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I am a senior research scientist working for [[Schlumberger]]'s research lab in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], [[USA]].  I work on communication systems for remote geophysical measurements and manipulations over a variety of medium:  pressure pulse propagation, acoustics, EM, etc.

I received my [[PhD]] in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from [[MIT]].  My thesis work was titled ''Economical Sampling of Parametric Signals.''  I worked on [[nonlinear]] [[Sampling (signal processing)|sampling theory]].  I am also interested in [[coding theory]], [[wireless]] [[digital communication|communication]] and [[signal processing]].

Previously I was at [[UC Berkeley]] and [[Purdue]], and sometime visitor at [[EPFL]] in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland.  I lived in [[Bandung]], [[Indonesia]] half a lifetime ago, and in addition to my current home in [[Cambridge, MA]] / [[Somerville, MA]] have lived for non-trivial periods of time in [[West Lafayette, Indiana]], [[Berkeley, California]], [[Lausanne]], and [[Houston, Texas]].

[[Image:Kusuma_bike_large.jpg|thumb|left|A Cyfac Nerv bike, built with [[Campagnolo]]. ]]

In my spare time I enjoy [[cycling]] on my [[Cyfac]] road bike.  I closely follow [[Classic cycle races|one-day classics races]].  Unlike many other cycling fans, I do not care much for [[Grand Tours|Grand Tours (cycling)]] such as Tour de France, although I find the [[Giro d'Italia]] and [[Vuelta a Espana]] interesting to watch.  

My favorite three races are:
* De [[Ronde van Vlaanderen]]
* [[Liege-Bastogne-Liege]]
* [[Giro di Lombardia]]

Of the many great cyclists of today, I particularly like [[Damiano Cunego]], [[Philippe Gilbert]], [[Tom Boonen]], and [[Alejandro Valverde]].  As you can tell, I like attacking and tactically savvy cyclists.  

==Some research work summary==

* '''Sampling theory''':  I have contributed to the theory (and perhaps practice) of signal acquisition based on the finite rate of innovation framework.

* '''Information theory of databases''':  I have an ongoing collaboration with MIT on the information theory of databases, or more specifically on synchronizing different versions of a document.  

* '''Multi-user communication''':  I did some work on multi-user communication, but no longer have an active research effort (at least not in the public domain).  

==Use of my images==
All the images that I uploaded are my own personal photos, and I release them under [[GFDL]], unless otherwise noted.  Please don't just indiscriminately delete my images off Wikipedia just because they were uploaded before I had a chance to tag them.

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