Aditya Mittal

Email: this domain name @ gmail . com

http://scientificchess.com/

http://stanford.edu/~admittal

ScientificChess Research Scholar, Author, and Web Developer

Date of Creation: Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Last Update: Saturday, April 2008

NOTE: Due to system switching, a lot of typographical errors arose in this document.  Most have been fixed, but some might have escaped, they will be fixed as they are found.

Intro

Flying in magnificent airplanes, walking the rocky roads, playing masterfully in ice and snow, fighting hot winds with a passion, glowing in the dark, and exploring the mines of knowledge, a traveler Aditya began his journey in Pilani, India and spent the first few years of his life in New Delhi where a song of accomplishment began.  Bright as Aditya* as a first grader the baby became renowned for his handwriting, artistic, and linguistic ability, thanks to his mother, Meenakshi Mittal.  Prizes like coloring books and colored pencils came like water.  Father, Rakesh Mittal, on the other hand, taught him chess, brought new toys for him everyday, and took him for walks holding his finger.  Thanks to the graceful god for a lovely little sister, Anudha also.  At age seven, the family moved out of the capital into Palam Vihar, Gurgaon along with the boy’s grandparents, uncles, and aunts.  Expectations rose, competition was faced but staying afloat the sun like boy made his way through the skies.  After completing fourth grade, a tall wave brought him to the U.S. where a series of travels erupted from Indianapolis.  The sun shone radiantly everywhere from SantaFe, New Mexico to Fairfax, Virginia to Tulsa, Oklahoma to Springfield, Oregon, to Atlanta, Georgia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Randolph, New Jersey to Marlton, New Jersey, to Fairport, New York to Westborough, Massachusetts, and now Syracuse, NY.  These being merely the places of abode, the authentic stories of the travels are a saga in the self, ever so slightly touched by the first line of this paragraph.  Presently, Aditya has completed a double major in physics and computer engineering and is pursuing graduate studies in Computational and Mathematical Engineering at Stanford University.

* Aditya in Sanskrit refers to the sun

education

ICME, Stanford University, Stanford, CA n  2009

M.S. in Computational and Mathematical Engineering

B.S. in Physics (from The College of Arts and Sciences)

B.S. in Computer Engineering (from L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science)

As a whole the program is a 5 year Combined Degree in Physics and Computer Engineering.  I have completed it in 4 years of actual attendance.

Westborough High School, Westborough, MA: High School Diploma.  Completed 11th and 12th Grades.

Fairport High School, Fairport, NY: Completed 10th Grade.

Cherokee High School, Marlton, NJ: Completed 9th Grade.

Travel

I have lived in India and 12 different U.S. Cities in all different regions and states allowing me to interact with many cultures.  I went to elementary school in India and then many middle schools and three high schools in the U.S.

awards and certificates

·       “Most Dedicated” – Awarded at NY state level debate of Model United Nations for UNESCO in Syracuse, NY n  2000

·       “Outstanding Delegate” – Awarded at NY state level debate of Model United Nations for Rochester’s Conference Environment Program, NY n  2000

·       “Roman Life and Customs Honorable Mention” – Junior Classical League, NY n  2000

·       “English Derivatives from Latin” – Junior Classical League, NY n  2000

·       “Greek and Roman Mythology” – Junior Classical League, NY n  2000

·       “Latin Vocabulary” – Junior Classical League, NY n 2000

·       “Principal’s Recognition” – earned 2 times through nominations by the teachers Dr. Perez, Mr. Bieg, and Mrs. Green, Fairport, NY n  2000

·       “All- County Recognition in Math” – Math Team, Monroe County, NY n  2000

·       “New York State Math League participant” – Math Team, NY n  2000

·       “Fairport High School Math Team” – Math Team, NY n 2000

·       “National Science Olympiad Excellence” – Regional Science Olympiad Tournament, NY n  2000

·       “National Science Olympiad Excellence” – State Science Olympiad Tournament at West Point Academy, NY n  2000

