Samarjit Chakraborty

Samarjit Chakraborty serves as the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, following prior professorships at the Technical University of Munich (2008-2019) and National University of Singapore (2003-2008).

Education:

• PhD from ETH Zurich (2003)

Research Focus: His work pioneers resource-aware design of embedded and cyber-physical systems, with critical applications in automotive security, sustainable computing for consumer electronics, and energy-efficient protocols. He integrates hardware-software co-design methodologies to address challenges in cars, drones, and mobile systems through rigorous modeling and optimization.

Scientific Recognition:

• ETH Medal and EDA Association Dissertation Award (2004)
• Multiple Best Paper/Demo Awards across ISLPED, ICCD, RTCSA, ASP-DAC, EUC, and Mobisys
• ACM Transactions Best Paper Awards (2019, 2021)
• 2023 Humboldt Professorship Award
• IEEE Fellowship

Research Leadership: Funded by governmental agencies and industry giants including General Motors, Intel, Google, BMW, Audi, Siemens, and Bosch. He actively mentors students while leading editorial roles for IEEE Transactions on Computers and ACM journals, and serves on ACM/IEEE conference committees including DAC Executive Committee and ACM SIGBED Board of Directors.