Rajesh Krishna Balan

My main research area is in developing new and novel mobile computing applications. These applications range from traffic management to social networking to digital wallets. I am also interested in mobile multiplayer game infrastructures, resource management issues on constrained devices, and software engineering issues related to distributed software development and system migration. More details about my various research projects can be found here.

I obtained my Ph.D. in 2006 from the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University. My advisor was Professor Mahadev Satyanarayanan.

What's New

Paper entitled "Evolution of a Bluetooth Test Application Product Line: A Case Study" to appear at FSE 2010 (August 2010)

Research Interests

Current Projects:
Managing IT Resources in Corporate Environments - Started July 2008

MobiVerse - Started June 2008

Software Project Cost Estimation - Started February 2008

Real-Time Traffic Analysis and Management - Started August 2007

Migrating Enterprise Software - Started July 2007

Convergence or Divergence? - Started May 2007

Digital Wallet - Started April 2007

Distributed Software Development - Started January 2007

Massively Multiplayer Mobile Game Infrastructure - Started November 2006

Past Projects:
Scalable Multiple Game Infrastructure - Started May 2003 , Ended January 2007

Cyber Foraging - Started July 2000 , Ended December 2006

Project Aura - Started July 2000 , Ended July 2006

TCP Trunking - Started July 1998 , Ended July 2000

Distributed Networking for the CAVE - Started July 1997 , Ended June 1998

Mesh Generation for Virtual Reality Environments - Started January 1997 , Ended May 1998

Research Advisors (Past and Present)

Sung Kah Kay (Undergrad Senior Thesis) (1998)
Akkihebbal L. Ananda (Honours and Masters) (1999 - 2000)
Mahadev Satyanarayanan (Ph.D.) (2000 - 2006)
Ph.D. Academic Genealogy (Courtesy of Mark Corner)