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Rajalakshmi Nandakumar is an Assistant Professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell University's Computing and Information Science department. She leads the wireless and mobile systems lab, focusing on healthcare technologies and IoT. Her work spans non-invasive medical diagnostics (e.g., sleep apnea detection via smartphones), opioid overdose detection systems, and innovative human-computer interaction methods like FingerIO. Nandakumar earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science in 2015.
- Affiliations: Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, Cornell Tech, Computing and Information Science Department
- Educations: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Washington (2015)
Research interests include mobile health applications, ubiquitous computing, and leveraging wireless signals for real-world impact. Notable achievements include commercializing ApneaApp with ResMed and developing overdose detection systems through Sound Life Sciences. She has received prestigious awards such as the Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award and SenSys 2018 Best Paper.
Her lab explores cutting-edge technologies like Living IoT (deploying sensors on live insects) and 3D localization for tiny devices. Teaching includes courses on modern mobile systems and graduate-level research supervision.
