Networking appointment - Dr. Mahesh Marina

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Mahesh Marina to a Lectureship in the School. He will be joining ICSA in November 2006.

Mahesh Marina is currently a research staff member in the UCLA Computer Science Department working with Prof. Rajive Bagrodia on the WHYNET wireless network testbed project.

Mahesh received his B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Regional Engineering College (now National Institute of Technology), Warangal, India, in 1998; M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1999; and his Ph.D. in Computer Science, under the guidance of Prof. Samir Das, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 2004. His primary research interests are in the areas of networked & distributed systems with emphasis on wireless mesh, ad-hoc and sensor networks, and performance evaluation. His other research interests include algorithms, and the use of information and communication technologies for development.