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College Ring 3, Mailbox 637
D-28759 Bremen, Germany
Tel.: +49 176 9144 6264

Email: p.vaibhav@jacobs-university.de
Gender: male
Nationality: Indian
Date of birth: 07 August 1986
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Education

02/2011 to date
08/2005 - 05/2008
Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Pursuing Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Expected graduation in December 2011.
03/2000 - 05/2004 Don Bosco Academy, Patna, India
Secondary education, specializing in Science with Computer Studies. Graduated in top 10% of class, awarded Indian School Certificate.

Work Experience

03/2010 - 02/2011 Five Pumpkins (based in New York, USA)
Developer of educational software for children. Responsibilities included implementing Java-based software for Google Android mobile platform, with minor role in user interface design.
05/2009 - 08/2009 The FreeBSD Project
Google Summer of Code student. Improved the callout subsystem on the FreeBSD kernel for better performance and in preparation for tick-less timer support.
09/2007 - 02/2008 Algorithmica Technologies, Bremen, Germany
Part-time job in the area of graphics programming. Developed a graphical user interface for three-dimensional visualization for a fluid simulation package using C++ and OpenGL.
06/2007 - 08/2007 Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music, University of Ghent, Belgium
Internship in the area of motion sensing. Worked as student researcher for "Hop 2" motion-controlled collaborative audio system. Implemented sensor interfaces for Xsens, Nintendo Wii and custom Hop-Sensors. Devised signal processing algorithms for motion data filtering, BPM detection, movement correlation, time and pitch scaling.
10/2005 - 05/2007 Behavioural Sciences Lab, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany
Student job in the area of eye-tracking. Developed cognitive psychology experiments centered around hardware eye motion tracker and high performance graphics platforms.

Research & Project Experience

01/2009 to date Intel wireless networking drivers for Mac OS X (Independent project)
Design and implementation of native OS X drivers for Intel's range of IEEE 802.11 wireless networking products. Created framework for native integration of wireless drivers within OS X.
08/2008 - 01/2009 Mac OS X kernel improvements (Independent project)
Worked with and managed a voluntary team of programmers to improve Mac OS X's kernel to support a wide variety of Intel and AMD processors. Co-designed and developed a native SSE3 instruction emulator and CPU power management drivers.
01/2007 - 01/2007 Web development (Blue Arena, United Kingdom)
Responsible for improving the custom content-management system, implementing a collaborative development environment and search engine optimization.

Skills & Achievements

Programming: Systems programming (Mac OS X), mobile and embedded development (Android), C/C++, MATLAB, realtime systems development in PureData, software configuration management, cross-platform development, music and audio technology, computer graphics.
Workshops / Conferences:
Awards:
  • 2nd rank world-wide - Computer Science (Academic Aptitude & Achievement Test, 2003).
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1st rank in high school - Computer Science, 2nd rank in high school - Physics (Indian School Certificate Examination, 2004).
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Top 10% in India - National Info-Tech Aptitude Test, 2004 (National Institute of Information Technology, Delhi). Won highest-level scholarship.
  • Among 35 people shortlisted to work for Digit technology magazine, through a nationwide search.
Other interests: Traveling, music performance and composition (guitar, keyboard), DJ'ing, amateur astronomy, pencil shading, typography and design.