From: ashok@ttivision1.tamu.edu (ashok rao)
Subject: MSEE Image Processing
Summary: MSEE Image Processing
Keywords: MSEE Image Processing
Organization: Texas Transportation Institute
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 18:31:13 GMT


			
Dear Prospective Employer:

I recently received  my masters in Electrical Engineering
from Texas A\&M and I am excited about the possibility of working for
industry.

I am interested in pursuing work in the image processing area since
my research was done in this area. I also have a strong backgound in
hardware/vlsi design and software development.
My computing experience has been varied and rigorous on systems
running Unix, VMS and DOS. I have developed programs on X-windows
and Sunview in C, Fortran, Lisp and Pascal and have strong debugging skills.
I also have almost a year's experience working for a premier electronics 
company (Bharat Electronics Ltd.) in India, wher
e I was on the graduate rotation program.
This program enabled me to get an insight into many manufacturing aspects of
electronic industry from IC's to TV picture tubes to HF transceivers.
My final posting gave me an opportunity to design circuits for
transceiver filters and front panels.

I look forward to an interview.

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			ASHOK RAO
			3500 Granada Avenue #168
			Santa Clara 95051
			(408) 296 2871 (Preferred)
			ashok@ttivision1.tamu.edu


Job Objective: 
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A challenging position in the area related to image processing or
computer vision.

Education:
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Master of Science in Electrical Engineering  Dec 1991
Texas A&M university, College Station, Texas.
Thesis Title: Automated Pavement Crack Detection.
Bachelor of Engineering  Dec 1987
National Institute of Engineering, Mysore, India.

Image Processing:
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- Developed programs for image compression on digitized images using an optimal
number of bits by employing a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) similar
to that used in the JPEG coding scheme.

- Gained familiarity with an IMAGING TECHNOLOGY
Series 151 image processor during the course of development of
algorithms and software for the automatic detection of cracks on asphalt pavements.

- Trained various neural networks for the recognition
of characters using Neural Works (commercial software) on a PC.

- Developed Pattern Recognition programs in C for classification
of input data into clusters using standard algorithms.

Software Design:
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- Developed a X-windows GUI for image processing on SUN workstations running
Xview.

- Developed Lisp programs for AI heuristic searches.

- Developed a TSR calendar program in Modula2 for the PC that worked by 
calling the DOS timer interrupt.

- Developed numerous programs in C and Fortran for processing images
using standard techniques like filtering, fft's and edge detection.

- Coded image manipulation algorithms in C to run on a SUN SPARC.

- Developed software in C that controlled a laser optical disk
through the serial-port of a PC.

- Developed a monitor program in assembly level language for
the MC68000.


Hardware Design:
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- Designed an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) using the CAD tool MAGIC and 
simulated it using SPICE.

- Designed and wire wrapped a  Motorola-68008 based single board computer and 
developed the monitor program in assembly language.

- Extended the basic architecture of the DLX RISC microprocessor
to include pipelining and memory caches resulting in an increase 
in performance in terms of MIPS and CPI.

- Designed, fabricated on PCB and tested  a switchable Tchebyshev filter card 
for an HF (High Frequency 2 - 30 MHZ) transceiver.

- Helped design a Z-80 based front panel control for an HF transceiver that
upon accepting user input frequency setings displays it on an LCD display and sets

- Designed an interface to  a VCR that allows the VCR to be controlled
from a SUN workstation using a  GPIB  controller.

System Management:
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- Acquired knowledge in NIS, NFS and other system administration applications
as a system administrator for  a network of Sparc's and SUN3's.

- Wrote shell scripts for running various unix utilities.

- Installed software from anonymous FTP sites for text editing,
data plotting and  paint/drawing. 

- Performed regular backups, upgraded the Operating System and debugged network 
and system problems.

- Proficient in Unix/C, Lisp, Pascal, FORTRAN, Modula2,
8086 and 68000 Assembly on platforms ranging from SUN's to
PC's.

Work History:
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Graduate Research Assistant 1989 - Present
Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

RF Design Engineer May 88 - Sep 89
Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Bangalore, India.

Courses Taken:
- Operating Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, 
Computer Architecture, Digital Logic Design, Signal and Image Processing
Neural Networks, VLSI design and Microprocessor system design.

-  Thesis: Developed algorithms and software in C for the automatic detection 
of aspahlt pavement cracks using  image processing techniques. 
Software developed on a SUN workstation identifies cracks on images 
digitized in real time from videotape.


References:
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Available upon request