<p> NAVINA RAMESH 3800, SW 34th Street, CC-293 • Gainesville FL 32608 (352)-214-0866 • [email protected] • http://cise.ufl.edu/~navina/</p><p>Education: Master in Computer Engineering (Expected) May 2013 University of Florida, Gainesville GPA: 3.7 out of 4 Bachelors in Information Technology Aug ‘04 - May ‘08 College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, India GPA: 8.9 out of 10</p><p>Relevant Advanced Data Structures, Analysis of Algorithms, Database Management Systems, Computer Networks Courses: Internet Programming, Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, Advanced Java Programming</p><p>Skills: Language Known: Proficient in C, Java, Prior experience in Perl, C++, Javascript, PHP, JSP, AJAX OS: Ubuntu, RHEL Server Databases: MySQL, Oracle RDBMS</p><p>Professional 1) Systems Engineer (IC 2), Yahoo! India SDC Pvt. Ltd Jul ‘08 – Jul ‘11 Experience: Production Engineer – Yahoo! Search Runtime Developed configuration management tools used for Yahoo! Search application deployment and infrastructure build Search Tree-i-fication – Deployed and tested the additional abstract layer of servers between search proxies and search query clusters (databases); Reduced the latency by 15% Developed tool for aggregating failure rates on hardware used for running Search application using YUI, Perl, PHP and MySQL Member of the 24X7 Yahoo! Search runtime support team Release Engineer – Yahoo! Search Content Systems Deployment/Configuration of a torrent based data distribution system (Courier) Setup of Rules Extraction Framework (Vertex) on Hadoop cluster</p><p>2) Programmer Intern, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India Apr ’06 – Jul ‘06 Designed & developed the online graduate application system using MySQL, HTML, PHP and Javascript</p><p>Projects: 1) Performance analysis of Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm using various priority queue data structures</p><p>2) Bachelor Project on Adaptive Recommendation System for Mobile Users Analyzed the effect of combining content and context parameters for generating predictions using the Naive Bayesian classifier, and adapted the recommended media file delivery based on the user’s current context Experiment improved that the accuracy of prediction for mobile users by more than 7% Prototype was developed using Nokia Mobile Toolkit, Apache Tomcat Server and Helix Server</p><p>3) Engineering College Hostels office Organizer (ECHO) Set up a client/server application over a LAN of 15 systems that combined the functionality of inventory management, accounting system and admission processing and reporting system; Developed using Java swing, MySQL, Apache server and Jasper reports. Currently being used at the Hostels office in College of Engineering, Guindy, the software was developed using Java, MySQL and iReport system</p><p>4) Survey Gators - A customizable and reusable survey template generator developed using Oracle RDBMS, PHP and jQuery 5) Statistical data gathering and visual modeling to track Internet users' browsing pattern, implemented using Visual Basic</p><p>Awards: • Awarded 'Best Cadet in Technical Training (Silver)’ and ‘Best Cadet in Co-curricular Training (Bronze)’ at Naval Tech Attachment Camp ‘05  Secured 3rd position inter-zonal Ball Badminton tournament '06  My design of online certificate reimbursement tracker was chosen as one of the top 5 entries in the Accenture Design Challenge '07</p><p>Achievements: • Core member and website administrator for Kurukshetra ’08 – an annual international techno management fest organized by College of Engineering, Guindy and accredited by UNESCO  Developed a virtual stock market game and hosted it at Kurukshetra '08  Executive Director (2006-08) of Computer Society of Anna University - a volunteer-based programming club</p>