Associate Professor
Thomas G. Pine Faculty Fellow
Director, Multimedia & Wireless Networks Research Group
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA 92182-1309 USA
Phone: (619)594-7012; Fax: (619)594-2654
Email: skumar@mail.sdsu.edu
Biography
Dr. Sunil Kumar received the M.E. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani (India) in 1993 and 1997, respectively. From 1997 to 2002, Dr. Kumar was a Postdoctoral Researcher in theIntegrated Media Systems Center and Adjunct Faculty in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. From 2000 to 2002, he was a Consultant in industry on JPEG2000 and MPEG-4 related projects. He was also a member of US delegation in JPEG2000 standardization activities.
From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Kumar was an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, Received at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (2002-2006). Since August 2006, Dr. Kumar has been an Associate Professor and Thomas G. Pine Faculty Fellow in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. He was an ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow at the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY during summer of 2007 and 2008, where he conducted research in Airborne Wireless Networks. Dr. Kumar is a senior member of IEEE and has published more than 100 research articles in international journals and conferences, including two books/book chapters. He serves on the technical program committee of several conferences and has organized special sessions and workshops in various conferences. His research has been supported by grants/awards from the National Science Foundation, Air Force, Department of Energy, California Energy Commission, Information Institute, Cisco and Sprint Advanced Technology Labs, Trellisware Technologies.
Dr. Kumar is currently advising more than 15 Ph.D. and M.S students, and postdoctoral/visting scholars. His research interests include:
(i) QoS-aware and cross-layer protocols for multimedia traffic in wireless ad hoc, sensor, cognitive radio, WiMAX and cellular networks.
(ii) Error resilient multimedia compression techniques, including H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 and JPEG2000.
(iii) Digital image processing and machine learning techniques.
Dr. Sunil Kumar received the M.E. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani (India) in 1993 and 1997, respectively. From 1997 to 2002, Dr. Kumar was a Postdoctoral Researcher in theIntegrated Media Systems Center and Adjunct Faculty in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. From 2000 to 2002, he was a Consultant in industry on JPEG2000 and MPEG-4 related projects. He was also a member of US delegation in JPEG2000 standardization activities.
From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Kumar was an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department, Received at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (2002-2006). Since August 2006, Dr. Kumar has been an Associate Professor and Thomas G. Pine Faculty Fellow in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. He was an ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow at the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, NY during summer of 2007 and 2008, where he conducted research in Airborne Wireless Networks. Dr. Kumar is a senior member of IEEE and has published more than 100 research articles in international journals and conferences, including two books/book chapters. He serves on the technical program committee of several conferences and has organized special sessions and workshops in various conferences. His research has been supported by grants/awards from the National Science Foundation, Air Force, Department of Energy, California Energy Commission, Information Institute, Cisco and Sprint Advanced Technology Labs, Trellisware Technologies.
Dr. Kumar is currently advising more than 15 Ph.D. and M.S students, and postdoctoral/visting scholars. His research interests include:
(i) QoS-aware and cross-layer protocols for multimedia traffic in wireless ad hoc, sensor, cognitive radio, WiMAX and cellular networks.
(ii) Error resilient multimedia compression techniques, including H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 and JPEG2000.
(iii) Digital image processing and machine learning techniques.