Yuvraj Agarwal is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, where he founded and directs the SYNERGY Lab. He previously served as Executive Director of the NSF Expeditions in Variability (2010-2013) and was affiliated with UCSD's Microelectronic Embedded Systems Lab (MESL) and Systems and Networking Group (SysNet). Research Themes : Systems & Networking, Embedded Systems, Mobile Computing, with focus on energy efficiency and privacy. Leadership : Director of SYNERGY Lab, Co-PI in NSF CoDec expedition, Brick Consortium member. His research bridges hardware-software systems with societal impact, including smart building energy optimization using occupancy sensing, mobile privacy tools like ProtectMyPrivacy, and IoT security labeling frameworks . Recent work includes the Computational Decarbonization NSF expedition ($12M over 5 years) to reduce carbon footprints in societal infrastructure. Scientific Awards : 2024: Promoted to Full Professor 2012: UCSD Outstanding Faculty Award for Sustainability 2016: Google Faculty Research Award Advising : Guided 11 PhD students to completion (now in academia/startups) and mentored 10+ MS/undergraduate researchers. Current advisees include 4 PhD students in Carnegie Mellon's Societal Computing program. Grants : NSF Expeditions in Variability (2010-2013), NSF #1564009 (2016), NSF #1526237 (2015), NSF #1513957 (2015), DARPA BRANDEIS program (2015), and Google research funding (2015). Labs & Collaborations : SYNERGY Lab at CMU focusing on IoT and smart campus systems. Key collaborations with the Brick Consortium (Johnson Controls, Schneider Electric), Microsoft Research, Intel Research, and academic institutions including UCSD and UMass Amherst.







