Raj Rajkumar
George Westinghouse Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
George Westinghouse Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ragunathan (Raj) Rajkumar is the George Westinghouse Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Rajkumar serves as director of the Metro21: Smart Cities Institute, USDOT Mobility21 National University Transportation Center, USDOT T-SET National University Transportation Center, Real-Time and Multimedia Systems Lab, and co-director of the General Motors-Carnegie Mellon Connected and Autonomous Driving Collaborative Research Lab (CAD-CRL).
Rajkumar's research interests lie in all aspects of embedded real-time systems and wireless/sensor networks. In the domain of embedded real-time systems, his interests include but are not limited to operating systems, scheduling theory, resource management, wired/wireless networking protocols, quality of service management, hardware/software architecture, model-based design tools
Rajkumar has received multiple awards, including the Carnegie Science Award in Information Technology, the Steven J. Fenves Award for Systems Research from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and the Outstanding Technical Achievement and Leadership Award from the IEEE Technical Committee on Real-Time
1989 Ph.D., Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
1986 MS, Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
1984 Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), Electronics and Communications Engineering, University of Madras
WESA
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in an article published by WESA on how the international microchip shortage has disrupted research at CMU.
Reuters
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Reuters on revenue generated by self-driving vehicles.
Businesswire
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was featured in Businesswire for his appointment as Insight LiDAR’s technical advisor.
Reuters
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Reuters on the robotaxi race, with Arizona company Waymo currently in the lead.
Forbes
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Forbes on public opinion of autonomous vehicles.
Consumer Reports
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted by Consumer Reports about the camera-AI system used by Tesla’s autonomous vehicles.
Vox
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Vox on autonomous vehicle data collection.
Reuters
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted in Reuters about safety concerns regarding automatic vehicles that use cameras.
Reuters
ECE’s Ragunathan Rajkumar was quoted in Reuters on Tesla robots.
The New York Times
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar was quoted by The New York Times on the effectiveness of autopilot in Tesla vehicles following multiple accidents.
Business Insider
ECE’s Raj Rajkumar spoke with Business Insider about his thoughts on Tesla's groundbreaking Autopilot feature and how it compares to competing technologies.
CMU Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University researchers and robots will soon occupy a state-of-the-art facility at the newly constructed Mill 19 building on the 178-acre site known as Hazelwood Green.