Conferences / IETF / Grid Forum /
Area of Interest
My
research is focused on resource allocation mechanisms for Grids and it has
evolved from the overlapping of multiple related fields I have worked on during
the past years: overlay networks, network topologies, P2P systems, scheduling
algorithms, grid and cluster computing. I have also developed great interest
for virtualization technologies and how they merge with grid computing
technologies to create a pervasive computing environment.
Education
- PhD. In Computer
Science –
- M.S. In Computer Networking –
- B.S. In
Electrical Engineering –
(minor: Telecommunications)
Skills
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Programming C
(expert), Java (good), C++ (intermediate), Perl (good). Additional experience
with: Python, TCL and HTML. System
level programming. Shell
Scripting. ODBC Assembler
x8086/x8085/Microcontrollers |
Network Technologies Grid
computing in general. Adept
with network programming in general (TCP/IP, UDP/IP). P2P
systems, Bluetooth, IEEE802.11b, ATM, optical networks, wireless networks. Adept
with servers configuration. Experience
with network security tools |
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Languages Written/Spoken
Spanish (Fluent) Written/spoken
English (Fluent) Spoken
French (Fluent)/Written (Intermediate) |
Operating Systems – Virtualization Very
comfortable with Solaris, Xen, Linux, FreeBSD and Windows systems. Some experience with Novell and Macintosh. Very comfortable
with Xen and VMware |
Publications
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“Efficient
Co-Allocation Algorithm for Large Scale Distributed Systems”. In progress.
·
“On the Design of Online Scheduling
Algorithms for Advance Reservations and QoS in Grids”. Journal Version co-authored with G.
Rouskas and K. Harfoush. Under submission.
·
“Efficient
Resource Management using Advance Reservations for Heterogeneous Grids”
co-authored with G. Rouskas and K. Harfoush. In Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE International Parallel and
Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2008), April 14-18, 2008.
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"Efficient
Implementation of Best-Fit Scheduling for Advance Reservations and QoS in
Grids" co-authored with G. Rouskas and K. Harfoush. In Proceedings of the First IEEE/IFIP
International Workshop on End-to-end Virtualization and Grid Management (EVGM
2007), October 29-30,
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“On
the Design of Online Scheduling Algorithms for Advance Reservations and QoS in
Grids” co-authored with G. Rouskas and K. Harfoush. In Proceedings
of the 21st IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
(IPDPS 2007), March
26-30, 2007,
Posters
- “QoS
Scheduling Algorithms for Grids”. Grace Hopper Celebration for Women
in Computing, October 4-7, 2006.
- “Efficient
Resource Management using Advance Reservations for Heterogeneous”.
Grace Hopper Celebration of Women In Computing, October 17-20.
- “Lambda
Scheduling for Grid Applications”.
Center of Advanced Computing and Communication, October 24, 2007,
- “Efficient
Scheduling Algorithm for Grid Computing”, 2nd Annual
Event, Computing
Experience
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Fall ’07 |
Research
Intern at Cisco Systems, Inc. – |
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Summer ’07 |
Research
Intern at IBM T. J. Watson Research Lab – |
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Summer ’06 |
Research
Intern at Intel Research – Intel |
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2004-2006 |
Research
and Teaching Assistant at NC |
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2000-2002 |
R&D
Network Engineer and lecturer at |
Research
Intern at Cisco Systems, Inc. –
Designed and developed a co-allocation
scheduling algorithm for network and computational resources.
· Paper for publication
Research Intern at IBM T. J. Watson Research
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Researched the usability of virtualization
technologies in environments with high availability requirements. Details are
excluded for confidentiality reasons. This work involved both research and
technical skills and is on going work in collaboration with IBM. Key accomplishments include:
· Filed patent
· Report submitted for
internal publication.
Research Assistant at Intel Research –
Studied use cases and manageability of
distributed virtual machines within an enterprise context. I researched new
ways of using virtualized resources within an enterprise, to develop and assess
proof of concept implementations, and to disseminate and publish results. Key
accomplishments include:
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Virtualized
the IT Engineering Computing (EC) Environment, making a standard EC
configuration work within a virtual node.
This work has the potential to save Intel thousands of dollars in
capital and maintenance in the EC environment.
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Developed
proof of concept (POC) implementations of the use of virtualization in the EC
environment. This includes a work dispatcher that uses virtualization to do
fault and performance isolation for EC users and an implementation of Netbatch,
a key work scheduler used in EC.
R&D Network Engineer at Centauri
Technologies Corporation –
Performed several tasks related to providing
computational and network solutions for medium/large companies.
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Provided
engineering, technical and managerial direction.
·
Analyzed,
developed and implemented different types of information system technologies.
·
Researched
emerging technologies and industry standards.
·
Generated
project documentation and detailed test plans.
·
Co-authored
technical reports and proposals.
