Swarun Kumar

CEO

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States15 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Recipient of the 2021 SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award
NSF CAREER Award winner
George Sprowls Award for best Ph.D thesis at MIT

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Wireless Networking and Systems Researcher with a focus on advanced wireless technologies.

Contact

swarun@cmu.edu LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Wireless NetworkingComputer Networking

Other Skills

AlgorithmsComputer SecurityMachine LearningMobile ApplicationsMobile RoboticsProgramming

About

Swarun Kumar is the Sathaye Family Foundation Professor of ECE at Carnegie Mellon University where he works on wireless networks and systems. He designs and builds new systems that leverage a deep understanding of the wireless physical layer to enable faster wireless networks and deliver new services. He received the 2021 SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award, the NSF CAREER award and the Google Faculty Research award. Swarun is a recipient of the George Sprowls Award for best Ph.D thesis in Computer Science at MIT and the President of India gold medal in his undergraduate program at IIT Madras.

Experience

Carnegie mellon university

3 roles

Sathaye Family Foundation Professor

Promoted

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Swarun Kumar is the Sathaye Family Foundation Professor at CMU ECE where he works on wireless networks and systems. His research involves building novel systems that leverage a deep understanding of the wireless physical layer to enable faster networks and deliver new services. Swarun was the 2024 SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award recipient.

Wireless NetworkingComputer Networking

Associate Professor

Jul 2021 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Swarun Kumar received the 2021 SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award and the CMU-CIT Dean's Early Career Fellowship.

Assistant Professor

Jan 2016 – Jun 2021 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Swarun Kumar received the NSF CAREER Award, Google Faculty Research Award and several best paper awards at major ACM and IEEE conferences.

Massachusetts institute of technology (mit)

2 roles

Teaching Assistant

Jan 2013 – Jun 2013 · 5 mos · Greater Boston Area

Developed new material for tutorials, problem sets and hands-on assignments. Conducted weekly office hours, tutorials and taught at recitations.

Research Assistant

Jul 2010 – Dec 2015 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Greater Boston Area

Swarun Kumar's research was in the area of computer networks with a special focus on wireless and mobile systems, advised by Prof. Dina Katabi. He was part of the MIT Wireless Center and the Computer Science and AI Lab at MIT.

Wireless NetworkingComputer Networking