Aug 2001 - Feb 2004, Masters of Science, Department of Computer Science,
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Aug 1996 - July 2001, Integrated Master of Technology (B.Tech + M.Tech) in Mathematics
and Computing Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India.
Departmental Rank: First in a class of 23 (01/23), Cumulative GPA = 8.80/10
Research Interests
Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, Databases and Operating Systems.
Research Experience
Sept 2003 - Present, Member of the COPANO research group at Cornell University.
Network QoS without the network. Supervisors: Prof. Paul Francis, Dr. Prashant Pradhan (IBM) and Prof. Ken Birman.
May 2004 - Aug 2004, Summer Internship, IBM T.J. Watson Research
Center, Hawthorne, NY.
Netmapper: A Graph Annotation Service for Bandwidth-sensitive Networked
Applications. Supervisors: Dr. Prashant Pradhan, Dr. Debanjan Saha and Dr. Sambit Sahu.
May 2003 - Aug 2003,
Summer Internship, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Hawthorne, NY.
Managing Outbound Network Delays for Workload Management (eWLM). Supervisors: Dr. Prashant Pradhan and Ms. Donna Dillenberger.
Sept 2002 - Apr 2003,
Member of Spinglass research group at Cornell University.
Worked on performance evaluation of a scalable and
self-repairing multicast overlay routing facility. Supervisors: Prof. Ken Birman and Dr. Robbert van Renesse.
Jan 2002 - Nov 2002,
Member of Pepper research group at Cornell University.
Developed a Publish/subscribe system Adapting to Changing Event
workloads. Supervisors: Prof. Johannes Gehrke and Prof. Jayavel Shanmugasundaram.
July 2000 - May 2001,
Master's (Final Year) Project, Department of Operations Research, IIT Delhi.
Developed Efficient Simulation Techniques for Dynamic Optimal Allocation of Servers in a Polling System.
Supervisors: Dr. Sandeep Juneja and Dr. Kiran Seth.
May 2000 - Aug 2000, Summer Internship, IBM India Research
Lab, New Delhi, India.
Service Level Agreement for Dynamic Capacity Allocation Supervisors: Dr. Rahul Garg(IBM India Research Lab) and
Prof. Huzur Saran(IIT Delhi).
May 1999 - Aug 1999,
Summer InternshipIBM India Research Lab, New Delhi, India.
Performance Modelling and Analysis of a Handover Channel Exchange
Scheme in Mobile Cellular Communication Systems, Fuzzy Logic based
Handoff in Wireless Networks
Supervisors: Drs. Rajeev Shorey and Dinesh Anvekar.
Patents
Title:
Network Service for Managing Application Performance. Inventors: Prashant Pradhan (IBM), Debanjan Saha (IBM), Sambit Sahu
(IBM) and Manpreet Singh.
Filed in US Patent Office in Aug 2004.
Title: An Apparatus for Network-aware Planning and
Composition of Web Services. Inventors: Prashant Pradhan (IBM), Debanjan Saha (IBM), Sambit Sahu
(IBM) and Manpreet Singh.
Filed in US Patent Office in Aug 2004.
Title: An Efficient TCP-Friendly Network Path
Annotation Service. Inventors: Prashant Pradhan (IBM), Debanjan Saha (IBM), Sambit Sahu
(IBM) and Manpreet Singh.
Filed in US Patent Office in Aug 2004.
Title: A Method for Providing Differentiated Quality of Service
to TCP flows in a Best-effort Network. Inventors: Prashant Pradhan (IBM), Manpreet Singh and Donna Dillenberger(IBM).
Filed in US Patent Office on July 16, 2003.
Title: Maintaining Data Communication through Neighboring Mobile Units during Handoff.
Inventors: Dinesh K. Anvekar (IBM), Manpreet Singh Dang, Amol
Prakash and Rajeev Shorey(IBM).
US Patent No. 6,377,805 B1 issued on Apr. 23, 2002.
Title: Mobile Battery Discharge Minimization in Indoor Wireless Networks by Antenna Switching.
Inventors: Dinesh K. Anvekar(IBM), Manpreet Singh Dang and Amol
Prakash.
US Patent No. 6,594,475 B1 issued on July 15, 2003.
Publications and Presentations
``Exposing the network as a managed resource to applications", Prashant Pradhan (IBM),
Manpreet Singh, Debanjan Saha (IBM) and Sambit Sahu (IBM), under
submission.
``A Generalized Framework for Network Performance Management Using
End-to-end Techniques", Prashant
Pradhan (IBM), Manpreet Singh, Debanjan Saha (IBM) and Sambit Sahu, in the
Fourth New York Metropolitan
Area Networking Workshop (NYMAN 2004), Sept 10, 2004, New York.
``Netmapper :
A graph annotation service for network applications", Manpreet Singh, Prashant
Pradhan (IBM), Sambit Sahu (IBM) and Paul Francis, Work-in-Progress, ACM
Sigmetrics 2004, June 12-16, 2004, New York.
``PACE: A Publish/subscribe system Adapting to Changing Event
Workloads'', Manpreet Singh, Christopher Re, Johannes
Gehrke, Mark Linderman and Jayavel Shanmugasundaram, Work in Progress.
Graduate Level:
Advanced Systems, Adaptive Systems, Communication Networks, Structure of Information
Networks, Advanced Database Systems, Advanced Analysis and Design of
Algorithms, Programming Languages.
Undergraduate Computer Science:
Computer Networks-I,
Operating Systems,
Signals and Systems,
Automata Theory,
Analysis and Design of Algorithms,
Graph Theory,
Cryptology,
Parallel Algorithms,
Data Structures,
Computer Architecture,
Software Engineering,
Computer Graphics,
Image Processing
Undergraduate Mathematics:
Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes,
Optimization Methods and Applications,
Modern Algebra,
Topology and Functional Analysis,
Linear Algebra,
Real and Complex Analysis,
Statistical Methods and Applications,
Discrete Mathematical Structures,
Fuzzy Sets and Applications,
Differential Equations,
Numerical Methods and Applications
Received Institute Silver Medal for obtaining the highest GPA amongst Master of Technology students graduating in
Mathematics and Computing in the year 2001.
Received award for being the Best Teaching Assistant in the
department in Fall 2003 for Practicum in Operating Systems.
Won Best Project Award for my final-year Master's Project
at IIT Delhi, May 2001.
Recipient of Silicon Graphics(India) Private Limited Scholarship during the year Fall 2000 - Spring 2001 for excellent
academic performance.
Received Institute Merit Award and Scholarship for being among
the top students of IIT Delhi in Fall 1998 and Spring 2000.
Awarded scholarship for standing 34th in National Level Science Talent Search Examination, 1995.
Awarded a merit certificate by Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) for being among the top 0.1% students of the nation in Punjabi and Science, 1994.
Ms. Donna Dillenberger
Manager,
Enterprise Workload Management (eWLM)
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center,
Hawthorne, NY 10532. Email: engd@us.ibm.comTel: 914-784-7108
Dr. Prashant Pradhan
Research Staff Member,
Networking Software and Services
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center,
Hawthorne, NY 10532. Email: ppradhan@us.ibm.comTel: 914-784-7009
Dr. Alok Aggarwal
Chairman (Nov 2000 - Present), Evaluserve Inc., 15 Random Farms Drive,
Chappaqua, NY 10514.
Director (Aug 2000 - Nov 2000), Emerging Business Opportunities,
IBM T.J.Watson Research Center.
Director (Jan 1998 - Jul 2000), IBM India Research Lab, New Delhi, India. Email: alok.aggarwal@evalueserve.com