JULIAN HSU
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EXPERIENCE
Modeling & Simulation IPT Lead October, 2006 -Present
· Reporting to System Engineering
Lead and Program Management: providing direction, development guidance,
feedback, and evaluation to a team of eight software and electrical engineers,
performing schedule planning and status / earned value reporting in MS Project,
and coordinating with related teams
· Performing
demonstrations, producing and presenting exhibits, slides, and documentation of
new tools, visualization capabilities, and analysis that demonstrate compliance
of our design with customer requirements and the ability to perform trade
studies, algorithm development, and risk reduction activities
· Continued work in
network modeling using OPNET, tool development in C/C++/Visual BASIC
Senior Network Comm Systems Analyst (Engineer/Scientist) March, 2004-September, 2006
· Shared team leadership
role with senior engineers, provided support for task planning and assignments,
and mentored/trained junior system engineers
· Network
modeling, simulation, analysis, and documentation using OPNET Modeler.
· Managed the production of a new packet based simulation tool and C/C++ based satellite capacity planning and analysis tool for an IP-based satellite network, including software development using Visual C, BASIC, MATLAB, and perl
Director of Technical Services June, 2002 - February, 2004
· Reported to President
and CEO, provided significant input to strategy, hiring, product development,
pricing, and marketing decisions as a member of a group of the three most
senior engineering staff.
· Managed 2-6 person on-site and off-site developer teams that successfully delivered government and commercially funded research projects of wired, wireless ad-hoc, and heterogeneous networks using QualNet
· Managed the production of
simulation models of
· Translated customers’ traffic generator and device models from OPNET to QualNet in C/C++.
· Conducted training sessions at conferences and customer sites on application modeling, routing protocol modeling, queue and scheduling algorithms, threaded communications, and command line operation in QualNet
Senior Member of the Technical Staff July, 1998 - June, 2002
· Authored the QualNet Simulator Manual for QualNet versions 2.0 (first commercial release) through 2.9
· Coded the QualNet facilities for realistic network scenario specification and import, using SEAMLSS and COMTEST syntax.
· Redesigned the queue and scheduler API framework, and wrote the simulation models for FIFO/RED queues, Strict Priority Scheduling, STAR routing protocol, abstract switched Ethernet model. Wrote the C/C++ interface to the Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model (TIREM), a Fortran-based signal attenuation library.
Research Assistant, Parallel Computing Laboratory September, 1999 - June, 2000
· Researcher in 10 member team developing GloMoSim, a detailed, large-scale, parallel network simulator.
· Wrote the GloMoSim simulation models of WRP and LAR routing protocols, CAMP multicast routing protocol, HTTP traffic generator, and Voice over IP traffic generators in PARSEC, a C based simulation language.
· Jointly (with one fellow graduate researcher) wrote the original GloMoSim IEEE 802.11 MAC DCF simulator code.
Teaching Assistant September 1997 - June, 1998
· Taught socket-based programming in UNIX (Solaris) through assigned class projects.
· Covered network protocol theory and organization using the ISO-OSI seven-layer model
· Reinforced class lectures with presentations on IPv4 and IPv6, TCP, RIP and OSPF, CSMA/CD.
· Taught C++ programming methods, data structures, and analysis.
· Conducted Office Hours and Discussion Sections.
EDUCATION
M.B.A. June 2008
· GPA 3.63. GMAT: 780 (Q: 49, V:
51, AWA: 6)
· Thesis:
A comprehensive business plan for US market entry strategy and financing
produced for a New Zealand based mobile banking and information security
start-up
· Managerial Economics
(405), Managing & Leading Organizations (409), Data & Decisions (402),
Financial Accounting (403), Financial Markets (408), Marketing Mgmt I (411A),
Marketing Mgmt II (411B), Corporate Finance (430), Business Law (224), Business
Strategy (420), Negotiations Analysis (215), High Technology Mgmt (241a), Real
Estate Investments (279a), Managerial Interpersonal Communications (285b),
Entrepreneurship & Venture Initiation (295a), Managerial Model Building
(407)
M.S., Computer Science, Computer Networking June 2000
· GPA 3.56. MS Thesis: "Wireless Network Protocol Implementation and Simulation in GloMoSim"
· Computer Network Fundamentals (118), Formal Languages & Automata (181), TA Training Seminar (495), Artificial Intelligence (161), Operating Systems Principles (111), Logic Design / Digital Systems (51A), Parallel Simulation (239), Computer Systems Architecture (151B), Internet Research (217), Database Systems (143), Advanced Computer Networks (218), Parallel Programming (233A).
B.A., Japanese Language & Culture June 1997
· GPA 3.50.
PUBLICATIONS
· Julian Hsu, Brian Pheiffer, Hao Phung, Ying Feria. “Analysing Routing Protocol Convergence in Routed Satellite Networks” In Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2005, pp. 1167-1173 Vol. 2. IEEE, October 2005.
· Julian Hsu, Sameer Bhatia, Mineo Takai, Rajive Bagrodia, Michael Acriche. “Performance of Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Routing Protocols in Large Scale Scenarios” in Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2004, pp. 21 - 27 Vol.1. IEEE, October 2004.
· Julian Hsu, Sameer Bhatia, Mineo Takai, Rajive Bagrodia, Michael Acriche. “Performance of Mobile Ad Hoc Networking Routing Protocols in Realistic Scenarios” in Proceedings of IEEE MILCOM 2003, pp. 1268 - 1273 Vol.2. IEEE, October 2003.
· Sung-Ju Lee, Julian Hsu, Russell Hayashida, Mario Gerla, and Rajive Bagrodia. "Selecting a Routing Strategy for Your Ad Hoc Network" In Computer Communications, pp. 723-733. Elsevier Science B.V., May 2003.
· Sung-Ju Lee, William Su, Julian Hsu, Mario Gerla, and Rajive Bagrodia. "A Performance Comparison Study of Ad Hoc Wireless Multicast Protocols" In Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM2000, pp. 565-574. IEEE, March 2000.
· Rajive Bagrodia, Julian Hsu, Mineo Takai, Christian Heydemann, Gary Warren. "Parallel Simulation of Large-Scale Heterogeneous Communication Systems" In Proceedings of the 1999 Fall Simulation Interoperability Workshop. IEEE, 1999.
· Julian Hsu, Teresa Yan, and Rajive Bagrodia. "A Simulation Study of Packetized Voice over Multi-hop Wireless Networks using GloMoSim" In Proceedings of the 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications. CSREA Press, June 1999.
· Sung-Ju Lee, Julian Hsu, Russell Hayashida, Mario Gerla, and Rajive Bagrodia. "Selecting Routing Strategies for Your Ad Hoc Networks", UCLA CSD Technical Report, August 1999.
ADDITIONAL
· Computer Platforms: MS Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP ; RedHat and Mandrake Linux; Sun Solaris; OpenBSD.
· Research Interests: Parallel Programming and Simulation, Network Traffic and Protocol Simulation, Wireless Ad Hoc Networking Research, Routing Protocols, Diffserv and Intserv architectures, QoS Scheduling/Queueing, Wireless MAC Protocols.
· Computer Skills: Knowledgeable in: C/C++, QualNet, GloMoSim, PARSEC, OPNET Modeler
· Language Skills: Excellent written and spoken communications/presentation skills, third year proficiency in reading, writing, and speaking Japanese.
· Interests: Member American Mensa, Ltd., IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
· U.S. Citizen