Trainee (2005-2006)
Integrated Research and Education in Advanced Networking
Virginia Tech
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Natalia V. Rivera
Trainee (2005-2006)
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Natalia received her M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in December 2004 and her B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University in December 1999. Throughout her undergraduate studies and partially during graduate studies at Rutgers, Natalia received the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Scholarship, the New York State Regents Professional Engineers Scholarship, the Amoco New York City Scholarship, and the Aspira & Lipton Scholarship. Natalia is a student member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) , Society of Hispanics Professional Engineers (SHPE), and Society of Women Engineers (SWE). She is also a member of the New Jersey Masters Swimming Team. Natalia's leadership responsibilities while a member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies were Graduate Program Chair for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Eastern Technical Carrier Conferences (ETCC) 2002 and 2003 and Manager/Coordinator of diversity recruiting events for Lucent Technologies. Also, during her undergraduate studies, she served as SHPE Sub-Regional Student Representative in upstate New York, President, Secretary, Vice-President, and Treasurer. In addition, she was President of the Engineering Banquet Diversity Community at Syracuse University. Natalia was the founder of Syracuse University Women’s Volleyball Club.
She has held full-time, summer and co-op jobs at Johns Hopkins University Advanced Physics Laboratory (APL), Wireless Network Information Laboratory (WINLAB), Thomson Multimedia Research Labs, Booz Allen Hamilton, Lucent Technologies, Bell Labs (Wireless and Optical Divisions), Philips Broadband Networks, and Lockheed Martin Federal Systems.
Natalia's hobbies include masters swimming, indoor volleyball, skiing, traveling, and walking with her dog named "Rambo."
Rivera N., Roy R., Ganu S., Das S., "Performance Analysis of Downlink Power Control in CDMA Systems," IEEE Sarnoff Student Symposium 2004, April 27, 2004.
Rivera, Natalia, V., "Beyond Third Generation Wireless," Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Magazine, Vol. 5, Number 3, August/September, 2003.
Rivera, N., Raychaudhuri, D., Razoumov, L., and Trappe, W., "Fast Downlink Scheduling for Wireless CDMA Networks - 1xEV-DV," Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) International Advisory Board (IAB) poster demonstration, May 2003.
Rivera, N., Raychaudhuri, D., and Ott, M., "Web Caching for Cellular Networks and Infostations," Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) International Advisory Board (IAB) poster demonstration, November 2002.
Rivera, N., Liu, H., Raychaudhuri, D., and Ott, M. "Case study: Internetworking capabilities on Infostations," Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB) International Advisory Board (IAB) poster demonstration, November 2002.