NAMITHA GANIGA SANJEEVA 2353 Portland St, Apt 6, Los Angeles, CA-90007 (213)477-0178 ACTIVELY SEEKING FULLTIME FOR 2017 www.namithags.com www.linkedin.com/in/namithags ganiga@usc.edu https://github.com/NamithaGS EDUCATION Master of Science in Computer Science University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA May 2017 GPA: 3.75/4.0 Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science Rastreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering (RVCE) Karnataka, India Jun 2010 GPA: 3.87/4.0 TECHNICAL SKILLS Programming Languages Java, python, C, C++, JDBC, LabVIEW programming Database/Messaging Technologies Hbase, Kafka, SQL, NoSQL Web/Mobile Development HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, XML, Bootstrap Development Architectures Java Architecture, Linux scripting, network attached storage (FUSE), Network Attached Storage AREAS OF INTEREST/COURSEWORK Natural language processing, Content Analysis and Detection in Big Data, Web Technologies, Algorithms PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE- 5 YEARS Stubhub (Ebay) -San Francisco, USA Software Engineering Intern May 2016–Aug 2016 (BUY API team, Pricing enhancement) Developed demand metric from use click stream data, to aid the pricing team to change the buyer fee dynamically. Used Kafka messaging system for the published data from a topic and developed schemas in Hadoop and hive. Intel Mobile Communications -Bangalore, India Senior Software Engineer II March 2013–Jun 2015 (Firmware Development, C, C++, 3G Modules) Performed module and feature development of Activity Manager and Top Level Scheduler blocks of Firmware. Involved in the Code design discussions and Remodeled the shared buffer between 3G and LTE Physical layer. Assisted in Interface design and understanding for multilayer features like Unified Signal Strength reporting. On the spot recognition for quick, reliable support in bug fixing across projects like LG and Samsung. Intel Mobile Communications (Formerly Infineon Technologies) Software Engineer II Jun 2010 –Feb 2013 (Component Verification C, C++, 3G technologies) Lead for verification of Weiner Interference Cancellation feature (WIC). Onsite responsibility of Firmware validation in Duisburg (Germany) Contact point for bring up of “Integrated Virtual prototyping” framework, integrating entire stack and 3G components. ACADEMIC PROJECTS, SEMINARS AND TECHNICAL SKILLS Anaphora resolution in Hindi (using supervised learning model) Spring-2016 Implemented a language independent Anaphora resolution tool for pronominal anaphors in Hindi language using CRF Morphological analyses for the data was collected and used it for candidate selection and feature selection to train the model on the train data. Mime Diversity and Domain diversity Analysis: (Apache Tika, d3js) Spring-2016 Providing new, improved mechanisms for MIME detection in Tika for scientific Big Data.(Polar Dynamic Domain Dataset) Building a system that allows visual interaction and introspection of the MIME diversity using d3js Weather forecast web app: (PHP, JQuery, AJAX, JSON, Bootstrap) Fall-2015 Implemented a responsive web app to get the detailed formatted weather data of the place entered. Link: http://ngsforecastapp-env.elasticbeanstalk.com/WeatherForecast.html Android Web application: (Android Studio, Facebook SDK, AERIS weather SDK) Fall-2015 Developed a web app for weather forecast of a location with Facebook and AERIS weather map integration. Google play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ngs.weatherforecast Database logging tool for network traffic data (Freelance for a startup): (Java, JDBC, MySQL, HTTP) Fall-2013 Developed a database logger tool to manage large amount of network traffic data on the server side. Designed a remote log data viewer to remotely view the reports over the web. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Part of Women in Engineering USC charter, Intel Involved community program, eye pledging camp, NSS unit of RVCE Secured second place in the LabVIEW graphical programming contest in a workshop held by National Instruments.