PRASHANT RATHI

1829 E 5Th Street Apt #C

Duluth MN 55812

218-724-4417 or 218-726-7130

http://www.d.umn.edu/~rath0085

OBJECTIVE

A full-time position in the field of software design, development or testing.

EDUCATION

Master of Science May 2004

University of Minnesota Duluth UMD

Major: Computer Science

Current GPA: 3.59/4.00

Bachelor of Engineering June 2002

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, INDIA.

Major: Computer Engineering

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows NT/2000/XP, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS 9.1/X, MS_DOS.

Languages: C, C++, Perl, HTML, UML, Assembly Language, Visual Basic, VHDL.

Software Packages: Lex, Yacc, MS Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash

, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

Database Tools: SQL, MS Access.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant

Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab, UMD September 2002-Present

·  Install, maintain, and configure visualization, video editing and graphics software and lab equipment, including computers, printers, digital cameras and other equipment. Maintain the lab website. Provide technical support to lab users.

URL: http://www.d.umn.edu/vdil

PROJECTS

Home Appliance Control using Mobile phone

Sentiment Classification

Parallel Implementation of Latent Semantic Analysis

Development of website

THESIS

“Role of Information Science to improve the performance of registered nurses in the ICU” – under Dr. Piotr Windyga.

AWARDS

·  2nd prize in Mobile Computing Applications at Concepts 2002, National Project Exhibition held at Pune Institute of Technology for ‘Home Appliance Control using Mobile phone’.

·  1st prize in Open software Contest at Genesis, an intra-college event held at Bhartiya Vidhyapith, Pune for ‘Home Appliance Control using Mobile phone’.

·  Awarded the National Talent Scholarship by NCERT in 1996.

·  18th in Merit List at the Secondary School Certificate Examination in 1996.

·  12th in Merit List at the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination in 1998.

ACTIVITIES

·  Organizing the VLSI Seminar which involved lectures delivered by experts in the field.

VISA STATUS

F-1 Student Visa

REFERENCES

Available upon request