Deep Medhi

Deepankar Medhi
Born
Guwahati, Assam, India
AwardsArne Jensen Lifetime Achievement Awards, 2025[1]
Scientific career
Fields
WorkplacesUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City

Deepankar (Deep) Medhi is an Indo-American computer scientist and inventor. He is a Program Director in the Computer & Network Systems (CNS) Division at the National Science Foundation (NSF).[2] He worked as Curators' Distinguished Professor in the department of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.[3][4] He is a fellow of IEEE.[5][6][7]

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.[8] While at AT&T Bell Laboratories, he co-invented the Facility Diverse Routing system.[8]

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.[3][9][10][4]

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.[11][12]

Book

  • Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures[13]
  • Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks[14]

Honors and awards

  • Arne Jensen Lifetime Achievement Awards, 2025[1]
  • Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018.[5][6]
  • N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity, UMKC, 2012.[15]
  • Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, UMKC, 2012.[15]
  • Curators' Distinguished Professor Designation by the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri System, 2011.[15]
  • Kansas City Star's Tech 50 List, Summer 2002.

References

  1. 1 2 "Arne Jensen Lifetime Award 2025". International Teletraffic Congress The First International Conference in Networking Science & Practice. 9 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Staff Directory
  3. 1 2 "Staff Directory".
  4. 1 2 "Deep Medhi". Google Scholar.
  5. 1 2 Deepankar Medhi
  6. 1 2 "IEEE Names Extraordinary Indian American Engineers Newly Elevated Fellows for 2018". 11 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Rare honour for Assamese scholar". Assamtribune.com. 8 December 2017.
  8. 1 2 "DEEP MEDHI".
  9. ↑ "NSF Awards $10M Grant to Universities for Cloud".
  10. ↑ "NSF Awards Addtl Funding for 'Chameleon' Cloud Experimentation Program; Paul Ruth Quoted". executivegov.com.
  11. ↑ TI Trade (2009-10-22). "Birth anniversary of Pandit Kaliram Medhi observed". Assamtribune.com. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
  12. ↑ "Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-27.
  13. ↑ Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures
  14. ↑ Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks
  15. 1 2 3 "Deep Medhi receives two prestigious UMKC awards".
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