Prof. Deepak Vasisht
Award Year 2021 | Degree Year 2013
Prof. Deepak Vasisht received his Bachelor of Technology degree in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Delhi in 2013. He subsequently received his Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2015 and 2019 respectively.
Prof. Vasisht is currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. His research is focused on mobile computing and wireless networking, specializing in how next generation networking systems – satellite networks, 5G/6G, in-body networks, and others– can solve human-critical problems in different application areas including healthcare, smart homes, and agriculture.
Prof. Vasisht’s research on Internet-of-Things systems for agriculture, in Project FarmBeats, has been deployed across farms in United States, India, and Africa. His work has been featured in the Economist, IEEE Spectrum, BBC, MIT News, World Economic Forum, Daily Mail, and CBC among others. At IIT Delhi, he was awarded the President’s Gold Medal. His Ph.D. dissertation received the ACM SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation award in 2019. He is the inaugural Microsoft Industry Research Fellow and a recipient of the Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship, an ACM SIGCOMM best paper award, and an ACM COMPASS best paper award.
In honoring Prof. Deepak Vasisht, IIT Delhi recognizes the outstanding contributions made by him in Teaching and Research. Through his achievements, Prof. Vasisht has brought glory to the name of the Institute.
