4303 Rowalt Drive, Apt 203,
College Park, MD 20740.
Phone: 240-421-3482
Email: abhishta[at]umd.edu

• Security Vulnerabilities in Wireless Networks
  • Demonstrate a wireless network’s weaknesses: Spoofing Attacks, Network Sniffing, Network Probing and WEP cracking
  • Suggest preventive measures to safeguard the wireless network
• Web Server Migration and Deployment
  • Performed localized installation of various services for a new Linux server
  • Conducted server audits for six Sun Solaris servers and successfully migrated existing web applications to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server
• GSM Network Optimization
  • Used ProScout to optimize an active PCS1900 network
  • Analyzed coverage patterns, frequency plans and handover scenarios
  • Studied points of failure, reported findings and recommendations for improvement
• PCS System Deployment
  • Adjusted base station locations, height, power output to achieve favorable coverage patterns for Washington D.C. and College Park areas using MaXPlan
  • Designed a frequency plan using Block C frequencies for the network to minimize co-channel and adjacent interference
  • Calculated and eliminated microwave interference with Poseidon

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS:

• WAP/SMS Server Design
  • Conceive a web-based tool to allow users to create and host displayable wap pages
  • Implement a wap/sms server using Gnokii/Kannel to allow send/receive text messages and display wap pages to users in Grenada

• Administrative Interface Design for the Collex Project
  • Drafted the functional specifications for the new administrative interface
  • Reviewed existing MySQL database structure and recommended changes
  • Devised the new administrative interface

• Steinschneider Bibliographical Database Design
  • Formulated a relational database structure to efficiently map the TEI - based xml files
  • Contrived parser scripts, a reusable authentication module and an administrative interface to manage database entries and user accounts
  • Provided a comprehensive search feature using MySQL’s free text search

• Disability Studies Academic Community Website Redesign
  • Reengineered the JSP-based architecture to PHP-based architecture
  • Designed a new database structure in MySQL for efficiency
  • Added improved authentication features and better user management functions

I am currently working on a project titled “Security Vulnerabilities in Wireless Networks”, which involves the actual demonstration of various attacks on Wireless Networks” and also on a project titled “OFDM in MediaFLO” which aims to demonstrate how MediaFLO works.

• I am pursuing a Master’s degree in Telecommunications which is a cross-disciplinary program in conjunction with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the R.H. Smith School of Business.
• I have completed my Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Mumbai.

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

• Graduate Assistant, MITH, University of Maryland
  • System Administration for MITH’s web servers
  • Interact with MITH fellows to identify prospective projects and draft project specifications
  • Design and develop web applications using PHP and MySQL
• Database Administrator, Facilities Management, University of Maryland
  • Performed database optimization for the electric system’s database to decrease query times
  • Successfully designed a user-friendly query interface for the MS Access database

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