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Summary
Education
Work Experience
Publications
     Journal
     Conference
Course Work
     Graduate
     Under Graduate
Projects
Computer Skills
Professional Honors

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Competence Summary

  • Proficient in wireless technologies such as OFDM systems, channel equalization techniques, error control coding, multiple
    access cellular architectures, IEEE 802.11 standards for Wireless Local Area Networks.
  • Strong theoretical background in telecommunication and signal processing areas such as information theory, stochastic
    and probability theory, RF component analysis and adaptive signal processing.
  • Extensive experience in analyzing, simulating and experimentally evaluating various channel estimation algorithms and the
    IEEE 802.11a protocol.
  • Knowledge of various computer network protocols such as TCP/IP and Ethernet.

·         Programming skills in C and Java on Unix, Linux and Windows platforms.

  • Ability to grasp and analyze complex engineering problems, coupled with articulate communication skills.

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Education

·         Drexel University Philadelphia, PA, USA
M.S. in Computer Science Jan 2004 - Current
CGPA: 3.89/4.0

·         Drexel University Philadelphia, PA, USA
M.S. in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering Jun 2003
GPA: 3.93/4.0
Dissertation: “Performance Analysis of the IEEE 802.11a Protocol at the Physical Layer”. (2003)(Defense Slides)

·         University of Mumbai Mumbai, India
B.E. in Electronics Engineering Jun 2001
First Class with honors
Dissertation: “Automation and Centralization of the Signal System of Mumbai Suburban Railway". (2000-2001)

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Work Experience

Drexel University Philadelphia, PA, USA

Teaching Assistant, Computer Science Department Jan 2004 - Current

  • Computer Networks (Graduate and Undergraduate Level): Assist in preparing and grading assignments in socket based programming
    (Java, C and C++), protocol design and other networking topics.

·         Applied Symbolic Computing (Undergraduate Level): Using Maple for symbolic computing and recursive procedures.

 

Researcher, Antenna Laboratory Aug 2003 – Sep 2003

  • Testing RF MIMO transceivers and antenna systems for mobile ad-hoc networks in the 2.4 GHz range.

 

Research Assistant, Communications and Signal Processing Laboratory (CSPL)  Oct 2001 – Jun 2003

  • Established a wireless test-bed for estimating communication channels over a wide range of frequencies up to 5GHz.
    Validated several algorithms developed in the laboratory using data obtained using the wireless test-bed under
    stationary and mobile transceiver scenarios.
  • Blind channel estimation for cyclostationary inputs.
  • Analyzed performance of the IEEE 802.11a protocol at the physical layer viz. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
    in stationary and mobile ad-hoc networks; and investigated effects of time-varying channels on performance of the protocol.

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Publications

Journal Papers

  • S. Yatawatta, A.P Petropulu and R. Dattani, “Blind Channel Estimation using Fractional Sampling”, in the IEEE Transactions
    on Vehicular Technology    , Mar 2004.(pdf)

Conference Papers

  • S. Yatawatta, A.P Petropulu and R. Dattani, “Blind Estimation of Bandlimited Channels: A Low Complexity Approach”, in
    the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2003),
    Hong Kong, Apr 2003. (pdf)
  • I. Bradaric, R. Dattani, A.P Petropulu, F.L Schurgot, Jr. and J. Inserra, "Analysis of the Physical Layer Performance of the
    IEEE 802.11a In An Ad-Hoc Network Environment”, in the Proceedings of Military Communications Conference
    (MILCOM 2003)    , Boston, Oct 2003.(pdf)

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Relevant Coursework

Graduate:

  • Telecommunications I,II,III: Information theory, digital communications systems, coding theory, optical communications.
  • Advanced Telecommunications I,II: RF systems and component analysis, wireless cellular system design, smart antenna and
    Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems.
  • Digital Signal Processing I,II,III: Adaptive filtering, Array Signal Processing, Parametric and Non-Parametric system modeling.
  • Stochastic Systems I,II: Univariate and multivariate functions and queuing theory.
  • Computer Network Design: Fundamentals of application, transport, network and link layer protocols, routing algorithms
    such as RIP, OSPF and BGP, traffic scheduling and policing and network security.
  • Telecommunications Management and Telecommunication Policies.
  • High Performance Computing
  • Design Patterns and Object-Oriented Design.

Undergraduate:

  • Digital Signal Processing and Signals and Systems
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronics I,II,III
  • Digital and Analog Logic Design
  • Electronic System Design
  • Microprocessor Design

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Academic Projects

  • Comparison of UHFFT and SPIRAL, platform-adaptive libraries for the Fast Fourier Transform: non-power of two sizes (2004).
  • Optimization of Base Station Location in a Wireless Cellular System, a survey (2003).(Term Report) (Short Class Presentation)
  • Frequency Spectrum Allocation and Management Policies in the United States of America, a study (2003).(Term Report)
  • Free Space Optics, a study (2002).(Term Report)
  • Automation and Centralization of the Signal System in the Mumbai Suburban Railway, a simulation in C under the supervision of
    the school (TSEC) and the Deputy Chief of Signal & Telecommunication Engineer of Western Railway, Mumbai (2000-2001).

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Computer Skills

  • Operating Environments: Redhat Linux 8.x, Windows NT 4.0 2000, and XP on x86, Solaris 5.7 and 5.8 on Sun UltraSparc II and III.
  • Language Skills: C, Java, UML, Perl, Pascal.
  • Wireless Application Packages: FASANT Ray Tracing Simulation Tool, Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS), Ansoft Designer.
  • Software Packages: MATLAB, Maple, MS Office 2000/XP

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Honors and Professional Memberships

  • Teaching Assistantship, Dept. of Computer Science, Drexel University (Jan 2004-Current)
  • Research Assistantship, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University (2001-2003).
  • Seminar series certificate in Telecommunication Networking at the Applied Communications and Information Networking (ACIN)
    group of Drexel University at Camden, PA, USA.
  • Thadomal Shahani Engineering College (TSEC) Leadership Award (2001).
  • Scholarship from Pirojshah Godrej Memorial Trust (2001).
  • Chairperson of the IEEE IES student chapter of TSEC (2001).
  • Vice-chairperson of the IEEE IES student chapter of TSEC (2000).
  • Higher Secondary Certificate Board – ranked 19th out of 1463249 students in HSC Board (1997).
  • Member of IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society (COMSOC) since 1998 and 2000 respectively.

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