Dissertation – “Cross-Layer Approach Towards Robust and Efficient Internet Routing”

R A M K E R A L A P U R A412 Russell Park, #6, Davis, CA 95616Phone: (530) 792-8132Email: rkeralapura@Web: /~rkeralapRESEARCH INTERESTSNetwork Management – traffic engineering, graceful network upgrade, fault tolerance, and securityIntra-domain and Inter-domain routing – robustness, routing dynamics, protocol convergence, protocol interactions and modeling, and failure restorationOverlay Networks (like content delivery networks) and Peer-to-Peer NetworksDistributed Networked Systems – algorithm design, security, monitoring, and managementCross-layer interactions between networks in different layers of the network protocol stack (like overlay and IP networks)EDUCATION2002–present University of California, Davis, CAPhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer EngineeringDissertation – “Cross-Layer Approach Towards Robust and Efficient Internet Routing”Advisor: Prof. Chen-Nee ChuahGPA: 3.97/4.01999–2000 University of Alabama, Huntsville, ALMS, Computer ScienceProject – “Computer-based Diagnosis of Heart Diseases due to Reduced Blood Flow”Advisor: Prof. Heggere RanganathGPA: 4.0/4.01994–1998 Bangalore University, Bangalore, IndiaBE, Electronics and CommunicationsProject – “Spacecraft Attitude Estimation using Adaptive Kalman Filter Technique”GPA: 3.71/4.0RESEARCH EXPERIENCEJun 2006–present Narus, Mountain View, CAResearch InternInvolved in designing novel algorithms for real-time traffic classification by monitoring only network-layer data on high-speed linksSummer 2005 Bell Labs, Bangalore, IndiaResearch InternReseach involved developing static and adaptive algorithms for efficient distributed monitoringSummer 2004 Intel Research Labs, Berkeley, CAResearch InternResearch involved qualifying, quantifying, and modeling the interactions between protocols that control overlay networks and the underlying IP networksDeveloped an analytical model and a control plane simulator to explain race conditions between multiple coexisting overlay networks2002–present ECE Department, University of California, DavisGraduate Student ResearcherReal-Time Traffic Classification – In collaboration with Narus, designing novel algorithms for real-time traffic classification by monitoring only network-layer data on high-speed linksCross Layer Interactions – In collaboration with Intel Research Labs, identified interactions between IP and overlay layers and evaluated their impact on the performance of data forwarding planeDistributed Monitoring – In collaboration with Bell Labs, developed distributed monitoring algorithms that minimize the communication overheadService Availability in IP Networks – In collaboration with Sprint ATL, developed a novel concept of ‘Service Availability’ for characterizing networks, based on IGP routing dynamicsInterface Specific Forwarding – Proposed a novel approach to avoid routing loops in networks by constructing forwarding tables based on the incoming interface of a packetNetwork Layer Feedback for Multimedia Coding and Streaming– Proposed and simulated a Network Layer Feedback Architecture to enhance the performance of adaptive multimedia servers in the InternetTraffic Matrix Based Admission Control– Proposed a measurement-based admission control algorithm for packet based networks to help ISPs provide effective QoS1999–2000 CS Department, University of Alabama, HuntsvilleGraduate ResearcherDiagnosis of Cardiac Diseases– Designed algorithms to correlate SPECT images of the heart in space and time, and built a system (implemented in Java) for fast diagnosis of several cardiac diseases due to reduced blood flowREFEREED PUBLICATIONSRam Keralapura, Chen-Nee Chuah, and Yueyue Fan, “Optimal Strategy for Graceful Network Upgrade”, in ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Internet Network Management (INM), Sep, 2006Ram Keralapura, Graham Cormode, and Jai Ramamirtham, “Communication-Efficient Distributed Monitoring of Thresholded Counts”, in ACM Special Interest Group on Management of Data (SIGMOD),Jun 2006Ram Keralapura, Adam Moerchell, Chen-Nee Chuah, Gianluca Iannaccone, and Supratik Bhattacharyya, “A Case for using Service Availability to Characterize IP Backbone Topologies”, Journal of Communications and Networks (JCN), Jun 2006Ram Keralapura, Graham Cormode, and Jai Ramamirtham, “Communication-Efficient Distributed Monitoring of Thresholded Counts”, filed in Jun 2006WORK EXPERIENCE2001–2002 Sycamore Networks, Wallingford, CTSenior Software EngineerProject Lead in the ‘System Software Integration’ team involved in the development of ‘Automated Self-Test Environment’ for optical switchesInvolved in various projects like the Gigabit Ethernet over SONET/SDH, Protection Switching system design, OC192 interface design, etc.2000–2001 Lucent Technologies, Holmdel, NJSoftware DeveloperInvolved in the development of a graphical user interface for the Sub-Network Management System (SNMS) in the Optical Networking Group (ONG)Responsible for developing configuration, administration and security features for optical nodes in the WaveStar family like Lambda Router, OLS400G, etc.1997–1998 Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore, IndiaProject InternDesigned and developed a real-time system, using adaptive Kalman filter estimation technique, to track2002 ECE Department, University of California, DavisGraduate Teaching Assistant‘Digital Systems’, ECE180ADuties included classroom teaching, organizing lab sessions, and grading exams1999–2000 CS Department, University of Alabama, HuntsvilleGraduate Teaching Assistant‘Logic Design’, CS309 and ‘Computer Architecture’, CS513Developed new lab assignments starting from the design of simple counters using flip-flops to the design of a simple microprocessorHONORSProfessors for the Future (PFTF) Fellowship, UC-Davis, 2005-2006Non-Resident Tuition Fellowship (NRTF), UC-Davis, 2003-2006HP-CITRIS Fellowship Award, 2003-2004Dean’s List, UAH, 1999-2000Selected to the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad, 1993-1994National Merit Scholarship, 1992-1994National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholarship, 1992-1998Gold medals in all 6 levels of ‘Sanskrit Scholar’ exams, 1987-1990EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIESStudent Co-Chair, Networks Lab Workshop, CS/CE Dept, UC-Davis, April 2005Graduate Student Mentor, 2004-2006ECE Graduate Student Association (ECE-GSA) Representative, 2004-2005Student Member – IEEE, ACM, USENIXPoster presentation (invited), Intel Research Lab-Berkeley Open House, Oct 2004Reviewer – IEEE Infocom 2005/06, IEEE ICC-2004/05, IEEE IWQoS-2004/05, IEEE ICON-2004 Training in Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom Teaching, 2005Training in Research Ethics and Professionalism, 2006Project in the Professors for the Future (PFTF) program on Training Graduate Students to be Successful Tenure-Track Faculty Members, 2005-2006REFERENCESAvailable upon request。