Swarun Kumar
Sathaye Family Foundation Career Development Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sathaye Family Foundation Career Development Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Swarun Kumar is an associate professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. His research focuses on building next-generation wireless network protocols and services. He leads the Emerging Wireless Technologies (WiTech) lab at CMU. He received the George Sprowls Award for best Ph.D. thesis in computer science at MIT and the President of India gold medal at IIT Madras.
2015 Ph.D., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010 BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
ECE’s Yuejie Chi, MSE’s Marc De Graef, ECE’s Swarun Kumar, ECE’s Brandon Lucia, and MechE’s Rebecca Taylor recently received professorships in Engineering for their outstanding scholarly achievements.
CMU Engineering
Researchers at CMU’s College of Engineering are working to develop computationally capable constellations of nanosatellites, equipped with machine learning techniques that extract valuable insights from the data while still in orbit.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
CyLab researchers have developed a new privacy-sensitive architecture for developers to build smart home apps.
Daily Beast
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted in Daily Beast on a fiber that can be used to turn clothes into listening devices.
Fast Company
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted by Fast Company about the advantages offered by the advancement of 5G technology.
CMU Engineering
Researchers develop smart farm infrastructure for monitoring animal health and agricultural productivity.`
I-Connect007
ECE’s Swarun Kumar and MechE’s Carmel Majidi have had their research on fabric-friendly sensors featured in I-Connect007.
Thrive Global
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was interviewed by Thrive Global on 5G: what it is, how it can improve lives, and what concerns need to be addressed.
Parade
ECE’s Swarun Kumar spoke to Parade about 5G technology and its many potential applications. In addition to increasing mobile internet speeds, expanded 5G coverage could also allow for new applications like augmented reality and increased connectivity for the Internet of Things.
CMU Engineering
Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed fabric-friendly near-field communication antennas that can be woven into everyday surfaces for building smart environments.
Popular Mechanics
CyLab/ECE’s Vyas Sekar and Swarun Kumar were quoted in Popular Mechanics on how outdated technology could pose a security risk.
Association for Computing Machinery
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was selected as the winner for the 2021 SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award. This award recognizes outstanding contributions by early career investigators in the area of embedded, real-time, and cyber-physical systems.