PINAK PUJARI

Address: 2 West University Parkway, Apt. 403,
Baltimore, MD-21218.

Email: pinak (at) cs.jhu.edu

Phone(cell): (508)-847-5011

EDUCATION
  JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, Baltimore, USA   Dec. 2006
  Masters of Science in Engineering, Computer Science   GPA: 3.46
  Master's Project: ``Learning 3D Context from a Single Image''    
         
  JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Hyderabad, India   May 2005  
  Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science & Engineering   First Class Distinction  
  Bachelor's Project: ``Design of Privacy-Preserving Data Warehouse''    

COURSE INTERESTS:
Computer Vision, Computer Integrated Surgery, Artificial Intelligence, Language Processors, Declarative Methods, Computer Graphics, Operations Research, Distributed Systems
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
C/C++, JAVA, MATLAB, PL/SQL, Prolog, Lisp, Unix Shell Programming, VB, VC++, 8085/86 Assembly, XML, HTML, Crystal Enterprise XI. (Platforms: Linux, Solaris, Windows 9x/XP)

EXPERIENCE
  Teaching Assistant, Foundations of Computer Integrated Surgery   Jul.`06 - Aug.`06  
  Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University      
  $\bullet$ Guided and tutored 21 students through the course and evaluated tests and assignments      
  Database Programmer, Dept. of Student Affairs, Bloomberg School of Public Health   Sept.`05 - Sept.`06  
  $\bullet$ Designed reports using Crystal Enterprise XI to fulfill data requests for business needs      
  $\bullet$ Developed stored procedures in TSQL, analyzed existing scripts and remodeled them for scalability      
  Course Assistant, Java Programming, Dept. of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University   Sept.`05 - Dec.`05  
  $\bullet$ Guided 93 students through the course work and evaluated tests and programming assignments      
  Summer Intern, Project: Communicating with Web Services using a SOAP Client   Apr.`03 - Jun.`03  
  Sierra Atlantic Software Services Limited, Hyderabad, India      
  $\bullet$ Designed and developed a SOAP Client using JAVA and XML to query Web Services over HTTP      

PROJECTS
  ``Cone Beam CT Images 3D Reconstruction for Small Animal Radiotherapy''   May `06  
  $\bullet$ Designed a software collaboratively in a team of 3 for CT image correction and 3D volumetric reconstruction      
  $\bullet$ Platform to test novel Image-Guided Radiotherapy techniques to characterize dose response for tumors      
  ``Reputation Systems: Incentives for Fair Trade in E-Commerce''   Mar.`06  
  $\bullet$ Game theory based approach to provide incentives for honest play over the Internet      
  ``3D Reconstruction from Stereo Images''   Dec.`05  
  $\bullet$ Designed and developed techniques to construct 3D Image data from Stereo Images      
  ``Design of Privacy-Preserving Data Warehouse''   Apr.`05  
  $\bullet$ Developed a software system capable of disclosure-limited dissemination of confidential micro data      
  $\bullet$ Protects privacy without restricting crucial information flow using K-Anonimization      

RESEARCH PAPER: ``DNA Sequence Alignment using AI techniques''
Awarded First Prize in Paper Presentation at:
  $\star$ `Convergence' (IEEE Students chapter National Level Technical Symposium), VNR VJIET, India   Mar.`04  
  $\star$ `Titan' (National Level Technical Symposium), MGIT, Hyderabad, India   Mar.`04  
  $\star$ `Headstart' (IEEE Students chapter National Level Technical Symposium), CBIT, Hyderabad, India   Feb.`03  

AWARDS
  $\star$ `BEST PROJECT AWARD 2006' (Project: Small Animal Cone Beam CT Reconstruction)   May `06  
  The NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology      
  $\star$ First prize in Game Design Contest and Programming contest   Jan.`04  
  `CIS-SOIREE-2004' (National Level Competition), RVR & JC College, AP, India