I'm a PhD student in the computer science department at the University of Western Ontario (UWO). My advisors are Hanan Lutfiyya and Mark Perry. I also belong to Distributed and Grid Systems Group. I sit in MC27C in the famous Middlesex College of UWO. You can contact me at my <alias>@csd.uwo.ca.
I would like to believe, "excitement" is the reason, I do, what I do in life! The three main pillars, that help me to achieve this are my Research, Work and my passion in Photography.
Research Interests
I am thrilled by the opportunities presented by Cloud Computing in the area of Privacy. I am also interested in Volunteer Computing Systems, P2P Systems, Resource Availability Prediction.
Publications
- Chaavi: A Privacy Preserving architecture for Webmail Systems. Karthick Ramachandran, Hanan Lutfiyya and Mark Perry. In Cloud Computing 2011, September, 2011.
- Clarifying Privacy in Cloud Computing. Karthick Ramachandran, Mark Perry and Thomas Margoni. In Cyberlaws2011, Mar, 2011.
- Decentralized Approach to Resource Availability Prediction using Group Availability in a P2P Desktop Grid. Karthick Ramachandran, Hanan Lutfiyya and Mark Perry. In Future Generation Computer Systems, October 2010.
- Decentralized Resource Availability Prediction for a Desktop Grid. Karthick Ramachandran, Hanan Lutfiyya and Mark Perry. In The 10th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing, 643-648, May 2010.
Work Experience
I also get excited by the web and its immense potential. I work at the Department of Modern Languages and along with Juan Luis Suarez and Fernando Sancho Caparrini co-founded Yutzu.com.
I was also in the organizing committee of CNSM 2010 and was responsible for designing and maintaining the official website.
Before starting with my masters at University of Western Ontario, I was a Assistant Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd., Pune, India.
Other Projects
- Mostly Copying Garbage Collector with Generations
- TYRO - A Programming Language
- Wisdom - A 32 Bit Operating System
- Agni - A Discussion Board without DB Support
Photography
Photography is one thing which adds magical touch to my life. Please check out my pictures at http://www.karthickphotography.com, a serious hobby.
