2018 MILCOM

Mohan Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Computer Science Department, College of Computing and Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology


Mohan's current research interests are in pervasive computing, opportunistic networks and computing, wireless networks and mobility, sensor systems and distributed computing. Prior to joining RIT, he served as Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington since spring 2001. He initiated pervasive computing research activities at CSE@UTA in 2001 and directed the Pervasive and Invisible Computing (PICO) lab. In the recent past, he was the lead PI in three NSF awards: Collaborative virtual observation in dynamic, heterogeneous environments; Distributed Opportunistic Computing; and Middleware Framework for pervasive computing. Currently, he is a Co-PI in NSF funded project, ReDS: Reputation for Directory Services in P2P Systems. During the summer of 2013, he was on an Office of Naval Research (ONR) Summer Faculty Fellowship. He was a Co-PI in a project funded by the AFRL on Middleware for Dynamic Distributed Repositories and the NSF funded ARCADIA and PSI projects. Current research work includes the application of pervasive computing into such areas as telemedicine, manufacturing and security. Kumar has supervised 15 doctoral dissertations and 28 Masters theses in the above areas. He has published over 160 refereed articles in journals and conference proceedings. He visited the Institute for Informatics and Telematics (IIT) National Research Council (CNR)Pisa, Italy in Spring 2008 and Summer 2010, the National University of Singapore in Spring 2008. He co-founded the IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications (PerCom) and the Elsevier's Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal. He served as the Program Chair, PerCom 2003 and the General Chair, PerCom 2005, and the Chair of the PerCom Steering Committee 2007-10. Mohan was a Co-General Chair of IEEE World of Wireless and Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM) 2008. Mohan is a senior member of the IEEE.

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