AMMAR KARACHIWALA

2111 Holly Hall St, Apt # 706 Houston, TX-77054 Phone: (817) 584 8794 Email: ammar.karachiwala@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
 Actively seeking a new job opportunity to utilize and enhance my experience and knowledge in the field of
Computer Science.
 MS in CS candidate (MAY 2011)
 Developed software on different platforms through course work and work related projects.
 Hard worker and a fast learner.
 Good academic standing.

EDUCATION
College of Natural Science and Mathematics University of Houston, Houston, TX Expected
Graduation - May 2011
Masters in Computer Science.

M.H.Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India Graduated - June 2009
Bachelors in Computer Engineering.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Operating Systems Windows Vista, XP, 2000, Linux (Ubuntu

Karmic).
Programming Languages C, C++,C#, HTML, MySQL, JAVA,
Tornado,.NET,
Scripting Shell Scripting
Application tools Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point.
Compiler OpenUH (Open64).
Programming Models OpenMP,MPI
Animation and Gaming Autodesk Maya and Microsoft XNA

WORK EXPERIENCE

 Thesis under Dr. Rong Zheng (Assistant Professor ) in Computer Networks.

o Developing software involving computer networking.
o Software is to be tailored for on an embedded device (Xbox 360).
o Visual C# and XNA 4.0 will be used to build the software.
o The software would involve cloud computing concepts.

 Worked as a Network Technician for ADCOMP SYSTEMS.

o Installed necessary software and troubleshot problems associated.
o Setup LAN network for the PCs.

 U of H Campus Recreational and Wellness Centre Official.

o Referee for Flag Football and Indoor Soccer.
 TECHNICAL PROJECTS

 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF ERASURE CODES FOR SURVIVABLE STORAGE (Jan ‘10 to May ’10)
o Evaluated the impact on memory and computations of producing redundancy on a system
using these codes.
o Simulated disk encoding and failures, using files to form other encoded files.
o Implementations in were done using C.

 PROGRAMMING A BEAGLE BOARD (Jan ’10 to May ’10)

o Programming an ARM (OMAP3530 processor) processor with a DSP (TMS320C64x) running
alongside.C6x cross compiler is used. Cross Compiled DSP link, and made to run on the
hardware.
o Implemented media player to play videos output using Gtk+ for User Interface and Gstream
for video codec.

 PERFORMED LOOP FUSION IN OPENUH COMPILER (Aug ‘09 to Dec ‘09).

o Loop fusion optimization was performed on any input program for the compiler.
o All the implementations were done in C++.
o Loop fusion was performed so as to understand the working of the Open 64 compiler.

 SURVEY ON WIRELESS LAN 802.11. (Aug ‘09 to Dec ’09)

o Wireless LAN’s were analyzed for their security and compatibility for multimedia and
performance.

 ELEVATOR SHCEDULING WITH REAL TIME CONSTRAINTS (Aug ‘09 to Dec ‘09)
o A soft real time system was implemented using .NET.
o The system prioritized passengers in a cart according to time constraints.

 INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION (July ‘09 to July ’10)

o Developed the database to index and link to the site.
o Implemented video on demand where videos were streamed to the end user.

 IMAGE VIEWER (July ‘08 to Dec ’08)

o Designed a program to index and sort images in C++.
o It sorted and performed operation like cropping, thresholding, brightness and color settings
for an image.

RELEVANT COURSES
Real Time Systems , Language and Compilers, Shared Memory Programming, Computer Networks, Parallel
Computing, Intro. to Game and Art and Animation and Operating Systems

CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES / HONORS

 CPR trained by American Red Cross.
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 Joint Membership Head of CSI-MHSSCOE Student Branch (Bombay Section) –
June 2007 to May 2008
 Treasurer of CSI-MHSSCOE Student Branch Bombay Section –
June 2008 to May 2009
 Joint Head for the Logistics Department for the inter-collegiate Festival “PURPLE 2008”.
 Core Committee for inter college Event “KOMPKRAFT 2009”.