·       “All-American Scholar” – United States Achievement Academy n  2001

·       “Who's Who Nomination” – Who's Who Among American High School Students n  2001 n  2002 n  2003 (earned 3 times)

·       “Tau Beta Pi recognition” – Tau Beta Pi (The Engineering Honor Society) n  2001

·       III Place in Biology” – Academic Decathlon n  2001

·       “National Leadership and Service Award” – United States Achievement Academy n  2002

·       “National Commemorative Certificate” – United States Achievement Academy n  2002

·         Semi-finalist for "Merry Advice Live Your Day Joyously" – http://www.poetry.com/ n  2002

·         Semi-finalist for "Aging Changes Perspective on Life" – www.poetry.com n  2002

·         Semi-finalist for "Abandoned Love" – www.poetry.com n  2002

·         Sound of Poetry - "Abandoned Love"– Poetry.com (1 of 33 winners for best sounding poetry to be recorded on CD) n  2002

·       Editors Choice Award - "Abandoned Love" – www.poetry.comn 2002

·       Many invitations to poetry.com symposiums/awards n  2002-2003

·       “New England Regional Science Bowl Excellence” – New England Science Bowl n  2002

·       “Science and Technology Fair” – Expressing Sound Emphatically n  2002

·       “Certificate of Achievement:  Astronomy” – Westborough High School n  2002

·       “AP Scholar with Distinction” – AP Exams in Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, American History, and English n  2001-2002

·       Syracuse University Chancellor Scholar $8000/year at Syracuse – Syracuse University n  2002–Graduation

·       Syracuse University Scholarship $4000/year at Syracuse – Syracuse University n  2002–Graduation

·       “Westborough Civic Club Scholarship of $500” – Westborough Civic Club n  2002

·       “The National Dean’s List” – National Academic Affairs n 2003 n  2004

·       “Dean’s List” – L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science for  n  Fall 2003  n  Spring2004 n  Spring 2005 n Spring 2006 n  Fall 2006 n  Spring 2007

·       CPR Certification – American Heart Association from Marlborough Hospital, MA    n  Summer 2004

·       OSHA Chemical Hygiene Plan Certification – Syracuse University, NY n  Spring 2005

·       High Scholarship in Physics – Sigma Pi Sigma – National Physics Honor Society Syracuse University Chapter, NY n  Spring 2005

·       IBM ODF Challenge Runner Up Award (iPod nano) – IBM Corporation n  Fall 2006

·       Most Innovative Project of the Year on “Multitouch Interaction Game Table” Senior Design Project – $500 Award by IEEE at RIT – 7th Annual Student Design contest – participants from northeast US and Canada (IEEE regions 1, 2, and 7) n  Spring 2007

·       Excellence in Physics Award – Awarded by Physics Department at Syracuse University n  Spring 2007

·     Guerrila Marketing Prize – Awarded at Stanford University Innovation Tournament in Entrepreneurship Week sponsored by Deloitte n  Winter Quarter 2008

 

 

 

WORK experience

Website Design and Programming:

Writing

Sales

Tutoring

 

Course Work

High School

Advanced Placement Biology, Chemistry, Calculus, American History, and English (These are College Level courses taken in High School)

Syracuse University

Fall 2002:

Took a semester off from college to complete writing my book Fierce Game of Foolish Geniuses: The Opening of Chess and to accomplish the following readings:

Spring 2003: 

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 282

System Software Design

3

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering 355

Fundamentals of Heat & Mass Transfer.

4

Mathematics 296

Calculus II

4

Philosophy 251

Logic

3

Physics 212

General Physics II

3

Fall 2003:   

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 281

Computer Organization & Assembly Lang

3

Electrical Engineering 231

EE Fundamentals I

Electrical Engineering 291

EE Laboratory I

1  

Mathematics 397

Calculus III

4

Philosophy 552

Modal Logic

3

Physics 221

General Physics I Laboratory

1

Physics 222

General Physics II Laboratory

1

Physics 361

Intro to Modern Physics

3

Spring 2004:

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 283

Object-Oriented Design (C++, Java)

3

Mathematics 485

Differential Equations & Matrix Algebra For Engr.

