Dr. Kaushik Chowdhury

Professor

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Biography

Kaushik Chowdhury holds the Chandra Family Endowed Distinguished Professorship in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. He obtained his BEng from VJTI Mumbai, followed by an MS from the University of Cincinnati, and a Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to his tenure at UT Austin, he spent fifteen years as a professor at Northeastern University in Boston. His research interests include Applied Machine Learning, particularly in the context of wireless communications, focusing on deep learning applications for wireless spectrum sensing and sharing, RF fingerprinting, and real-time learning for next-generation architectures. Additionally, he explores Multimodal Sensor Fusion, integrating data from various sensors for situational assessment in autonomous vehicles, and Networked Robotics, emphasizing coordination in unmanned aerial systems. He has been involved in significant large-scale wireless community infrastructure initiatives and has received numerous awards, including the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2017 and the National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award in 2015. He has also held various leadership roles in several prestigious IEEE and ACM conferences.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2020-08-01 — Present

University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, focusing on research in applied machine learning and wireless communications.

Professor

2005-08-01 — 2020-07-31

Northeastern University • Boston, MA

Served as professor for fifteen years, conducting research in wireless communications and machine learning.

Awards

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U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)

2017-01-01
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award

2017-01-01
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National Science Foundation CAREER Award

2015-01-01

Requirements for University of Texas at Austin

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
GRE General
TOEFL
Total
Required:79
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
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