SRIVIDHYA RAJENDRAN e-mail : sritemp2000@yahoo.com (preferred), srividhya.rajendran@uta.edu Home Page: http://cseweb.uta.edu/~srajendr CAREER GOAL To work for a research oriented institution or organization to share my knowledge and enhance my research abilities. EDUCATION - Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering Fall 04 - Present University of Texas at Arlington,TX Major Areas: Artificial Intelligence,Machine Learning, Development of Intelligent Behavior Thesis Advisor: Dr. Manfred Huber - M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering Spring 01 - Fall 03 University of Texas at Arlington,TX Thesis: Developing Focus of Attention Strategies Using Reinforcement Learning Thesis Advisor: Dr. Manfred Huber GPA: 3.73/4.0 - B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering Fall 94 - Fall 98 Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalay, Sardar Patel University Vallabhvidya Nagar, Anand, Gujarat, India B.S. Project: Developing a C Program for Auto calibration of Energy Meters Project Advisor: Vittal N. Kamat GPA: 3.6/4.0 MASTERS THESIS - Developing Focus of Attention Strategies using Reinforcement Learning, Author: Srividhya Rajendran M.S. Thesis (UTA-CSE Technical Report No. CSE-2003-32), (c) 2003 Computer Science and Engineering, UT Arlington. ADVISOR: Dr. Manfred Huber COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr. Lawrence Holder, Dr. Farhad Kamangar and Dr, Manfred Huber BACHELORS PROJECT - Developing a C Program for Auto calibration of Energy Meters Authors: Srividhya Rajendran, Deepankar Gupta and Navita Relan B.S. Project,(c) 1998 Computer Science and Engineering, B.V.M. Engineering College, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India. JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS-REFEREED - Learning Task-Specific Sensing, Control and Memory Policies, Authors: Srividhya Rajendran, Manfred Huber In International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, Vol 14, No 1-2 (2005), pp 303-327. (C)2005 World Scientific Publishing.(Invited Paper) CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS-REFEREED - Developing Task-Specific Sensing Strategies Using Reinforcement Learning, Authors: Srividhya Rajendran, Manfred Huber In Proceedings of the 17th International FLAIRS Conference Miami Beach, FL, pp 738-743, (c)2004 AAAI Press. - Learning Task-Specific Memory Policies, Authors: Srividhya Rajendran, Manfred Huber In Proceedings of the 6th IASTED International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control, Honolulu, Hawaii, pp 238-243. (c)2004 IASTED. POSTER PRESENTATIONS - A visually presented extension of the DRM paradigm: Incidence of false memories in truth or lie conditions with observer judgments of participant responses. Authors: Srividhya Rajendran, Matthew Banks, Heather Bassuk, Mike Blevins, Shannon Blevins, Kyle Bryan, Edie Jauregui, Trang Le, Marie Oum, Phuong Phan, Neelam Rawal, Kristi Rhodes,Cres Salazar, Demetrius Salter, and Roger Wesson. University of Texas at Arlington.(c)2005 Department of Psychology PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY - Over 3 years of experience as software developer with exposure in analysis, system design, development, testing, deployment. - Over 5 years of experience in research and development. - Over 2 years of experience as systems and network engineer with exposure in software/ hardware installation, trouble shooting. - Possess proven ability to gather client requirements, design customized solutions and implementation methods to ensure success. - Fine analytical, inter-personal & communication skills with experience in interacting with clients, multiple user groups and managing small development teams. - Ability to work in a fast paced environment with timeline and deadlines. - Possess proven ability to teach classes. INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE - Graduate Research Assistant Fall 2004 - present AI and Robotics Lab, Comp. Sc. Engg. Dept., The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Developing novel approach for autonomously discovering and abstracting homomorphic policies. Developing methods that allows the AI agents to use the abstracted polices to learn new tasks. - Graduate Research Assistant Spr 2002 - Fall 2003 AI and Robotics Lab, Comp. Sc. Engg. Dept.. The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Developed a RL algorithm method that uses the cognitive theory of "Focus of Attention" to select and learn the features that are important for task completion. Developed method that learns what events in the world are important for the AI agents to remember to learn a task [IJAIT 05][IASTED 04][FLAIRS 04]. - Systems and Software Engineer Aug 1998 - Dec 2000 Larsen & Toubro (India) - Sargent & Lundy (Chicago) Ltd., Baroda, India Administration Activities - Troubleshoot hardware and software problems. - Installation of packages and other hardware - Perform database backups. - Troubleshoot Novell GroupWise Mail 5.0. - Install and maintain antivirus software in the organization. Networking: - TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, NT Server, IIS Server, Proxy server, Windows 98/ NT/ 2000/XP. Training - Organized intradepartmental knowledge sharing sessions. - Trained the new engineer trainees about the office software. - Trained the end users on how to use the packages developed by my department. ISO Activities - Developed coding and code reuse