SOMA San Francisco, CA

Nikhil Bobb

+1 (650) 740-3824 Email: nikhilb at ml1.net

Note

I don't actively update this resume, contact me for a newer version if you need it.

Education

University of California, Santa Cruz.

B.Sc. Computer Science (Highest Honors).		June 2004
M.Sc. Computer Science.		June 2006

Plantronics Scholarship (2003 - 2004) / Campus Merit Scholarship (2003 - 2004) / Sara E. Mathews Award (2004)
SSRC Outstanding Presentation Award (2005)

Publications

A. Ames, N. Bobb, S.A. Brandt, A. Hiatt, C. Maltzahn, E.L. Miller, A. Neeman, D. Tuteja: "Richer File System Metadata Using Links and Attributes", in Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE / 13th NASA Goddard Conference on Mass Storage Systems and Technologies (MSST 2005)", Monterey, CA, April 2005.

N. Bobb, D. Eads, M.W. Storer, S.A. Brandt, C. Maltzahn, E.L. Miller: "Graffiti: A Framework for Testing Collaborative Distributed Metadata", in Proceedings of the 2006 Workshop on Distributed Data and Structures (WDAS 2006)", Santa Clara, CA, January 2006.

Some Experience

Graduate Student Researcher, Storage Systems Research Center, UC Santa Cruz.		6/04 - 4/06

• Architected and implemented efficient data structures to store filesystem and non-filesystem meta-data on storage class memories.
• Investigated the uses of database like triggers on filesystems.
• Implemented an integration layer allowing our SQL based linking file system to be mounted in linux.

Integration Engineer, Seamless Distribution, Jakarta, Indonesia.		1/04 - 3/04

• Interfaced a cash register system with a backend for secure distribution of prepaid cellular vouchers.
• Project is now deployed commercially at over 20 retail locations.

Hedge Fund Analyst Intern, Gartmore Riverview, Red Bank, NJ.		6/03 - 9/03

• Designed and realized a solution to estimate maximum possible hedge fund portfolio loss over 60 months implemented in C and C#.
• Quantitative methods implemented include Monte Carlo simulation, Primary Components Analysis, and GARCH models.

Some Other Experience

Operating Systems Teaching Assistant, UC Santa Cruz, CA.		9/04 - 12/04
Computer Science Tutor, UC Santa Cruz, CA.		4/03 - 12/03
Video Compression Researcher, Broadbridge Media, San Jose, CA.		11/00 - 1/02
Computer Science Tutor, Foothill College Tutorial Center, CA.		1/01 - 7/02