Ravishankar V. Rao

Hello !! Welcome to my personal webpage ! I am from India, more specifically from Bangalore. After completing my undergraduate studies at SJCE, Mysore University, India, I came to UC Davis to pursue my graduate studies. I am currently working towards a PhD in Computer Science dept. My wife Renuka, is also pursuing her PhD in BioPhysics graduate group. I believe she works on NMR, MRI, and other complicated stuff like that. All I understand is that she cuts open rats and takes their pictures!! I enjoy reading, hiking, and occasionally playing chess and volleyball! (the least tiring outdoor game:). Some of the books I enjoyed reading include: * 1984 and Animal Farm by George Orwell * Foundation Series, Nightfall and other short stories by Isaac Asimov * Most books by R.K.Narayan * To kill a mocking bird by Harper Lee * Brave new world by Aldous Huxley My wife and I also like to hike! I have 'attempted' Mt.Shasta twice :( I intend to try again this summer ! Davis is ideally located for many hikes. Its about 2hrs west of Sierra mountains and 2 hrs east of bay area, both of which have excellent hikes. I realized that I have travelled to more cities in the last 6 years I have been in US than the in 21 or so years in India !! The big cities in US I have traveled to include Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, Las Vegas and ofcourse San Francisco