• Model-driven middlware (MDM), model-driven architecture (MDA), model-integrated computing (MIC).


• Component-based software development, component middleware, adaptive/reflective middleware.


• Pattern-oriented software engineering, publisher-subscriber software architectures.


• Distributed, real-time, embedded (DRE) systems, Quality-of-Service (QoS) for event-driven communication.

Research Center
Institute for Software and Integrated Systems (ISIS)

Research Group
Distributed Object Computing Group (DOC)

• Master of Science candidate in the Accelerated Graduate Program.


• Earned Bachelor of Science Summa Cum Laude in computer science with minor in mathematics.


• Coursework in algorithms/theory, computer architecture, discrete mathematics, linear algebra, graphics and animation, software engineering, network hardware, distributed/web computing, databases, operating systems, info/network security, internetworking.


• School of Engineering Merit Scholarship, National Merit Scholar.

Academic Advisor
Dr. Douglas C. Schmidt

• Schmidt, Gokhale, Edwards, K. Balasubramanian, J. Balasubramanian, Krishna, Deng, Turkay, Parsons, Model Driven Middleware: A New Paradigm for Developing and Provisioning Large-scale Distributed Real-time and Embedded Applications, submitted to Elsevier Journal - Special Issue on Model Driven Architecture, Nov 03. PDF

• Schmidt, Gokhale, Edwards, Integrating Publisher/Subscriber Services in Component Middleware for Distributed Real-time and Embedded Systems, submitted to the 42nd Annual ACM Southeast Conference, Dec 03. PDF

• Technology: peer-to-peer networks, cryptography, aerospace engineering.


• Politics: intellectual property in the global information-age society; privacy and civil liberties in the post-9/11 era.


• Etymology: word origins and vocabulary.


• Ecology: habitat loss and overpopulation


• Geology: fossils, deep-time, evolution, extinction.


• Anthropology: primates, human origins, archaeology.