rajeshsankaran 

Rajesh Sankaran

Research Interests

Embedded Computing, Distributed Systems & Protocols for Cyber-Physical Systems, Data Aggregation, Management and Analysis, Robust Embedded Computing Platforms, Energy-driven Computing.

Education and Training

Assistant Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, June 2014 — Current.

Division: Mathematics and Computer Science Division

Research Mentor: Dr. Peter H. Beckman

Post-Doctoral Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory, July 2011 — May 2014.

Division: Mathematics and Computer Science Division

Post-doc Advisor: Sr. Sci. Charles E. Catlett

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, Louisiana State University, 2005 — 2011.

Thesis Topic: Decoupling User Interface Design using Libraries of Reusable Components

Thesis Advisors: Dr. Brygg A. Ullmer & Dr. Jagannathan Ramanujam.

Minor: Computer Science

CGPA: 4.0

B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering, Periyar University (Salem, India), 2000 — 2004.

Project Topic: Low-cost Satellite tracking infrastructure for ANUSAT.

Project Advisor: Dr. P. V. Ramakrishna

Honors: University Gold Medalist

CGPA: 8.9/10

Professional Experience

Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, June 2014 — current.

Assistant Computer Scientist at Mathematics and Computer Science Division, mentored by Dr. Peter H. Beckman

Perform research in Computing Systems with an emphasis in sensor driven computation and computa- tionally steered sensing and actuation - electronic hardware, sensors, actuators and computing-system software, Linux OS and Cyber-physical systems. Collaborate closely with researchers from various di- visions in the laboratory and other institutions, and participate in conceiving new research goals and problem solving techniques. Other duties performed include proposal writing, focus area development, student mentoring and dissemination of research results.

Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, July 2011 — May

2014.

Postdoctoral Researcher at Mathematics and Computer Science Division, advised by Sr. Sci. Charles Catlett

Perform research in Computing Systems with an emphasis in distributed embedded systems - electronic hardware, sensors, actuators and computing-system software, and Cyber-physical systems. Collaborate closely with researchers from various divisions in the laboratory and participate in conceiving new research goals and problem solving techniques. Other duties performed include proposal writing, focus area development, student mentoring and dissemination of research results.

Center for Computation and Technology, Louisiana State University, 2005 — 2011.

Research Assistant at the Tangible Visualization Laboratory, with Dr. Brygg Ullmer

Perform research in Electrical and Computer Engineering with emphasis on Embedded Systems and Human-computer Interaction. Job duties included mentoring junior undergraduate and graduate stu- dents, and dissemination of research results. Developed the software and hardware architecture, de- signed and fabricated circuits, developed communication protocols, firmware and software stacks for a multi-module embedded computing platform for highly parallel tasks. Lead designer and architect for Blades & Tiles platform and several Human-computer Interaction projects involving the platform. Mentored about a dozen graduate, undergraduate and high-school school students.

Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, May — August

2010.

Summer Intern at RADIX: Laboratory for Scalable and Parallel Programming Tools, with Dr. Kamil Iskra

Perform academic research in distributed embedded systems - sensors and actuators, and system soft- ware for HPC cluster physical environment monitoring. Developed a wired (Ethernet, SPI, RS-232 and I2C) and wireless (IEEE 802.11 and 802.15.4) sensor envelope testbed for acquiring and analyzing real-time environmental (temperature, humidity, airflow etc.) parameters from air-cooled computing clusters. Developed embedded sensor modules, embedded GNU/Linux based data aggregation and analysis platform and system software+hardware architecture.

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, May — August 2005.

Hardware Programmer - LAXATEV Payload, with Dr. Michael Cherry

Developed a PC/104 x86 based platform for interfacing with photo-multiplier tubes (PMT) and sensing high-altitude gamma-ray/X-ray emissions. The system interfaced with the PMT hardware chain, sensed events and stored the event data on a solid state storage device. Worked in a team of 8 experimental physicists, hardware and software researchers.

Selected Proposals With Significant Contributions

DOE-LDRD - Automated Microbial Detection and Quantification, PI - Jack Gilbert, 2014.

DOE-Exploratory Research for Extreme-Scale Science - A Methodology for Thermal and Power Char- acterization of HPC Systems to Drive Thermal-Aware Operating System Research, PI - Peter Beckman,

2014.

NSF-MRI - Array of Things, PI - Charles Cattlet, 2014.

DOE-LDRD - Improving and Validating Models of the Urban-Climate Connection with Dense Sensor Network, PI - Rob Jacob, 2013.

DOE-LDRD - Developing An Integrated Sensor Network for Science, PI - Pete Beckman, 2013.

DOE-LDRD - Identifying Patterns and Association among Hyperspectral Data and Meteorological and Biological Measurements for Investigating Near-Surface Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions, PI - Yuki Hamada, 2013.

NSF-CyberSEES - An Integrated Testbed to Improve Sustainable Community Agriculture with Sensors, Weather and Plant Models, and Streaming Data Analysis, PI - Peter Beckman, 2013.

DOE-BTO - Advanced micro-CHP system for US market, PI - Sreenath Guptha, 2013. DOE-LDRD - Toward an Argonne Earth Science Facility, PI - Peter Beckman, 2012. NSF-CPS - Open Privacy Preserving Indoor Location Service, PI - Charles Catlett, 2012.

Proposal under preparation - NSF CNH, PI - Jack Gilbert, 2014

Proposal under preparation - NSF CISE MRI, PI - Charlie Catlett & Mike Papka, 2014

Activities — Professional and Outreach

Mentored 6 undergraduate and 9 graduate Students at Argonne National Laboratory, 2011 — 2014

Engineering Lead, Array of Things initiative, 2014 — current.

Development Lead, Wa88le Platform for Intelligent Attentive Sensors. 2014 — current. Member, American Geophysical Union, 2014 — current.

Recruiting Committee member - 1 EVS Postdoc, 1 EVS Scientific Programmer, 2 MCS Postdocs, 1 MCS Software Development Specialist.

Safety Planing and Work Control documentation for the Tinker Lab component of the TCS 4312 Labora- tory for maintaining DOE and OSHA compliance.

Contributor, EPA Proposal, PI Veerabhadra R. Kotamarthi, 2014.

Contributor, Fermi Lecture by Peter Beckman, 2014.

Contributor, Emerging Needs and Technological Gaps in Terrestrial Biogeochemistry Measurements, EOS, 2013

Argonne Speaker, UChicago Summer Games Workshop, 2013.

Co-conducted a workshop on "Sensor Needs for Terrestrial Biogeochemistry Measurements", Argonne National Laboratory, 2013.

Judge, Illinois Skyway STEM Research and Poster Competition, 2013.

SAIC; Co-taught “GFRY2013: A Room With a View", mentored 3 Graduate Students, Spring 2013. Contributor, Argonne Outloud Talk by Peter Beckman, 2013.

Contributor, EPA Proposal, PI Christina Negri, 2013.

Technical advisor, Uchicago-Argonne LakeSIM project, 2013-2014.

Research and Proposal Support, Chicago Mayor’s Challenge proposal, 2013.

ETRI Guest; Co-hosted Dr. Marie Kim from ETRI for collaborative research discussions, 2012. Contributor, Argonne Open House, 2012.

Reviewer, NSF Panel on Big Data, 2012.

Contributor, Conceptualizing a Genomics Software Institute, White Paper, Standards In Genomic Sci- ence, 2012.