CV

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Contact Information

Name C. Rajashekar Reddy
Professional Title PhD Candidate, Computer Science
Email rajashekar.c@u.nus.edu

Professional Summary

PhD student at the National University of Singapore working on ultra-low-power wireless communication for embedded systems.

Experience

  • 2026 May-Sep
    Silicon Engineering Intern, Physical Design Team
    Google Cloud
    Working on enabling VLSI-native foundational models for faster subchip closure.
  • 2024 May-Aug
    Research Intern, Pervasive Systems Group
    Nokia Bell Labs
    Designed a battery-free body patch using sparse sampling algorithms for perpetual vital signs monitoring (BioPulse).
  • 2022 - 2023
    Digital Design Engineer
    Texas Instruments
    Physical Design team, SITARA SoCs (AM263P, AM261). Led synthesis and static timing analysis (STA) for key SoC blocks.
  • 2021 Nov-Jan
    Embedded Firmware Programmer Intern
    Becurie, Innopark
    Smart wearable device generating variable, complex weak magnetic fields for neuro-stimulation and neuro-feedback.
  • 2021 Jul-Oct
    Research Intern (remote)
    University of Alberta (Mitacs Globalink)
    Daily activity monitoring using wearable technologies for outcome evaluation of clinical treatments, hosted by Hossein Rouhani.
  • 2021 May-Jul
    Digital Design Engineer Intern
    Texas Instruments
    Physical Design team, SITARA SoCs (AM263P, AM261). Synthesis and static timing analysis (STA).

Education

  • 2023 - 2027
    PhD
    National University of Singapore, School of Computing
    Computer Science
    • Advised by Prof. Ambuj Varshney, Weiser Lab.
    • Research: ultra-low-power wireless communication and embedded sensing for health and IoT applications.
  • 2018 - 2022
    Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.S. by Research)
    IIIT Hyderabad
    Electronics and Communication Engineering
    • Advised by Prof. Sachin Chaudhari.
    • Research: IoT-based air pollution monitoring.

Awards

  • 2025
    NUS Research Achievement Award
    National University of Singapore

    Awarded for 2024/2025.

  • 2025
    Rising Star, ACM MobiSys 2025
  • 2025
    Student Travel Grant, ACM MobiSys 2025
  • 2025
    Student Travel Grant, ACM HotMobile 2025
  • 2023
    NUS Research Scholarship
    National University of Singapore

    For pursuing PhD at NUS.

  • 2021
    Research Scholarship for Excellence
    IIIT Hyderabad

    One of 2 students awarded in the cohort.

  • 2021
    Merit List
    IIIT Hyderabad

    Academic year 2020-2021.

  • 2021
    Research List Award
    IIIT Hyderabad

    Academic year 2020-2021.

  • 2020
    Research List Award
    IIIT Hyderabad

    Academic year 2019-2020.

  • 2020
    Dean's List
    IIIT Hyderabad

    Semester Spring 2020.

  • 2020
    Top 8 Position, "Venture with Air" Hackathon
    University of Helsinki and Slush

Skills

Hardware & RF Design: SPICE, ADS, LTSpice, PCB layout, RF front-end design
Programming: Python, MATLAB, C, C++