Krishnendu Chakrabarty
{{Infobox academic
| name = Krishnendu Chakrabarty
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| birth_date =
| birth_place =India
| occupation =
| education =B. Tech, 1990, IIT Kharagpur
MS, 1992, PhD, 1995, University of Michigan
| thesis_title =Test response compaction for built-in self testing.
| thesis_year =1995
|thesis_url =https://www.proquest.com/docview/304205704
| known_for =
| spouse =
| children =
| awards =
| parents =
| workplaces = Arizona State University
Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Boston University
}}
Krishnendu Chakrabarty is an Indian-American electrical and computer engineer. He is the Fulton Professor of Microelectronics at Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering. Before joining Arizona State, he was the John Cocke Distinguished Professor and was the Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering.
Early life and education
Chakrabarty received his B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 1990 and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1995.{{cite web |title=Krishnendu Chakrabarty |url=https://www.computer.org/profiles/krishnendu-chakrabarty |publisher=IEEE |access-date=October 10, 2021}}
Career
Following his PhD, Chakrabarty remained in the United States and taught at Boston University before joining the faculty at Duke University in 1998.{{cite web |last1=Piersma |first1=Ryan |title=The Face of a Department |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/dukengineer/2018/chakrabarty |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=May 16, 2018}} During his early tenure at Duke, Chakrabarty was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Early Faculty Award, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, and the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Receives Lifetime Achievement Award |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-receives-lifetime-achievement-award |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=November 20, 2013}} His research focused on creating design automation and optimization techniques for "lab-on-a-chip" devices, "where a wide array of biomedical and chemical tests are miniaturized and completed on a microchip only a few centimeters wide."{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Receives 2015 IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-receives-2015-ieee-computer-society-technical-achievement-award |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=April 2, 2015}}
While working as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering, Chakrabarty was elected a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery for his contributions to computing.{{cite web |title=Krishnendu Chakrabarty Named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/krishnendu-chakrabarty-named-fellow-association-computing-machinery |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=December 12, 2013}} Following this, he was appointed the William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering and was cited by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for "pioneering and inspirational research on the design automation and testing of complex chips with the application to microfluidic biochips." In 2016, Chakrabarty was named a Hans Fischer Senior Research Fellow at the Technical University of Munich.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Named Hans Fischer Senior Research Fellow at the Technical University of Munich|url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-named-hans-fischer-senior-research-fellow-technical-university-munich|publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=March 17, 2016}} In 2017, Chakrabarty was honored with the Charles A. Desoer Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society for "contributions to the design of microfluidic biochips, testing and design-for-test of system-on-chip and 3-D integrated circuits, and infrastructure optimization of wireless sensor networks, as well as for technical leadership, industry impact, and inspiring researchers worldwide."{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Wins 2017 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Technical Achievement Award |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-wins-2017-ieee-circuits-and-systems-society-technical-achievement-award |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=May 18, 2017}} At the same time, he was also named chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Named Chair of Duke Electrical & Computer Engineering |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-named-chair-duke-electrical-computer-engineering |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=July 18, 2017}}
In recognition of his scientific contributions, Chakrabarty was awarded a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in the "Short-term S: Noble Prize Level" category.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Awarded Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-jsps |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=February 15, 2018}} He was also elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, specifically for his "distinguished contributions to the design of microfluidic biochips and design-for-test of system-on-chip integrated circuits, and for extraordinary technical leadership and mentoring of graduate students."{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Named Fellow of the AAAS |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-aaas |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=November 26, 2018}} In 2019, Chakrabarty and colleague Amanda Randles were named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty, Randles Elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-randles-nai-members |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=August 16, 2019}}
At the conclusion of the 2019–20 academic year, Chakrabarty was reappointed chair of Duke’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering for a three year term.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Reappointed Chair of Duke ECE |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-reappointed-chair-duke-ece |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=May 28, 2020}} While serving in this role, he was awarded the 2021 IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems Prize for his paper "Hardware Trojan Detection Using Changepoint-Based Anomaly Detection Techniques."{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Wins 2021 IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems Prize |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-wins-2021-ieee-transactions-vlsi-systems-prize |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=May 4, 2021}} He also received the 2021 Vitold Belevitch Award for major contributions to the study of circuits and systems.{{cite web |title=Chakrabarty Wins 2021 Vitold Belevitch Award |url=https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/chakrabarty-wins-2021-vitold-belevitch-award |publisher=Duke University |access-date=October 10, 2021 |date=May 6, 2021}} He also received the prestigious 2022 Semiconductor Research Corporation Aristotle Award for outstanding student advising during the research projects.{{cite web |title=2022 Aristotle Award Presented to Dr. Krishnendu Chakrabarty from Arizona State University|url = https://www.src.org/award/aristotle/2022|publisher=SRC}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Google Scholar id | R_VPUyEAAAAJ }}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chakrabarty, Krishnendu}}
Category:Indian electrical engineers
Category:University of Michigan alumni
Category:Duke University faculty
Category:Boston University faculty
Category:Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Category:Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science