Having joined HP Labs on Sept 15, 1998 right after finishing
my Ph.D. from USC, my journey here has reached its 15th year
milestone today. And quite a journey it has been. Working on cutting-edge
technologies with technology pioneers has been an extremely rewarding learning
experience. I did finish my Ph.D. but the education continues, every new
research effort we take on is like becoming a graduate student again. Raplh Waldo
Emerson’s following quote has been my guiding principle and embodies my research career:
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path
and leave a trail.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
HP and my HPL colleagues created a PURL (Personalized URL) to recognize this milestone.
Jotted down some of the keywords and phrases that reflect
upon fellow travelers, undertaken endeavors, achievements, friendships, fueling
stations, vista points, segues, road signs and flag posts along this trip. Trying
to capture overwhelming swarm of thoughts and memories that are difficult to
express, hopefully it is still comprehensible.
- Silicon Valley, Mecca of IT, Garage, Addison Avenue, Palo
Alto, El Camino, Page Mill Road, Stanford Research Park, HP Labs, 1501
- Starting workday with a look at and sitting next to HP’s Audio
Oscillator (Model 200c)
- Cubes, Open Doors,
Reconfigurable Labs, OpenFlowing Ceiling, Board Room, Bill & Dave’s Offices,
Executive Briefing Center, Travel Office
- Research Proposals, Prototypes, Tech Transfer, External
Funding, Technology incubation, Acquisition Technology Evaluation, Strategy,
Roadmaps
- Cupertino, Ft. Collins, Roseville, Boise, Bangalore, China,
Brazil
- OASIS, Media Collective, Multicast, NAPA, OpenNet, Nebula, CoolTown
- ISAL, BISL, MMSL, MCNL, NCL, NML
- HP, Agilent, Compaq, EDS, 3COM, Palm
- IETF, UPnP
- IEEE, ACM, IFIP, Infocom,
Sigcomm, NSDI, CCR, ToN, CCW, IWQoS, LANMAN, ICNP, NOMS, IM
- Papers, Patents, Panels, Presentations, Proposal, Prototype,
Products
- Un-Extinguishable flame of HP Way, People Company
- Invent, Re-invent
- SDN, OpenFlow, NFV, QoS, Cloud, Measurement, DCN, Wireless,
Mobility, Presence
- Netvigator, Hercules, NetSlicer, CloudMirror, MC2,Chart,
S3, PoleStar, ElasticTree, DevoFlow, Pegasus, MDFE
- Interop, HP Discover
- UC Berkeley, Purdue, UC Davis, GMU, Princeton, UCSB,
Stanford, NII Japan, IIT Delhi
- Fidelity, Verizon, ATT, Dreamworks, Philips, Ericsson,
Nicira, VMWare, Microsoft, Disney, NTT
- Mentorship, Leadership, Collaboration, Dissertation
Committees, Seminars
- DARPA Chart, NSF GENI, Planet-Lab
- Colleagues, Interns, Fellows, Managers, Directors, Collaborators,
BU Partners
- Photoshoot for Analyst’s Meeting Poster
- USC-UCLA game wagers, Tennis, Cricket, Badminton
- Global Teleconferences, 6AM Pacific, Persistent Jetlag,
Coffee Talks, Chalk Talks, White Boarding, Virtual Rooms
- Researcher, Scientist, Architect, Lead, Principal,
Distinguished, Senior, Member, Technologist, Panelist, PI
- Splits, Mergers, Acquisitions, ReOrg, WFR, Hiring,
Retirements, Departures, Newbies
- Tuesday Trickle of Patents (5 Granted Patents in Span of 7
Consecutive Tues: Aug 6-Sep 17, ‘13)
- Smart and Supportive, Caring and Collaborative Colleagues
- Thanks, Gratitude, Appreciation, Humility, Family, Friends,
Colleagues
Douglas Adam’s statement probably sums up the journey so far:
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended
up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams
Not sure what the future has in store, but I can promise that
the constant urge to probe the frontiers of exploration like Voyager 1 beyond
Solar System will always remain insatiable.
I owe all those who have touched me in this journey a debt
of gratitude.
- Puneet
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
― Albert Einstein
