Ronak Sankhla
www-scf.usc.edu/~rsankhla

2662 Ellendale Pl, Apt 9
Los Angeles, CA 90007

323-594-2799

rsankhla@usc.edu

EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Master of Science, Computer Science
GPA: 3.95
Expected Graduation date : May 2010
Relevant Coursework:
Analysis of Algorithms, Database Management Systems, Computer Networks,Web Technology,Robotics,Advance Mobile Devices and Game Consoles, Computer Communication

University of Rajasthan, India
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
July 2007


TECHNICAL SKILLS

Certification
Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6

Programming languages
Java, C++, C, Objective C, JavaScript 

Web Technologies
AJAX, JSP, Servlets, PERL, PHP, HTML, CSS

XML Technologies
XHTML, XPath, XQuery, XSLT, DTD, XSD, RSS, REST

Google APIs
Google Gears, AxsJAX, Google Maps

Java APIs
J2SE, JDBC, JDOM, JAXP

DBMS
MySQL Server 5.0, ORACLE 10g, MS-Access

Network Programming
Socket Programming in C/C++ on UNIX 

OS / Server
Linux (Red Hat), Windows, MAC OS X, Apache, Tomcat

IDE / Softwares
NetBeans, Xcode, Wireshark, Adobe LiveCycle Designer

CMS
Drupal 6.0


WORK EXPERIENCE

eContek Software and Technology Services
Software Engineering Intern
Summer '09- Present
> Reprogrammed and improvised legacy FORTRAN application into a web app using Java
> Monitored Apache web server and audited log files for identifying problems and suggested possible solutions

Management Information System - FMS, USC
Student Web Developer
Spring 2009
> Created interactive PDFs using Adobe LiveCycle Designer that validates the user input, store it in database and display the data to assigned manager for further processing
> Provided web development assistance for the FMS website

IBM India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India
Associate System Engineer
Summer 2008
> Participated in IBM’s new employee orientation and training program
> Reviewed various technologies and processes used in software development


RELATED EXPERIECNCE

Department of Computer Science, USC
Grading Assistant
> Designed a web interface using XML for maintaining and viewing grade sheets of students
> Grading Assistant for Web Technologies (CS-571) under Prof. Ellis Horowitz - 	Fall 2009
> Grading Assistant for Database Management System (CS-585) under Prof. Shahriar Shamsian - Spring 2009

SS12 : Code for a cause
Programmer
Fall 2008
> SS12 is a team software development challenge that is focused on creating software for the disabled community
> Modified existing Google maps to make it accessible even for people with visual impairment
> Used Google AxsJAX API, Firevox and GreaseMonkey addons of Mozilla Firefox browser to provide accessibility


PROJECTS

Google maps and Flickr mesh up
Google Maps API, AJAX, Servlets
Spring 2009
> Developed a web application that takes any location as input from user and displays related pictures uploaded on Flickr through Google Maps using markers
> Programmed a Servlet to perform reverse geocoding on user input,fetch data from FLICKR using web service and return a JSON which is then processed using Google Maps API at client side

Online/Offline feed reader
Google Gears, AJAX, JDOM, Servlets
Spring 2008
> Developed a feed reader that allows a user to manage feeds (both ATOM and RSS 2.0), read the contents of feeds and categorize them
> Built a Servlet that parses the XML Document (RSS/ATOM feeds) using java's JDOM API and returns a JSON string

Mini ERP
AJAX, DHTML, JSP, JDBC, MySQL Server 5.0
Spring 2007
> Led a team of 5 members to integrate all data and processes of the business, including planning, sales, manufacturing and marketing into a unified system
> Programmed the front-end of the system using HTML, JavaScript and CSS

Touch responsive fighting game for Apple iPhone
Objective C, XCode, cocos2d
Fall 2009
> Developed a fighting game for Apple iPhone using objective-C and cocos2d framework
> Programmed various moves of the player based on the shapes (e.g. cross-x, circle-o, tick, etc.)drawn on iPhone screen

Network racing game simulation
C, UNIX
Fall 2008
> Simulated a network racing game in which different mobile units (Clients) race to reach the target(TCP server) with the help of check-points (UDP Server)
> All the communication takes place over UDP and TCP sockets

M/M/2 queue simulation
C, UNIX
Fall 2009 
> Emulated an M/M/2 queue using Multithreading and Signal Handling in C to keep track of multiple client requests and display various statistics
> Synchronization and deadlocks handled in multiple threads using condition variables and MUTEX 

USC transit system 
Java Swing, JDBC, Oracle 10g
Fall 2008
> Developed a GUI application that allows a user to find the location of trams, students, stops and various routes on USC map
> The system accepts user's input to draw geometrical shapes to query specific region
> Utilized Oracle spatial data types and used Oracle spatial features to query the database

Distributed peer to peer file sharing system
C++, UNIX
Fall 2009
> Designed and implemented a de-centralized peer-to-peer distributed file system based on OSPF routing using sockets and posix threads
> Implemented functionality to :
   store the file (file gets replicated probabilistically)
   delete files (also destroy all copies of it)
   perform various types of searches
   retrieve files based on the result of a search
> Used Bloom filter, Nonce, Bit Vector and SHA1