I am a Graduate Student in Computer Science Department at Virginia Tech, working with Prof. Y. Thomas Hou. My current research is in the field of wireless networking. Current Research: Cooperative communications in wireless networks, Algorithm development for solving optimization problems. Recent Publications: Cooperative Communications in Multi-hop Wireless Networks: Joint Flow Routing and Relay node Assignment , Sushant Sharma, Yi Shi, Y. Thomas Hou, Hanif D. Sherali, and Sastry Kompella IEEE INFOCOM 2010 Is Network Coding Always Good for Cooperative Communications? , Sushant Sharma, Yi Shi, Jia Liu, Y. Thomas Hou and Sastry Kompella IEEE INFOCOM 2010 Background: Before coming to Virginia Tech, I worked at Los Alamos National Lab for one year. I earned my Master's degree in Computer Science from Univ. of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Univ. of Pune in India.