SUMMARY

• Multimedia and real-time systems, audio, video, computer graphics, digital signal processing, music synthesis
• Networking, internet, world-wide web, distributed/operating systems, packet switch design
• Object-oriented systems, programming languages, graphical user-interfaces

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002-2003: Senior Software Engineer, CSG Systems, New Providence, NJ

Ported Kenan Rating Server to Linux and mainframes with optimization. Documented Prepaid Billing internal system design. Generalized loading of Oracle® tables using OCI for Inventory management.

1996-2002: Researcher , AT&T Labs Research , Shannon Laboratory , Florham Park , NJ
1991-1996: Researcher/Developer, AT&T Bell Laboratories , Murray Hill , NJ

Research Initiatives - AT&T Chief Scientist Lab: 1995-2002

Home Networking, Network Appliances, Consumer Electronics Research, Digital Audio, Advanced Audio Coding ( MPEG -2 AAC ), Perceptual Audio Coding (PAC)

• Network appliances: Developed a home network jukebox appliance for movies and music with both server/client function, also worked on audio/video enpoint appliances and StrongARM-based UCOMM "Universal Communicator" tablet/palm-top controllers.
• AAC/PAC movie/music jukeboxes: Constructed terabyte Linux software IDE-RAID servers that demonstrate the popularity and potential for Internet Movies and Music via both streaming and download.
• AAC World-Wide Web sites: Created www.digitalphono.com research site with lots of music from independent artists and labels. Consulted for www.a2bmusic.com commercial site that promotes major recording artists and labels.
• AAC/PAC commercial product: Developed AAC/PAC research software into a quality commercial product for external customers, e.g., Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (the world's largest (official) jukebox with 25,000 AAC songs), Global Music Outlet , Netcast, APT .
• AAC/PAC software base and decoder/player ports: Improved and maintained the software porting base, incorporated audio tools, and extended it to include all popular OS environments including Linux and MacOS .
• AAC/PAC marketing support: Worked with many coworkers and customers and supported marketing efforts.

AT&T Microelectronics (now Agere Systems ) DSP Multimedia: 1993-1994

• Developed the Muse sample-playback MIDI music synthesizer into a product for  Visible Caching Operating System (VCOS) Multimedia on the  AT&T DSP3210 Digital Signal Processor - sold in  AT&T computers and products like the CAC QUANTUMdsp (ISA) and DARTdsp (PCMCIA). 
• Collaborated with E-mu Systems, Inc. on Proteus[tm] emulation and SoundFont[tm] .
• Counseled Carnegie-Mellon University on the AT&T VCOS.

Computer Science Research : 1991-1992

• Prototyped Muse, demonstrating real-time MIDI synthesis using Roland sound libraries (see sgroup archive ).
• Created MetaSynth music synthesizer using the ML programming language.
• Consulted for DSP/Hobbit Working Group and XUNET, the Experimental University Network, Blanca gigabit testbed, National Research and Engineering Network (NREN).

1987-1991: Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

Tapestry Laboratory for Parallel Systems Research, Dr. Roy Campbell , advisor

• Investigated performance on XUNET and UIUC campus fiber network, advised NCSA .
• Collaborated on the design of the CHOICES object-oriented distributed OS.
• Designed the M4C ++ music synthesis program and the Scherzo and Notepro music scoring languages, worked with Dr. James Beauchamp and the Computer Music Project.

Computer Science Research , AT&T Bell Laboratories , Murray Hill , NJ

• Defined Archos network control computer architecture with Dr. Ravi Sethi , summer 1990
• Examined XUNET control computer environment with Dr. A. G. Fraser, summer 1989
• Researched terminal call processing in ESTEREL with Dr. Ravi Sethi , summer 1988

1980-1986: R&D Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, AT&T Bell Laboratories

Network/Datakit® Exploratory Development, Liberty Corner , NJ : 1985-1986

• Transferred Datakit® research to development, designed and prototyped Radian VCS/ISN concentrator architecture, planned XUNET , defined Starnet call processing.
• Chaired the AT&T Network Working Group (NWG). Coordinated conferences.
• Prototyped adaptive routing, host software, network APIs, network services including corporate directories and UUCP connection service. Datakit® consultant.

Networking Development, Indian Hill , Naperville , IL : 1980-1985

UNIX System Core Network (UNICORN) Design

• Delivered Datakit® host (DKHOST) and Portable Distributed UNIX (PDU) software as systems engineer, developer, and release coordinator.
• Consulted for UNIX Remote File Sharing, UUCP, network security, email, exptools.

Bell Labs Network/Terminal Design - Special Performance Award

• Conceived Archimedes strategy for UNIX networking which developed into UNICORN, prototyped netdir Datakit® directory assistance, automated network mapping.
• Collaborated on HoneyDanBer UUCP, standardized Datakit® VCS implementation, prototyped NSC HYPERchannel/NETEX using UNIX Transport Level Interface.
• Managed electronic mail gateway ihnp4 as AT&T postmaster, pioneered Usenet /Netnews, coordinated AT&T for Usenix email/mapping project, ported sendmail to UNIX System V.
• Founded AT&T-wide Action Central to coordinate email and network administration, with an estimated savings of $10,000,000 yearly to AT&T. Trained support staff.
• Counseled UNIX Systems Subcommittee as networking representative.

Data Communications Systems/Corporate Electronic Mail project

• Served as project manager and primary developer for post corporate directory and email software, research technology transfer, standardized BLN/Mail hardcopy delivery service.
• Initiated UNIX host registry, UUCP network coordination and administration.

Bell Labs Network Design

• Investigated network management services, completed graduate study program at USC .

1977-1980: Computer Research Assistant, Northwestern U. , Evanston , IL

• Worked on mini-computer workstation network, media management, interchange tape driver.
• Implemented computer graphics CORE standard implementation.
• Developed 4-voice real-time wave-table music synthesizer with volume/pitch envelopes.

EDUCATION

HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

OTHER ACTIVITIES

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Gary J. Murakami and Ravi Sethi . Parallelism as a Structuring Technique: Call Processing using the Esterel Language. Algorithms, Software, Architecture / J. van Leeuwen (editor), Information Processing 92, Vol. I. Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North-Holland). 1992 IFIP.

Gary J. Murakami . Non-blocking Packet Switching with Shift-register Rings. University Microfilms International . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign , 1991. Order number 9210928.

Gary J. Murakami and Roy H. Campbell and Michael Faiman . Pulsar: Non-blocking Packet Switching with Shift-register Rings. Communications Architectures & Protocols, Computer Communications Review , Volume 20.4, pages 145-155, September 1990. SIGCOMM '90 Conference Proceedings.