I just graduated from the EECS department at University of California, Berkeley.

I was working with Prof. Eric Brewer on the TIER project that aims to develop innovative technolgies to deliver ICTs for the developing world.

I was awarded the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Computer Science and Engineeringby theIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2002.

I did my undergraduate research under the guidance of Prof Partha Pratim Chakrabarti of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.

Publications: Wireless

  • Interference Avoidance and Control .
    Ramakrishna Gummadi, Rabin Patra, Hari Balakrishnan, Eric Brewer. Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-VII), October 2008. [PDF]

  • An Adaptive, High Performance MAC for Long-Distance Multihop Wireless Networks. Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, Sonesh Surana, Sylvia Ratnasamy, Lashminarayanan Subramanian, Eric Brewer. To appear in ACM MOBICOM, 2008.[PDF]
  • A Radio Multiplexing Architecture for High Throughput Point to Multipoint Wireless Networks. Ramakrishna Gummadi, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Sonesh Surana, Eric Brewer. To appear in ACM MOBICOM Workshop on Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions (WiNS-DR), 2008.[PDF]
  • Optimal Scheduling and Power Control for TDMA based Point to Multipoint Wireless Networks.
    Rabin Patra, Sonesh Surana, Sergiu Nedevschi, Eric Brewer. ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR), August 2008.[PDF]
  • Beyond Pilots: Keeping Rural Wireless Networks Alive. Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Manuel Ramos, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Yahel Ben-David, Eric Brewer. USENIX NSDI, 2008. [PDF]
  • Simplifying Fault Diagnosis in Locally Managed Rural WiFi Networks.
    Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Eric Brewer.
    ACM SIGCOMM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR), August 2007. [PDF]
  • WiLDNet: Design and Implementation of High Performance WiFi Based Long Distance Networks.
    Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Sonesh Surana, Anmol Sheth, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Eric Brewer.
    USENIX NSDI, April 2007. [PDF]
  • Packet Loss Characterization in WiFi-based Long Distance Networks.
    Anmol Sheth, Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, Sonesh Surana, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Eric Brewer.
    IEEE INFOCOM, May 2007. [PDF]
  • Potential of CDMA450 for Rural Network Connectivity. Sergiu Nedevschi, Sonesh Surana, Bowei Du, Rabin Patra, Eric Brewer and Victor Stan.
    IEEE Communications Magazine, Special Issue on New Directions In Networking Technologies In Emerging Economies, Jan 2007. [PDF]
  • Rethinking Wireless in the Developing World.
    Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Melissa Ho, Eric Brewer and Anmol Sheth.
    Hot Topics in Networks (HotNets-V), November 2006. [PDF]
Publications: ICTD
  • ICTD State of the Union: Where have we reached and where are we headed? Rabin Patra, Joyojeet Pal and Sergiu Nedevschi.International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2007. [PDF]
  • Usage Models of Classroom Computing in Developing Regions.
    Rabin Patra, Joyojeet Pal, Sergiu Nedevschi, Madelaine Plauche and Udai Pawar.
    International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) 2007. [PDF]
  • The Case for Technology for Developing Regions.
    Eric Brewer, Michael Demmer, Bowei Du, Kevin Fall, Melissa Ho, Matthew Kam, Sergiu Nedevschi, Joyojeet Pal, Rabin Patra, and Sonesh Surana.
    IEEE Computer. Volume 38, Number 6, pp. 25-38, June 2005 [PDF]
  • Hardware Speech Recognition on Low-Cost and Low-Power Devices.
    Sergiu Nedevschi, Rabin Patra, and Eric Brewer.
    Design and Automation Conference, June 2005 [PDF]
  • A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Studying Village Internet Kiosk Initiatives:The case of Akshaya.
    Sergiu Nedevschi, Joyojeet Pal, Rabin Patra, and Eric Brewer.
    Policy Options and Models for Bridging Digital Divides, March 2005 [PDF]
Publications: Delay Tolerant Networks
  • Using redundancy to cope with failures in a Delay Tolerant Network.
    Sushant Jain, Michael Demmer, Rabin Patra, and Kevin Fall.
    ACM SIGCOMM, August 2005 [PDF]
  • Implementing Delay Tolerant Networking.
    Michael Demmer, Eric Brewer, Kevin Fall, Sushant Jain, Melissa Ho, Rabin Patra.
    IRB-TR-04-020, Dec. 28, 2004 [PDF]
  • Routing in a Delay Tolerant Network
    Sushant Jain, Kevin Fall, and Rabin Patra.
    ACM SIGCOMM, August 2004 [PDF]


Classes

Fall 2002:

  • CS262 - Advanced Topics in Computer Systems

  • CS267 - Applications in Parallel Computers

  • CS298 - Systems Seminar

Spring 2003:

  • CS252 - Advanced Computer Architecture

  • CS268 - Networks

  • CS270 - Algorithms

Fall 2003:

  • CS294-1 -Deeply Embedded Network Systems

  • CS294-12 - ICT Framework for Developing Regions

Spring 2004:

  • C262-B - Advanced Topics in Computer Systems

Fall 2005:

  • CP225 - Regional Planning Workshop

  • CS261 - Computer Security

Spring 2005:

  • IS290 - Information and Communications Technologies for Development

Fall 2005:

  • CS 294: Special Topics: Design of Health Technologies

Fall 2006:

  • Tamil 1A: Introduction to Tamil

Spring 2007:

  • Tamil 1B: Introduction to Tamil

  • CS 294 - Special Topics on Distributed Systems

Fall 2007:

  • CS 301 - Teaching Techniques for Computer Science