Student/Research Assistant at Northeastern University
Greater Boston Area
- Current
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- Research Assistant at NU Institute for Information Assurance
- Past
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- Intern at VMware
- Research Assistant at Northeastern ECE Department
- Engineering Co-op at Brandeis University Physics Department
- R&D Engineer at Network Engines
- Education
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- Northeastern University
- Braintree High School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Computer Software
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Ryan Whelan’s Summary
I am currently a junior Computer Engineering student at Northeastern University. I am focusing my studies on computer and systems security.
Ryan Whelan’s Experience
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Research Assistant
NU Institute for Information Assurance
(Computer Software industry)
August 2009 — Present (4 months)
http://www.iia.neu.edu/
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Intern
VMware
(Public Company; VMW; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — June 2009 (6 months)
Worked with the software that partners use to certify hardware for the hardware compatibility list. Assisted with bug fixes and partner support requests. Maintained contacts across multiple teams to integrate a new type of certification into this software. Delivered a feature for a proof-of-concept release that automates several types of OS installations on certification testbed virtual machines.
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Research Assistant
Northeastern ECE Department
(Computer & Network Security industry)
October 2006 — December 2008 (2 years 3 months)
Freshman Year: Learned about common spam filtering methods (mainly for SpamAssassin). Devised a method of benchmarking effectiveness and overhead in spam filtering. Applied for and received a Provost’s
Undergraduate Research Grant. Submitted a paper to, and attended the Conference on Email and Anti-Spam 2007.
Fall 2008: Working for Professor Kaeli, I analyzed CPU and I/O workloads on VMware ESX using a framework developed by another one of his students. A report summarizing this work was
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Engineering Co-op
Brandeis University Physics Department
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
January 2008 — June 2008 (6 months)
Designed a temperature gradient system to be used on experiments with microfluidic devices. Wrote LabView software to control, monitor, and log data for this system. Provided assistance to others in the lab with writing LabView code, and general troubleshooting. Implemented a wiki for streamlining the lab.
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R&D Engineer
Network Engines
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; NENG; Computer Hardware industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Compared the performance of an IP-PBX appliance running on hardware, the VMWare ESX hypervisor, and the XenSource Enterprise hypervisor. Utilized many different performance analysis and benchmarking tools to characterize this application.
Ryan Whelan’s Education
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Northeastern University
BS , Computer Engineering , 2006 — 2011 (expected)
I am currently majoring in Computer Engineering, entering my fourth year (out of five).
- Activities and Societies:
- IEEE, NUCAR, IIA, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Research Grant Recipient, Dean's List, Peer Mentor
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Braintree High School
2002 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Suicide Prevention
Additional Information
Ryan Whelan’s Websites:
Ryan Whelan’s Interests:
Computers, Research, Learning New Things, Music, Longboarding
Ryan Whelan’s Groups:
IEEE, NUCAR (Northeastern Computer Architecture Research), IIA (Institute for Information Assurance), Peer Mentor
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VMware Alumni
Ryan Whelan’s Honors:
I graduated Braintree High School in 2006, I was on the honor roll every term, and I was a member of the National Honor Society.
At Northeastern, I am on the Dean's List, and I am a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. I recently received a NSF Scholarship for Service.
Ryan Whelan’s Contact Settings
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