Kaushik Chowdhury
Associate Dean for Research, Office of the Dean
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Office
- 523 ISEC
- 617.373.5304
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Research Focus
Dynamic spectrum access; energy harvesting sensor networks; 5G technology; intra-body communication; protocol design for wireless; internet; wireless
About
Kaushik R. Chowdhury graduated with B.E. in Electronics Engineering with distinction from VJTI, Mumbai University, India, in 2003. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati, OH, in 2006, and Ph.D. from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA in 2009. His M.S. thesis was given the outstanding thesis award jointly by the ECE and CS departments. He has also won the BWN researcher of the year award during his Ph.D. in 2007, and the best paper award in the AHSN symposium in IEEE ICC 2009. His expertise and research interests lie in wireless cognitive radio ad hoc networks, resource allocation in wireless multimedia sensor networks, and bio-medical applications of sensors. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society and the ACM.
Education
- PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009.
Honors & Awards
- 2023 IEEE Fellow
- 2022 Excellence in Mentoring Award
- 2017 Faculty Research Team Award
- 2017 DARPA Young Faculty Award
- 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
- 2016 COE Faculty Fellow
- 2016 Office of Naval Research Director of Research Early Career Award
- 2015 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
- Chair, IEEE Technical Committee on Simulation
Research Overview
Dynamic spectrum access; energy harvesting sensor networks; 5G technology; intra-body communication; protocol design for wireless; internet; wireless
Next Generation Networks and Systems Lab
The lab works on topics spanning various technologies and architectures involving wireless networks, from small implantable sensors within the human body to next generation macro-cell networks. We are not only enthusiastic about creating new theoretical foundations, but also demonstrating the technology on real systems. Our team is composed of students and research personnel from all over the world, and we enjoy the learning opportunity that comes with this diverse and multicultural environment.
Selected Research Projects
- Cognitive Distributed Sensing in Congested Radio Frequency Environments
- – co-Principal Investigator, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
- MEDUSA: Mid-band Environmental Sensing Capability for Detecting Incumbents during Spectrum Sharing
- – Principle Investigator, National Science Foundation
- An Open, Programmable Platform to Conquer the 5G and 6G Wireless Spectrum
- – Co-Principle Investigator, National Science Foundation
- NSF Institute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intelligence
- – Principal Investigator for Northeastern University, OSU is lead, National Science Foundation (2021)
- RFDataFactory: Principled Dataset Generation, Sharing and Maintenance Tools for the Wireless Community
- – Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation (2021)
- Signal Processing in Neural Networks (SPiNN) for Wireless IoT
- – Principal Investigator, DARPA (2020)
- Identify Device-specific Radio Signals on a Massive Scale
- – Principal Investigator, DARPA (2018)
Research Centers and Institutes
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Chowdhury, Kaushik Roy, Garcia Sanchez, Sara (2021). Robust 60-GHz Beamforming for UAVs: Experimental Analysis of Hovering, Blockage, and Beam Selection. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8(12),9838-9854. 10.1109/JIOT.2020.3019456
- Jian, Tong, Gong, Yifan, Zhan, Zheng, Shi, Runbin, Soltani, Nasim, Wang, Zifeng, Dy, Jennifer G., Chowdhury, Kaushik Roy, Wang, Yanzhi, Ioannidis, Stratis (2021). Radio Frequency Fingerprinting on the Edge. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ,1-1. 10.1109/TMC.2021.3064466
- Li, Kai, Muncuk, Ufuk, Naderi, M. Yousof, Chowdhury, Kaushik R. (2021). iSense: Intelligent Object Sensing and Robot Tracking through Networked Coupled Magnetic Resonant Coils. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 8(8),6637-6648. 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3053632
- López-Benítez, Miguel, Raschellà, Alessandro, Pizzi, Sara, Wang, Li, Di Felice, Marco, Chowdhury, Kaushik Roy (2021). Smart spectrum and radio resource management for future 5G networks. Computer Networks, 193,108089. 10.1016/J.COMNET.2021.108089
- Garcia Sanchez, Sara, Mohanti, Subhramoy, Jaisinghani, Dheryta, Chowdhury, Kaushik Roy (2020). Millimeter-wave Base Stations in the Sky: An Experimental Study of UAV-to-Ground Communications. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, ,1-1. 10.1109/TMC.2020.3013575
