Gaurav Sharma

Gaurav Sharma is a Professor at the University of Rochester, holding joint appointments in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics and Computational Biology. He is also a Distinguished Researcher at the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. His research focuses on Data Analytics, Cyber Physical Systems, Signal and Image Processing, Computer Vision, Media Security, and Communications. Previously, he served as Director of the Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (2008-2010) and held roles at Xerox Research (1996-2003). He earned a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University (1996), alongside degrees from Indian institutions including the Indian Institute of Science and IIT Roorkee.

• Education: PhD (NCSU), M.S. Applied Mathematics (NCSU), M.S. Electrical Communication Engineering (IISc), B.Eng (IIT Roorkee)
• Awards: Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, and IS&T; Elected Sigma Xi member
• Editorial Roles: Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (2018-2020) and Journal of Electronic Imaging (2011-2015)
• Leadership: Chair of IEEE Signal Processing Society committees and SPIE/EI conferences

His research spans interdisciplinary areas like medical imaging analytics, cybersecurity in IoT systems, and computational methods for biomedical applications. Recent work includes studies on cardiac mortality patterns, viral protein inhibition, and federated learning for privacy-sensitive healthcare tasks.

Dr. Sharma’s contributions to academic governance include roles on IEEE publication committees and strategic planning boards, reflecting his commitment to advancing technical standards and open science practices.