Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. (June 2020-present)
Senior Engineer, Qualcomm India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore. (April 2017 - May 2020)
Internship, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Bangalore. (February 2016 - May 2016)
Ph.D. in Telecommunications branch (2012 -7), Department of Electrical Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
M.E. in Telecommunications (2010 - 2), Department of Electrical Communications Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. [CGPA: 6.7/8]
B.E. in Electronics and Communications Engineering (2006 - 10), Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. [CGPA: 9.49/10]
12th Standard in State Board of Tamilnadu (2005 - 6), Satchidananda Jothi Niketan, Kallar, Mettuppalayam. [Marks: 1161/1200]
Automation of log processing: An ML-based project that automates the process of detecting failure points during modem testing.
LTE Rel-16 features: Implementation of some LTE Rel-16 features such as the use of additional SRS (Sounding Reference Signal) symbols in an uplink subframe.
LTE uplink: Point of contact for LTE uplink related issues.
NAICS feature: Implementation of NAICS (Network Assisted Interference Cancellation and Suppression) feature, introduced in LTE Rel-10.
Worked on the problem of computing the optimal mechanisms in the two-item one-buyer unit-demand setting. This was as a part of the Ph.D. thesis. This work has been published in the Journal of Mathematical Economics (JME).
Worked on the problem of computing the optimal mechanisms in the two-item one-buyer setting. This was as a part of the Ph.D. thesis. A preliminary version of this work was presented in the 12th International Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE), 2016, held in Montreal, Canada. The complete version has been published in the Journal of Mathematical Economics (JME).
Worked on the problem of allocating a divisible good in the presence of strategic users with near budget balance, as part of the M.E. thesis. Presented this work in the poster presentation event, IBM I-CARE, October 2012. This work has been published in the European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR).
Simulated the nav solution for the GPS module in ANUSAT (Anna University Satellite) launched in 2009.
D. Thirumulanathan, R. Sundaresan, Y. Narahari, "Optimal Mechanism for Selling Two Items to a Single Buyer having Uniformly Distributed Valuations", In proceedings of the 12th Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE), 2016, pp. 174--187. [Book] [arXiv]
D. Thirumulanathan, H. Vinay, S. Bhashyam, R. Sundaresan, "Almost Budget Balanced Mechanisms with Scalar Bids For Allocation of a Divisible Good", European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR), vol. 262, 2017, pp. 1196--1207. [doi] [arXiv]
D. Thirumulanathan, R. Sundaresan, Y. Narahari, "Optimal Mechanism for Selling Two Items to a Single Buyer having Uniformly Distributed Valuations", Journal of Mathematical Economics (JME), vol. 82, 2019, pp. 1--30. [doi][arXiv]
D. Thirumulanathan, R. Sundaresan, Y. Narahari, "On Optimal Mechanisms in the Two-Item One-Buyer Unit-Demand Setting", Journal of Mathematical Economics (JME), vol. 82, 2019, pp. 31--60. [doi][arXiv]
Secured an All India Rank of 59 (out of 106,000) in GATE 2010.
Secured a rank of 72 (out of 130,000) in TNPCEE (Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination) 2006.
Secured second rank in Tirupur Educational District in 12th standard board exams.