Vishrant Tripathi

Vishrant Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University's College of Engineering. He leads the Multi-Agent Intelligent Networks (MAIN) Lab, focusing on communication networks, robotics, and control theory. Prior to Purdue, he earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT under Prof. Eytan Modiano, with foundational work on age of information metrics in wireless networks.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in EECS, MIT (2023)
  • B.Tech. (Honors) in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2015)

Research interests span real-time wireless networking, multi-agent robotics, edge computing, and federated learning, with an emphasis on optimizing information freshness via age of information (AoI) frameworks. His group develops theoretical models and practical systems for wireless networks in search-and-rescue, industrial monitoring, and autonomous fleets.

Recent publications include works on AoI-based scheduling, software-defined networking for UAV swarms, and correlation-aware resource allocation in wireless networks. His research has earned Best Paper Runner-Up Awards at ACM MobiHoc and Best Presentation Awards at LIDS Student Conferences.

Teaching highlights include ECE 302 (Probabilistic Methods) at Purdue and TA roles at MIT for courses like 16.36 (Communication Systems) and 6.7700 (Fundamentals of Probability). He is a participant in MIT's Kaufman Teaching Certificate Program.

Professional service includes co-chairing LIDS Student Conferences, organizing MIT's LIDS & Stats Tea Talks, and reviewing for IEEE journals and conferences. He also builds wireless systems for drones and autonomous vehicles in collaboration with industry partners like Google and Facebook.