Biography:Deep Medhi

From HandWiki
Deepankar Medhi
Born
Guwahati, Assam, India
AwardsArne Jensen Lifetime Achievement Awards, 2025[1]
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsUniversity 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Arne Jensen Lifetime Award 2025". 9 April 2025. https://itc-conference.org/2025/04/09/arne-jensen-lifetime-award-2025.html. 
  2. ↑ Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Staff Directory
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Staff Directory". https://www.nsf.gov/staff/staff_bio.jsp?lan=dmedhi&org=NSF&from_org=NSF. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Deep Medhi". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=17e2M2AAAAAJ&hl=en. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Deepankar Medhi
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "IEEE Names Extraordinary Indian American Engineers Newly Elevated Fellows for 2018". 11 December 2017. https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/ieee-names-extraordinary-indian-american-engineers-newly-elevated-fellows-for-2018/article_9b26bf54-dc78-11e7-a3de-3308e2abbe2c.html. 
  7. ↑ "Rare honour for Assamese scholar". 8 December 2017. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec0817/state051. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "DEEP MEDHI". http://d.web.umkc.edu/dmedhi/. 
  9. ↑ "NSF Awards $10M Grant to Universities for Cloud". https://www.meritalk.com/articles/nsf-awards-10m-grant-to-universities-for-cloud/. 
  10. ↑ "NSF Awards Addtl Funding for 'Chameleon' Cloud Experimentation Program; Paul Ruth Quoted". https://www.executivegov.com/2020/08/nsf-awards-addtl-funding-for-chameleon-cloud-experimentation-program-paul-ruth-quoted/. 
  11. ↑ TI Trade (2009-10-22). "Birth anniversary of Pandit Kaliram Medhi observed". Assamtribune.com. http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=oct2209/City3. 
  12. ↑ "Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam". Vedanti.com. http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm. 
  13. ↑ Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures
  14. ↑ Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Deep Medhi receives two prestigious UMKC awards". https://info.umkc.edu/scenews/tag/2012-n-t-veatch-award-for-distinguished-research-and-creative-activity/.