Rajesh Sankaran
Phone: 630.252.3181 Fax: 630.252.5986 |
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Email: [email protected] |
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Bldg. 240, 9700 South Cass Avenue |
Homepage: http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~rajesh/ |
Argonne, IL 60439 |
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Research Interests
Embedded Computing, Distributed Systems & Protocols for
Education and Training
Assistant Computer Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, June 2014 — Current.
Division: Mathematics and Computer Science Division
Research Mentor: Dr. Peter H. Beckman
Division: Mathematics and Computer Science Division
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:
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
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
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
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,
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
Selected Proposals With Significant Contributions
2014.
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.
Judge, Illinois Skyway STEM Research and Poster Competition, 2013.
SAIC;
Contributor, EPA Proposal, PI Christina Negri, 2013.
Technical advisor,
Research and Proposal Support, Chicago Mayor’s Challenge proposal, 2013.
ETRI Guest;
Reviewer, NSF Panel on Big Data, 2012.
Contributor, Conceptualizing a Genomics Software Institute, White Paper, Standards In Genomic Sci- ence, 2012.