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FullName: Father'sName: DateofBirth: Sex: Nationality: CurrentAddress: PermanentAddress: PhoneNumber: EmailAddress: ZahirS.Koradia SirajN.Koradia 25thMarch1983 Male Indian C423,Hostel12,IITBombay,Powai,Mumbai400076,India. 23,KhojaSociety,Kankaria,Ahmedabad380022,India. +919920235925 zahir.koradia@gmail.com

ResearchInterests

WirelessNetworks DelayTolerantNetworks Communicationsindisasterresponse

AcademicBackground Examination/Degree PhD M.Tech.(CSE) WinterSchoolonSoft Computing Tools,Simulationand Applications(WSSCTSA) B.E.(CSE) ClassXII ClassX Institution IndianInstituteofTechnologyBombay IndianInstituteofTechnologyKanpur CenterforSoftComputingResearch, IndianStatisticalInstitute Yearof Passing 2007 10th14th January 2006 2004 2000 1998 Percentage/CGPA 8.875/10 9.43/10 N/A

MaharashtraInstituteofTechnology, UniversityofPune GujaratStateBoard GujaratStateBoard

64.93% 79.11%(PCM) 74.43%

PhDDissertation MyPhDworkinvolvesstudyofhowcommunicationnetworkscanbeusefulduringdisasterresponse activities.Inparticular,itfocusesoncommunicationneedsofSearchAndRescueTeams(SART)and DisasterAssessmentandResponseTeams(DART).Theseteamsneedtocommunicateamongthem selvesaswellaswiththeircontrolroom.Thecontrolroomcouldbelocatedonsiteorsomewhere outsidetheaffectedregion.Thebasicideabehindthecommunicationnetworkistouselongdistance wifilinksforcommunication.LineOfSight(LOS)requirementforsuchlinksisachievedbyusing blimps (nonrigid balloon like aircrafts). With one node on a blimp and another node with a SART/DARTmemberonsite,LOSisachieved.Thenodeontheblimpactsasanintermediatehopand forwardsthisdatatoanodethatispresentatthecontrolroom.Dependingontheneedstherecouldbe multipleintermediatehops.Currently,onlytheideahasbeenchalkedout.Proofofconceptstudies shallbeginshortlyafterprocuringblimpandwifiequipment.

Internship Iworkedasaninternfromtheperiodof10thMay2006to29thJuly2006atUniversityofWaterloo, CanadaundertheguidanceofProf.S.Keshav.Theworkinvolveddesignofascalableandrobust routing algorithm formechanical backhaul networks.Mechanical backhaul networks are a way of providingdelaytolerantconnectivitytoruralregionsofIndiainaneconomicallyfeasiblemanner. Kiosksarepresentatvillages,whichserveascommunityservicecenters.Thesekioskscommunicate wirelesslywithmobilenodespresentonbusesofanysuchvehiclethatcometothevillageandtransfer thedatatheyhave.Thesebuses/vehiclestraveltotownswheretheytransferthedatatoagateway. ThegatewayisconnectedtotheInternetandcansendthedataofthekiosktotheInternet.

M.TechThesis IcontinuedtheworkIdidduringmyinternshipfortheMTechthesisundersupervisionof Prof.BhaskaranRamanandwithProfS.Keshavasmycoguide.Afirstcutimplementationofthe scalableroutingprotocolformechanicalbackhaulnetworkshasbeendone.Theprotocoldividesallthe nodes in to logical regions. Designated gateways are responsible for communication across regions.Theymakeuseofgloballyaccessibletable.Thistablestoresinformationregardingtowhich region a particular kiosk belongs. Within a region communication takes place through smart flooding.Inintraregionroutingamessageissenttoallthenodesirrespectiveofthedestinationofthe message. This dramatically simplifies the routing process and also provides very high delivery probability.Thefloodingprocessiscalledsmartbecauseitmakesuseoftechniqueslikemetadata exchangeanddeathcertificatestocontrolunnecessarytransferofmessages.

ProfessionalExperience Company Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd. From 5thJuly2004 To 17thDecember2004 Details Workedprimarilyon developmentofwebsite using client and server sidejavascript.Wasalso trained on .net technology.

ExtraCurricular

AttendedworkshoponSphereMinimumStandardsinDisasterResponseconductedby Focus HumanitarianAssistancefrom15thto20thOctober2007. Voluntary Member of Disaster Assessment and Response Team (DART) at Focus HumanitarianAssistance,India VolunteeredasanEnglishteacherforaweekendschoolrunbyIITKanpurfacultyandstudents. TheweekendschoolhelpedchildrengoingtoHindimediumschoolstolearnEnglishand helpedstudentswiththeirregularstudies. TaughtspokenEnglishasapartoftheinitiativebyIITKanpurfacultyandstudentstotrain graduateyouthinEnglishandcomputingskills. Volunteeredfordeliveringtentsandothernecessities,arrangedbyFocus,fromAhmedabadto BhujafterGujaratearthquake.