From: bhingard@sol.cs.wmich.edu (Siddharth Bhingarde)
Subject: Looking for a position in VLSI/MCM area
Keywords: VLSI, MCM, CAD, UNIX/C guru
Organization: Western Michigan Univ. Comp. Sci. Dept.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 16:43:40 GMT



                 Siddharth Bhingarde
                 1640, Howard Street, Apt. # 492, 
		 Kalamazoo, MI 49008.
                 Home Phone # (616)-387-7418, 
		 Dept. Phone # (616)-387-5645 
                 E-Mail: bhingard@cs.wmich.edu


CAREER OBJECTIVE: 

     A challenging position in design and development of VLSI/MCM CAD.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:

o    M.S. (Computer Science), Western Michigan University, G.P.A. 4.0/4.0
     Area of Concentration: Design and Analysis of Algorithm for VLSI/MCM
                            Place and Route.
o    B.Sc.(Tech.) in Computer Technology (Hardware and Software), First Class
     with a Distinction, 1989, Watumull Institute, University of Bombay, India
o    B.Sc. in  Physics, First Class, Bhavan's College, University of Bombay,
     India.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:

o    Languages and Software: C, C  and Bourne Shell, X-Windows, X-View, SunView,
     Curses, Interface Builder and Various other Utilities on NeXT, TCP/IP, DCL,
     Object-Vision, Pascal, Prolog, Lisp, FORTRAN, BASIC.
o    VLSI Design Automation Tools and Languages: Magic, Hed, L-Edit, Spice, VHDL
o    Assembly Languages: 8086, 68000, 8085, 6800, Z-80.
     Operating Systems: UNIX, XENIX, ULTRIX, VMS, RMX 11-M+, MS-DOS, CP-M.
o    Machines: SUN-Workstation, NeXT, DEC-Station, PDP11/44, IBM PC-AT 
     Compatible, Macintosh.

EMPLOYMENT:

o    May. 1992 - present: Curricular Practical Training, Cascade Software 
     Technology International, Inc., Kalamazoo, MI.
o    Sept. 1991 - Apr. 1992: Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science,
     Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
o    Jan. 1991 - Aug. 1991: Systems Analyst (part time), Faculty Resource Lab., 
     Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
o    Jan. 1989 - June 1990: Engineer, Research and Development Department, 
     Press Trust of India, Bombay, India.

RESEARCH INTEREST:

     My current major interest is in the design and analysis of algorithms for 
     VLSI Design Automation. I am currently preparing papers in the area of
     standard cell models, over-the-cell routing and routing in Multichip 
     Modules.

RESEARCH PAPERS:

o    "Finding Maximum Split Subgraph in a Graph", available as Tech. Report
      (No. 90-23), Department of Computer Science, Western Michigan 
      University. (co-authored with M. Hossain and N. Sherwani)
o    "On Optimum Cell Models and Over-the-cell Routing", to appear in the 
     Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on VLSI Design, 1993, Bombay,     
     India.  (co-authored with A. Panyam and N. Sherwani)
o    "Middle Terminal Cell Model for Efficient Over-the-cell Routing", 
     available as Tech.  Report (No. 92-24), submitted.
     (co-authored with A. Panyam and N. Sherwani)
o    "OSCAR: A Novel Over-the-cell Router for New Cell Model", under 
     preperation. (co-authors: M. Sarrafzadeh and N. Sherwani)
o    "A survey on Over-the-cell Routing", under preperation. (co-author: N. 
     Sherwani)
o    "3D Hierarchical Multichip Module Router", under preperation. 
     (co-authors: S. Burman and N. Sherwani)

INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS:

o    Design and Implementation of Hed, an interactive and flexible system for
     the design of VLSI layouts, using UNIX/C/X-View on Sun-Workstations. Hed 
     allows user to design layout of VLSI chips in hierarchical fashion. Hed 
     has tools for global and channel routing among others. Hed was exhibited 
     at 29th Design Automation Conference in ACM/SIGDA University Booth.

o    Design and Implementation of an Automatic Message Switching System (AMSS)
     (6 months), Editor Workstation (6 months), Operator Interface (4 months) 
     and Standby system to AMSS (2 months), in XENIX/C environment. AMSS is 
     being used by the PTI for their news dissemination to several subscribers 
     and centers. Editor Workstation runs in conjunction with AMSS and provides 
     functions such as editing, viewing news (current and past) and output queue
     control of AMSS. Operator Interface provides functions for controlling the 
     operations of AMSS. Demonstration and documentation of operations of AMSS 
     for the operations staff. Installation and reconfiguration of XENIX 
     Operating System and other utilities, on PC-AT.


OTHER VLSI RELATED PROJECTS:

o    Writing a book on "Over-the-cell Routing".
o    Reviewed and Refereed several paperes for DAC, ICCAD and Trans. on CAD.
o    Implemented an algorithm for optimal pin assignment, in presence of 
     position constraints and linear order constraints.
o    Implemented a 3 layer over-the-cell router called OSCAR for standard cell
     design style.
o    Written several sections of a chapter on Detailed Routing in a book on 
     VLSI authored by Dr. N. Sherwani.
o    Implemented a maze router.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED:

o    29th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, June 92, Ana Heim, CA.
o    Second Great Lake Symposium on VLSI, Feb. 92, Kalamazoo, MI.
o    Great Lake Computer Science Conference, Nov. 91, Kalamazoo, MI
o    First Great Lake Symposium on VLSI, Feb. 91, Kalamazoo, MI

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

o    On the Honor Role of C.S. Dept., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
o    Kulapati's Award for Academic Excelence.
o    Watumull Foundation Scholarship.
o    R. D. Sethna's Scholarship.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

o    Student Member, Association of Computer Machinery (ACM).
o    Student Member, ACM Special Interest Group in Design Automation (SIGDA).
o    Student Member, Upsilon Pi Epsilon Upsilon Pi Epsilon, the Computer 
     Science  Honor Society.

REFERENCES:
     Available upon request.