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About MyselfI am Karthik Jayaraman Tripurari (known to many as TJ), a PhD student of Electrical Engineering Department in Columbia University, NYC. I am a member of CISL and work with Prof. Peter Kinget in the field of RF IC design. Before this, I did my Bachelors and Masters at IIT Madras, both in Electrical Engineering where I worked with Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura during my Masters in the field of "High speed serial link design". Research InterestsIntegrated Circuit Design with primary focus on Analog/ RF circuits. With the integration of RF, Analog and digital circuits, digitally calibrated analog/RF circuits seem to be the way to go for power and area efficient IC solutions. I am interested in signal processing algorithms for calibration, synthesis of digital logic to implement these algorithms and most importantly the Analog/RF system that is being improved. While that is the story with Silicon based electronics, there is a thrust towards organic electronics for the advantages in terms of environment friendliness (and more). In particular, graphene looks very promising. Renewable energy is another subject that excites me. Since I make such a statement about a very diverse topic, I am obviously a novice to this field :-). However, it is still one of my interests that I hope to indulge in someday. Non-Academic InterestsRunningAfter coming to the US in Fall 2008, I started volunteering for ASHA and started training for half-marathons with them. I have participated in NYC half marathon and Philadelphia half marathon competitions in 2009. After a gap of two years, I resumed my training in 2011 and competed in Philadelphia half marathon again. My aim is to complete half marathon within 2 hours and complete full marathons in 4.5 hours. TravelI find great fun in exploring new cities, cultures, life-styles and FOOD!!; thanks to my parents who used to take us frequently on vacations. In particular, Railways and the rickety buses in India fascinate me. In my opinion, traveling by unreserved class in Indian trains is the best way to experience the life of a Common Indian. This has notes on a memorable trip that Manideep and I took in our final semester at IIT Madras. In the US, I have visited big cities like NYC (I live here), Washington DC, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburg, Austin, San Francisco and San Diego. MusicRight from my childhood I have been listening to Ilayaraja and A.R.Rahman, thus an ardent fan of these composers. Having grown up in Madras, I also like Carnatic music, one of the two prominent styles of Indian Classical Music. Recently, I have started exploring western classical music written by Mozart and Beethoven. Melodious songs with a joyous mood is my preferred genre. I also listen to Rock and Pop sometimes; Pink Floyd and Michael Jackson being my favorites in these genres respectively. Movie sound tracks, particularly the ones by Hans Zimmer, fill the rest of my music playlist. PhotographyI own a Canon Rebel XSi DSLR camera, a 50mm f/1.8 lens and 18-55mmIS lens. I am mostly into street photography. Though I like to venture into landscape, the prohibitive cost of wide angle lens is hurting. Browse through the links in the adjacent menu for more details. ContactIt is not uncommon that you find me an interesting person already and are experiencing an irrepressible craving to contact me :-). Jokes apart, you could contact me at,email : karthikDOTtjATcislDOTcolumbiaDOTedu phone : 1-212-854-4685 Snail mail : 500W 120th Street, 1300 S.W Mudd Building, New York, NY - 10027 |
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