Achievements

February 2005 - Installation of OpenAFS in DCSE Anna University

As part of the degree project, we undertook load balancing for distributed file systems. We initially considered NFS the popular network file system. Later on we decided to install the Andrew File System, created at Carnegie Mellon University, and popular in most CS departments in the USA. DCSE used neither NFS nor AFS before - we had a windows file sharing domain. We were the first to install and demonstrate the andrew file system at the DCSE. Our project warranted exploring the source code of AFS, so we built the system from source.

December 2004 - launch of DCSE's web based newsletter "CORE DUMP"

In the beginning of my final semester at DCSE, a small group of classmates and I planned, created and deployed "core dump", a weekly web based newsletter for the students and staff of the department. I was editor, web designer and server administrator for core dump. Among the content we provided were "students say" - quotes of students to the administration or teachers, polls, technology news and information on upcoming seminars. Each issue also had one algorithmic question answered in the subsequent.

September 2004 - Redesign of DCSE website

I took over the administration of DCSE web server (linux based) in the beginning of my final year. First we installed and deployed phpnuke, a CMS(content management system) using the phpbb forum engine. Later on we built a mediawiki-based wiki site on the server. I redesigned and modularized the website of DCSE during my administration. I also designed the website for aBaCUS the annual technical symposium of our department. The technology used is php and python for server side scripts. I was also part of the team which created the online programming contest (OPC) software for the aBaCUS 05 OPC. We used mysql as back end and Java.

June 2004 - ACM student chapter weekly seminars

The ACM student chapter of DCSE is a technological unit, and I was executive member during my final year. We initiated weekly seminars. We held seminars on Linux and open source, Python programming language, and .Net programming. I was actively involved in the movement to bring linux into the DCSE. Every new machine that the department purchased now has the latest distribution of Linux. My final year project was entirely in Linux, and almost 70% of the projects in my year were linux based in 2004-05.