Swarun Kumar
Sathaye Family Foundation Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Swarun Kumar is a 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.
Connecting the world with wireless devices and new sensing methods
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
- artificial intelligence
- cyber physical systems security and privacy
- cyberphysical systems (CPS)
- data/network science systems
- digital twins
- EVs and mobility
- grid-interactive, high-performance, and electrified buildings
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- IoT security and privacy
- Mill 19 digital backbone
- mobile and app security and privacy
- mobile systems
- mobility
- network security
- robotics
- secure systems
- social networks security and privacy
- systems security
- wireless networks
Media mentions
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Third round of Future Enterprise Security Initiative funded projects announced
CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative has announced its third round of funded proposals.
CMU Engineering
Kumar inspires joy and energy as inaugural Milestone Moments speaker
Swarun Kumar gives an inspirational talk as the inaugural speaker in a new series launched by the Center for Faculty Success.
SIGMOBILE
Kumar Receives ACM SIGMOBILE Rockstar Award
ECE’s Swarun Kumar has been awarded the ACM SIGMOBILE 2024 Rockstar Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to the design of novel techniques to extend the range of low-power networks and the development of the area of programmable targeted wireless energy delivery.
WTAE
Kumar discusses why 5G can be slower than 4G networks
ECE’s Swarun Kumar discusses why 5G can be slower than 4G networks on WTAE. “Think of this from the operators’ point of view. They are rolling out a new network. There are going to be bugs; there are going to be issues. They’re going to have to assess how many users are on the new network rather than the old network,” he says.
CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Second round of Future Enterprise Security Initiative funded projects announced
CyLab’s Future Enterprise Security Initiative has announced its second round of funded proposals.
PolitiFact
Kumar discusses national emergency alert
ECE’s Swarun Kumar debunks an October 4th national emergency alert myth with PolitiFact. “There will be no additional power consumption or health risk that this would entail,” he says.
the Accelerator
2023 Moonshot: Communication and Compute for All
The College of Engineering's 2023 Moonshot aims to provide internet connection to underprivileged communities around the world, allowing affordable communication and computer infrastructure to be accessible to all.
USA Today
Kumar shares his thoughts on phone calls on planes
ECE’s Swarun Kumar shares his thoughts on phone calls on planes with USA Today. “Using data when airborne is technically not a violation, and, of course, plenty of travelers use in-flight Wi-Fi,” he says.
Five Engineering faculty receive professorships
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
CMU launches initiative to transform nanosatellite capabilities
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
Peekaboo! Here’s a system to guarantee smart home privacy
CyLab researchers have developed a new privacy-sensitive architecture for developers to build smart home apps.
Daily Beast
Kumar quoted on fiber that can turn clothes into listening devices
ECE’s Swarun Kumar was quoted in Daily Beast on a fiber that can be used to turn clothes into listening devices.