Aditya Mittal
Email: this domain name @ gmail . com
ScientificChess Research Scholar, Author, and Web Developer
Date of Creation: Tuesday, June 29, 2004
Last Update: Saturday, April 2008
NOTE: Due to system switching, a lot of typographical errors arose in this document. Most have been fixed, but some might have escaped, they will be fixed as they are found.
Intro
Flying in magnificent airplanes, walking the rocky roads, playing
masterfully in ice and snow, fighting hot winds with a passion, glowing
in the dark, and exploring the mines of knowledge, a traveler Aditya
began his journey in Pilani, India and spent the first few years of his life in
New Delhi where a song of accomplishment began. Bright as Aditya* as a
first grader the baby became renowned for his handwriting, artistic, and
linguistic ability, thanks to his mother, Meenakshi Mittal. Prizes like
coloring books and colored pencils came like water. Father, Rakesh
Mittal, on the other hand, taught him chess, brought new toys for him everyday,
and took him for walks holding his finger. Thanks to the graceful god for
a lovely little sister, Anudha also. At age seven, the family moved out
of the capital into Palam Vihar, Gurgaon along with the boy’s grandparents,
uncles, and aunts. Expectations rose, competition was faced but staying
afloat the sun like boy made his way through the skies. After completing
fourth grade, a tall wave brought him to the U.S. where a series of travels
erupted from Indianapolis. The sun shone radiantly everywhere from SantaFe,
New Mexico to Fairfax, Virginia to Tulsa, Oklahoma to Springfield, Oregon, to
Atlanta, Georgia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Randolph, New Jersey to
Marlton, New Jersey, to Fairport, New York to Westborough, Massachusetts, and
now Syracuse, NY. These being merely the places of abode, the authentic
stories of the travels are a saga in the self, ever so slightly touched by the
first line of this paragraph. Presently, Aditya has completed a double
major in physics and computer engineering and is pursuing graduate studies in
Computational and Mathematical Engineering at Stanford University.
* Aditya in Sanskrit refers
to the sun.
education
ICME, Stanford University, Stanford, CA n 2009
M.S. in Computational and Mathematical Engineering
B.S. in Physics (from The College of Arts and Sciences)
B.S. in Computer Engineering (from L.C. Smith College of Engineering and
Computer Science)
As a whole the program
is a 5 year Combined Degree in Physics and Computer Engineering. I have
completed it in 4 years of actual attendance.
Westborough High School,
Westborough, MA: High School Diploma. Completed 11th and 12th
Grades.
Fairport High School,
Fairport, NY: Completed 10th Grade.
Cherokee High School,
Marlton, NJ: Completed 9th Grade.
Travel
I have lived in India
and 12 different U.S. Cities in all different regions and states allowing me to
interact with many cultures. I went to elementary school in India and
then many middle schools and three high schools in the U.S.
awards and certificates
· “Most Dedicated” – Awarded at NY state level
debate of Model United Nations for UNESCO in Syracuse, NY n 2000
· “Outstanding Delegate” – Awarded at NY state
level debate of Model United Nations for
· “Roman Life and Customs Honorable Mention” –
Junior Classical League, NY n 2000
· “English Derivatives from Latin” – Junior
Classical League, NY n 2000
· “Greek and Roman Mythology” – Junior Classical
League, NY n 2000
· “Latin Vocabulary” – Junior Classical League,
NY n 2000
· “Principal’s Recognition” – earned 2 times
through nominations by the teachers Dr. Perez, Mr. Bieg, and Mrs. Green,
Fairport, NY n 2000
· “All- County Recognition in Math” – Math Team,
· “New York State Math League participant” –
Math Team, NY n 2000
· “Fairport High School Math Team” – Math Team,
NY n 2000
· “National Science Olympiad Excellence” –
Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, NY n 2000