3

Mathematics 521

Introduction to Probability & Statistics

3

Physics 322

Intermediate Mechanics I - Newtonian Mechanics

3

Physics 344

Experimental Physics I – did ‘optics’, ‘measuring lifetime of muon’, ‘frank-hertz’, and ‘photoelectric effect’

4

Writing Program 205

Writing Studio 2

3

Fall 2004: 

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 382

Data Structures and Algorithms

3

Electrical Engineering 232

EE Fundamentals II

3

Electrical Engineering 292

EE Laboratory II

1

Electrical Engineering 331

Digital Circuits/Systems (Microelectronic Circuit Design)

3

Physics 424

Electromagnetics I (Electrodynamics)

1

Physics 523

Intermediate Mechanics II (Classical Dynamics)

3

Spring 2005: 

 

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 261

Digital Logic Design

3

Economics 301

Intermediate Microeconomics

3

Electrical Engineering 490

Independent Study – Fiber Lab

3

Physics 567

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics I

4

Psychology 205

Foundations of Human Behavior

3

Fall 2005:  Spent semester abroad in India honing my mathematical skills and traveling.

Spring 2006: 

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 351

Math Analysis of Digital Systems

3

Computer Engineering 381

Computer Architecture

3

Computer Engineering 398

Computer Lab II – Microprocessors Lab

3

Physics 312

Relativity and Cosmology

3

Writing 307

Advanced Studio: Professional Writing

3

Mathematics 275

Abstract Mathematics

3

Fall 2006: 

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 464

VLSI Design Methods

3

Computer Engineering 497

Senior Design Project

2

Computer Engineering 561

Digital Machine Design

3

Computer Engineering 585

Design Operating Systems

3

Physics 400

Problems of Contemporary Physics

2

Physics 576

Solid State Physics

3

Writing 407

Advanced Workshop in Professional & Discrete Writing

3

Spring 2007:   

Subject

Description

Credits

Computer Engineering 497

Senior Design Project

3

Computer Engineering 565

Digital Design Testing and Verification

3

Engineering and Computer Science 392

Ethical Aspects of Engineering and Computer Science

3

Physics 462

Experimental Physics II (NMR, Thin Films)

4

Physics 490

Independent Study (High Energy Physics LHCb at CERN)

3

Writing 105

Writing Studio 1

3

Writing 407

Advanced Workshop in Professional & Discrete Writing

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Stanford University

    CME = Computational and Mathematical Engineering

    CS = Computer Science

    MS&E = Management Science and Engineering

    ME = Mechanical Engineering

Fall 2007:   

Subject

Description

Credits

CME 302

Numerical Linear Algebra

3

CME 303

Partial Differential Equations of Applied Mathematics

3

CME 300

ICME Seminar

1

CS 229

Machine Learning

3

 

Winter 2008:   

Subject

Description

Credits

CME 304

Numerical Optimization

3

CME 305

Discrete Math

3

CME 352

Molecular Algorithms

3

MS&E 77SI

Discovering Entrepreneurship

1

 

Spring 2008:   

Subject

Description

Credits

CME/ME 346A

Molecular Simulations

3

CME 308

Stochastic Processes

3

CME/CS 306/237C

Numerical Solutions of Partial Differential Equations

3

 

Fall 2008:   

Subject

Description

Credits

CS

Data Mining

3

MS&E 220

Probabilistic Analysis

3

MS&E 273

Technology Venture Formation

3

 

Winter 2009:   

Subject

Description

Credits

CS 255

Introduction to Cryptography

3

CME 

Initial Boundary Value Problems (Higher Order PDE)

3

CME 500

ICME Seminar

1

MS&E 221

Stochastic Modeling

3

 

Other readings

 ·        Life of Pi by Yann Martel n   Summer 2003.

 ·        Prey by Michael Crichton   n   Summer 2003.

 ·        How Would You Move Mount Fuji? : Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers by William Poundstone  n  Summer 2004.

