Projects

Projects

8-puzzle solution using A* search
Course Project, CSU363 Computational Intelligence
April 2011
Guide : Ms. Lijiya A., Assistant Professor, NIT Calicut.

We implemented a solution to the classic 8-puzzle problem using the A-star search algorithm with the number of misplaced tiles as the heuristic.
Download the Code (in LISP) here.

Download the brief report here



Routing in Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks
Term Paper, CSU6143 Trends in Middleware Systems
Jan 2011 - Feb 2011
Guide : Dr. Madhukumar S.D., Associate Professor, NIT Calicut.

We surveyed the existing routing protocols for MANETs. New directions of research such as Geographic Routing without Location Information were also looked at.
Download the Term Paper here.



Programming Models for the Cloud
Term Paper, CSU341 Distributed Computing
Sept 2010- Oct 2010
Guide : Dr. Madhukumar S.D., Associate Professor, NIT Calicut.

We surveyed the existing Programming Models for Cloud Architectures, focussing on Map-Reduce and its variants.
Download the Term Paper here.



Security Issues in Cloud Systems
CSU491 Seminar
Sept 2010 - Oct 2010
Studied and surveyed security issues and threat handling mechanisms in Cloud Systems.
Download the slides here
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NachOS Operating System
CSU397 Operating Systems Lab
Jan 2010 - Apr. 2010
Developed a rudimentary operating system on UC Berkeley's NachOS framework. Implemented System Calls, Multiprogramming, Page Tables, TLB and File System in C.


Hadoop Cluster
CSU313 Operating Systems Course Project
Feb. 2010
Implemeted a Hadoop Cluster with three nodes on Ubuntu, and tested it with standard Map-Reduce jobs.
Download the report here


Toy Compiler
CSU392 Compiler Lab
Jul. 2009 - Nov. 2009
Developed a compiler from scratch for SIL or Simple Integer Language, a language of Integers and Booleans.The lexer and parser were generated using Lex and Yacc respectively.


Protocol Simulation using Network Simulator(NS)-2
CSU304 Networks Course Project
Nov. 2009
Investigated the efficeincy of different congestion control algorithms like TCP Reno, TCP Vegas, etc by varying network parameters.


Photo Studio Software
CSU213 Database Management Systems Course Project
Jan 2009 - Feb. 2009
Designed and developed a normalized relational schema for the backend of a Photo Studio software.


Transporter Robot
Techfest 2008, Indian Institute of Technology(IIT),Bombay
Nov. 2007 - Jan. 2008
Designed and developed an autonomous robot and a manula robot. The autonomous robot transported blocks across a platform using obstacle detection and line following techniques while the manual robot assisted it.
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Capture the Flag Robot
Shaastra 2007, Indian Institute of Technology(IIT),Madras
Aug. 2007 - Sept. 2007
Designed and developed an autonomous robot and a manula robot. The autonomous robot was used to capture the enemy's flag while the autonomous robot had to detect an intrusion by the enemy.