Hariharan Lakshmanan

Address: 70 Pacific Street, Apt # 353 A2 Cambridge, MA 02139 Ph: (617) 452-4421 Email: lhari@mit.edu

Education

Cambridge, MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Master of Science, June 2003 Major: Information Technology Relevant Coursework: Architecting web systems, Database Internet and systems integration, Algorithms for systems analysis, Parallel and Distributed computing, Wavelets and filter banks, Pattern Recognition and Analysis Kharagpur, India Indian Institute of Technology Bachelor of Technology, May 2001 Major: Civil Engineering Class standing: 1/26 Relevant Coursework: Programming and data structures, Operations research, Artificial intelligence.

Experience

Cambridge, MA Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Assistant, Intelligent Engineering Systems Lab (IESL), Sep 2002 Present Develop Web Services and data management systems for systematizing project-based courses taught at MIT. Create a template for teaching of project-based courses leading to deployment in other universities Kharagpur, India Indian Institute of Technology Research Assistant, Transportation engineering lab, Aug 2000 May 2001 Solved a computationally intensive inverse problem arising from Falling weight deflectometer test data analysis using Genetic Algorithms. The work won the award for the best undergraduate thesis in Civil Engineering Bangalore, India Wirtgen India Private Limited Summer Intern, May 2000 Aug 2000 Conducted field studies on the performance of Wirtgen Slipform paver in the Mumbai Pune Expressway project

Projects

Programmed the proxy server component of a dynamic domain name server using .NET framework. Demonstrated the utility of a static domain name in a dynamic environment, Sep 2001 Dec 2001 Implemented a parallel version of Fast Wavelet Transform and performed benchmarking tests. Showed the suitability of parallel computing methods for the Fast Wavelet Transform, Feb 2002 May 2002 Developed methods for analyzing traffic pollution signal using wavelet tools. Resulted in the identification and categorization of pollution hotspots for a sample traffic network, Feb 2002 May 2002

Computer Skills

C, Java, C#, MPI, SQL, HTML,.NET Framework Windows, Linux Captained R.K Hall chess team to victory in successive years (2000,2001) in intra-IIT chess championship Manage event logistics as a volunteer for MITHAS (MIT Heritage of the Arts of South Asia), Sep 2001 present Tutored 40 students in English as second language while volunteering for Disha, an organization working for the education of under-privileged children in Kharagpur, India, Jan 2000 May 2000. MIT Career Fair Liaison Officer, Sep 2002. Thurber Fellowship at MIT A.C. Sarkar Memorial Gold Medal, IIT Kharagpur (2001) Institute Silver medal, IIT Kharagpur (2001) Institute Proficiency prize for the best undergraduate thesis in Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (2001) J.C. Ghosh prize for academic excellence at IIT Kharagpur (2000)

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