* Please
see project descriptions in last page.
Research Assistant at NC
* Please
see project descriptions in last page.
Selected Course Work and Projects
- Computer
Networks, High Speed Networks, Computer Architecture Systems, Computer
Security, Computer Performance Modeling, Algorithms, Telecommunication
Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Control Systems, Internet Protocols.
- Implementation of
complex queuing systems and their corresponding performance analysis
(theoretical and experimental).
- Implementation of
User Level Thread Library. (Solaris)
- Implementation of
encryption/decryption algorithms and their corresponding analysis. (Java)
- Implementation of
a Gnutella (based on GIA) simulator. (C language)
- Implementation of
an Internet Topology simulator which model the Internet using Game Theory
principles. (C language)
- Implementation of
complex data structures to use in scheduling algorithms (K-dimensional
randomized search trees). (C and Java).
Special Accomplishments and Awards
- Co-Founder of the
community Latinas in Computing (LiC) established in 2006
- Named Anita Borg
Scholarship Finalist 2007 ($1,000 cash award)
- Grace Hopper full
scholarship to attend Grace Hopper Conference 2007. 120 scholarships
awarded out of 900+ applicants.
- Active member of
WiCS. I have proposed and implemented several activities within the
department.
- Awarded with
participation in preparing the Professoriate Program 2005. This is a competitive NCSU-wide program.
- Fully funded as a
Ph.D student in Computer Science at NC State University. One of five
recipients.
- SHPE award
towards 2005 GEM Future Faculty and Professional Symposium Membership.
Membership
- SHPE (Society of
Hispanics Professional Engineers)
- SWE (Society
of Women Engineers)
- WEPAN (Women in
Engineering Programs and Advocates Network)
- WiCS (Women in
Computer Science)
- IEEE Computer
Society
- ACM (Association
for Computing Machinery)
Projects
as R&D Engineer (2000-2002)
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Project: Bluetooth Radiolink Monitoring for
the Status: Proposal accepted and financed by
the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI). ·
Supervised senior student on the design and development
of a radio communication link using Bluetooth. ·
Co-designed and co-developed a radio communication link
between meteorological stations and user laptops. ·
Co-designed a wireless point-to-point communication
link between data loggers and user laptops. ·
Co-authored proposal to adapt the design above to the
needs of STRI. The proposals included technical implementation details and
cost-effectiveness analysis. |
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Project: Automation of the Office of the Law
Prosecutor of the Administration of the Status: Proposal financed by the
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). ·
Designed and implemented a web search engine using TCL
and HTML. ·
Designed and implemented an automatic backup system for
data servers distributed across different geographic locations. ·
Designed and implemented an auditing system for data
servers distributed across different geographic locations. ·
Assisted in the design of the main database (legacy and non-legacy
data) |
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Project: A Scientific Computing Strategy for
the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) Status: Proposal accepted and financed by
STRI. ·
Assessed the usability of several technologies to the
needs of STRI. Among these: Bluetooth, genetic micro arrays,
IEEE80211.b, supercomputers and Geographical Information System applications. ·
Wrote a report on the state of the art of technologies,
including technical details needed for their implementation and
cost-effectiveness in a ten-years time span. |
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Project: Automatic Configuration in Smart
Spaces Status: Proposal accepted and prototype
implemented in 3COM, ·
Designed and implemented a 2-protocol stack to automate
the configuration of a web browser to smart spaces. ·
Modified IEEE802.11b driver to adapt it to Smart Spaces. ·
Assisted in the writing of final proposal. |
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Project: Workshop in Security for the Bank
Industry in Status: Successful (reviews available upon
request) ·
Assisted in the instruction of several modules. ·
Installed network security platforms for didactic
purpose in the workshop. The applications installed and used include:
Kerberos, VPN, file auditing systems,
firewalls, certification authorities. |
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Projects
as Researcher at NC Research: Efficient Scheduling Algorithms
for Grid Environments Description: Design and implement efficient
scheduling algorithms for Grid environments ·
Designed and implemented a suit of scheduling algorithms
for homogeneous Grids ·
Published results in well recognized conferences in the
Grid community. |
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Research:
Modeling the Internet Topology Description: Look at the problem of
determining the Internet topology. Proposed a model based on Game Theory to
reproduce the Internet topology. ·
Designed and developed the proposed model. ·
Monitored existing network topologies distributed across
the ·
Collected and analyzed data to increase the accuracy of
model proposed. ·
Wrote a technical report on the implementation and
findings of my work. |
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Research:
Making P2P Systems Scalable Description: Look at the problem of making
unstructured P2P systems scalable. ·
Proposed a scalable hierarchical structure for P2P
systems in which hosts connect depending on their network and computational
capacity. ·
Designed and developed a simulator for this model in C. ·
Wrote a technical report on the implementation and
findings of my work. |