Education

The University of Sheffield, Sheffield (2005 – Present)

PhD - Computer Science (Computational Systems Biology)

Hybrid hierarchical computational models of cardiac cells and tissues

ORS & Departmental Scholarship, WUN Scholarship

 

The University of Sheffield, Sheffield (2004 – 2005)

MSc(Eng) - Advanced Software Engineering

An agent based approach to modelling cardiac cells and tissues

Fretzwell-Downing Award, Poster at House of Commons

 

Pondicherry University, Pondicherry (2000 – 2004)

BTech – Information Technology

A location aware mobile tourist information service for Kerala Tourism

 

Publications

Extreme Programming: A Genesys Experience

Susheel Varma & Mike Holcombe, Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering, 6th International Conference, XP 2005, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3556 Springer 2005, ISBN 30540 26277-6

 

Shared Code Repository: A Narrative

Susheel Varma & Mike Holcombe, Extreme Programming and Agile Processes in Software Engineering, 6th International Conference, XP 2005, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3556 Springer 2005, ISBN 30540 26277-6

 

Experience

Research Associate, DCS, Sheffield (2006 - Present)

Key team member of the Epitheliome project, providing software development and infrastructure support.

 

Teaching Assistant , DCS, Sheffield (2006 - Present)

Providing teaching support to three different modules within the department of computer science.

 

Residential Tutor, Ranmoor House, Sheffield (2006 - 2007)

Providing pastoral care and support to undergraduates housed at the Ranmoor halls of residence.

 

Research & Development Officer, Genesys Solutions, (2004 - 2005)

Development & testing of IBM funded software projects. Providing companywide quality assurance and standards.

 

Technical Skills

Unix, Mac & PC

C/C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Haskell, Actionscript, Javascript, XHTML, CSS, JSON

Adobe Creative Suite, Flash, Flex, AIR, Thermos

Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, Expression Studio, Silverlight

Google Map, Search, Adsense, Gears APIs

MPI, OpenMP, TBB, HDF5, PetSc, Glib, OpenGL, DirectX, OpenSG APIs

 

References

Available on Request