procedures, backup procedures, software installation and troubleshooting procedures, performance improvement procedures. - Led my department to obtain an ISO 9001 Certification. Software Development : Designed and developed electrical, civil and mechanical engineering softwares, developed package for planning, scheduling and maintaining various details and revisions of engineering projects under L&T-S&L. Role: - Gather user requirements. - Develop UI Screens. - Design and Develop database for storing the data sets. - Design and develop reports. - Involved in deploying the developed package. - Develop user manual. - Programmer/Analyst ( Co-op Position) Feb 1998 - July 1998 Baroda Electric Meter, Anand, India Designed, developed a GUI Based application to automate the calibration of three phase and single phase digital energy meters by using the RS 232 port allowing it to communicate with the optical port of the energy meters. - Involved in gathering information about the phases and different requirements during these phases for calibration of energy meters. - Involved in the development and testing. - Developed the GUI to monitor the progress of the auto calibration process. Environment: UNIX, C, C++, Motif, Shell Scripting, RS 232 Communications. - Engineer Trainee (Summer Internship) May 1997 - July 1997 Department of Atomic Energy- Kakrapar, Government of India. - Designed and developed user interface for control processes detecting heavy water leakage in nuclear reactors calandria. - Designed and developed package for the heavy water coolant unit. Environment: UNIX, C/C++, Motif. TEACHING EXPERIENCE - Statistics and Hypothesis Testing, Graduate level Course on Reasoning with Uncertainty for Data Interpretation, Modeling and Decision Making CSE 6392, Fall 2006, Class Strength - 16. - Robot Control Architecture,Graduate level Course on Autonomous Robots CSE 4360/5364,Spring 2006, Class Strength- 25. - Bayesian Protein Structure Prediction, Graduate level Course on Reasoning with Uncertainty for Data Interpretation, Modeling and Decision Making CSE 6392, Fall 2005, Class Strength- 27. - Human Computer Interaction using Universal Speech Interfaces, Advance Topics in AI & Networks CSE 6344,Sprng 2002, Class Strength- 20. COMPUTER SKILLS - Software Proficient in:C, C++, Shell Scripting,FORTRAN, BASIC, HTML, DHTML Visual Basic 6.0, VB Script & Jscript (client & server) Java 2.0 (application, applets and servlets) - Software Familiar with: C#, XML, Lisp, Visual C++,J2EE, Swing, EJB.XML, XSL, XSLT, COM, DCOM. - Database : Oracle 7.3.2, Microsoft Access, O2 (OODBMS), MySQL, JDBC, ODBC. - Platforms : MS Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME/XP, Linux, UNIX - Others : X/ Motif, lex, yacc, Crystal Reports 7, Rational Rose JBuilder, Front Page 2000, Java Bayes, EBayes, OPNET, Netica, SNNS 4.0,Neural Networks, Path Planner, Theorem Prover. ACADEMIC HONORS and AWARDS - Marquis Who’s who in America, 2007. - Recipient of STEM Scholarship from University of Texas Arlington. Fall 05 - Present - Member of Tau Beta Pi " The Engineering Honor Society" Member since Fall 05. - Outstanding Science Student Award 1994 (in 10000+ Students) - WestIndia Zone National Talent Search Exam conducted by National Council of Educational Research & Training, India - Recipient of Regional Math Olympiad (RMO) Awards 1992,1993,1994 Conducted by National Board for Higher Mathematics, Government of India - Recipient of Indian National Mathematics Olympiad (INMO) Award in 93-W.India Zone Conducted by National Board for Higher Mathematics, Government of India. GRADUATE COURSES COMPLETED Compiler Design,Database Systems II,Operating Systems II,Software Engineering-I Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence -I, Artificial Intelligence -II, Computer Networks II, Computer Architecture-II, Advanced Topics in Artificial intelligence and Networks, Autonomous Robots, Reasoning with Uncertainty for Data Interpretation, Modeling, and Decision Making, Theories of Human Learning and Memory, Research topics in Reinforcement Learning. UNDERGRADUATE COURSES COMPLETED Mathematics-I,Engg. Graphics, Engg.Mechanics,Mechanical Engg.,Electrical Engg.-I Mathematics-II, Manufacturing processes, Civil Engg-I, Strength of Material, Basic Electronics, Mathematics-III, Computer Programming, Electrical Engg-II, Fluid Mechanics, Electronic Circuits I, Network Analysis-I, Microprocessors-I Intro to Theoretical Computer Science, Programming Tech.,Computer Peripherals Microprocessors II,Computer Applications in Business, Network Analysis-II Digital Computer organization, Data structure and Algorithms, Computer Graphics Digital Circuits, Industrial Application of Computer Tech,Operating systems, Advanced Computer Organization, Compiler Design,Object-Oriented Prog. EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES - Reading, Swimming, Surfing, Badminton, Bridge - Helping Organize RoboPro - The Robot Competition For High School Kids Organized by : Computer Science and Engineering Department University of Texas at Arlington. - Helped in Organizing the Larsen and Toubro Sport Festival , Baroda - Helped in Organizing Inter Collegiate Festival "SPARSH" B.V.M Engineering College, Sardar Patel University. - Volunteer in the local Missionary "MISSION ARLINGTON" that helps poor and homeless people. - Volunteer in local Park and Recreational Facility cleanups Organized by: University of Texas at Arlington REFERENCES Available Upon Request.