Sanjoy Paul

Sanjoy Paul
Born (1962-01-22) January 22, 1962
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (B.Tech, 1985), University of Maryland, College Park (M.S. 1988, Ph.D. 1992), Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (MBA, 2005)
Known forReliable Multicast Transport Protocol (RMTP), Internet of things (IoT), Artificial intelligence/Machine learning (AI/ML), Computer networking, Distributed systems
AwardsIEEE Fellow, Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, Electrical engineering, Artificial intelligence, Networking
WorkplacesRice University

Sanjoy Paul (born January 22, 1962) is an Indian-American computer scientist, engineer, and academic. He is the Executive Director of the Rice Nexus and is affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. His research spans computer networking, distributed systems, multimedia communication, and emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Early life and education

Paul received a Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1985.[1] He subsequently pursued graduate studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he earned a Master of Science in Computer Science in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1992.[2]

Paul later completed a Master of Business Administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania between 2003 and 2005.[3]

Career

IEEE

Paul has held a range of professional and leadership roles in the academic and research community. He has served as an editor of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and as a guest editor for a special issue on multicasting in IEEE Network.[4]

He has been involved in the organization and governance of several international conferences. He served as a steering committee member of IEEE COMS\NETS (Communication Systems and Networks),[4] and as general chair of the International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN) in 2011, the Internet Multimedia Services Architecture and Applications (IMSAA) conference in 2010, and the Conference on Communication Systems Software and Middleware (COMSWARE) in 2007. He also served as Technical Program Chair of COMSWARE in 2006.[5]

In addition, Paul has participated as a Technical Program Committee member for various conferences organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).[6]

Academia

Paul has held faculty and adjunct positions at several institutions. In 2024, he was appointed Executive Director of the Rice Nexus at Rice University.[7] As of 2026, he is affiliated with Rice University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[3]

Paul serves as a member of the advisory board of the University of Maryland's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.[8]

Research

Paul's research has covered computer networking and distributed systems, including multicast communication, network monitoring, wireless networks, wireless sensor networks, and security in networked systems.[9]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Books

  • Paul, Sanjoy (1998). Multicasting on the Internet and its Applications. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 0-7923-8200-5.
  • Paul, Sanjoy (2010). Digital Video Distribution in Broadband, Television, Mobile and Converged Networks: Trends, Challenges and Solutions. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-74628-8.
  • Paul, Sanjoy (2024). If Generative AI Comes, Can Metaverse Be Far Behind? Amazon Kindle. ISBN 979-8338136331.

Articles

  • Vuppala, Sunil K.; Padmanabh, Kumar; Bose, Sumit Kumar; Paul, Sanjoy (January 2011). "Incorporating fairness within Demand response programs in smart grid". Isgt 2011. pp. 1–9. doi:10.1109/ISGT.2011.5759138. ISBN 978-1-61284-218-9. S2CID 23046724.
  • Dhanapal, Karthikeyan Balaji; Sankaran, Siva; Somasundara, Arun Agrahara; Paul, Sanjoy (July 2012). "WindTunnel: A Tool for Network Impact Testing of Mobile Applications". 2012 Annual SRII Global Conference. pp. 34–43. doi:10.1109/SRII.2012.15. ISBN 978-1-4673-2318-5. S2CID 21328047.
  • Dhanapal, Karthikeyan Balaji; Deepak, K. Sai; Sharma, Saurabh; Joglekar, Sagar Prakash; Narang, Aditya; Vashistha, Aditya; Salunkhe, Paras; Rai, Harikrishna G.N.; Somasundara, Arun Agrahara; Paul, Sanjoy (July 2012). "An Innovative System for Remote and Automated Testing of Mobile Phone Applications". 2012 Annual SRII Global Conference. pp. 44–54. doi:10.1109/SRII.2012.16. ISBN 978-1-4673-2318-5. S2CID 31514849.
  • Vashistha, Aditya; Nallusamy, Rajarathnam; Das, Amitabha; Paul, Sanjoy (July 2010). "Watermarking video content using visual cryptography and scene averaged image". 2010 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo. pp. 1641–1646. doi:10.1109/ICME.2010.5583256. ISBN 978-1-4244-7491-2. S2CID 30253455.

See also

References

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