Ph. D. Computer Science -- University of California, Davis --
GPA 3.85/4.00 -- July '98. Dissertation: Efficient Design of Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(WDM)-based Optical Networks. Advisor: Prof. Biswanath Mukherjee.
M. S. Computer Science -- University of California, Davis --
June '95.
B. Tech. Computer Science and Engg. -- Indian Institute of Technology,
Madras, India -- July '93.
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS :
Fellow, Professors for the Future Program, UC Davis, 1995-96.
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee Member for two exams: Communications and Software Systems, Fall '98.
I serve on the Department Search Committee which has the onerous
task of recruiting for five open positions this year at all levels and
several areas.
I serve on the Department Facilities
Committee which is responsible for looking into the upgrading and
maintenance of the Computer Systems and Operating Facilities for satisfying
the Department needs now and into the future.
RESEARCH INTERESTS :
High-speed computer network architectures and protocols.
Control and management of optical, wireless, ATM, and TCP/IP networks.
Techniques for global system optimization.
PUBLICATIONS :
PUBLISHED/ACCEPTED:
B. Ramamurthy, H. Feng, D. Datta, J. P. Heritage, and B. Mukherjee,
``SIMON: A Simulator for Optical Networks,''SPIE Photonics East '99, Conference on
All-Optical Networking, March 1999 (submitted).
B. Ramamurthy, D. Datta, H. Feng, J. P. Heritage, and B. Mukherjee,
``Impact of transmission impairments on teletraffic performance of wavelength-routed
optical networks,'' IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Early 1999 (conditionally accepted for publication).
Debasish Datta, Byrav Ramamurthy, Helena Feng, Jonathan P. Heritage
and Biswanath Mukherjee, ``BER-based call admission in
wavelength-routed optical networks'', OSA Trends in Optics and
Photonics (TOPS), Optical Networks and Their Applications (Ed. R. A. Barry)
(ISBN: 1-55752-545-5), vol. 20, pp. 205-210, September 1998 (invited paper).
B. Ramamurthy, J. Iness, and B. Mukherjee, ``Optimizing amplifier placements
in a multi-wavelength optical LAN/MAN: the unequally powered-wavelengths
case,'' IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Late 1998/Early 1999 (to
appear).
B. Ramamurthy, J. Iness, and B. Mukherjee, ``Optimizing amplifier placements
in a multi-wavelength optical LAN/MAN: the equally powered-wavelengths
case,''IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 16, pp. 1560--1569,
September 1998.
B. Ramamurthy and B. Mukherjee, ``Wavelength conversion in WDM networking,''
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications -- Special issue
on high-capacity optical transport networks, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 1061--1073, September 1998.
M. S. Borella, J. P. Jue, D. Banerjee, B. Ramamurthy, and B. Mukherjee,
``Optical components for WDM lightwave networks,'' Proceedings of the
IEEE, vol. 85, no. 8, pp. 1274-1307, August 1997.
J. Iness, B. Ramamurthy, B. Mukherjee, and K. Bala, ``Elimination of
all-optical cycles in wavelength-routed optical networks,'' IEEE/OSA
Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 14, pp. 1207--1217, June 1996.
(Jointly published by the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications.)
B. Ramamurthy, J. Iness, and B. Mukherjee, ``Minimizing the number
of optical amplifiers needed to support a multi-wavelength optical MAN,''
Proceedings, IEEE INFOCOM '97, vol. 1, (Kobe, Japan), pp. 261--268,
April 1997.
D. Datta, B. Ramamurthy, H. Feng, J. P. Heritage, and B. Mukherjee,
``BER-based call admission in wavelength-routed optical networks,'' Optical
Fiber Communications Conference (OFC '98) Technical Digest, vol. 2,
(San Jose, CA), pp. 92--93, February 1998.
B. Ramamurthy, J. Iness, and B. Mukherjee, ``Optical amplifier optimization
in a multi-wavelength passive-star-based optical metropolitan area network,''
Proceedings, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
-- INFORMS Atlanta (invited paper), November 1996.
