Rijurekha Sen

Rijurekha Sen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Delhi. Her research focuses on distributed, networked, and privacy-aware systems, with emphasis on societal applications such as road traffic monitoring in developing regions, human mobility measurements, and privacy-enhancing technologies for smart devices. She holds a PhD from IIT Bombay (2014), advised by Prof. Bhaskaran Raman.

Education:

• PhD in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2014

Research Interests: She explores interdisciplinary challenges in embedded systems, mobile computing, and cryptography. Her work balances technical trade-offs (e.g., performance vs. energy efficiency) and societal needs, such as privacy-preserving data transmission in resource-constrained environments. Recent projects include empirical audits of public policies and design of low-latency machine learning models for embedded platforms.

Awards:

• Google India AI/ML Research Award 2018
• Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2015-2017)
• ACM India Doctoral Dissertation Award 2014
• Multiple grants including Imprint-II (2019-2021) and Max Planck Mobility (2020-2023)

Teaching: She teaches courses like COL216: Computer Architecture, COL788: Advanced Topics in Embedded Computing, and COP290: Design Practices in Computer Science. Recent courses include spring 2025 offerings.

Collaborations: Engages with technical experts (e.g., cryptography, machine learning), domain stakeholders (e.g., traffic authorities, retail chains), and interdisciplinary teams to deploy prototypes. Her methodology emphasizes iterative design, in-situ testing, and long-term deployment evaluations.