 ·        The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism by Fritjof Capra  n   Summer 2004.

 ·        The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins  n   Summer 2004.

 ·        Game Coding Complete by Mike McShaffry  n   Summer 2004.

 ·        Sams Teach Yourself Javascript 1.3 in 24 Hours by Michael Moncur  n   Summer 2004.

 ·        Geometry by David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen, and Jeremy J. Gray covering the basics of Euclidean, Affine, Projective, Inversive, Non-Euclidean, and Spherical Geometries  n   Summer 2004.

 ·        Vector Calculus by Jerrold E. Marsden and Anthony Tromba n   Winter 2004.

 ·        Optical Fiber Systems and Their Components by Sharma, Halme, and Butusov  n   Spring 2005.

 ·        Sams Teach Yourself CGI Programming in a Week by Rafe Colburn  n   Summer 2005.

 ·        Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar  n   Summer 2005 (currently reading).

 ·        Higher Engineering Mathematics by Dr. B.S. Grewal  n   Fall 2005 n Taught by Dr. G.C. Shukla of ITM.

 ·        Dan Brown, John Grisham, Dr. Robin Cook etc.

 ·       Verbal Advantage by Charles Harrington Elster n   Winter 2005.

Favorite Readings: Les Miserables, The Fountainhead, Anthem, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, A Separate Peace, The American Girl's Collection, Life of Pi, The Great Gatsby, As I Lay Dying, A Raisin in the Sun, The Blue Mountains, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Tripod Trilogy, Moby Dick, Homer's Odyssey, also Victor Hugo's Odyssey, The Hunch Back of Notre Dame, Hiroshima, The Old Man and the Sea, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Holy Cow, Animal Farm, Dr. Seuss, To Kill a Mockingbird, Malcolm X, Roots, Shakespeare, Dante's Inferno, Paradise Lost, Toni Morrison's Paradise, Ramayana, Frankenstein, Alexander the Great, Grendel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, Indian Puranas and their stories, The Arabian Nights, Russian Folk tales, Fairy Tales, Much of Dan Brown, John Steinbeck (esp. Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men), Charles Dickens, John Grisham, Stefen King, Dr. Robin Cook, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Brainwaves, Rising Phoenix, Beyond Einstein, Chromosome 6, Cold Mountain, Dead in the Water, Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Moonstone, Life of Pi 

Publications

 ·        Fierce Game of Foolish Geniuses: The Opening of Chess
My first book published by AuthorHouse 
n   Copyright 2003

 ·        “Abandoned Love”
Poem published by the International Library of Poetry
n   2002.

 ·        “Aging Changes Perspectives on Life”
Poem published by the International Library of Poetry
n   2003.

 ·        Superstrings: 10+ Dimensions published on http://www.scientificchess.com/articles/superstrings.htm and http://www.pilani.com/Members/Aditya/DimensionsInSuperstrings.htmn   2002.

 ·        Types of Geometry: An Introduction to Euclidean, Affine, Projective, Inversive, Non-Euclidean, and Spherical Geometries: The Kleinian View of Geometry published on http://www.scientificchess.com/articles/geometry.htm n   2004. 

 ·        http://www.scientificchess.com/ – Personal site published and maintained by myself  n   2004.

 ·        Nanotechnology published in the June 1, 2005 edition of the magazine MITS Communications, also available from http://www.scientificchess.com/articles/nanotechnology.htm n   2005.

 ·        Hamming Codes in the Context of DNA Self-Assembly to be published by 14th International Meeting on DNA Computing n   2008.

languages

Hindi – native language; English – speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency – as good as native language; French – speak, read, and write with basic competence (3 years in High School); Latin – 1 year course in High School

computer Skills

Typing, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access database development and migration to MySql etc.), Origin (for experimental error analysis etc.), Graphics and Web Design (FrontPage, Photoshop, ImageReady, Flash, Paint, Gif Animation, Movie Shop, 3d modeling with blender), Programming and Scripting (Assembly language for 8086 and Motorola 68HC12, C++, C# COM with .NET, Java (Netbeans), JavaScript, PHP scripting, Macro programming with AutoHotKey, and scripting games with SpriteCraft Game Engine), and Hardware Design Tools and Languages (Professional Software tools from Cadence and Synopsis, QuartusII, VHDL, Verilog, e-Hardware Verification Language, and other formal verification tools and waveform generators, constraint solvers, EDA (electronic design automation) tools, PVS prover for automated theorem proving and logic checkers).

