Swadhin Pradhan

Welcome !!

I have joined The University of Texas at Austin (UTAustin) as a PhD student since Aug 2014. Please find my new webpage here.

I am currently a PhD student at CS, UTAustin working under the supervision of Prof. Lili Qiu. I was an M.S. scholar of Department of C.S.E., IITKgp, working under the supervision of Prof. Niloy Ganguly and a member of CNeRG.

I was working on localization using mobile sensors with some advice from Prof. Romit Roy Choudhury. I am also working on mobile energy related problem with some active help from Prof. Pradipta De.

My detailed CV is found here.

Mail me @ swadhin@utexas.edu and if emergency, call me @ +1-7372228807.

    

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Academic Profile

Education

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• MS ( by Research ) in Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Expected:2014). CGPA : 9.87/10 (till Last Semester).
  
  
  • Thesis (tentative) : Effect of Context on Mobile Systems
  • TAships : Discrete Structures (CS60051) , Distributed Systems (CS60030) , and Programming Data Structure Lab (CS19001).
  • Graduate Courses Taken : Algorithm Design and Analysis (CS60003) , Information Retrieval (CS60080) , Complex Networks (CS60078), and Machine Learning (CS60050).


• B.E.(honors) in Information Technology at Jadavpur University, 2011. CGPA : 9.45/10.


• 85.4% in Higher Secondary Examination, W.B.C.H.S.E, Jodhpur Park Boys' School, 2007.


• 93.13% in Secondary Examination, W.B.B.S.E, Baita M.N. High School, 2005. Topped District.

Honors and Awards

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• Got University Gold Medal for standing First in the Department of Information Technology, Jadavpur University.
• Ranked 692 (top 1%) in W.B.J.E.E. and also placed within top 1% in A.I.E.E.E.
• Topped District and ranked 39 in the state in Secondary ( Madhyamik ) Examination.

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Research Journey

Research Focus

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I am working as a Junior Research Fellow(JRF) in the Complex Network Research Group (CNeRG) Laboratory and am interested in the areas of networking and mobile computing in general. My research methodology combines building experimental systems/prototypes based on some theoretical insights or plain good idea. I am directly involved with the problems handling the following issues :

1. Mobile Energy ( Ongoing )
2. Mobile Sensor based Localization (Outcome : Landmark based Retail Analytics )
3. Content Distribution over Wireless Network ( Outcome : Sprinkler )
4. Security using Daily Activity ( Outcome : ActivPass , SocioSecure )

Publication

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• Sprinkler : Distributed content storage for just-in-time streaming
  Sourav Kumar Dandapat, Swadhin Pradhan, Niloy Ganguly, and Romit Roy Choudhury
  ACM Cellnet co-located with ACM MobiSys, June 2013.


• Offloading Cellular Traffic
  Sourav Kumar Dandapat, Swadhin Pradhan,and Niloy Ganguly
  I-CARE, Organised by IBM-IRL, October 2013.


• (Stable) Virtual Landmarks : Spatial Dropbox to enhance Retail Experience
  Swadhin Pradhan, Ananth Balashankar, Niloy Ganguly, and Bivas Mitra
  COMSNETS '14.


• ActivPass: Your Daily Activity is Your Password
  Sourav Kumar Dandapat,Swadhin Pradhan, Romit Roy Choudhury, Niloy Ganguly, and Bivas Mitra
  CHI '15.

Part-time Projects

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• A Browser Extension for Suggesting Search Trails :
  • GitHub Link : Here
  • Showcased in Yahoo Hack U, IIT Kharagpur, 2013.


• A Simple Tweet Classification Framework using libsvm :
  • GitHub Link : Here
  • Showcased in Twitminer, IISC, 2013.


• A P2P File Sharing System :
  • GitHub Link : Here
  • Done as a Term Project.

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Professional Details

Full-time Job

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• Software Engineer ( E3 ) :
  • Organisation : Interra Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata.
  • Duration : Eight Months ( May 2011 - January 2012 ).
  • Highlights : Extensively contributed in a data format viewer GUI tool Mirus3G. Was involved in all stages of the product.

Internships

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• Development of a C++ Template Library :
  • Organisation : Interra Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata.
  • Duration : Six Months ( September 2010 - February 2011 ).
  • Highlights : Learned building industry level library with template support. It resulted in a pre-placement offer(PPO) from the company.
  
  
• Development of a framework in NS2 to implement heterogeneous networks :
  • Organisation : IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur.
  • Duration : Three Months ( May 2010 - July 2010 ).
  • Highlights : Gained experience to handle research problems and to develop lab prototypes for simulation purpose.
  
  
• Development of a SWIG interface for Python :
  • Organisation : Interra Systems India Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata.
  • Duration : Three Months ( June 2009 - August 2009 ).
  • Highlights : Learned building code following SDLC. My code was integrated in the existing code base of company's IPs and shipped to the customers.
  
  

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Other Side

Hobbies and Interests

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• I love to occasionaly write Bengali Poems. One sample which got published in our Hall Magazine.
  You can also read some of it in my blog.


• I also love to be photographer sometimes. Some of the attempts are here and here.


• I am a movie-buff. My list of top 10 all time movies is here.


• Like most Indian, I am a cricket fanatic. By the way, I also play a bit. I am a fast bowling all-rounder and played college cricket for a while. A snap of mine with the team, after winning a match at Research Scholars' Premier League, IIT Kgp.

Extra-Curricular

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• Served as a hall coordinator in Student Welfare Group (2012-13) , IIT Kharagpur.


• Successfully organised Srijan '10, Annual Techfest of Jadavpur University.


• Served as a volunteer in Teach India '09 and taught underprivileged children for twelve weeks in an NGO at Kolkata, WB, India.


• Ranked 2nd in a Robotics event of Srijan '09, Annual Techfest of Jadavpur University.

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Official Story

My Latest CV is found Here. Latex Source Code of the CV found Here :)

Random Moments

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Contact Information

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