Shamit Patel
                          4813 Eldon Green,
                     Baltimore, MD 21227, U.S.A.
                     Email: spatel22@cs.umbc.edu
                   URL:http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~spatel22

Phone (O): 410 455 6338   
Phone (H): 410 536 5980

OBJECTIVE
	Challenging job as a software engineer in fields of Distributed 
systems or Network/Internet technologies from October 2002

PROFESSIONAL AREAS
	Web Application Development, Distributed Systems, Distributed 
Application Level Development, Storage Networks, Computer Networks

WORK EXPERIENCE     (Aug 2000 - Present)
08/2002 - 12/2002         Teaching Assistant
* Teach, mentor, grade, code projects in C++ for undergraduate core course

06/2002 - 08/2002 Software Engineer intern                      Blue Sky factory
*Design, Develop shrink wrapped Email Marketing software using Cold Fusion, 
SQL Server 7.0, Java Server Pages, MySQL. Requirements included developing
tracking, and reporting tools.

01/2001 - 05/2002 Research Assistant
* Understanding the decision problems for optimal replication over distributed 
systems. Problem definition includes looking into Adaptive Resource Management 
for Scalable Network-Attached Storage Systems as part of Master's thesis.

08/2000 - 12/2000 Teaching Assistant
* Teaching Assistant for undergraduate course, Discrete Mathematics 

ACADEMICS
Expected Graduation: August 2002
2000 - 2002: 
M.S. Computer Science, 
G.P.A. 3.75/4.0 
University of Maryland, 
Baltimore County, MD 21227, U.S.A.	

1996 - 2000: 
B.S. Computer Science and Engineering, 
G.P.A. 3.7/4.0, 
V.J.T.I., Bombay, India

GRADUATE COURSES
Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Advanced Software Engineering, Principles of 
Database Systems, Computer Network Architecture, Networking Technologies, 
Advanced Operating Systems, Advanced Computer Architecture, and Java Server 
Technologies

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Object Oriented Programming Methodology, Systems Structure Analysis and Design, 
Software Engineering, Computer Methodology and Algorithms, Database Management 
Systems, Networks, Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing

COMPUTER SKILLS
* LANGUAGES: Java, C, C++, JSP, PL/SQL, HTML,Servlets, PHP, Pascal, COBOL
* OPERATING SYSTEMS: SUN Solaris, UNIX, LINUX, Windows, linux kernel development
* SIMULATOR: OPNET modeler
* APPLICATION SOFTWARE: LEDA, STL, Matlab, Oracle, FrontPage, Lex, Yacc, 
		MacromediaDirector 
* PROTOCOLS: TCP/IP suite, Service Location Protocol (SLP), SPP, IP Sec, Mobile 
		IP, IPv6, RSVP, MPLS, Intserv, Diffserv

PROJECTS 
 Detailed information available at: http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~spatel22/Project.html
* Design and Development of simulation model of DLX processor with caching using 
VHDL as a group of 4 (08/2001-12/2001)
* Design, development of portal for trading paintings (using Servlets and PHP) 
and selling books (using JSP)
(01/2001 - 05/2001)
* Implementation of Security Policy Protocol, an IETF draft using C Socket 
programming as a group of 4 (01/2001- 05/2001)
* Specifications based Implementation of various network algorithms using C/C++ 
and LEDA as part of spring research (01/2001- 05/2001)
* Requirements based Prototype Design, Implementation of Web Server Redirector as 
summer research (05/2001 - 07/2001)
* Complete Software process for load balancing based Distributed Process 
Environment in Java involving system design and network programming with team 
of 3 (08/2000 - 12/2000)
* Implementation of Service Location Protocol  (SLP) based on RFC 2165 using C 
Socket programming (network programming) with team of 5 (08/2000 - 12/2000)
* Specification based Design and Implementation of database project on house 
transactions in Java, Oracle, PL/SQL with team of 3 (08/2000 - 02/2000)
* Design and Implementation of secure Web Server for VJTI, team of 5 using 
Microsoft Back office tools (07/1999  - 07/2000)
* HCI based Design and implementation of state funded multimedia education 
software History of Maharashtra, using Macromedia Director with team of 4
(01/1999  - 07/1999)

HONORS and Distinctions
* Masters thesis filed for patent
* June 2000: Ranked first in final examinations, Computer Technology Department, 
V.J.T.I.
* Aug 1996:  Ranked 72nd among the 70,000 students eligible for applying to 
engineering departments 

PUBLICATION
* K. Kalpakis, K. Dasgupta and Shamit Patel, Adaptive Resource Management in 
Scalable Network-Attached Storage Systems, Proceedings of Symposium on Performance 
Evaluation of Computer and Telecommunication Systems, SPECTS 2002

MISCELLANEOUS
* Demographic Preference: None