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I know you have not reached this page accidentally. If you are interested in me, then you may find out that I have graduated at ''Politehnica'' University of Bucharest in 2002. I came to USA in 2003 and joined the Northwestern University in 2004. Pursuing doctoral studies has always been in my plans. Not that it is a fun and easy thing to do, but most of the time it has its share of rewards. In 2006, I have obtained my Master's Degree. Currently I am planning the last details towards the PhD defense and, concomitently, orienting for a career. I have been an intern at only one company so far, Motorola, for a whole year, where I developed the first ever adaptive control systems based on digital signal processing techniques. It was a great experience that came at the right time, and the knowledge I have gathered there was tremendous. If it would not have been the dream of achieving higher education ...

From Summer 2007 throgh mid-2008 I've been Software Engineer, intern, at BEA Systems, Inc., working on one of the hottest products on the market: WebLogic Event Server (WL EvS). Intensive Java programming, Java technologies and real-time, complex event processing. I did hard-core development and optimizations of the product's core complex event processing engine. It was awesome!

Currently, I am concentrating my efforts to finalize my PhD proposal. As part of it, in Spring 2008 I've publically launched my open-soure SIDnet simulator for sensor networks applications.

Aside from the work and school, I like outdoor activities (biking, hiking, skiing) and artistic activities (digital photography, graphic design, CAD for fun). I am pretty much open for whatever is new and is challenging to me (tennis, basketball, and why not, paintball).

I am a very organized person, who likes to put ideas in clear forms. I am planning my activities and projects carefully so that I can work in a very productive and efficient manner.

I hope that the 'bit' of information found on this website to be useful and to serve your interest.

Thank you for visiting my website!

Oliviu C. Ghica