Swarun Kumar
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Swarun Kumar is an assistant 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
Lifewire
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted in Lifewire on why affordable 5G is so important.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Carnegie Mellon’s Secure and Private IoT initiative (IoT@CyLab) has recognized the so-called Industrial IoT (IIoT) as the next big challenge in IoT security.
TechRepublic
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was featured in a TechRepublic article about the future of 5G and his experience with remote teaching.
CMU Engineering
ECE researchers were awarded a $1M NSF grant to investigate a system that allows devices to scan wide bandwidths to avert interference.
TechTarget
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted in TechTarget on the benefits of deploying 5G on manufacturing floors. He advised businesses to evaluate all facets of the technology, including the number of devices they would need and the required latency, not just higher speed.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Haojian Jin, a fifth year Ph.D. student, received the Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award during the virtual UbiComp 2020 awards ceremony.
Gizmodo
ECE’s Swarun Kumar, Anthony Rowe, Akarsh Prabhakara, and Vaibhav Singh’s research on using radar to track tire wear was featured in Gizmodo.
CMU Engineering
Researchers propose how we can we measure and monitor tire wear with tire wear sensors, increasing safety on the road, saving drivers money, and ultimately, saving lives.
Consumer Reports
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted in Consumer Reports on how true wireless headphones work
Scott Institute
Eight research projects lead by CMU Engineering faculty have been awarded 2020 Seed Grants for Energy Research by the Scott Institue for Energy Innovation.
CMU Engineering
Four College of Engineering faculty members have been awarded CAREER awards by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its second round of funding, which will support ten IoT-related projects for one year.