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