Ramy Asselin

Personal Information:        

I am French-Canadian, fluent in both French and English. I was born in Montreal, Quebec but lived in New Jersey since I was four. I returned to Montreal to study computer engineering at McGill University. I am currently pursueing a Master of Science in Information Networking at Carnegie Mellon University. My research interests are in mobile computing and wireless networking.

Education:               

 

Courses:

Embedded Systems

Distributed Systems

Introduction to Telecommunication Networks

Wireless Networks

Managerial Economics

Business Management

Information Systems Modeling

Information Resources Management

 

  • McGill University, Montreal, Canada
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
    Bachelor of Engineering: Computer Engineering
    Graduated June 2001 with Distinction. Dean’s Honor List.

 

Work Experience:     

CIENA CORPORATION, Montreal, Canada. Hardware Intern.

 

Wrote an interactive Forth program that considerably facilitates the configuration, debugging, and testing of a SONET MOS Quad OC-48 line card. This program became the base platform for all further development of the ADM and the MOS OC‑192, significantly reducing the time to market for an entire family of SONET cards

 

N VIDIA CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA. Hardware Intern.

Characterized and debugged the AMD Hyper Transport bus and Twin Bank Memory Bus of the nForce Platform Processing Architecture

Research/Projects:                 

Carnegie Mellon University, Distributed Systems. Distributed Medical Record System.

 

 

McGill University, Senior Design Project: Phidgets for Human-Computer Interaction.

 

·      Designed and implemented a hardware-software interface to abstract all low-level details involved in programming a collection of buttons, lights, motors, and sensors (Phidgets).

·      Laid-out and manufactured the hardware board that easily connects the Phidgets to a PC using Orcad Schematic and Layout.

·      Assembly programmed the USB microprocessor to transmit information between the PC and the Phidgets.

·      Developed a Visual Basic library to abstract the USB function calls, allowing the Phidgets to be easily and intuitively programmed.

·      Impact: Ten boards were manufactured in January 2002 and successfully used by students to implement the final projects in Professor Jeremy Cooperstock's HCI course

Interests:         

Classical Piano

I’ve been playing classical piano since I was seven. I studied with the well-known Romanian concert pianist Gabriela Imreh during high school. During my undergraduate studies at McGill University, I studied with the McGill Conservatory Associate Director Carl Urquhart and won a full scholarship to attend the Montreal International Music Camp in July 1999.  The following year I gave my first solo piano recital in Montreal, Canada (May 2000). I am currently studying with Viennese pianist Irene Schreier at the Carnegie Mellon School of Music.

Traveling

I love to travel and have visited the following countries:

Austria, Canada, China, Cuba, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Mexico, Italy, Liechtenstein, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, USA.

Sports

I love the outdoors! Especially:

Skiing, Ice-Skating, In-Line Skating, Running, Mountain Biking, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball, Camping, Hiking, Canoeing, Swimming, and more!

Cooking

I aspire to be a truly amazing cook one day!


Contact Information:

  • E-Mail: rasselin [at] andrew.cmu.edu
  • Ramy Asselin
    Information Networking Institute
    4616 Henry Street
    Pittsburgh, PA 15213