· “National Science Olympiad Excellence” – State
Science Olympiad Tournament at West Point Academy, NY n 2000
· “All-American Scholar” – United States
Achievement Academy n 2001
· “Who's Who Nomination” – Who's Who Among
American High School Students n 2001 n 2002 n 2003
(earned 3 times)
· “Tau Beta Pi recognition” – Tau Beta Pi (The
Engineering Honor Society) n 2001
· “
· “National Leadership and Service Award” –
United States Achievement Academy n 2002
· “National Commemorative Certificate” – United
States Achievement Academy n 2002
· Semi-finalist for "Merry Advice Live Your Day
Joyously" – http://www.poetry.com/ n 2002
· Semi-finalist for "Aging Changes Perspective on
Life" – www.poetry.com n 2002
· Semi-finalist for "Abandoned Love" – www.poetry.com n 2002
· Sound of Poetry - "Abandoned Love"– Poetry.com (1
of 33 winners for best sounding poetry to be recorded on CD) n 2002
· Editors Choice Award - "Abandoned
Love" – www.poetry.comn 2002
· Many invitations to poetry.com
symposiums/awards n 2002-2003
· “New England Regional Science Bowl Excellence”
–
· “Science and Technology Fair” – Expressing
Sound Emphatically n 2002
· “Certificate of Achievement: Astronomy”
– Westborough High School n 2002
· “AP Scholar with Distinction” – AP Exams in
Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, American History, and English n 2001-2002
· Syracuse University Chancellor Scholar
$8000/year at
· Syracuse University Scholarship $4000/year at
· “Westborough Civic Club Scholarship of $500” –
Westborough Civic Club n 2002
· “The National Dean’s List” – National Academic
Affairs n 2003 n 2004
· “Dean’s List” – L.C. Smith College of
Engineering and Computer Science for n Fall 2003 n Spring2004 n Spring
2005 n Spring 2006 n Fall 2006 n Spring
2007
· CPR Certification – American Heart Association
from Marlborough Hospital, MA n Summer 2004
· OSHA Chemical Hygiene Plan Certification –
· High Scholarship in Physics – Sigma Pi Sigma –
National Physics Honor Society Syracuse University Chapter, NY n Spring 2005
· IBM ODF Challenge Runner Up Award (iPod nano)
– IBM Corporation n Fall 2006
· Most Innovative Project of the Year on
“Multitouch Interaction Game Table” Senior Design Project – $500 Award by IEEE
at RIT – 7th Annual Student Design contest – participants from northeast
· Excellence in Physics Award – Awarded by
Physics Department at Syracuse University n Spring 2007
· Guerrila Marketing Prize – Awarded at Stanford University Innovation Tournament in Entrepreneurship Week sponsored by Deloitte n Winter Quarter 2008
WORK experience
Website Design and Programming:
Design and maintain websites for eWSoftware Consultants, Inc. See http://makeprogram.com/ for details.
Writing
Sales
Tutoring
Course Work
High School
Advanced Placement
Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, American History, and English (These are College
Level courses taken in High School)
Syracuse University
Fall 2002:
Took a semester off from
college to complete writing my book Fierce Game of Foolish Geniuses: The
Opening of Chess and to accomplish the following readings:
Spring 2003:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
282
|
System Software Design
|
3
|
Mechanical &
Aerospace Engineering 355
|
Fundamentals of Heat
& Mass Transfer.
|
4
|
Mathematics 296
|
Calculus II
|
4
|
Philosophy 251
|
Logic
|
3
|
Physics 212
|
General Physics II
|
3
|
Fall 2003:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
281
|
Computer Organization
& Assembly Lang
|
3
|
Electrical Engineering
231
|
EE Fundamentals I
|
3
|
Electrical Engineering
291
|
EE Laboratory I
|
1
|
Mathematics 397
|
Calculus III
|
4
|
Philosophy 552
|
Modal Logic
|
3
|
Physics 221
|
General Physics I
Laboratory
|
1
|
Physics 222
|
General Physics II
Laboratory
|
1
|
Physics 361
|
Intro to Modern
Physics
|
3
|
Spring 2004:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
283
|
Object-Oriented Design
(C++, Java)
|
3
|
Mathematics 485
|
Differential Equations
& Matrix Algebra For Engr.
