Ranveer Chandra


ACADEMIC BACKGROUND


Cornell University : August 1999 -
        - PhD in Computer Science (expected May 2005).
        - Research interests: Mobile Computing, Computer Networks and Distributed Systems.

Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur : July 1995 -June 1999
        - B.Tech.(Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering.
        - GPA : 9.31/10.00

Little Flower School, Jamshedpur : May 1982 - May 1995
        - ICSE(X Board Exam) - 92%
        - ISC(X+2 Board Exam) - 95.75%
 

RESEARCH


- "Optimizing the Placement of Integration Points in Multi-hop Wireless Networks", Ranveer Chandra, Lili Qiu, Kamal Jain and Mohammad Mahdian. Proceedings of IEEE ICNP, Berlin, October 6-8, 2004.

- "Architecture and Techniques for Diagnosing Faults in IEEE 802.11 Infrastructure Networks", Atul Adya, Paramvir Bahl, Ranveer Chandra and Lili Qiu. Proceedings of ACM Mobicom, Philadelphia, September 26-30, 2004.

- "SSCH: Slotted Seeded Channel Hopping for Capacity Improvement in IEEE 802.11 Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks", Paramvir Bahl, Ranveer Chandra and John Dunagan. Proceedings of ACM Mobicom, Philadelphia, September 26-30, 2004.

- "SSCH: Improving the Capacity of IEEE 802.11 Multihop Networks Using Slotted Seeded Channel Hopping", Paramvir Bahl, Ranveer Chandra and John Dunagan. Poster in Mesh Networking Summit, Snoqualmie, WA, June 23-24, 2004

- "On the Placement of Integration Points in Multi-hop Wireless Networks", Lili Qiu, Ranveer Chandra, Kamal Jain and Mohammad Mahdian, Microsoft Tech Report, MSR-TR-2004-43, May, 2004

- "MultiNet: Connecting to Multiple IEEE 802.11 Networks Using a Single Wireless Card", Ranveer Chandra, Paramvir Bahl and Pradeep Bahl. Proceedings of IEEE Infocom 2004, Hong Kong, March 7-11, 2004.

- "MultiNet: Enabling Simultaneous Connections To Multiple Wireless Networks Using a Single Radio", Paramvir Bahl, Pradeep Bahl and Ranveer Chandra. Microsoft Research Tech Report, MSR-TR-2003-46, August 2003.

- "MultiNet: Enabling Simultaneous Connections To Multiple Wireless Networks Using a Single Radio", Ranveer Chandra, Paramvir Bahl and Pradeep Bahl. Demo and Poster in ACM/USENIX MobiSys 2003, San Francisco, May 2003.

- "A Mesh based Robust Topology Discovery Algorithm for Hybrid Wireless Networks", Ranveer Chandra, Christof Fetzer and Karin Hogstedt. AT&T Labs Tech Report and Proceedings of Informatics, 1st International Conference on Ad-hoc Networks and Wireless, Toronto, Vol. 16, pp 1-16, September 20-22, 2002.

- "Providing a Bidirectional Abstraction for Unidirectional Ad Hoc Networks", Venugopalan Ramasubramanian, Ranveer Chandra and Daniel Mosse. Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2002, New York, June 23-27, 2002.

- "Anonymous Gossip: Improving Multicast Reliability in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks", Ranveer Chandra, Venugopalan Ramasubramanian and Kenneth P. Birman. Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems(ICDCS), Phoenix, April 16-19, 2001. Pages 275-283.
 

AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS



- Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship for 2004-2005.
- Microsoft Research Graduate Fellowship for 2002-2004.
- Sage Fellowship at Cornell during the academic year 1999-2000.
- Telco Engineering Scholarship in all four years of stay at IIT Kharagpur for academic excellence.
- Hitachi Award for the best allround graduating student in 1995
- The SBI Award for being ranked second all over India in the ISC exam in 1995.
- Telco Scholarship in 1993 for the highest aggregate in the graduating class.
 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE (Summer Internships)


Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA (May 2004 to August 2004)
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA (May 2003 to September 2003)
Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA (May 2002 to August 2002)
AT&T Labs Research, Florham Park, NJ (May 2001 to August 2001)
Tata Consultancy Services, Gurgaon, India (May 1998 to July 1998)
 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE


Spring, 2005: Instructor for CS414/415, a senior-level operating systems course.
Spring, 2002: Teaching Assistant for CS519, a graduate course on Computer Networks.
Fall, 2000: Instructor for CS415, a practicum course on Operating Systems.
Summer, 2000: Instructor for CS414, an Operating Systems course.
 

EXTRA CURRICULARS


At Cornell and Redmond
        - President of the Cornell India Association during 2001-2002
        - Orientation Czar of the Computer Science Department during 2000-2001
        - Member of the runner-up team in the CRY Volleyball Tournament in Bellevue, WA

At IIT Kharagpur
        - Member of the Organizing Committee of Spring Fest (an all India cultural show) for three years.
        - Member of the hostel volleyball team in all the four years. The team won the Inter Hall Volleyball Championship once and was runner-up twice.

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