About Me
Hola !! It is tough to talk about myself. But I'll try my best. I was born and raised in Mumbai, India. Right from my childhood, I have had great passion towards computers. I still remember the very first experience with computers when I was in 2nd grade in primary school. They taught us 'LOGO', a programming language. Believe that?!? And honestly my passion towards computers only kept growing since. Apart from computers, during primary school years, I used to play sports including cricket and hockey. But unfortunately priorities changed and the later took a backseat.
I have a sister, who is married and settled in USA. She has always supported and helped me materialize my dreams and she still does. The GURUs of my life have always been my parents. Their unconditional support and confidence in me is one of the main reasons for whatever I have achieved in life.
Formally speaking- Arvind Narayanan is a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota. His advisor is
Prof. Zhi-Li Zhang, a well-known computer and network scientist in the US. Arvind completed his Masters in Computer Science from the same university in 2014 and received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai in 2011 where he was given the "Best Overall Student" award. While a junior student, Arvind led a team of senior students to develop an academic-oriented social networking portal which later won several international awards and was published in several Indian national newspapers. At 17, he started a web development start-up that involved small-scale website and software development projects. He later acted as a technical consultant to many medium-scale organizations and educational institutions, successfully executing projects worth more than USD $200,000.
Arvind's research interests include software-defined networking, Internet of things, and cellular networks. While pursing his master’s degree, he completed an internship at Seagate Technologies where he was part of an R&D team called the HAMR Process where he developed a number of software applications that saved the team roughly 55 man-hours/week. Currently, he is working as a graduate research and teaching assistant in the Computer Science Department.
Education
- Pursuing : Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Minnesota, USA
- 2014 : Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Minnesota, USA
- 2011 : Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.) in Computers, Vidyalankar Institute of Technology affiliated to University of Mumbai, India
- 2008 : Diploma in Computer Engineering, Vidyalankar Polytechnic affiliated to MSBTE, India