Edwin A. Hernandez, PhD

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Edwin A. Hernandez, Ph.D

4890 NW 101st Ave

Coral Springs FL 33076

edwin at edwinhernandez .dot. com

 

Education | Biography | Research Interests |

Publications | Patents | Research Experience

 

Education

 

2002 Ph.D. Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 

1999 M.Sc. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

 

1995 B.S. Electronics Engineering, Costa Rica Institute of Technology (ITCR), Costa Rica

 

Biography

 

Dr. Hernandez was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He graduated in 1995 with a B.S in Electronics Engineering from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology where he developed hardware/software systems for the main data networking company in the country, RACSA. Upon graduation, he joined COMTELCA, The Central American Telecommunications Commission, and was in charge of their Internet effort, and during the period of 1995-1997 he also became one of the Internet pioneers in Honduras. In 1996, Dr. Hernandez started COMPUNET one of Honduras first Internet Service Providers. Later on, in 1997, he was awarded to a Fulbright Scholarship and moved to Gainesville to start his MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Florida. In 1999, he was admitted to the PhD program in Computer Engineering and under the direction of Dr. Sumi Helal, he became a researcher at the Harris Mobile Computing Lab investigating the effects of speed in mobile devices handoff. His research and efforts developed a hardware/software device called RAMON. RAMON is a mobility emulator in which developers may test mobility protocols in realistic emulation environments. As an example, Dr. Hernandez implemented a predictive Mobile IP protocol to show how proactive registration mechanisms could improve throughput at different handoff speeds. Both components became part of his dissertation, publications, and patents.

 

Dr. Hernandez enjoyed his days in Gainesville combining academic and entrepreneurship activities. In addition to his research, he was an active member of “The Entrepreneur Club,” participating and wining several business plan competitions in Gainesville. Recentrly as an entrepreneur Edwin has started working on the commercialization of the RAMON Patent thru Rapid Mobile Technologies, Inc (dba/ RAMOBITECH), although this effort maybe done in partnership with the University of Florida and the OTL (See link).

 

In 2001, Edwin spent a summer at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, WA. And, in the period corresponding to 2002-2003 he joined as a full-time employee working for the Windows Networking Organization. In November 2003, he moved back to Florida where he joined Motorola as a Senior Software Engineer. In Motorola, he combines technical leadership, feature management, as well as with the patent evaluation committee (software)

 

In addition to his several academic publications, Dr. Hernandez has submitted 10 patents (with 3 issued) with his different employers including Microsoft, the University of Florida, and Motorola, Inc. He also has been tutor, teacher assistant, instructor, in several University undergraduate/graduate classes, and conferences.


Since January, Edwin has been working on Google Android at SDK and platform levels. He will post his findings on his blog. Recently, he was invited to particilate as part of Honduran scientific and technological community abroad. In 2007, he was invited to participate in the editorial board for the International Journal of Network Management, and is current part of the Technical Committe for BROADNETS 2008.


As many of his friends, you may find Edwin profile in linked in. In his spare time, he enjoys reading and playing his electric guitar
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Research Interest

Telecommunication Networks, Context-aware computing and pervasive spaces, Physical and network layer mobility protocols, resource allocation and predictive mobility models, Network protocols and mobility over IPv4 and IPv6 (IPnG), Smart phones and wireless embedded software development, 3G/4G, WLAN.

 

 

Publications

  • E. Hernandez, M. Chideste, and A. George, "Adaptive sampling for network management," Journal of Networks and System Management (JNSM), Vol. 9, No. 4, Dec 2001.
  • E. Hernandez, A. Helal, “Predictive Mobile IP for Rapid Mobility,” IEEE Conf. WLN 2004, Tampa, Fl.
  • E. Hernandez, A. Helal “RAMON: An emulation approach,” IEEE Conf. LCN 2002, Tampa, FL
  • E. Hernandez, A. Helal, "Examining Mobile-IP Performance in Rapidly Mobile Environments: The Case of a Commuter Train," IEEE Conf. LCN 2001, Tampa, FL, Nov 14-16, 2001.
  • S. Shah, E. Hernandez, A. Helal, “CAD-HOC: A CAD Like Tool For Generating Mobility Benchmarks In Ad-Hoc Networks,” SAINT 2002, Japan, January 2002.
  • E. HernandezAn adaptive protocol for rapid mobile environments,” Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida, August 2002.
  • E. Hernandez. "Adaptive sampling for network management," M.Sc. Thesis, University of Florida, Dec 1999.
  • E. Hernandez, Y. Lee. "Monitoring system of a packet data network," B.Sc. Thesis. ITCR, July 1995.


Publications can be downloaded from here


 

Patents

  • E. Hernandez, A. Ayyagari, et al. “Method and system for managing power consumption of a network interface module in a wireless computing device,” Microsoft Corporation, submitted 2001
  • E. Hernandez, A. Helal, RAMON, “Rapid Mobility Network Emulator Method and System,” University of Florida, Issued
  • E. Hernandez, A. Helal, “System, Apparatus, and Method for Proactive Allocation of Wireless Communication Resources,” University of Florida, submitted 2002
  • S. Poursabahian, E. Hernandez, et al, “Bluetooth PAN Driver,” Microsoft Corporation, Issued
  • A. Krantz, E. Hernandez, et al “Rules-based Network Selection Across Multiple Media,“ Microsoft Corporation, submitted 2004
  • V. Bhanu, E. Hernandez, et al, “Smart Scan for Bluetooth PAN Services, “Microsoft Corporation, submitted 2004.
  • E. Hernandez, K. Ardizzione. "Thumb-based User Interface for Camera Phones," Motorola Corporation, submitted 2005
  • E. Hernandez, "Secure USB Drive," Motorola Inc, submitted 2005
  • E. Hernandez, J. Tracy "Magnetic Bottom Connector", Motorola Inc, Issued
  • E. Hernandez, et al "Java-based PTT Initiation and URI." Motorola Inc submitted 2007

 

Published Patents can be retrieved at this link
Issued Patents can be retrieved at this link


Industry Experience

  • Principal Staff Software Engineer, Motorola, November 2007 - present
  • Sr. Software Staff Engineer, Motorola, Feature Lead for Dual Mode Java/ Windows-based Java Virtual Machine, Plantation, FL, November’03-November'07
  • Technical Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation, Personal Area Networks, Windows Networking, Redmond
    WA, August’02-September’03
  • Chief Technology Officer, COMPUNET, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April ’97-present 
  • Network Engineer, Central American Telecommunication Commission (COMTELCA), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, August’95-May ‘97 
  • IT Consultant, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November‘96-May ‘97

 

 

Research Experience

  • Research Assistant, Harris Mobile Computing Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, January’00-August’02
  • Research Assistant, High-Performance Computing and Simulation Research Lab, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, September‘97-December‘99
  • Program Manager Intern, Windows Networking Division, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, May'01-September'01
  • Network Engineer: Radiografica Costarricense, R&D, Costa Rica. January’95-July’95

 

 

Teaching Experience

To be updated soon.