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Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram

PhD Candidate
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of California, Merced

E-mail:  jshanmugasundaram@ucmerced.edu
	

Research Interests

I am interested in exploring the requirements of emerging communication paradigms to design, develop novel communication protocols and optimize them by leveraging their intrinsic properties. Currently, I focus on the machine learning-assisted design and development of multi-radio architecture for IoT applications.

Technical Skills

  • Languages : C and Python.
  • Technologies : IEEE 802.11ah, IEEE 802.15.4 and LoRa LPWAN.
  • Simulators : NS3, TOSSIM & OverSim P2P Network Simulator.
  • Embedded OS : Linux, TinyOS & Custom Kernel Compilation
  • Virtualization Tools : Docker
  • Networking Protocol Development: MAC & upper layers, Network Coding, AI/ML assisted protocols, P2P Overlay Networking.
  • Embedded wireless IoT node bring-up.
  • Applied ML for Wireless Communications.

Internship

  • 2022/05 - 2022/08: Research Intern, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA, USA.
    • Yield: 1 Research paper (accepted at ISIT 2023) and a US Patent filed.

Education and experience

  • 2018 - now:
    • PhD Candidate, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Merced
    • Research and Teaching Assistant, Computer Science and Engineering, UC Merced
      • Computer Networks
      • Computers and Network Security
      • Computer Architecture
      • Discrete Mathematics
  • 2015 - 2017: Master of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering, SRM University, India
    • 2017/02 - 2017/07: Visiting Student/Research Assistant, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • 2011 - 2015: Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering, Anna University, India

Publications

  1. Poster Abstract: On the feasibility of an IoT Multi-Radio Architecture for Smart Buildings
    Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram & Alberto E. Cerpa
    In ACM BuildSys, 2020.
    [pdf] [Teaser video] [Full video]

  2. A Survey on LoRa Networking: Research Problems, Current Solutions and Open Issues.
    Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram, Wan Du, Zhiwei Zhao.
    IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, October 2019.
    [pdf]

  3. Resilience Bounds of Sensing-Based Network Clock Synchronization.
    Rui Tan, Linshan Jiang, Arvind Easwaran, Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram.
    In IEEE ICPADS, 2018.
    [pdf] [slides]

  4. Performance Analysis of CREIDO Enhanced Chord Overlay Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks.
    Bhalaji Natarajan, Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram, Parthiban Natarajan.
    Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, 2017
    [pdf]

  5. T2WSN: Titivated Two-Tired Chord Overlay Aiding Robustness And Delivery Ratio For Wireless Sensor Networks.
    T. Peer Meera Labbai and Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram.
    Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology, 2016
    [pdf]

  6. Analysis of Creido Enhanced Chord Overlay Protocol Under Different Movement Models in Delay Tolerant Networks.
    Umaparvathi, Bhalaji Natarajan, Jothi Prasanna Shanmuga Sundaram, Parthiban Natarajan.
    Wireless Personal Communications, Springer, 2016
    [pdf]

Professional services

  • Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.
  • Reviewer, IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
  • Student Volunteer, IPSN 2022
  • Student Volunteer, SenSys/BuildSys 2020

Awards and honors

  • Grad Excel Peer Mentor Award, UC Merced, 2021, 22
  • EECS Bobcat Summer Fellowship, UC Merced, 2019,20,21
  • Master's Merit Scholarship, SRM University, 2015-2017
  • Bachelor's Merit Scholarship, Central Goverment of India, 2011-2015