|
3
|
Mathematics 521
|
Introduction to
Probability & Statistics
|
3
|
Physics 322
|
Intermediate Mechanics
I - Newtonian Mechanics
|
3
|
Physics 344
|
Experimental Physics I
– did ‘optics’, ‘measuring lifetime of muon’, ‘frank-hertz’, and ‘photoelectric
effect’
|
4
|
Writing Program 205
|
Writing Studio 2
|
3
|
Fall 2004:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
382
|
Data Structures and
Algorithms
|
3
|
Electrical Engineering
232
|
EE Fundamentals II
|
3
|
Electrical Engineering
292
|
EE Laboratory II
|
1
|
Electrical Engineering
331
|
Digital
Circuits/Systems (Microelectronic Circuit Design)
|
3
|
Physics 424
|
Electromagnetics I
(Electrodynamics)
|
1
|
Physics 523
|
Intermediate Mechanics
II (Classical Dynamics)
|
3
|
Spring 2005:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
261
|
Digital Logic Design
|
3
|
Economics 301
|
Intermediate
Microeconomics
|
3
|
Electrical Engineering
490
|
Independent Study –
Fiber Lab
|
3
|
Physics 567
|
Introduction to
Quantum Mechanics I
|
4
|
Psychology 205
|
Foundations of Human
Behavior
|
3
|
Fall 2005: Spent
semester abroad in India honing my mathematical skills and traveling.
Spring 2006:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
351
|
Math Analysis of
Digital Systems
|
3
|
Computer Engineering
381
|
Computer Architecture
|
3
|
Computer Engineering
398
|
Computer Lab II –
Microprocessors Lab
|
3
|
Physics 312
|
Relativity and
Cosmology
|
3
|
Writing 307
|
Advanced Studio: Professional
Writing
|
3
|
Mathematics 275
|
Abstract Mathematics
|
3
|
Fall 2006:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
464
|
VLSI Design Methods
|
3
|
Computer Engineering
497
|
Senior Design Project
|
2
|
Computer Engineering
561
|
Digital Machine Design
|
3
|
Computer Engineering
585
|
Design Operating
Systems
|
3
|
Physics 400
|
Problems of
Contemporary Physics
|
2
|
Physics 576
|
Solid State Physics |
3
|
Writing 407
|
Advanced Workshop in
Professional & Discrete Writing
|
3
|
Spring 2007:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
Computer Engineering
497
|
Senior Design Project
|
3
|
Computer Engineering
565
|
Digital Design Testing
and Verification
|
3
|
Engineering and
Computer Science 392
|
Ethical Aspects of
Engineering and Computer Science
|
3
|
Physics 462
|
Experimental Physics
II (NMR, Thin Films)
|
4
|
Physics 490
|
Independent Study
(High Energy Physics LHCb at CERN)
|
3
|
Writing 105
|
Writing Studio 1
|
3
|
Writing 407
|
Advanced Workshop in
Professional & Discrete Writing
|
0 (continued).
|
CME = Computational and Mathematical Engineering
CS = Computer Science
MS&E = Management Science and Engineering
ME = Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2007:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
CME 302
|
Numerical Linear Algebra
|
3
|
CME 303
|
Partial Differential Equations of Applied Mathematics
|
3
|
CME 300
|
ICME Seminar |
1
|
CS 229
|
Machine Learning
|
3
|
Winter 2008:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
CME 304
|
Numerical Optimization
|
3
|
CME 305
|
Discrete Math
|
3
|
CME 352
|
Molecular Algorithms |
3
|
MS&E 77SI
|
Discovering Entrepreneurship
|
1
|
Spring 2008:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
CME/ME 346A
|
Molecular Simulations
|
3
|
CME 308
|
Stochastic Processes
|
3
|
CME/CS 306/237C
|
Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations |
3
|
Fall 2008:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
CS
|
Data Mining
|
3
|
MS&E 220
|
Probabilistic Analysis
|
3
|
MS&E 273
|
Technology Venture Formation |
3
|
Winter 2009:
Subject
|
Description
|
Credits
|
CS 255
|
Introduction to Cryptography
|
3
|
CME
|
Initial Boundary Value Problems (Higher Order PDE)
|
3
|
CME 500
|
ICME Seminar |
1
|
MS&E 221
|
Stochastic Modeling
|
3
|
Other readings
· Life of Pi by Yann Martel n Summer 2003.
