Rahul DANGUI
dangui@uiuc.edu
http://www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~dangui
Office address: #104, CSL, 1308 W. Main St., Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A., Phone: (217) 333-7916
Home address: 203, South Third St., Apt #203, Champaign, IL 61820, U.S.A., Phone: (217) 403-1608
OBJECTIVE: ____________________________________________________________________
Full-time entry level position or academic training under student visa as a communications engineer
(wireless communications, communication networks) for May 05.
EDUCATION: ___________________________________________________________________
ECE Department, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering. G.P.A. 3.7. Graduation Date: May ‘05.
August 2003-Present
Ecole Superieure d’Electricite (Supelec) – France.
2001 – 2003
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
1st and 2nd year student at a leading French Engineering School specializing in
Electrical and Computer Engineering. G.P.A. 3.85
Lycee Louis le Grand – Paris, France.
1999 – 2001
“Classes Préparatoires”: Two years intensive program in Advanced Mathematics
and Physics in preparation for the nationwide competitive examination to the French
“Grandes Ecoles”. Top 5 %
"Baccalaureat scientifique" (Major: Mathematics), Secondary School Diploma
equivalent to A-Levels. Awarded with Honors.
1996 – 1999
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE_______________________________________
C.S.L, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, U.S.A.
Nov. 03-Current
Research Assistant, Communications Group, Coordinated Science Laboratory,
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Bruce Hajek.
M.S. thesis on Multi-user Diversity in Cellular Networks.
Implemented simulations in C language to quantify the performance of theoretical
schemes using multi-user diversity in a cellular network. Designed a model to take into
account the impact of intercell noise. Analyzed the possibilities of improving the SNR
performance of the scheme by using multiple transmit antennas at the base station with
pseudo-random adaptive time-varying phase and power allocation fluctuations.
Considered fairness mechanisms in a cellular context.
Interests: Rayleigh fading; multi-user diversity; multiple antennas; intercell interference;
power control; ; fairness mechanisms; proportional fairness; communications networks; TCP
protocol; queuing theory; Monte Carlo simulations; CDMA; scheduling algorithms;
Spring 2005:
Teaching Assistant, ECE561 “Signal Detection and Estimation”.
Instructor: Prof. Pierre Moulin. Duties included holding weekly office hours, grading
Fall 2004
Teaching Assistant, ECE498NV “Wireless Networks”.
Instructor: Prof. Nitin Vaidya. Duties included attending classes, developing solutions
homeworks and managing the course website.
for homeworks on networking in mobile communications, grading homeworks and projects
based on ns-2 simulator and providing assistance to students.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ___________________________________________________
Supélec – France.
2001-2003
Consulting; Part of the Executive Committee of the student association “Junior Entreprise”
Spi-Est. In charge of contacting companies and managing the associated technical projects.
Dassault Aviation - France
06/2002-07/2002
Internship in the military aircraft fuselage and fitting facility (1500 people). Managed the
transit of the spare parts of civil and military aircrafts (Mirage 2000, Rafale, Falcon…).
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PROJECTS______________________________________________________________________
Spring 2005
 Sensor Networks: Final project course “Communication Network Analysis”
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Review and written report on “Computing and Communicating Functions over Sensor Networks;” by
A. Giridhar and P.R. Kumar (IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications).
“Game-theoretical view of power control in the CDMA uplink” Final project course Game Theory
Fall 2004: MATLAB Project: Final project course “Advanced Digital Signal Processing”
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Implementation and comparison of the convergence of different LMS algorithms. System identification of LTI
and LTV systems. Implementation of different channel equalization structures to reduce the ISI.
Spring 2004: Stochastic Control: Final project course “Control of Stochastic Systems”
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Review and written report on “Asymptotic Agreement in Distributed Estimation,” by V. Borkar and P. Varaiya
& “Serving Process with Least Thinking Time Maximizes Resource Utilization,” by C. Courcoubetis and P.
Varaiya (IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control)
Supélec – France.
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Project in Signal Processing (01/2003-06/2003); developed a MATLAB program enabling Wavelet
audio compression based on the “Set Partitioning in Hierarchical Trees Algorithm” (SPIHT).
Project in Signal Processing (04/2002-06/2002); developed and implemented in MATLAB an algorithm
generating audio signals based on the time-stretching effect using windowing signals.
Programming project (12/2001-03/2002); developed in C language a user-friendly application with a
graphical interface enabling a visual simulation of a wireless network. Used a routing algorithm taking
into account the capacity and power of each base station.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK: _____________________________________________________
At UIUC:
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Communications and Networking: Information Theory; Coding Theory; Digital Communications;
Signal Detection and Estimation; Wireless Networking (Teaching Assistant); Communication
Network Analysis (Spring 2005);
Probability Theory, Optimization and Control Systems: Random Processes; Control of Stochastic
Systems; Static and Dynamic Game Theory (Spring 2005);
Other: Advanced Digital Signal Processing;
At Supelec(only relevant classes):
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Communications and Signal Processing: Deterministic and Stochastic Signal Processing; Information and
Coding Theory; Photonics and Telecommunications; Wireless Communications; Digital Sound and Image
Encoding; Artificial Intelligence & Neural Networks; Medical Imaging; Electromagnetics
Electronics and Circuits: Analog and Digital Circuits; Radiofrequency and Microwave Electronics.
Control and Applied Mathematics: Linear Systems Analysis; Control System Theory and Design;
Probabilities; Statistics; Numerical Analysis and Optimization.
SPECIAL SKILLS________________________________________________________________
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Programming: C; C++; Assembly language: 68331 Motorola Microprocessor, UNIX, LaTeX, HTML.
Mathematical and Numerical Computations : Matlab; Mathematica, Network Simulator ns-2.
IEEE 802.11 standard, TCP/IP protocols.
French : Mother tongue; German : Proficient; Spanish: Intermediate;
PRESENTATIONS, PUBLICATIONS
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R. Dangui and B. Hajek “Adaptive phase fluctuations for multiuser diversity: two-dimensional parameters and
cellular interference,” accepted for publication in IEEE Semiannual Vehicular Technology Conference, Fall 05.
R. Dangui, “Adaptive phase fluctuations for multiuser diversity: two-dimensional parameters and cellular
interference,” M.S. Thesis.
“Multiuser Diversity in Cellular Networks”, UIUC Comm. Seminar, Coordinated Science Lab, October 4th, 04.
Ref. available upon request-Updated 05/01/05. More details: www.ifp.uiuc.edu/~dangui/Resume_html.html
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