projects

 (seehttp://www.scientificchess.com/me/Projects.htm for pictures)

Fierce Game of Foolish Geniuses: The Opening of Chess – First book authored at age 17.  Plastic pieces play chess move by move. The king yells and two pawns have an intellectual conversation about Napoleon. In the background, a soul chronicles the story of robotic evolution as the same game is played between humans and robots. 

ALU Chip Design – Designed a simple 8 Bit ALU using Cadence/Synopsis software tools and sent it for fabrication through MOSIS.  It was the main project for VLSI course at

CPU Design – Designed, Simulated, and Tested a full working CPU in VHDL.  It was the main project for the Digital Machine Design Course at

Nachos – Nachos is the core of an operating system, without most of the features.  So for operating systems class Aditya Mittal developed more functionality for it such as the ability to group threads into processes and do context switching, allow multiprogramming, and memory management through paging.

Temperature and Pressure Sensor – Junior Design project at Syracuse University Aditya Mittal developed a temperature and pressure sensor device from thermistor and crystal circuit design and calibrated the temperature using Steinhart Hart Thermistor Equation.  It was developed using the Motorola Microprocessor.  

Gold Cylindrical Optical Fiber – Aditya Mittal worked in the fiber optics lab and coated Optical Fiber core with thin films of gold of about 5 nm.  He worked under Professor Phillip Kornreich as an independent study student.  

NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) – Measured the free induction decay curves of glycerin and mineral oil to attain values of spin-lattice and spin-spin relaxation times using a variety of methods such as Meiboom-Gill.  

Thin Film Deposition and Measurement  ­– Deposited thin aluminum films on glass under a mask and determined the variations in its resistivity with thickness, shape, length etc.  The picture shows sticking copper wires onto the aluminum films using little bits of Indium.

LHCb at CERN – LHCb is the beauty quark project at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.  Aditya Mittal worked as an independent study under Marina Artuoso of

MultiTouch Interaction Game Table – Aditya Mittal’s Senior Design Project at Syracuse University is a MultiTouch (Finger and Hand Gesture based touch screen) table on which games can be played and other software can also be simulated and used. The hardware table was built and drivers for the table were coded using C# and COM objects were registered so that other software can interact with it through getting the finger gestures as COM components. Otherwise an executable which works by using COM objects to generate mouse and keyboard events is also provided so all keyboard and mouse based software remain compatible. DShow and Win32 have been used to program the driver. See http://scientificchess.com/Multitouch

Finally, we got the table working, fully interfaced with the Windows OS to do right clicks and double clicks and selection boxes etc. in time for the IEEE contest and won the award for being the MOST INNOVATIVE PROJECT.  Microsoft has now released this as Microsoft Surface and is now working on a two sided version for handheld devices with Mitsubishi. 

Others – Chemistry Titrations, Muon Lifetime measurement, Photoelectric Effect, Optics, Magnetic Torque, Frank-Hertz Experiment, Thin Film Deposition, Gravity experiments, Speed of Light using Foucault’s Method, Error Analysis Experiments, Open Source Development (IBM National level runner up award for Open Office Development for Accessibility), there is an extensive list of other projects for web development and games etc. using flash, java applets, and graphics design.

Hobbies and activities

Final comments & goals in life

My objective in life is to enrich the world with innovative inventions that cherish humanity.  The approach to achieving my objective is through education and the development of knowledge.  I judge this dream to become a great scientist to be a challenging and fun objective.  I hope you will assist me in upholding my dreams for the advancement of society and benefit of all.  The past remains victorious and the future will be more successful.