OTHER TECHNICAL REPORTS:
B. Ramamurthy, D. Datta, H. Feng, J. P. Heritage, and B. Mukherjee,
``Impact of transmission impairments on teletraffic performance of wavelength-routed
optical networks,'' Tech. Rep. No. CSE-97-7, Department of Computer Science,
UC Davis, Sept. 1997.
B. Ramamurthy, J. Iness, and B. Mukherjee, ``Optimizing amplifier placements
in a multi-wavelength optical network,'' Tech. Rep. No. CSE-96-13, Department
of Computer Science, UC Davis, Sept. 1996.
B. Ramamurthy, B. Mukherjee, ``Wavelength conversion in WDM networking,''
Tech. Rep. No. CSE-96-17, Department of Computer Science, UC Davis, Dec.
1996.
B. Ramamurthy, ``Dynamic bandwidth sharing in ATM networks for serving
multi-category traffic,'' ECS289I: Topics in Networking Class Project.
B. Ramamurthy, ``Handling prioritized messages on the slotted ring,''
ECS252: Local Area Networks Class Project.
B. Ramamurthy and J. Iness, ``Analyzing the expected number of transmissions
in multicast protocols,'' ECS256A: Analytic Methods for Computer Systems
Design Class Project.
BOOK CHAPTERS :
Contributed to topics such as wavelength conversion, cycle elimination,
and amplifier placement (Chapters 2, 11, 14, 15) in the book,
Optical Communication Networks, Biswanath Mukherjee, McGraw-Hill,
1997.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS :
"Efficient design of Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) based Optical Networks,"
University of Arizona, Tucson; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; University of
Delaware; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Case Western University; Rennselaer Polytechnic
Institute, Troy, NY, Spring '98.
``Minimizing the number of optical amplifiers needed to support a multi-wavelength
optical MAN,'' IEEE INFOCOM Conference '97, Kobe, Japan, April 1997.
``On the scalability of the Interactive TV System,'' Interactive Digital
Solutions Unit, Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA, Sept. 1995.
``On the amplifier placement in optical networks using WDM,'' Department
of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,
Madras, India, April 1997.
``Wavelength conversion in WDM networking,'' Pacific Bell, San Ramon,
CA, 1997.
``Impact of transmission impairments on teletraffic performance of
wavelength-routed optical networks,'' Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Livermore, CA, 1997.
``Helping TA's in enabling computer usage for classes --- Information
dissemination/retrieval,'' Professors for the Future ceremony, Davis,
CA, 1996.
EXPERIENCE :
Instructor: Department of Computer Science & Engg.,
UNL (Fall '98). Teaching the graduate course CSCE952: Advanced
Computer Networks. This is an advanced-level course on the recent developments
in computer networks.
Instructor: Department of Computer Science, UC Davis (Winter
'98). Teaching the undergraduate course titled Introduction to Software
Development. In this course, I taught students the principles of software
design and provided hands-on experience in C++ programming on the UNIX
platform.
Research Assistant: Networks Research Laboratory, UC Davis (June
'94 - July '98). I was a member of the High-Speed Optical Networking Group
headed by Prof. Biswanath Mukherjee. My research efforts were towards designing,
developing, and analyzing new architectures and protocols for the next-generation
lightwave networks.
Teaching Assistant: Department of Computer Science, UC Davis
(Fall '93 - Spring '94). TA for undergraduate courses on Introduction
to Computers and Introduction to Computer Networks.
Intern: Interactive Digital Solutions, Silicon Graphics Inc.
(Summer '95). I performed a scalability study of the revolutionary Interactive
TV project. The project demonstrated the feasibility of providing a Full
Services Network including services such as video-on-demand and interactive
gaming to several households using optical fiber and ATM. The project was
funded by Time Warner Cable, USA and NTT, Japan.
