I'm from Bangalore, India, with a background in engineering, and my current research at Poly is on e-mail forensics. I'm interested in computer security (specifically application security) because it's an ever-evolving field. Once something is done, it's not finished: There are always smarter guys trying to break it.

I'm also interested in music and in reading; some of my favorite books are The Alchemist, Atlas Shrugged, and The Old Man and the Sea, perhaps because in different ways, they all portray the journey of an individual to find and fulfill his destiny. I also enjoyed the movie The Shawshank Redemption for much the same reason, as well as Crash, because it shows beautifully how people are not fixed, static, unchangeable entities and how it's always a mistake to judge someone.

Last year I re-architected the protocol handler framework of Apache James as part of Google's Summer of Code '05, and this year, I was a finalist for the Anita Borg Scholarship. In general, I think one of my strongest skills is my perseverance, and in the long run, I hope to be involved in research that makes a difference in people's lives.

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