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Hi, I am Srikalyan C. Swayampakula, a Master's student in Computer Sciences at The University of Georgia.

I am currently working under Dr. John A. Miller at LSDIS lab, to finish my Thesis.

  • Fall, 2009.
    1. Internship in Computer Science Business/Industry, CSCI 7007.

  • Spring, 2009.
    1. Computer Networks: Technology and Applications, CSCI 6760.
    2. Graduate Student Seminar, CSCI 7005.
    3. Master's Research, CSCI 7000.
    4. Master's Thesis, CSCI 7300.

  • Fall, 2008.
    1. Database Management, CSCI 6370.
    2. Enterprise Integration, CSCI 8350.
    3. Directed Study in Computer Science, CSCI 6950.

  • Spring, 2008.
    1. Advanced Database Systems, CSCI 8370.
    2. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, CSCI 8820
    3. Directed Study in Computer Science, CSCI 6950.

  • Fall, 2007.
    1. Algorithms, CSCI 6470.
    2. Software Engineering, CSCI 6050.

  • Internship (Sept, 09 - present).
    • I am currently working as an "Educational Programmer Specialist" under Dr. William York at CCRC.
    • I am building a web portal to host web services, workflows, workflow editors etc. to make them easy to use.
    • Web Services are quite popular in Bioinformatics and this web portal is developed to make lifes easier for non-technical people esp, Bioinformaticians.
    • This is a 40 hours per week job.

  • Research Assistant (Jan, 09 - May, 09).
    • I worked as a Research Assistant under Dr. Itai Himelboim.
    • I have built a online discussion forum to analyse the behavior of individuals and produces graphs, charts etc dynamically based on individuals interactions.
    • The main purpose of this site is help Dr. Itai's research in social networking.
    • This was a 13&1/2 hours per week job.

  • Teaching Assistant (Aug, 08 - Dec, 08).
    • I worked as a teaching assistant for CSCI 1301, an introductory course for Java.
    • I have conducted labs for a group of 30 (approx) students and also graded their programs.
    • This was a 8 hours per week job.
    • I also worked as a lab assistant for CSCI 1100, an introductory course for Microsoft office and HTML.
    • I have conducted labs for a group of 50 (approx) students.
    • This was a 5&1/2 hours per week job.

  • Teaching Assistant (Jan, 08 - May, 08).
    • I worked as a Tutor for CSCI 1301, an introductory course for Java.
    • I have conducted tutoring sessions for a group of 50 (approx) students.
    • This was a 10 hours per week job.
    • I also worked as a lab assistant for CSCI 1100, an introductory course for Microsoft office and HTML.
    • I have conducted labs for a group of 40 (approx) students.
    • This was a 3&1/2 hours per week job.

  • Teaching Assistant (Aug, 07 - Dec, 07).
    • I worked as a Tutor for CSCI 1301, an introductory course for Java.
    • I have conducted tutoring sessions for a group of 50 (approx) students.
    • This was a 10 hours per week job.
    • I also worked as a lab assistant for CSCI 1100, an introductory course for Microsoft office and HTML.
    • I have conducted labs for a group of 50 (approx) students.
    • This was a 3&1/2 hours per week job.
  • Fall, 2009.
    • I am still continuing my research to finish my thesis.
  • Spring, 2009.
    • During this semester, I have concentrated on the automatic composition of web services using process mediation.
    • We have also published a conference paper
      “Adapting the Galaxy Bioinformatics Tool to Support Semantic Web Service Composition” by Rui Wang, Douglas
      Brewer, Shefali Shastri, Srikalyan Swayampakula, John A. Miller, Eileen T. Kraemer and Jessica C. Kissinger (ICWS 09).
  • Fall, 2008.
    • During this semester, I have mainly concentrated in semantic searching and automatic document categorization.
    • I have also researched on various issues like
      • Name-Entity Resolution.
      • Anaphoric Resolution.
      • Cataphoric Resolution etc

  • Languages: C, C++, C#, Java, J2EE, Python.

  • Database Management Systems: MySQL, SQL Server.

  • Web Technologies: Ajax, ASP.net, CSS, HTML, Java Script, jQuery, Web Services (SOAP & REST).

  • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Unix, Windows Azure (CTP).

  • Game Environments: Microsoft XNA Framework.

  • IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, Visual Studio.

  • Thesis Project:
    1. I am developing a web based tool called “Radiant Web” which is used to publish, discover web services (SOAP) and suggest next service in web service composition semi-automatically.

  • Personal Projects:
    1. I have developed a small database management system using B+ trees as indexes and used several optimization techniques to enhance its performance.
    2. I am building a small application for windows mobile 6.5, uses “SkyDrive” to backup data from mobile phones and pcs.
    3. I am also planning to build a app for Microsoft Surface and zune HD.
  • I am one of the biggest fans of Microsoft:).

  • I was a Beta and RC tester for Microsoft Windows 7.

  • I am a current user of Microsoft Windows Azure (CTP) and I have developed and deployed an application in Web hosting services.
    I have recently got an invitation for SQL Azure and I am planning to develop applications for Sql services and .Net services.

  • I was a Beta 1 tester of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.
    I am currently testing Beta 2 release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.

  • I am also a current user/tester of Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft office web.

  • I have a good collection of stamps and national flags of various countries.
  • I love playing tennis.
  • I like drawing cartoons in my free time.
  • I am interested in photography, musical instruments.
  • I am also interested in fast cars and bikes.
  • Department Address:

    Srikalyan C. Swayampakula,
    Computer Science Department
    415 Graduate Studies Research Center
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-7404.

  • Office:

    Srikalyan C. Swayampakula.
    222 Hardman Hall
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602.

  • Phone: 443-481-7555.

  • email: srikal@cs.uga.edu or srikal@uga.edu