SAJAL K. DAS

SAJAL K. DAS received B.Tech. degree in 1983 from Calcutta University, M.E. degree in 1984 from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and Ph.D. degree in 1988 from University of Central Florida, Orlando, all in computer Science. Currently he is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Wireless Mobility and Networking (CReWMaN) at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He is also a Honorary Professor of Fudan University, Shanghai, China and a Visiting Professor of IIT-Kanpur. His current research interests include sensor networks, security, resource and mobility management in wireless networks, pervasive computing, smart environments, and grid computing. He has published over 350 research papers, directed numerous funded projects, and holds 5 US patents in wireless mobile networks. He is a recipient of Best Paper Awards in IEEE PerCom'06, ACM MobiCom'99, ICOIN'01, ACM MSWIM'00, and ACM/IEEE PADS'97. Dr. Das is also a recipeint of UTA Academy of Distinguished Scholars Award (2006), University Award for Distinguished Record of Research (2005), College of Engineering Research Excellence Award (2003) and Outstanding Faculty Research Award in Computer Science (2001, 2003). He coauthored the book "Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols and Applications" (John Wiley, 2005). He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Pervasive and Mobile Computing, and also an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, and ACM/Springer Wireless Networks. He served as the General and TPC Chair and TPC member of numerous IEEE and ACM Conferences. He serves on the advisory boards of several cutting-edge companies.