Graduate Students
News!
- The paper "Reliability Modeling and Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks", coauthored by Akhiles Shrestha, Dr. Xing and Dr Liu, won the second place in the 2006 IEEE Region 1 Graduate Student Paper Contest. Congratulations, Akhilesh!!
- Prashanthi Boddu, Anirudh Kumar, Ankit P. Parikh, and Akhilesh Shrestha presented their research work in the 14th Annual MassD Sigma-Xi Research Exhibition.
- * Open Ph.D. positions *
Exceptional graduate students are currently being considered for RA positions in the area of reliability engineering and dependable computing. Ph.D. students are preferred. I tend NOT to accept MS students unless the MS student is highly motivated, innovative, responsible, and committed to doing research. Students with background in computer engineering, computer science (formal methods, software engineering), electrical engineering, system engineering, industrial engineering, mathematics (probability theory) are welcome to apply.
Exceptional undergraduate students (with strong programming skills in Java) are also welcome to contact me.
- Current Graduate Students
- Ph.D. Students
- Akhilesh Shrestha, topic: Dependability Modeling and Analysis of Mission Critical Systems
- Ruiping Ma, topic: Survivability Design and Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks
- M.S. Students
- Dileep Varma Bairraju (project), Brock Morrissette (project), Abhinav LNU (project), Gunjan Gupta (project), Sirisha Medisetti (project), Karthik Padma (project)
- Former Graduate Students
- 1. Ranjini Suryanarayanan, M.S. (2004), CPE major
Thesis title: Reliability Evaluation Of DiffServ Nodal Performance
currently working in the Texas Tech Univerisity
- 2. Akhilesh Shrestha, M.S. (2005), CPE major
Thesis title: Reliability Analysis of Distributed and Hierarchical Sensor Networks
currently a Ph.D. student in the UMassD
- 3. Lakshmanan Chockalingam, M.S. (2006), CPE major
Thesis title: Development of An Efficient Algorithm for Multi-Link SRLG Failures in Optical Networks
currently working in the EMC Corporation
- 4. Sachin J. Parikh, M.S. (2006), ELE major
Project title: Policing of Mobile Nodes to Improve the Coverage Life of Wireless Sensor Networks
currently working in the Siemens VDO
- 5. Haoli Li, M.S. (2006), CPE major
Thesis title: Fault-Tolerance and Reliability in Networked Sensor Systems
currently working in the Victor Corporation
- 6. Nirav D. Shah, M.S. (2007), CPE major
Project title: Modeling and Analyzing Reliability of Software
currently working in the EMC Corporation
- 7. Vinay Mohan Jonnakuti, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Fault Diagnosis in Wireless Sensor Networks
currently working at EMC Corporation
- 8. Dilip Francis, M.S. (2007), CPE major
Project Title: Optimizing Network Security in Sensor Networks
currently working at IkaSystems, MA
- 9. Bhoomi Vikram Dasari, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Performance Comparison of Location-Based Routing Protocols for Ad-Hoc Networks
currently working at Mutex Systems Inc., NJ
- 10. Alpesh Patel, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Implementing Fault Tolerant Solution for Client-Server Applications
currently working at eClinicalWorks, MA
- 11. Salvatore Distefano, exchange Ph.D. student from the University of Messina, Italy (April ~ September 2005)
Project topic: Dynmamic Reliability Block Diagrams
- 12. Lakshmi Prabhakaramurthi, M.S. (2007), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Embedded Systems: Towards the Goal of Fault Tolerant Systems
passed the defense in November 2007
- 13. Naveena Ajjugottu, M.S. (2007), ELE major
Project Title: Comparison of Variable Ordering Heuristics for Binary Decision Diagrams
passed the defense on December 19, 2007
- 14. Anirudh Kumar, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Preservation of Wireless Sensor Network Coverage by Energy Efficient Node Scheduling
passed the defense on January 25, 2008
- 15. Pranav A. Damle, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Comparison of Routing Protocols for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
passed the defense on January 25, 2008
- 16. Ankit P. Parikh, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Optimizing the Sensor Count in Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on February 19, 2008
- 17. Parag Y. Bhavsar, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Reliability of Data Transport Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
passed the defense on March 6, 2008.
- 18. Dipayan Dutta, M.S. (2008), ELE major
Project Title: Cost Optimization of Wireless Sensor Networks for Improving the Lifetime
passed the defense on March 25, 2008.
- 19. Preetham Reddy Pingili, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: Reliability Analysis of Distributed Computer Systems
passed the defense on August 25, 2008.
- 20. Vamshideep Devershetty, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Project Title: Fault Tolerant Memory Array
passed the defense on August 25, 2008.
- 21. Prashanthi Boddu, M.S. (2008), CPE major
Thesis Title: Reliability Analysis of Complex Dynamic Systems
passed the defense on September 8, 2008.