Dr. Nirmalya Roy
Professor · Tenured
Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department of Information Systems
College of Engineering and Information Technology
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About
Dr. Nirmalya Roy is a Professor in the Information Systems department and the director of the Mobile, Pervasive and Sensor Computing (MPSC) Lab at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). He is also the associate director of the Center for Real-time Distributed Sensing and Autonomy (CARDS) at UMBC. He is a co-PI on ArtIAMAS (AI and Autonomy for Multi-Agent Systems) cooperative research agreement of approximately $20 million from Army Research Lab (ARL), 2021-26 in collaboration with the University of Maryland, College Park. He has been awarded ARL, NSF EAGER, NSF US-India Collaborative Research, NSF REU Site, NSF CAREER, Alzheimer’s Association, NSF CPS (Cyber-Physical Systems), NSF GCTC (Global City Team Challenge), Office of Naval Research, Constellation E2: Energy to Educate, and UMB-UMBC Research and Innovation Partnership grants, totaling ~$25 million. His current research interests include use-inspired AI/ML and human-centric data science with applications to smart health, cyber-physical systems, IoT, robotics and autonomy. He is a recipient of best paper awards in IEEE/ACM DCOSS 2023, SmartComp 2023 & 2022, SPIE 2022, CHASE 2021, IGSC 2020, Elsevier PMC 2020, QShine 2009, PerCom 2006; best paper award nominations in SmartComp 2018 & PerCom 2011; and Institute for Infocomm 2011 best research paper award. Prior to joining UMBC, he was a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at the Washington State University. He worked as a Research Staff Member in the Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R) in Singapore from 2010 to 2011 and as a postdoctoral fellow in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at the University of Texas at Austin from 2008 to 2009. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington in 2004 and 2008, respectively. He received his B.E. degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2001 from Jadavpur University, India. More information about him, his students and research can be found at his lab homepage https://mpsc.umbc.edu/Research interests
IoT, Pervasive Computing, Middleware and Sensor Networks, Intelligent Systems, Smart Environments (Pervasive Healthcare and Smart Buildings), Cyber-Physical Systems, RoboticsTeaching interests
Computer Networks, Machine Learning, Mobile, Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, Computational Methods, Data Structure and AlgorithmsEducation
- Other, EECS/Software Engineering — University of Texas at Austin (2010)
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Ph D, Computer Science and Engineering
— University of Texas at Arlington (2008) A Context-aware Learning, Prediction and Mediation Framework for Resource Management in Smart Pervasive Environments
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MS, Computer Science & Engineering
— University of Texas at Arlington (2004) Providing Better QoS Assurance to Next Generation Ubiquitous Grid Users
- BS, Computer Science & Engineering — Jadavpur University (2001)