PROJECT PROPOSALS:
I was the lead PI or the sole PI in the following proposals.
B. Ramamurthy, "Architectures and Protocols for the Next-Generation Optical Networks," Research Grant-In-Aid Proposal, UNL Research Council, 1999, $4000.00 (funded).
B. Ramamurthy, "DESIGN OF ARCHITECTURES AND PROTOCOLS FOR HIGH-CAPACITY OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS," NSF Nebraska EPSCoR ``Type II'' Project, 1999 (submitted to NSF; Preproposal approved after UNL Review).
B. Ramamurthy, "EFFICIENT DESIGN OF WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM)-BASED OPTICAL NETWORKS," NSF Networking Research Program, 1999 (submitted to NSF)
B. Ramamurthy, J.S. Deogun, S.S. Magliveras, "NETWORKED COMPUTING LABORATORY," National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, 1999 (Preproposal submitted to UNL for review.)
PROJECT PROPOSALS (contributed):
I participated in the writing of the following proposals to various funding
agencies.
``Next-generation terabit lightwave networks,'' NSF, 1994, PI: Prof.
B. Mukherjee (funded).
``Wavelength conversion in WDM networks,'' Pacific Bell -- UC Micro,
1996, PI: Prof. B. Mukherjee (funded).
``Elimination of optical cycles in wavelength-routed wide area networks,''
NSF-GOALI, 1995 (funded). This ``Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison
with Industry (GOALI)'' project involves a three-way partnership between
Prof. B. Mukherjee (CS Dept., UC Davis), Prof. J.P. Heritage (ECE Dept.,
UC Davis) and Drs. K. Bala and C.A. Brackett (Bellcore) .
``Frequency planning and channel assignment in cellular networks,''
PIs: Prof. D. Ghosal and Prof. B. Mukherjee, submitted to ARPA, 1996 (not
funded).
``Next-generation optical backbone networks,'' NSF, 1997, PI: Prof.
B. Mukherjee (funded).
``Optical WDM research for the next-generation internet,'' PI: Prof.
B. Mukherjee, NSF, 1998 (pending).
MENTORING AND STUDENT ADVISING
Lakshminath Dondeti, Ph.D. thesis committee reading member , Spring '99
Maher Ali, Ph.D. thesis co-advisor (unofficial), Fall '98
John Lee, Master's thesis supervisor, Fall '98-
Pallamraju Pulavarthi, Master's project supervisor, Fall '98-
Fang Liu, Master's project committee member, Spring '99.
Xingchun Chen, Master's project supervisor, Spring '99.
Qingyuan Lou, Master's project supervisor, Spring '99.
Xuehong Gan, Master's project supervisor, Spring '99.
Srinath Yaragorla, Master's project supervisor and advisor for independent study, Spring '99.
Chandrakanth Yemparala, Advisor for independent study, Spring '99.
Reviewer for leading journals and conferences: IEEE/ACM Transactions
on Networking, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Computer Networks
and ISDN Systems, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology,
IEEE Communications Surveys, IEEE INFOCOM '97,Singapore
International Conference on Networks (SICON'97), and IEEE INFOCOM '99.
Student Volunteer, IEEE INFOCOM '96.
Student Volunteer, IEEE/OSA OFC '97.
Web-site administrator, Networks Research Laboratory, UC Davis.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK AND COMPUTER SKILLS :
Graduate-level Courses: High Speed Networks, Local Area Networks,
Modeling and Analysis of Computer Networks, Analytic Methods for Computer
Systems Design, Topics in Computer Networks (ATM, Wireless, TCP/IP, and
SNMP), Parallel Algorithms, Principles of Concurrent Programming, and Software
Engineering.
Languages: C, C++, Pascal, FORTRAN, 8088 assembly, HTML, and
Java.
Experienced in UNIX, DOS operating environments, Web-site administration,
1TCP/IP, SONET protocols, BSD socket programming and various optimization
software packages.