Indranil Gupta

Prof. Indranil Gupta (Indy) is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, affiliated with the Beckman Institute and ECE department. His research focuses on distributed systems, including cloud computing, IoT, and machine learning systems. He leads the Distributed Protocols Research Group (DPRG) and collaborates with industry to improve production systems. Indy is an IEEE Fellow, ACM Distinguished Scientist, and recipient of the NSF CAREER Award and multiple Best Paper Awards.

Education: PhD in Computer Science from Cornell University (2004), B.Tech from IIT Madras (1998). Industry experience includes roles at Google, Microsoft Research, and IBM Research.

Teaching: Teaches CS 425 (Distributed Systems), CS 525 (Advanced Distributed Systems), and a Coursera MOOC with 250K+ enrollments. Known for innovative teaching methods, including music-based CS education.

Awards: Over a dozen awards including Best Paper recognitions at IC2E, CCGrid, and ICAC. His students have won NSF Fellowships, Rising Stars in EECS, and Microsoft Dissertation Grants.

Service: Served as General Chair of ACM PODC 2007, PC co-chair for multiple conferences, and editorial board member for IEEE TCC and ACM TAAS. Hosts the podcast 'Immigrant Computer Scientists.'

Research Impact: Contributions include fault-tolerant protocols (e.g., Zeno, SWIM), distributed ML systems, and cloud resource management techniques used by major tech companies.