Deepankar Medhi
Born
Guwahati, Assam, India
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City

Deepankar (Deep) Medhi is an Indo-American computer scientist and inventor. He is on leave as Curators' Distinguished Professor in the department of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[1][2] He is a fellow of IEEE.[3][4][5]

Prior to joining the University of Missouri–Kansas City, he worked as a technical officer at AT&T Bell Laboratories, routing and designing teletraffic networks.[6] While at AT&T Bell Laboratories, he co-invented the Facility Diverse Routing system.[6]

He is currently working as a program director in the computer and network systems (CNS) division of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States.[1][7][8][2]

Birth and family

Deepankar Medhi was born in Guwahati in 1962. His father was statistician Jyotiprasad Medhi and his mother was Prity Medhi. His great-grandfather Kaliram Medhi is an Assamese writer.

Book

  • Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures[9]
  • Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks[10]

Honors and awards

  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018.[3][4]
  • N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity, UMKC, 2012.[11]
  • Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, UMKC, 2012.[11]
  • Curators' Distinguished Professor Designation by the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri System, 2011.[11]
  • Kansas City Star's Tech 50 List, Summer 2002.

References

  1. 1 2 "Staff Directory".
  2. 1 2 "Deep Medhi". Google Scholar.
  3. 1 2 Deepankar Medhi
  4. 1 2 "IEEE Names Extraordinary Indian American Engineers Newly Elevated Fellows for 2018". 11 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Rare honour for Assamese scholar". Assamtribune.com. 8 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 "DEEP MEDHI".
  7. ↑ "NSF Awards $10M Grant to Universities for Cloud".
  8. ↑ "NSF Awards Addtl Funding for 'Chameleon' Cloud Experimentation Program; Paul Ruth Quoted". executivegov.com.
  9. ↑ Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures
  10. ↑ Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks
  11. 1 2 3 "Deep Medhi receives two prestigious UMKC awards".
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