I am ...

S Subramanya Sastry. I come from Hospet, a town in Karnataka , India . Did 12 years of my schooling there. Near Hospet(about 10 kms away) is Hampi , the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire. Also, 5 kms away, is the Tungabhadra Dam, built across the Tungabhadra river. These places are beautiful, but unfortunately I dont have photographs of these places or I would have scanned and put them in my photo album.

Not so long ago,

I was an undergraduate at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur , in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Those 4 years were wonderful. My photo album has a few photographs from that time. Gokul is also maintaining a photo album which contains many photos of IITK. The IITK Class of '95 homepage has information about my classmates at IITK.

The present

Currently, I am a 2nd year graduate student in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I plan to do a Ph.D. here. Still, a long way to go before I get one.

Interests

My academic interests lie in the fields of Architecture, Programming Languages and Compilers. Hope to graduate some day with a Ph.D. in one of these fields.

Cricket is one of my favourite sports. Used to play phatta at IITK which is a tennis-ball version of cricket. Not that I was a champ or anything, but it provided a lot of entertainment in the company of my friends. My bookmarks have a few links to some cricket sites.

I enjoy listening to music, anything that is pleasant to the ear. I must say I dont consider hard rock or metal something really pleasant. I do not watch much TV, but I make it a point not to miss Seinfeld's show every Thursday.

As far as reading goes, I am not a voracious reader. Rather than say what I like, I can better say what I do not like. I do not like horror, fantasy, neither do I like Science Fiction. I have unsuccesfully tried to come to grips with these. I like something which is down-to-earth, if you know what I mean. Something which has a hint of romance in it. Jeffrey Archer has been my favourite author to date. I also liked Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice very much. Talking of reading, Ramesh Mahadeven's articles make for some interesting reading.

I also like playing bridge. Back at IIT, Kanpur, I picked up this wonderful game in the company of my friends. After a long time, I am back at it again here. Last semester, I took a bridge class offered by the ACBL. I am continuing with it this semester too. I am enjoying it. I also like solving crosswords, the cryptic kind. But, I have not devoted much time to this hobby of mine in recent times.

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