Work and Teaching Experience

Microsoft, IDC
Software Development Intern, Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

• Investigated and ported an API (Application Programming Interface) in native code (C++) to managed code (Java).
• Implemented a prototype analytics API for Android applications to log an event and activity.
• Worked on Microsoft Application Insights for Window Phone 8.0 using C++ technologies.

Teaching Assistant
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aug 2014 - present

• Lab teaching assistant for the course Introduction to Programming in Java (CS-302).
• Implement test cases for the programming assignments.

Interests

I am interested in the fields of Distributed Systems, Operating Systems and Machine Learning.

Research & Publication

• Worked on building IaaS cloud systems using Eucalyptus.
• Studied the effect of DrDoS attacks on networks.
• Worked on a mechanism to mitigate the effect of DrDoS attacks.
• This was published in KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems. Link:Click Here

Other Interests

• Competitive Coding
• Application Development

Computer Sciences and Statistics #1301,
1210 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706

Email: ash@cs.wisc.edu