Ren-Song Ko

808 C Cherry Lane
East Lansing, MI 48823
E-mail: korenson@cse.msu.edu
Tel: 517-355-8130(H)
     517-980-5907(M)
	
Objective

  A research and development full-time position in the area of real-time 
  and embedded systems, pervasive and mobile computing, or network.

Qualifications Summary

  Expertise in computer software design and implementation.
  Comprehensive involvement in management of teams and individuals.
  More than 5 years work experience in software development.

Education

  PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East 
  Lansing, MI, May 2003 expected; GPA: 3.9/4.0

  M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East 
  Lansing, MI, 1998; GPA: 3.9/4.0

  M.S./B.S. in Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 
  Taiwan, 1992/1990

Research

  Research interests include real-time and embedded systems, pervasive and 
  mobile computing, and network. Design and implement the adaptive software 
  architecture project(ASAP) for dissertation.

  - Built a Java framework for developing self-adaptive software under 
    dynamic heterogeneous environments. The framework has been applied to 
    pervasive computing, soft real-time systems, and adaptive robotic control 
    system.
  - The implementation has been tested successfully on Linux (PC, iPAQ, and 
    Nomadic XR4000).
  - Add soft real-time capability to Java that requires exhaustive study on
    an open JVM, Kaffe.

Work Experience

  Teaching Assistant: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, MSU
  Aug. 1999 -- Present   
    Conduct lab sessions, answer questions and grade homeworks for 
    CSE231/232(C++ Language), CSE410(Operation System), CSE420(Computer 
    Architecture), CSE830(Design and Theory of Algorithms), and 
    CSE835(Algorithmic Graph Theory).

  Research Assistant: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MSU
  Jan. 1997 -- Aug. 1999, May 2001 -- Present
    Developed GUI and improved the functionality for the pavement design 
    software, MFPDS, on Windows sponsored by Michigan Department of 
    Transportation. MFPDS is a team project and requires communication with 
    people from different engineering fields. Manage project development. 
    The GUI is developed solely in C++ (> 100,000 lines) with Visual Studio.
    The core algorithm is developed collaboratively in Fortran with Visual 
    Fortran.

Professional Techniques

    Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, XML, Fortran.
    Familiar with TCP/IP, OSI 7 layers, ATM, Wireless and simulation.
    Extensive programming experiences on Unix and Windows platforms.
    Solid software engineering knowledge and experience.

Publications

  Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``Use ASAP to Develop Flexible and Efficient
  Distributed Self-Adaptive Systems,'' submitted to the 2003 International 
  Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP-2003).

  Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``A Component-Based Approach for Adaptive 
  Soft Real-Time Java within Heterogeneous Environments,'' to appear in the
  special issue of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices.

  Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``Adaptive Soft Real-Time Java within 
  Heterogeneous Environments,'' Proceedings of WPDRTS, Apr. 2002.

  Ren-Song Ko and Matt W. Mutka, ``FRAME for Achieving Performance 
  Portability within Heterogeneous Environments,'' Proceedings of ECBS, Apr. 
  2002.

Honors & Awards

  Fellow Scholarship, Department of CSE, Michigan State University, 1999. 

  One of the best papers in WPDRTS 2002 and invited to participate in the 
  special issue of Parallel and Distributed Computing Practices, 2002.

References

  Available on request.