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SALMA MIRZA

5 Diane Drive, Apt 2, Belchertown, MA 01007
Website: http://www-unix.ecs.umass.edu/~smirza        Email: smirza [at] engin [dot] umass [dot] edu  

OBJECTIVE

Work in a full-time position beginning August 2009 as an Electrical / Computer Engineer

EDUCATION

University of Massachusetts Amherst MS ECE 05/09
University of Mumbai B.E. 05/05

RELEVANT GRAUDUATE COURSES

VLSI Design Principles, Synthesis & Verification of Digital Systems, Fundamentals of Solid State Electronics, Independent Study on NanoPLAs, Introduction to Cryptography, Applied Cryptography, Trustworthy Computing, Hot Topics in Information Security, Algorithms, Fault Tolerant Systems

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Coop Engineer, Advanced Micro Devices, Boxborough, MA            Jan 2008 - August 2008

  • Deep sub-micron semi-custom circuit design using standard cells
  • Study RTL architecture and convert to gate verilog format or schematics
  • Identify control and data paths and optimize critical signals
  • Logic Equivalence check between RTL and gate level netlist
  • Place cells to optimize route lengths
  • Analyze setup, hold, edge rate and timing failures by modifying logic and placements
  • Automatic routing and debugging LVS errors and DRC violations
  • Analyze signal and power electromigration, local heating and noise
  • Write PERL scripts to automate quality control and communication of results

Graduate Intern, UMass Amherst                                                   Oct 2006 - present

  • Systems administrator for the Student Union Server
  • Device file and user structure for organizations using the server
  • Enforce data security and privacy
  • Purchase, plan and document inventory of Student Government Organizations
  • Assist clients in the set-up, maintenance and support of computers & servers

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • EDA Tools
    Cadence: Virtuoso Design Suite, Schematic editor, Layout Editor, Conformal LEC
    Synopsys: Design Compiler, Hspice
    Mentor Graphics: Caliber DRV
  • FPGA Skills
    Altera Development Boards [Cyclone and DE2], Quartus 7.1 with Signal Tap Logic Analyzer, Chip Planner, In System Resources and Probes Editor
  • Programming Languages
    Structural Verilog, PERL Script

PROJECTS

  • Analysis of the effects of Supply Voltage Fluctuation on a TRNG
  • Study Implementation of ECC on an RFID Tag with some computing capability
  • Error-tolerant Dynamic Voltage Scaling using Razor Latches using Custom CMOS.
  • Creating a physical key using PUF circuits to secure private data on a public network