1. Arun Kumar A
97-43, 81st Street Mobile: 201 323 3739
Ozone Park, NY 11416, USA Email: sochta.arun@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a full-time position in the field of network engineering, network security and protocol development that will utilize my
engineering and project management skills.
EDUCATION:
Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY GPA : 3.5/4 August 2007- August 2009
MS - Telecommunications and Computer Networks
Anna University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India August 2003 - May 2007
BE - Electronics and Communication Engineering
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Graduate Research Assistant January 2008 – August 2009
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA
Research Projects and Thesis
 Research and written thesis on:
“ Usability study of Secure pairing of devices based on OOB channel” January 2008 – August 2009
Used OOB (Out-Of-Band) channel, a wireless human perceivable channel, to pair any two devices. It is the first study which
resulted in finding the best secure device pairing method under various device constraints. It was also presented in Per-Comm
conference in Texas.
 Research project on:
“ Fingerprint Enhancement in Biometric Application” January 2007 - May 2007
Utilized STFT technique to build an application using MATLAB that resulted in faster and more efficient mechanism than
the standard Gabor Filter technique. It helps enhance fingerprints by increasing the visibility of ridges and furrows.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
 Languages : C, C++, Perl.
 Operating Systems : Windows, Linux, Unix,TCP/IP, Windows Server 2003, Active Directory.
 Protocols : 802.X, Frame-relay, ATM, ARP, INARP,T CP ,IP , RIP, OSPF,EIGRP, BGP,LAN,WAN.
 P2P : Chord, Freenet, Bit Torrent.
 Tools : Wireshark, OPNET Simulator, NS2 Simulator.
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES:
 Arun Kumar, Nitesh Saxena, Ersin, Gene“Caveat Emptor – A comparative Study of secure device Pairing Methods”,
submitted at 7th Annual IEEE Intl Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (Per-Comm 2009),
Galveston, Texas and published in Elsevier Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal (PMC) March 2009
WORK EXPERIENCE
 Junior Network Administrator at Marwadi Group,India, was part of the Systems department handling installation and
troubleshooting of Unix/Linux applications and handling Cisco Layer 2&3 devices.
 Performed file system management and configuration and escalating sever application issues and also was part of the team
which monitors and tests system performance. Responsible for installing and troubleshooting Microsoft Office and client-
server applications and experience in virtualization techniques such as VMware server.
 Administered users and computers with Active Directory and experience with Microsoft SQL Server and firewall
configuration and rules management. May 2005 – May 2007 (Summers)
LEADERSHIPS AND ORGANIZATIONS:
 Member / Secretary, Computer Science Society of India (CSI) August 2005 - May2007
 Member / President, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) August 2003 - May2007
RELATED COURSE WORK:
Internet Architecture and Protocol Laboratory, Computer Architecture, Network Security and Management, Local and
Metropolitan Area Networks, Operating Systems, Marketing and Management, Design of Communication Networks and
Engineering Economics.
REFERENCE:
Nitesh Saxena, Assistant Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA
Email: nsaxena@poly.edu, Mobile: 7182603116