Saraswathi Sundararajan

(Citizen of Singapore  and Green Card in  USA)

 

2519, Bristol, #203, Ames, Iowa 50010,  515-851-8881

Email: saraswathi55@gmail.com, saras@iastate.edu

 

Education

Iowa State University, Boinformatics and Computational Biology, Phd Student: Aug. 2007 - Current

Nanyang Technological University, M.Sc Bioinformatics                                July 2006 – June 2007

( Thesis: Cancer Classification using Machine Learning)

Old Dominion University, Norfolk,  VA, USA  M.Sc. Computer Science       December 1985

UC Santa Cruz, Certificate in E-Commerce Engineering                                December 2001

FCCA – Certified Accountant – Singapore – UK                                               December 2000

BA Maths , University of Delhi                                                                          June 1977

 

Research Experience

 

Visiting Researcher, Bioinformatics Research Center,  School of Computer Engineering,

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 

Advisor: Dr. Jagath Rajapakse    Feb. 2006 -  June 2007

Visiting Researcher, Jan 2005 - Jan-2006 - Center for Networking and Excellence, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India. Worked on Machine learning (SVM) techniques,  and Parallel processing using grid computing and MPI.

 

Research in the area of machine learning in computational biology

 

  • Investigated classification of micro-array gene expression data , obtained in the context of cancer diagnosis,  using Extreme Machine Learning (ELM), Support Vector Machine(SVM) algorithm ( C++, Matlab)
  • Investigating efficiency of other algorithms in this context, such as those based on Neural Networks, like Extreme Learning Machines  in combination with Genetic Algorithms (GA)and bio-inspired genetic algorithms like Particle Swarm Optimization ( PSO)

 

1. Refereed Papers:

  • Performance Enhancement of Extreme Learning Machine for Multi-category Sparse Data Classification”, Pattern Analysis and Applications and  ICONIP 2006 (second author). –Scheduled for publication --.     
  • “An Improved Gene Selection Method for Accurate Classification of Microarray Gene Expression Data”, INCOB 2006, (refereed paper,  first author, presented at INCOB).

 

both papers co-authored with Dr. Suresh and Professor Sundararajan at NTU, Singapore.

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Research Engineer, GINTIC Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.   

Advisor: Dr. Robert Gay          Jan. 1992- Jan. 1993

 

  • Developed Finite Element analysis modeling software package in C++. The ultimate objective of the software was to simulate material behavior under extreme conditions.
  • Implemented code migration of a geometrical Finite Element Analysis package (consisting of more than 30,000 lines of code)  from ADA to C.

 

Research Assistant, Old Dominion University, Hampton,VA         

Advisor: Dr. Chris Wild           Jan. 1984 - Dec. 1985

 

  • Research in Artificial intelligence, specifically in the automatic generation of  test cases for abstract data types
  • Space Station animation simulations at NASA Langley Research Center (summer internship)

 

 

Professional Experience

 

Software Engineer, Amritha Viswa Vidya Peetham, Coimbatore, India July 2004 - Dec 2004

 

  • Project Lead for development of financial modules
  • Developed software in Java
  • Enterprise Resource Planning Software developed for Konkan Railway System

 

Software Engineer , ValueLabs, Hyderabad, India   June. 2002 – June 2003

 

  • Test development and quality assurance for mobile portal applications
  • Web page and web page application development for  mobile portal applications such as interactive TV and multimedia messaging

 

Software Engineer/Consultant, Techsoft Consultants, Fremont, CA   Aug. 2000 – Current

 

  • Developed and administered website for a major shipping company, Air7Seas
  • Developed test tracking application for  a multimedia software vendor, Margi Systems
  • Computer security consultant for VPN Dynamics

 

 

Teaching Experience

 

Tutor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore                 June 1991  - June 2000 

 

  • Information Technology for Business Students
  • Economics 101

 

 

Tutor, National  University of  Singapore                                     June 1994  - June 1998 

 

  • Digital Logic Design
  • Economics 101

 

Software Engineer, Bangalore  India   June 1885 – Dec. 1990

 

  • Software development and quality assurance for  software  applications
  • Teaching, training in Computer Applications  in Colleges.

 

 

 

Professional and Honor Societies

 

Member, Finance  and Education Committee - ISCB

Member of Organization Committee, ISCB-Student Council

Chairperson, ISCB-SC, Regional Student Groups

Founder and Chairperson, ISCB-SC – RSG – Singapore – ( founded 2006 Nov.)

Founder, ISCB-SC – RSG – India – (founded 2006 Nov.)

Have proposed, ISCB-SC- RSG – USA – to be started in Aug/Sept. 2007 in USA.

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Fellow, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK)

Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

 

 

 

 

 

Other References

 

Dr. Robert Gay,

Research Director, GINTIC Institute,

Professor of Electrical Engineering ,

Nanyang Technological University,  Singapore- 639798.

Email: eklgay@ntu.edu.sg

 

Dr. Jagath Rajapakse,

Deputy Director, Bioinformatics Research Center,

Associate Professor of Computer Engineering,

Nanyang Technological University,  Singapore- 639798.

Email:  asjagath@ntu.edu.sg