Swarun Kumar
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.
The Future of Connected Devices
Education
2015 Ph.D., Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2010 BS, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Affiliations
Research Interests
- Applications of security and privacy
- cyber physical systems security and privacy
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- data/network science systems
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT security and privacy
- mobile and app security and privacy
- mobile systems
- mobility
- network security
- secure systems
- social networks security and privacy
- systems security
- wireless networks
Media mentions
I-Connect007
Kumar and Majidi’s research on fabric-friendly sensors featured
ECE’s Swarun Kumar and MechE’s Carmel Majidi have had their research on fabric-friendly sensors featured in I-Connect007.
Thrive Global
Kumar interviewed about 5G
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
Kumar quoted on 5G technology
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
Fabric-friendly sensors
Carnegie Mellon researchers have developed fabric-friendly near-field communication antennas that can be woven into everyday surfaces for building smart environments.
Popular Mechanics
Sekar and Kumar quoted on security
CyLab/ECE’s Vyas Sekar and Swarun Kumar were quoted in Popular Mechanics on how outdated technology could pose a security risk.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
Kumar awarded 2021 SIGBED Early Career Researcher Award
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.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Third round of Secure and Private IoT Initiative funded projects announced
Carnegie Mellon CyLab’s Secure and Private IoT Initiative (IoT@CyLab) has announced its third round of funding, which will support 12 Internet of Things (IoT)-related projects for one year.
Lifewire
Kumar quoted on affordable 5G
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted in Lifewire on why affordable 5G is so important.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
IoT@CyLab sharpens focus on Industrial IoT
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
Kumar discussed the future of 5G
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was featured in a TechRepublic article about the future of 5G and his experience with remote teaching.
CMU Engineering
Detecting wireless interference
Carnegie Mellon researchers were awarded a $1M NSF grant to investigate a system that allows devices to scan wide bandwidths to avert interference.
TechTarget
Kumar 5G commentary featured in 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.