Ashok Masilamani

Cell: 831-332-0464
Email: ashok@soe.ucsc.edu
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Hello! I am Ashok. Am currently a Graduate Student at Computer Communications Research Group (CCRG) headed by Prof. J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves at the beautiful UC Santa Cruz. My research interests include MAC and Routing protocols and architectures in wireless networks. I am also interested in learning more about Data Center/Cloud networks and infrastructure.

Education

PhD student, Computer Engineering (in progress)
University of California, Santa Cruz (03/2010 - 2013 )
Advisor : Prof J.J.Garcia-Luna-Aceves
Research Interests: Wireless Networks, MAC scheduling, Content Routing

Masters in Computer Engineering,
University of California, Santa Cruz (09/2007 - 3/2010 )
GPA : 4.0 / 4.0
Dissertation : Disruption Tolerant Routing Protocol
Advisor : Prof J.J.Garcia-Luna-Aceves

Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Anna University(College of Engineering, Guindy), India (06/2003 – 05/2007)
GPA : 8.75 / 10
Dissertation : Energy Efficient MAC Protocols in Sensor Networks

Technical Skills

Programming Skills C/C++.
Programming(familiar) Java, Python, HTML.
Tools Android SDK programming.
Networks Linux Networking Kernel, TCP/IP, 802.11 wireless,
Qualnet, NS3, NetSimpy (network simulators),
Mininet / Openflow, Software Defined Networking(SDN),
CCNx, Information Centric Networking (ICNs).
Embedded Programming Intel 8051, 8086, 8085 Microprocessor & Interface.
Platforms Linux, Mac OS X, Windows.

Experience

Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Palo Alto Research Intern, Jun '11 - Sep '11

Developed a data-sharing application interface and framework for Android phones and MAC-OSX in Java using the Content Centric Networks Architecture (CCNx) protocol developed at PARC.

BBN Technologies, Boston Research Intern, Jun '08 – Sep '08

Developed a new routing mechanism for Disruption Tolerant Networks using Python in NetSimpy simulator that uses a novel Purging mechanism to release resources for efficient communication for a US DoD project.

CCRG Lab, UCSC Graduate Student Researcher, Feb '08 – Present

PhD research is on developing scheduled based MAC Protocols and Routing for Multi-Channel Multi-Radio MANETS and context aware, software defined networks.

Dept. of Computer Engineering, UCSC Teaching Assistant, Fall '07

Course: Introduction to Computer Networks
Assisted the professor in handling the course by holding lectures, discussions and laboratory sessions.

Publications

Ashok.N.Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves, “NOMAD: Deterministic Collision-Free Channel Access with Channel Reuse in Wireless Networks”, in 8th Annual IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), 2011.

Ashok.N.Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves,“VCMA: Efficient Channel Access in Wireless Mesh Networks Using Virtual Coordinates”, in IEEE Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), 2012.

Ashok.N.Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves,“GCMA: Scheduled Channel Access Using Geographical Classification”, in International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC), 2013.

Ashok.N.Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves,“Using Radio Connectivity for Media Access Control”, Under review at Mobicom, 2013.

Ashok.N.Masilamani and J.J Garcia-Luna-Aceves,“Towards Software Defined MANETs”, Under Review at ICNP, 2013.

Posters

"Deterministic scheduling in Wireless Networks", Poster at UCSC Graduate Research Symposium, May '11.

"A combined framework for Routing and scheduling using labels", Poster at UCSC Graduate Research Symposium, May '10.

Projects

Current Project:

Context Aware Backbone Services (CABS) :

A DARPA project in collaboration with Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) that provides Context Aware services as SDNs (Software Defined Networks) for mobile users connected to a low bandwidth backbone. To be implemented on Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS).

Masters/PhD:

Endemic Routing :

DARPA project in collaboration with BBN technologies developing a Disruption tolerant routing protocol that combines the advantages of HSLS and Epidemic Protocols and utilizes resources efficiently by novel purging mechanism Implemented in SimPy using Python.

Multihop Stargate Network : Multimedia Systems (Winter '08)

Setting up of a Multihop network of nodes using Stargate Linux boards that capture, encode, and share pictures taken at any node with all other nodes.

DPUMAC : Computer Networks (Fall '07)

Design and Implementation of Wireless Multicast Routing Protocol in Qualnet using C++ that uses Dominating Sets to reduce the Control Packet Overhead in DPUMA.

MMAC with cluster coordination: Sensor Networks (Spring '08)

A Multichannel MAC scheme that uses routing clusterheads for MAC scheduling in single radio multi channel radios implemented in Qualnet using C++.

Analysis of Power Models with SPEC Simulator : Computer Architecture (Fall '08)

The SESC simulator used to analyze different processor designs, also provides power analysis tools. The tools were comprehensively analyzed and shortcomings exposed.

Other

- Vice President, Electronics and Communication Engineers Association.

- Best Project Awards in Technical Symposiums – Vision '05, Anna Univ TechFest '06

- State 3rd in Computer Science in Tamil Nadu, India. State 45th in Engineering.

References

Available on request