Mubaraq Mishra
"The only way to predict the future is to invent it" - Alan Kay
My Life: The sanitized version
Research (old)
Patents
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My favorite waste of time
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I guess we spend a lifetime learning about ourselves. Life is a lesson in self discovery. In this quest, graduate school is probably the best time for introspection. We pitch ourselves against the best and come out better, wiser and more appreciative of the special qualities that make us who we really are.
This webpage is a documentation of my life as a graduate student in Berkeley. It has links to my research (both past and present), publications and other academic details. This webpage also documents my unofficial life: squash, artwork and most importantly travel. These activities help me revitalize myself and attack research problems with a fresh perspective.
If you ask me, "What is the best part of life so far?", I will have to answer "today"; nostalgia has never been my hallmark. That said, I still treasure every moment of my life. I was born and brought up in a hill station in India called Mussoorie (I know this sounds very much like Missouri and many friends have assumed that I hail from the midwest). I did my schooling from Wynberg Allen which is a boarding school in Mussoorie. Life was good - clear mountain air, early morning runs in the hills, hiking in the wilderness. But my need for change took the better of me and I moved to Singapore (receiving the Singapore Airlines Scholarship had a big part to play in the decision).
Singapore was a beautiful experience. Though gone were the mountains and the pace of life saw an order of magnitude increase, I grew from being a boy to being a man. In Singapore, at Nanyang Technological University I studied Computer Engineering finishing my bachelors and masters in four and a half years. I received the prestigious Lee Kwan Yew Gold medal which was the reason I could persuade my parents to come down for my graduation ceremony.
I joined Siemens Microelectronics in March 1999 as a IC design engineer. In a month of my joining Siemens, Infineon was born. As was the industry trend, Siemens decide do spin off its semiconductor arm. At Infineon, I moved from being a digital design engineer to being a concept engineer. On of the chips I architected was a configurable Gigabit Ethernet switch to be used in Access applications.
Another change in life's desires saw me in graduate school. Now I work at the Berkeley Wireless Research Center under the guidance of Prof. Bob Brodersen and Prof. Anant Sahai and here is where the rest of this journey begins ...
Mubaraq Mishra