Kasthuri Bai Viswanathan

URL: http://research.iiit.ac.in/~kasthuribai.vpg08/index.htm
E-mail: kasthuribai.v@research.iii.ac.in
Contact No: +91 9704092514

Career objectives
To pursue a challenging career, wherein I can apply my knowledge and acquire new skills.

Education

Master of Science by Research in Computer Science & Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, July 2008 – Present, C.G.P.A - 7.3(till second semester).
B.Tech(Bioinformatics), Sastra Deemed University,Tanjore,TN,India,July 2003 - May 2007,Percentage 81%.
Higher Secondary,St.Joseph of cluny matriculation, 2002-2003, Percentage 86%.
Secondary, St.Joseph of cluny matriculation, 2000-2001, Percentage, 81%.

Career Interests

Work Experience

‘Member Technical Staff’ at SVAPAS Innovations Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, TN, India (June 2007 - June 2008)
Sun Certified Java Programmer for Java1.5
Software Development using Java, Python in Client/Server and Web applications: BIOASK (www.bioask.com) - Knowledge Discovery Suite (Literature Mining Engine)
Good knowledge of Text Mining using NLP and Machine Learning techniques

Technical Skill Set

Primary Research & MS Thesis

Graph Spectral Approach for Analyzing Metabolic Networks

Projects

Pepper - Repeat Prediction TOOL

Organization : IIIT Hyderabad
Project Description: Using Blosum based scoring matrix to extract putative and single amino acid repeats in protein sequences
Operating System: Ubuntu Dapper Drake Linux
Languages : Perl
Packages : -
Role Played : Coding, extraction, analysis
Duration : 4 Months

BIOASK Life sciences Search Engine (www.bioask.com)

Organization :SVAPAS Innovations Pvt Ltd, Chennai
Project Description: Aggregate knowledge of entities, facts and relationships buried deep in the result set can be visualized for easy comprehension through a variety of charts, tables and graphs. Through such an approach, a researcher in the life sciences will quickly be able to generate a hypothesis. The techniques employed are based on the areas of text mining, NLP, machine learning, statistical & probabilistic algorithms and ontology management
Operating System: Ubuntu Dapper Drake Linux
Languages : Java, Perl, Python, PHP, NLP
Database : Lucene indexing
Role Played : Coding, extraction, analysis
Duration : 5 months

Biomarker Database

Organization : SVAPAS Innovations Pvt Ltd, Chennai
Project Description:Biomarkers are substances used as indicators of a biologic state. It is a characteristic that is objectively measured and evaluated as an indicator of normal biologic processes, pathogenic processes, or pharmacologic responses to a therapeutic intervention. Identifying and extracting them from literature (PUBMED) using text mining rules.
Operating System:Ubuntu Dapper Drake Linux
Languages : Java, Perl, Python, PHP, NLP
Database : Lucene indexing
Role Played : Coding, extraction, analysis
Duration : 2 months

Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Arachidonic acid and Linoleic acid Pathways using Systems Biology Work Bench”

Organization:under the guidance of Dr. G.Ramesh Kumar at AU-KBC centre, MIT, Chennai
Operating System:Windows XP
Languages : MATLAB
Role Played : analysis
Duration : 4 months

“Workshop on Multicore Technologies” organized by IBM and IIIT
“Lecture Workshop in Computational Biology”- sponsored by IAS and NAC
Won ‘The Best Presenter award’ for the paper on “Mathematical Modeling of Glucose Related Pathways using MATLAB” at International Level Symposium hosted by NIT, Trichy
Poster on “Insilico Prediction of HLA Class II DRB1 Binding Epitopes from Putative Membrane Proteins of Corynebacterium diphtheriae” in the INCOB 2006 at IISC, Bangalore
Won Second place for the paper “Comparison of Insilico Gene Prediction <Methodologies” presented at Periyar Maniammai College of Engineering, Thanjavur
Won Second place for the paper “Recent Trends in Food Biotechnology Using Bioinformatics” presented in ‘TECHNOVATION’ at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore

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