Jasleen Kaur

Jasleen Kaur is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1997), an M.S. (1999), and a Ph.D. (2002) in Computer Sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.

• Research focus: Networking, Distributed Systems, Congestion Control, and Internet Measurements
• Education:
  • IIT Kanpur - B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering (1997)
  • University of Texas at Austin - M.S. (1999), Ph.D. (2002)

Her research spans packet-scale congestion control, bandwidth estimation, and network tomography. Key projects include design of ultra-high speed transport protocols, scalable tomographic infrastructures, and K-12 Computer Science Education initiatives.

Recent publications highlight her work on:

• Datacenter network performance analysis
• HTTPS webpage fingerprinting techniques
• Machine learning applications in bandwidth estimation
• Passive TCP performance modeling
• Web traffic classification using anonymized headers

Selected scientific awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2004)
• UNC Junior Faculty Development Award (2004)
• Google Faculty Award (2020)

She has advised:

• 6 Ph.D. candidates (ABD or graduated 2008-2018)
• 10 Master's students (2009-2020)
• 3 Bachelor's students (2009-2015)

Dr. Kaur coordinates the Triangle Computer Science Distinguished Lecture Series and has taught courses including:

• Internet Services and Protocols (Spring 2025)
• Wireless and Mobile Networks (Spring 2024)
• Networked and Distributed Systems (Spring 2023)