Lakshmi Kannan

San Francisco, California, USA lakshmi at lakshmikannan.me

Summary

I love learning things and I totally love getting stuff done.

Skillset

  • Programming - C/C++, Java, Python, JavaScript
  • Protocols - TCP/IP, AODV, OLSR, SIP, RTSP, RTMP, IGMP, H.248
  • Code version - SVN, Perforce, Git

Education

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas, 2009.

Work Experience

Software Developer, Rackspace ~ June 2012 - Present

Software Developer, Amazon ~ May 2010 - May 2012

University Associate, Wham! Networks ~ Jan 2009 - May 2009

University Associate, Iridescent Networks ~ May 2008 - August 2008

Researcher, Open Networking and Advanced Research Lab ~ Oct 2005 - Dec 2009

Publications

Kumaran Vijayasankar, Lakshmi Narasimhan Kannan, Marco Tacca and Andrea Fumagalli, "A Cross Layer Routing Metric for Wireless Multi-hop Networks", IEEE MASCOTS 2009, UK

Lakshmi Narasimhan Kannan, Kumaran Vijayasankar, Divya Channegowda, "Could Cooperative Protocols Improve Performance in Multi-hop Wireless Networks?", IEEE WONS 2009, USA

Lakshmi Narasimhan Kannan, Niraj Agarwal, Marco Tacca and Andrea Fumagalli, "A Markov Chain Model to Account for Multi-Rate Transmissions and Node Cooperative Behavior in IEEE 802.11 Data Link Protocol", IEEE MASCOTS 2008, USA

Niraj Agarwal, Divya Channegowda, Lakshmi Narasimhan Kannan, Marco Tacca and Andrea Fumagalli, "Ad hoc 802.11 Cooperative Protocols: A Performance Study", IFIP/Networking 2007, USA

Srinivasan R, Vaidehi V, Harish K, Lakshmi Narasimhan K, Lokeshwer Babu S, Srikanth V, "Authentication Of Signaling in VoIP Applications", IEEE APCC 2005, Australia