Romit Roy Choudhury

Romit Roy Choudhury is the Gilmore Family Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) and an Amazon Scholar since 2022. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UIUC in 2006 and previously held positions at Duke University, including Associate Professor (2011–2013) and Assistant Professor (2006–2011). His research spans generative models, signal processing, and wearable computing, with a focus on audio denoising, source separation, and spatial inference.

Education: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.

Research Interests: Generative Models, Machine Learning, Sensing, Inverse Problems, Wearable Devices, Localization, and Acoustic Sensing. His lab, Signals and Inference Research Group (SiNRG), explores innovations in audio and sensor-based systems.

Publications: Over 50+ peer-reviewed articles, including impactful work on inaudible sound attacks (MobiSys 2017 Best Paper), noise cancellation via IoT (SIGCOMM 2018), and earable computing (MobiCom 2020).

• Awards: ACM Sigmobile Rockstar Award (2015), IEEE Fellow (2019), NSF CAREER Award (2007), and multiple best-paper recognitions.
• Teaching: Courses include ECE 438 (Communication Networks), ECE 434 (Real-World Algorithms for IoT), and ECE 101 (Intro to Computing).
• Labs/Teams: SiNRG at UIUC, collaborations with Amazon, Samsung AI, Intel, and Microsoft Research.