· Prey by Michael Crichton n Summer 2003.
· How Would You Move Mount Fuji? : Microsoft's Cult of
the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative
Thinkers by William Poundstone n Summer 2004.
· The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between
Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
by Fritjof Capra n Summer 2004.
· The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins n Summer 2004.
· Game Coding Complete
by Mike McShaffry n Summer 2004.
· Sams Teach Yourself Javascript 1.3 in 24 Hours by Michael Moncur n Summer 2004.
· Geometry by David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen, and Jeremy J. Gray
covering the basics of Euclidean, Affine, Projective, Inversive, Non-Euclidean,
and Spherical Geometries n Summer 2004.
· Vector Calculus by Jerrold E. Marsden and Anthony Tromba n Winter 2004.
· Optical Fiber Systems and Their Components by Sharma, Halme, and Butusov n Spring 2005.
· Sams Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week by Rafe Colburn n Summer 2005.
· Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar n Summer 2005 (currently reading).
· Higher Engineering Mathematics by Dr. B.S. Grewal n Fall 2005 n Taught by Dr. G.C.
Shukla of ITM.
· Dan Brown, John Grisham, Dr. Robin Cook etc.
· Verbal Advantage by Charles Harrington Elster n Winter 2005.
Favorite Readings: Les Miserables, The Fountainhead, Anthem, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, A Separate Peace, The American Girl's Collection, Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby, As I Lay Dying, A Raisin in the Sun, The Blue Mountains, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Tripod Trilogy, Moby Dick, Homer's Odyssey, also Victor Hugo's Odyssey, The Hunch Back of Notre Dame, Hiroshima, The Old Man and the Sea, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Holy Cow, Animal Farm, Dr. Seuss, To Kill a Mockingbird, Malcolm X, Roots, Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost, Toni Morrison's Paradise, Ramayana, Frankenstein, Alexander the Great, Grendel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Indian Puranas and their stories, The Arabian Nights, Russian Folk tales, Fairy Tales, Much of Dan Brown, John Steinbeck (esp. Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men), Charles Dickens, John Grisham, Stefen King, Dr. Robin Cook,
Drop Dead Gorgeous, Brainwaves, Rising Phoenix, Beyond Einstein,
Chromosome 6, Cold Mountain, Dead in the Water, Great Adventures of
Sherlock Holmes, The Moonstone, Life of Pi
Publications
· Fierce Game of Foolish Geniuses: The Opening of
Chess
My first book published by AuthorHouse n Copyright 2003
· “Abandoned Love”
Poem published by the International Library of Poetry n 2002.
· “Aging Changes Perspectives on Life”
Poem published by the International Library of Poetry n 2003.
· Superstrings: 10+ Dimensions published on http://www.scientificchess.com/articles/superstrings.htm and http://www.pilani.com/Members/Aditya/DimensionsInSuperstrings.htmn 2002.
· Types of Geometry: An Introduction to Euclidean,
Affine, Projective, Inversive, Non-Euclidean, and Spherical Geometries: The
Kleinian View of Geometry
published on http://www.scientificchess.com/articles/geometry.htm n 2004.
· http://www.scientificchess.com/
– Personal site published and maintained by myself n 2004.
· Nanotechnology published in the June 1, 2005 edition of the magazine MITS
Communications, also available from http://www.scientificchess.com/articles/nanotechnology.htm n 2005.
· Hamming Codes in the Context of DNA
Self-Assembly to be published by 14th
International Meeting on DNA Computing n 2008.
languages
Hindi – native language;
English – speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency – as good as
native language; French – speak, read, and write with basic competence (3 years
in High School); Latin – 1 year course in High School
computer Skills
Typing, MS Office (Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access database development and migration to
MySql etc.), Origin (for experimental error analysis etc.), Graphics and Web
Design (FrontPage, Photoshop, ImageReady, Flash, Paint, Gif Animation, Movie
Shop, 3d modeling with blender), Programming and Scripting (Assembly language
for 8086 and Motorola 68HC12, C++, C# COM with .NET, Java (Netbeans),
JavaScript, PHP scripting, Macro programming with AutoHotKey, and scripting
games with SpriteCraft Game Engine), and Hardware Design Tools and Languages
(Professional Software tools from Cadence and Synopsis, QuartusII, VHDL, Verilog,
e-Hardware Verification Language, and other formal verification tools and
waveform generators, constraint solvers, EDA (electronic design automation)
tools, PVS prover for automated theorem proving and logic checkers).
