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Relevant Experience |
| FedEx Ground IT Services intern, Pittsburgh PA | June 2006 to August 2006 |
| Graduate Student Researcher at the Personalized Adaptive Web Systems (PAWS) lab, SIS, University of Pittsburgh |
August 2005 to June 2006
and August 2006 to December 2006 |
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ADAM
| Description | Adam is a multidimensional visualization tool based on star coordinate visualizations. It’s a java applet developed for access through the browser. Currently the system is used for course relevance visualization; future work includes job search visualization. |
| Developed For | Personalized Adaptive Web Systems (PAWS) lab and Dr. Peter Brusilovsky. |
| Tools Used | Java application, XML parsing developed on Net Beans IDE. |
| Vikrant’s Role | Individual research project. |
| Description | Homework Help Tool is a course assignment management system. The system is specifically designed for C programming courses. By adding or extracting ontology to/from the assignments and solutions, PAWS lab intends to explore a new approach for personalization and adaptive e-learning. This is a research project. |
| Developed For | Personalized Adaptive Web Systems (PAWS) lab and Dr. Peter Brusilovsky. |
| Tools Used | JSP, Servlets, EJB, MySQL, JDBC, Apache Fileupload, JavaScript, various Tomcat installations, developed on Eclipse 3.0 and Netbeans 5.0 and 5.5 beta platforms. |
| Vikrant’s Role | This was an independent study, that is, it was an individual project. |
Adaptive Treemap
| Description | Treemap was a project developed by UMD, PAWS labs are trying to add social navigation and personalization to this project to visualize personalized data. |
| Developed For | Personalized Adaptive Web Systems (PAWS) lab and Dr. Peter Brusilovsky. |
| Tools Used | NetBeans IDE, Commons IO, java keytool, java security and certification. |
| Vikrant’s Role | Individual research project. |
PMI
| Description | Treemap was a project developed by UMD, PAWS labs are trying to add social navigation and personalization to this project to visualize personalized data. |
| Developed For | IT Services FedEx Ground. |
| Tools Used | MS Access and Eclipse IDE. |
| Vikrant’s Role | Design and demo implementation. |
Dashboard
| Description | This is a monitoring and decision support system for four deployed web applications. The project is intended to use graphs and present data after initial processing for user friendly interaction. |
| Developed For | IT Services FedEx Ground. |
| Tools Used | AS400, JSF, JSP, EJB, BEA Weblogic server, developed on Eclipse IDE. |
| Vikrant’s Role | Research on open source graphing tools, implementing dynamic navigation menu using Java Server Faces and AS400 backend. |
VisionWIKI
| Description | This is documentation WIKI for the Vision Project. |
| Developed For | IT Services FedEx Ground. |
| Tools Used | JSP Wiki (Open source project), JSP, Tomcat 5.5, Windows NT (data stored on networked drive) |
| Vikrant’s Role | Research and implementation of best open source Wikis, presenting the project to higher management, documentation, technical support and assistance. |
Mau Mau
| Description | This is a client server card game. The server is a multithreaded java application, the client is swing based user interface. |
| Developed For | Client Server course. |
| Tools Used | Java application, EJB, Java Swing, Tomcat 6.0 web server, developed on NetBeans 5.5 platform. |
| Vikrant’s Role | This was a group project. Vikrant’s role was to develop message protocols, design and implement the server, and manage client-server message interaction. |
AJAX Chat
| Description | A web application for multiple user chat based on AJAX technology. |
| Developed For | E-Business course. |
| Tools Used | JavaScript and DOM manipulation, AJAX, JSP, Web Services, Java servlets, EJB, MySQL database, tomcat web server, developed on NetBeans 5.5 platform. |
| Vikrant’s Role | Learning AJAX and Web Services. |
The Warehouse
| Description | A transaction management and Decision Support System with Analytical Database querying and management. It implements a shopping cart and supports business critical decision support system. |
| Developed For | Database Management course project. |
| Tools Used | JSP, Java Servlets, EJB, Tomcat 5.5 web server, MySQL Database, Oracle Database, PlSql, developed on NetBeans 5.5 platform. |
| Vikrant’s Role | This was a group project. Vikrant’s role was to design and implement the web application, assist and modify the database where required, developing complex queries to answer decision support questions. |
SIS Alumni Portal Design
| Description | A web 2.0 application to increase Alumni involvement and donations to the School of Information Sciences. |
| Developed For | E-Business course project. |
| Tools Used | JSP, JavaScript, Google Maps API, MySQL database. |
| Vikrant’s Role | This was a group project. Vikrant’s role was research and implementation of Google Maps API. |
Project Manager’s Desk
| Description | This is a project management system that helps a project manager in designing and tracking the development of projects using COCOMO and FPA models. |
| Developed For | Mr. Shrikant Palkar, private consultant, Mumbai, India. |
| Tools Used | JSP, MySQL, JavaScript. |
| Vikrant’s Role | This was a group project. Vikrant’s duties included research and implementation various cost analysis models. |
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