Recipient of the AFOSR summer faculty fellowship, 2024 and 2025. She has been an associate editor for several journals including IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence and IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. She received the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, Innovator Award. Her research is supported by NSF, NIJ, AFRL, US ISSO, CCDC, and other DoD agencies as well as Industry.
Research Experience
She is a Professor in the Department of ECE at Stevens Institute of Technology, where she directs the Infinity Lab. She served as a senior science and technology adviser to the US Department of State, focusing on IoT, 5G communications, and AI policy. She was the Founding Director of the Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence from 2018 to 2020.
Education
PhD in Engineering Science from Simon Fraser University, Canada; M.E in Electrical Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; B.Sc in Physics from University of Madras.
Background
Research interests: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (with an emphasis on model interpretability, trustworthy decisions, trustworthy data/information), mental health, cybersecurity, and cognitive radio networks. Profile: She is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a Jefferson Science Fellow, and a Member of the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's Intelligence Science and Technology Experts Group.
Miscellany
She is also a co-founder of several technology start-up companies. Currently, she serves as a mentor to the NYU Stern Endless Frontier Labs Program.