K. Vasudevan

Professor K. Vasudevan is a faculty member in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, specializing in Communications & Discrete-time Signal Processing. He has been at IIT Kanpur since July 2001, initially as an Assistant Professor until December 2007, then promoted to Associate Professor in January 2008, and currently holds the position of Professor.

His educational background includes:

• PhD from IIT Madras (2000) with thesis on "Efficient Noncoherent Detectors for Multilevel Signals in Fading Channels"
• M.S. from IIT Madras (1996)
• B.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur (1991)

Professor Vasudevan's research focuses on digital communications, with particular expertise in coherent and noncoherent receivers, synchronization techniques, channel estimation, and diversity techniques. His work bridges theoretical signal processing concepts with practical communication system implementations, contributing significantly to the field of wireless communications.

His publication record shows a consistent focus on advanced communication techniques, particularly around QPSK modulation, turbo coding, and signal detection in challenging environments. His research evolved from fundamental signal detection methods to more complex systems involving multiuser communications and space-time coding.

Professor Vasudevan has received several professional recognitions:

• Fellow of IETE
• Senior Member of IEEE
• Listed in Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering (2008)
• Multiple commendations for teaching Communication Theory (EE622) in 2007, 2008, and 2009
• Invited speaker at the International Federation of Nonlinear Analysts World Congress in Athens, Greece (2012)

His professional journey includes industry experience at Indian Telephone Industries and Texas Instruments, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at EPFL Switzerland, before joining academia at IIT Kanpur where he has made significant contributions to both research and teaching in communications engineering.