- Jian, Tong, Rendon, Bruno Costa, Ojuba, Emmanuel, Soltani, Nasim, Wang, Zifeng, Sankhe, Kunal, Gritsenko, Andrey, Dy, Jennifer, Chowdhury, Kaushik, Ioannidis, Stratis (2020). Deep Learning for RF Fingerprinting: A Massive Experimental Study. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, 3(1),50-57. 10.1109/IOTM.0001.1900065
- Li, Kai, Muncuk, Ufuk, Naderi, M. Yousof, Chowdhury, Kaushik Roy (2020). SoftCharge: Software Defined Multi-device Wireless Charging over Large Surfaces. IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, 10(1),38-51. 10.1109/JETCAS.2020.2973814
- Sankhe, Kunal, Belgiovine, Mauro, Zhou, Fan, Angioloni, Luca, Restuccia, Frank, Melodia, Tommaso, Ioannidis, Stratis, Chowdhury, Kaushik, D’Oro, Salvatore (2020). No Radio Left Behind: Radio Fingerprinting Through Deep Learning of Physical-Layer Hardware Impairments. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 6(1),165-178. 10.1109/TCCN.2019.2949308
- Trotta, Angelo, Muncuk, Ufuk, Di Felice, Marco, Chowdhury, Kaushik R. (2020). Persistent Crowd Tracking Using Unmanned AerIal Vehicle Swarms: A Novel Framework for Energy and Mobility Management. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine, 15(2),96-103. 10.1109/MVT.2020.2982244
Feb 26, 2024
Northeastern Among Top 100 Universities for Utility Patents
Northeastern University, recognized for its excellence in innovation and entrepreneurship, has once again been named one of the top 100 universities worldwide for securing utility patents by the National Academy of Inventors.
Dec 07, 2023
2023 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes those […]
Nov 27, 2023
Chowdhury and Jornet Elevated to IEEE Fellows
ECE Professors Kaushik Chowdhury and Josep Jornet were elevated to IEEE Fellows. Chowdhury was elevated for contributions to the development of cognitive radio networks and applied machine learning for wireless systems, and Jornet for contributions in terahertz communication and nanonetworking.
Oct 11, 2023
PhD Spotlight: Guillem Reus-Muns, PhD’23, Computer Engineering
Guillem Reus-Muns, PhD’23, computer engineering, led a NSF project on applied machine learning for wireless, and his work resulted in several foundational discoveries that will shape next-generation wireless standards. He has published in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Networks, IEEE Transactions on Networking, and IEEE Sensors. He published a total of 14 peer-reviewed research papers and submitted two patents. Following graduation, Reus-Muns joined Apple, as a wireless systems engineer.
Jul 26, 2023
Chowdhury Selected as Finalist for Blavatnik National Award in Physical Sciences & Engineering
ECE Professor Kaushik Chowdhury was selected as a finalist for the 2023 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists in Physical Sciences & Engineering for addressing the global need of telecommunications spectrum scarcity, as well as improve connectivity by designing next generation wireless systems and machine learning-based network operations.
May 24, 2023
Kostas Research Institute Receives $13M U.S. Army Contract for Wireless Research
The Kostas Research Institute (KRI) at Northeastern University has been awarded $13 million by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory for foundational research into Cognitive Distributed Sensing in Congested Radio Frequency Environments. KRI and five partner institutions will conduct innovative research to enable technologies in distributed machine learning, signal processing algorithms, and computational, sensing, and communication hardware infrastructure for distributed sensing and communication.
Jan 12, 2023
Creating Intelligent Access Points in Dense Wi-Fi Networks
ECE Professor Kaushik Chowdhury was awarded a patent for “Method and apparatus for access point discovery in dense WiFi networks”.
Nov 18, 2022
COE Researchers Honored at Annual BPLA Invented Here!
The Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA) hosted its annual Invented Here! contest and honored COE inventors who help further innovation not only in our region but worldwide.
Nov 04, 2022
Wireless Charging of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
ECE Research Assistant Professor Yousof Naderi and Professor Kaushik Chowdhury were awarded a patent for “Wireless charging of unmanned aerial vehicles.”
Nov 02, 2022
2022 Stanford University Annual Assessment of Author Citations
The following COE professors are among the top scientists worldwide selected by Stanford University representing the top 2 percent of the most-cited scientists with single-year impact in various disciplines. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The list below includes […]