Sanjeev Kulkarni
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
Associate Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science
Master, Butler College
Princeton University, B-310 E-Quad, Princeton, NJ 08544-5263
P:(609) 258-6727 F:(609) 258-1560

RESUME

Complete cv: pdf file

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

• statistical pattern recognition, nonparametric estimation, learning theory
• information theory, communications, wireless networks
• signal image and video processing
• adaptive and hybrid systems control
• econometrics and mathematical finance
  
  
  

EDUCATION

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
  Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, June 1991.
  Thesis under Professor S.K. Mitter entitled ``Problems of Computational and Information Complexity in Machine Vision and Learning.''   GPA 4.9/5.0
   
  
• Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
  M.S. in Electrical Engineering, June 1985.
   
  
• Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13676
  M.S. in Mathematics, May 1985.
  B.S.in Electrical Engineering, May 1984.
  B.S. in Mathematics, May 1983.   GPA 3.9/4.0
  
  
  

CURRENT STATUS

• Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University     7/04 - present.
  
  
• Master, Butler College, Princeton University     7/04 - present
  
  
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, School or Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University    7/03 - present
  
  
• Affiliated faculty, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
  
  
• Affiliated faculty, Department of Philosophy
  
  
  

PRIOR PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University 7/97 - 6/04.
  
  
• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering 9/91 to 7/97.
  
  
• Susquehanna Investment Group, Bala Cynwyd, PA -----8/97-8/01
  Consultant. Full time from 1/98 through 1/99. Quantitative research and statistical arbitrage. Developed algorithms for statistical trading, and analyzed firm-wide trading performance.
   
  
• Flarion Technologies, Inc., Bedminster, NJ 07921---- 6/01-8/01
  Visiting researcher. Investigated downlink packet scheduling with quality-of-services requirements and throughput of wireless networks.
  
  
• M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA 02173    7/85-8/91
  Member of Technical Staff in Laser Radar Measurements Group. Investigated feasibility of laser radars for imaging and discrimination of vehicles in flight.
   
  
• M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02139    9/90-8/91
  Graduate Resident in an undergraduate dormitory. Organized, advised, and provided support (personal, social, academic) for a floor of 42 students.
   
  
• University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA    1/86-5/86
  As a part-time faculty, taught course entitled ``Introduction to Engineering''.
   
  
• Standford University, Standford, CA 94395 ----4/85-6/85
  Grader for a course entitled "The Fourier Transform and Its Applications".
  
  
• Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13676    8/83-8/84
  Research assistant in the Mathematics department. Developed analytic and numerical solutions to a nonlinear partial differential equation with applications in colloid chemistry.
   
  
• Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX 75265    5/83-8/83
  Summer Engineering Program. Developed diagnostic software in assembly language for a radar system.
  
  
  

AWARDS AND HONORS

• IEEE Fellow, 2004
  
  
• Excellence in Teaching Award from Undergraduate Engineering Council for Introduction to Electrical Signals and Systems course taught Fall 2003.
  
  
• Co-supervised Senior thesis that won MacCracken Award for outstanding Senior thesis in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2003
  
  
• Faculty advisor for student that won Intel Research Award, 2002-2003.
  
  
• Walter Curtis Johnson Prize for Teaching Excellence in Electrical Engineering, 2002.
  

• Co-author of paper that won best student paper award at IEEE International Conference on Information Technology, Coding, and Compression, 2001.
  

• Excellence in Teaching Award from Undergraduate Engineering Council for Introduction to Electrical Signals and Systems course taught Fall 2000.
  

• Excellence in Teaching Award from Undergraduate Engineering Council for Introduction to Electrical Signals and Systems course taught Fall 1999.
  

• Co-supervised Senior thesis that won MacCracken Award for outstanding Senior thesis in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1996
  

• Co-author of paper that won honorable mention for best student paper at Conference on Decision and Control, 1995.
  

• NSF Young Investigator Award (NYI), 1994.
  

• Emerson-Keyes Faculty Advancement Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Princeton University, 1994.
  

• Co-supervised Senior thesis that won MacCracken Award for outstanding Senior thesis in Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1993.
  

• Excellence in Teaching Award from Undergraduate Engineering Council for Image Processing course taught Spring 1993.
  

• ARO (Army Research Office) Young Investigator Award, 1992.
  

• NSF Research Initiation Award, 1992.
  

• Excellence in Teaching Award from Undergraduate Engineering Council for Machine Vision course taught Fall 1991.
  

• Supervised Senior thesis at M.I.T. which won 2nd prize for best undergraduate thesis in Electrical Engineering, 1987.
  

• Stanford University Fellowship, 1985.
  

• Frederica Clarkson Award for outstanding graduating Senior, Clarkson University, 1983.
  

• Hamlin-Darraugh Award for outstanding Senior in Mathematics Department, Clarkson University, 1983.
  

• Outstanding Sophomore Award, Mathematics Department, Clarkson University, 1982.