Current Independent Projects
Nolidz.com - www.nolidz.com
Knowledge - when pronounced, sounds nolidz. According to dictionary, knowledge means acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation. This is exactly what we do. We try to investigate data from different domains (for example: politics) and apply different scientific techniques to analyse it so that we can generate information that can be easily understood.
Past Academic Projects
1. Topology Control in power aware ad-hoc networks
Course Project for Distributed Algorithms, ISU, Spring 2008
This project surveys various algorithms proposed in the literature for the topology contorl problem in ad-hoc network, do a comparative analysis of the scheme and brings out positive aspects and limitations of each of these schemes.
Report: Click Here Presentation: Click Here
2. A polynomial time supertree construction method
Course Project for Evolutionary Problems in Computational Biology, ISU, Fall 2007
Researched and developed a new supertree construction method which guarantees to produce a supertree that will always contain some special structured clusters which are present in all the input trees.
Extended Abstract: Click Here
3. Visual Cryptography on Secured Password Management
As remote intern at Spansion, Munich, Aug 2005 – Oct 05
Developed software protocol for the demo on Visual Cryptography and for user scenario of its application for secure password management.
Past Independent Projects
1. FavoursBank
It was an American writer who first mentioned it. It's the most powerful bank in the world, and you'll find it in every sphere of life. For example: I know you are an up-and-coming entrepreneur and that, one day, you'll be very influential. I know this because, like you, I too was once ambitious, independent, honest. I no longer have the energy I once had, but I want to help you because I can't or don't want to grind to a halt just yet. I'm not dreaming about retirement, I'm still dreaming about the fascinating struggle that is life, power, and glory, I start making deposits in your account - not cash deposits, you understand, but contacts. I introduce you to such and such a person; I arrange certain deals, as long as they're legal. You know that you owe me something, but I never ask you for anything.
One day, I'll ask you for a favour and you could, of course, say "No", but you're conscious of being in my debt. You do what I ask, I continue to help you, and other people see that you're a decent, loyal sort of person and so they too make deposits in your account = always in the form of contacts, because this world is made up of contacts and nothing else. They too will one day ask you for a favour, and you will respect and help the people who have helped you, and, in time, you'll have spread your net worldwide, you'll know everyone you need to know and your influence will keep on growing.
What if I could refuse to do what you ask me to do?
You could. The Favour Bank is a risky investment, just like any other bank. You refuse to grant the favour I asked you, in the belief that I helped you because you deserved to be helped, because you're the best and everyone should automatically recognize your talent. Fine, I say thank you very much and ask someone else into whose account I've also made various deposits; but from then on, everyone knows, without me having to say a word, that you are not to be trusted. You'll grow only half as much as you could have grown, and certainly not as much as you would have liked to. At a certain point, your life will decline, you have got halfway, but not all the way, you are half-happy and half-sad, neither frustrated nor fulfilled. You're neither cold or hot, you're lukewarm, and as an evangelist in some holy book says: "Lukewarm things are not pleasing to the palate."'
FavoursBank.com will try to incorporate the similar idea by tapping the existing potential of people present in terms of online community. It will act as an interface between the person who wants a favour and the person who is ready to extend his favour by providing a simple, easy and user friendly web interface. It will try to incorporate all the topics from different regions of the society. The whole website will be community driven.
2. Vehicular Traffic Problem
It gives a brief overview of the traffic congestion problem and an approach to solve it.
Report (.pdf): http://jai.ism.googlepages.com/traffic_problem.pdf