Umesh Maheshwari

Currently, I am a software architect at Data Domain. This is my web page from the days when I was a Ph.D. student in the Programming Methodology Group at the MIT Laboratory of Computer Science.

Work

I do research, design, and implementation of sophisticated software systems, especially those involving distributed systems, storage, networking, fault tolerance, transactions, and security.

My publications.

Arts

I dabble in graphic design.

I also sketch portraits.

Writing

I used to write short poems, usually when I got the blues. Read at your own risk.

I was the co-editor of Patrika, the newsletter of the Indian students at MIT, in 1995-1996.

Puzzles

I collect and generate puzzles related to the sciences and math, especially those that are visible in our mundane lives yet are ignored or taken for granted. I have a bunch in an MS Outlook folder that I will move here some day.

Awards, etc.

Third position, Trading Agent Competition, 2000. Team Aster. With Andrew Goldberg.
Among six finalists, MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition, 1996. With Ron Bodkin et al.
Best paper, Principles of Distributed Computing, 1995. With Barbara Liskov.
Winner, Internet Programming Contest, Team Category, 1993. With Adya, Ghemawat, and Myers.
President's Gold Medal, highest CGPA, IIT Delhi, 1990.
National Talent Search Scholarship, the Government of India, 1984.