000, Cyber 750,
             --------    HP 2000, ICL 2960

           Op Systems:   Unix, OS/2, MS-DOS, Minix, NOS, OS/2
           ----------


AREAS OF
EXPERTISE :  Artificial Intelligence (Knowledge representation, 
---------    Natural Language Processing), Fuzzy Logic,  Neural Networks




EXPERIENCE :  
 ----------
1/87 to present.

                Florida State University, Department of Computer Science.  
  
                Teaching Assistant - Taught Databases, Data Structures,
                                     Computer Organization, Programming I 
                                     and II (using Pascal).

                Responsibilities included :
  
                             *  Preparing lecture material.
                             *  Making up tests and programming assignments.
                             *  Grading  tests/programs and assigning grades.

6/92 to 7/92

                Florida State University, Department of Computer Science.   
                Individual Research Project Sponsor for Young Scholars 
                Program, N.S.F. - involved supervision of a group of 6
                students in a project involving computer security.


                Responsibilities include :
 
                             *  Making up 3-4 different computer security
                                programming projects.
                             *  Guiding the students with their programs.
                             *  Grading the project reports.
                             *  Writing a report on the progress of each
                                individual student.
  

PUBLICATIONS :
------------

  1.  Nagarajan, S. and Kohout, L.J., Learning of a new vocabulary using
      fuzzy relational representation structures, Proceedings of the fourth 
      Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Symposium (FLAIRS), Mark B.
      Fishman [Ed], Cocoa Beach, Florida, 1991, p 165-169. 

  2.  Nagarajan, S.,  Conceptual design of a fuzzy knowledge base for a
      natural language processing system, Proceedings 29th Annual ACM Southeast
      Regional Conference, William Day, Kai Chang, Carolyn McCreary [Eds],
      Auburn, Alabama, 1991, p 282-286.
 
  3.  Nagarajan, S. and Kohout, L.J., Fuzzy syntactic and semantic analyzer, 
      Proceedings of the 4th IFSA World Congress IFSA91 Brussels, Vol.
      Artificial Intelligence, Lowen, R. [Eds] and Roubens, M., International
      Fuzzy Systems Association, 1991,  p 149-152.

 
INTERESTS : 
---------

 *  Editor of the local ACM newsletter since 8/91. 

 *  Received Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (1990), 
    Department of Computer Science, Florida State University

 *  University Grants Commission Scholar (India), 1986-87. Member ACM, FSU
    Chapter, 1990-92.

 *  Member of ACM.

 *  Hobbies :  Pottery, stamp collecting, ballet, bicycling and racketball



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