YADUNANDANA N. RAO

999 SW 16th Avenue
Apt #104, French Quarters
Gainesville, FL 32601
(352) 379-9287
yadu@cnel.ufl.edu

 
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position in DSP and VLSI fields 
 
EDUCATION
University of Florida, Gainesville
MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2000
Current GPA: 4.0 
 
University of Mysore, Mysore, India
Bachelor of Engineering, August 1997
 
EXPERIENCE
Computational and Neuro Engineering Laboratory, University of Florida
Research Assistant, From Dec 25, 1998
Conducting research in Segmentation Algorithms and its application to Speech Processing 
 
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida
Computer Programmer, September 98 - December 98
 
IT Solutions(India), Bangalore, India
Software Engineer, November 1997 - July 1998
Technical leader and mentor. 
 
SKILL SET
  • Programming Languages: C, C++, VB, Borland C++ for Windows 
  • Platforms: Sun, Unix, Windows 
  • Assembly Languages: 8085, 8086 
  • Databases: MS Access, SQL 
  • Others: Perl, HTML, MATLAB, Unix Shell Scripts, FLEX, CADENCE 
 
RELEVANT PROJECTS
  • On Speech Segmentation using Generalized Eigen Decomposition (MS Thesis) 
  • Speech Recognition using Continuous Observation Density Hidden Markov Models 
  • Low bit rate Speech Coder using LPC10e 
  • Real time IIR and Adaptive FIR filter designs using fixed point TMS320C50 
  • Adaptive Interference Cancellation 
  • Limited Vocabulary Isolated Digit Recognition for voice dialing 
  • On Power Methods for estimating principal sub space and fast subspace tracking 
  • Novel Echo Cancellation using Adaptive Filtering 
  • The Discrete Cosine Transform and Image Compression using DCT and KLT 
  • Neural Network based Static Guitar tone classifier 
  • Design of a Chaotic Time Series Predictor using Time-Delay Neural Networks 
 
OTHER PROJECTS 
  • "Resident Applicant Manager" - Developed for the department of Anesthesiology using VB 6.0 and MS Access 
  • "HTML parser for data conversion using Flex, C++ and Shell scripts 
  • "Automated Payment Processing System" - A GUI with VB and Sybase/SQL for handling credit card transactions 
  • "Flowchart Wizard for a CNC Controller using BC++, Object Windows Library and Win 3.11 
 
COURSE WORK
  • Foundations of signal Processing 
  • VLSI circuits and technology 
  • Digital Filtering 
  • Neural Networks for Signal Processing 
  • Noise in Linear Systems 
  • Adaptive Signal Processing 
  • Automatic Speech Processing 
  • Advanced Adaptive DSP 
 
 
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Stood III in the under graduate program 
  • Presented 3 technical papers in various technical paper presentation contests 
  • Finalist in the Indian National Math Olympiad 1991 
  • National Talent Search Scholarship holder 
  • Stood VIII in the pre-university examination out of 100,000 students 
 
REFERENCES
Available upon request