Skill Summary
Alan Kamas,
Independent Consultant,
Alan Kamas specializes
in communications, DSP, system simulation and programming. He has been an independent
consultant since 1995. His clients include Agilent, Lockheed, Motorola, Hewlett
Packard, CoWare, Sonics Inc., Coherent Logix, Epigram (now Broadcom), Catalytic
Compilers, Finesse Solutions, Streetline Networks, Sharp, Advanced Fibre
Communications, MetaSoft (now Avant!), and MicroUnity.
DSP and Communications
8VSB: worked with team on a
massively parallel implementation of a new mobile standard proposal for digital
television.
3GPP: built end to end simulation
models for satellite based third generation cellular system using ADS and
Matlab.
DSL: created embedded system software for ADSL line card with ATM
backplane.
Cable Data Modem: built a full system simulation for Cable Labs
standards tests. Created an original CDMTS (head end) scheduling algorithm.
Digital Cellular Telephone: implemented and enhanced the VSELP digital
voice compression algorithm. Designed fade tolerant timing recovery system.
Ethernet: modeled new
residential ethernet protocol to run over existing phone lines.
Textbook: wrote Digital Signal Processing Experiments a
laboratory textbook with UC Berkeley Professor Edward Lee.
Embedded Software: built sensor firmware using embedded Linux and
C++.� Experience with the TI, Motorola,
Intel, and AT&T DSP processor families.
System Simulation &
Design
SystemC:� extensive work building and designing the
SystemC OCP channel models. Built tools to create virtual platforms using
SystemC. Created configurable core driver, bus, interconnect, memory controller
and memory models.
OCP: participating Member of Open
Core Protocol System Level Design Working Group.
Ptolemy Project Manager: managed the Ptolemy project, an object oriented
system design tool, at UC Berkeley under Professors Lee and Messerschmitt.
1991-95.
Agilent-ADS: consulted with Agilent to integrate Ptolemy with the
HP-EEsof tools (ADS).
Verilog PLI: built SOC communications model C++ / Verilog
co-simulation system.
Matlab: for DSP design, integration
with ADS, and compilation.
VHDL: created Ptolemy/VHDL Co-Simulation platform for HP-EEsof.
GUI: designed Ptolemy's Tcl/Tk based event driven Graphical User
Interface. Created a Cadence Concept interface to Ptolemy.
Training: delivered lectures, demonstrations, and seminars for clients.� Taught DSP at UC Berkeley.
Models: built a wide variety of custom designs of blocks, libraries, and
simulations.
Computer Programming
C++: have been creating C++ applications since 1991. Experience with
g++, Microsoft Visual C++, Cfront, and Cflavors compilers.
SystemC: built simulation models in System C to quickly configure and
design systems on a chip (SOC).
Object Oriented: extensive experience with object oriented design,
implementation, and maintenance. See also the Simulation section above.
Parallel Programming: System designs and implementation for algorithms across
multiple processors.
GUI design: built event-driven, Tcl/Tk based graphical user interface
for Ptolemy using the Motif look and feel standard.
Languages: C++, SystemC, C, Perl, Embedded DSP Assembly Languages, Intel
Assembly, Microsoft Visual Studio, VHDL, Verilog, Tcl/Tk, Matlab, R, S, HTML,
FORTRAN, Pascal, ALGOL, MSL, DGL, ADS AEL, Basic, Lisp.
UNIX: since 1983. Linux, Solaris, SunOS, HP-Unix, BSD. Managed www, ftp,
and auto-mailers. Some system administration.
Training: led seminars to teach SystemC and C++. �Taught programming at UC Berkeley.
Applications: machine tool control and compiler, PAL design tool, ECM
hardware test suite, secure file operating system prototype.
Education
M.S.E.E. UC Berkeley, Digital Communications and Signal
Processing. 3.9 GPA. 1988.
Instructor: UCB graduate student instructor for EE 123: Digital Signal
Processing and for CS 8: Pascal Programming.
B.S.E.E. UC
Personal
Friendly: enjoy working with people and on team projects.
Professional: understand both business and engineering. Sharp, hard
working, and reliable.
Literate: excellent communication skills, extensive documentation
experience.