projects
(seehttp://www.scientificchess.com/me/Projects.htm
for pictures)
Fierce
Game of Foolish Geniuses: The Opening of Chess
– First book authored at age 17. Plastic pieces play chess move by move.
The king yells and two pawns have an intellectual conversation about Napoleon.
In the background, a soul chronicles the story of robotic evolution as the same
game is played between humans and robots.
ALU
Chip Design – Designed a simple 8 Bit ALU using Cadence/Synopsis software
tools and sent it for fabrication through MOSIS. It was the main project
for VLSI course at
CPU
Design – Designed, Simulated, and Tested a full working CPU in
VHDL. It was the main project for the Digital Machine Design Course at
Nachos – Nachos
is the core of an operating system, without most of the features. So for
operating systems class Aditya Mittal developed more functionality for it such
as the ability to group threads into processes and do context switching, allow
multiprogramming, and memory management through paging.
Temperature
and Pressure Sensor – Junior Design project at Syracuse University Aditya
Mittal developed a temperature and pressure sensor device from thermistor and
crystal circuit design and calibrated the temperature using Steinhart Hart
Thermistor Equation. It was developed using the Motorola Microprocessor.
Gold
Cylindrical Optical Fiber – Aditya Mittal worked in the fiber optics lab and coated
Optical Fiber core with thin films of gold of about 5 nm. He worked under
Professor Phillip Kornreich as an independent study student.
NMR
(Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) – Measured the free induction decay curves of glycerin and
mineral oil to attain values of spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times
using a variety of methods such as Meiboom-Gill.
Thin
Film Deposition and Measurement – Deposited thin
aluminum films on glass under a mask and determined the variations in its
resistivity with thickness, shape, length etc. The picture shows sticking
copper wires onto the aluminum films using little bits of Indium.
LHCb at CERN – LHCb is the beauty quark project at the Large Hadron
Collider at CERN. Aditya Mittal worked as an independent study under
Marina Artuoso of
MultiTouch Interaction Game Table – Aditya Mittal’s Senior Design Project at Syracuse University
is a MultiTouch (Finger and Hand Gesture based touch screen) table on which
games can be played and other software can also be simulated and used. The
hardware table was built and drivers for the table were coded using C# and COM
objects were registered so that other software can interact with it through
getting the finger gestures as COM components. Otherwise an executable which
works by using COM objects to generate mouse and keyboard events is also
provided so all keyboard and mouse based software remain compatible. DShow and
Win32 have been used to program the driver. See
http://scientificchess.com/Multitouch
Finally, we got the table working,
fully interfaced with the Windows OS to do right clicks and double clicks and
selection boxes etc. in time for the IEEE contest and won the award for being
the MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECT. Microsoft has now released this as Microsoft Surface and is now
working on a two sided version for handheld devices with Mitsubishi.
Others
– Chemistry Titrations, Muon Lifetime measurement, Photoelectric Effect,
Optics, Magnetic Torque, Frank-Hertz Experiment, Thin Film Deposition, Gravity
experiments, Speed of Light using Foucault’s Method, Error Analysis
Experiments, Open Source Development (IBM National level runner up award for
Open Office Development for Accessibility), there is an extensive list of other
projects for web development and games etc. using flash, java applets, and graphics
design.
Hobbies and activities
Final comments & goals in life
My
objective in life is to enrich the world with innovative inventions that
cherish humanity. The approach to achieving my objective is through
education and the development of knowledge. I judge this dream to become
a great scientist to be a challenging and fun objective. I hope you will
assist me in upholding my dreams for the advancement of society and benefit of
all. The past remains victorious and the future will be more successful.