Skip to main contentAll experts

Soummya Kar

Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Orcid identifier0000-0002-8060-5581 (opens in a new tab)⁠
  • Professor
    Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • 412-268-8962
  • Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

BIO

Soummya Kar is the Buhl Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. He received a B.Tech. in electronics and electrical communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, in May 2005 and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, in 2010. From June 2010 to May 2011, he was with the Electrical Engineering Department, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. His research interests include decision-making in large-scale networked systems, stochastic systems, multi-agent systems and data science, with applications in cyber-physical systems and smart energy systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor (with Indefinite Tenure)
    Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2020 - present
  • Associate Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2020
  • Associate Research Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
  • Assistant Research Professor
    Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jun 2011 - 30 Jun 2016
  • Electrical Engineering Dept.
    Princeton University, Visiting Research Collaborator, Princeton, United States1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2012

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Princeton University, Electrical Engineering Dept., Princeton, United States1 May 2010 - 30 Apr 2011
  • Graduate Research Fellow
    Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2005 - 31 Dec 2010
  • Research Intern
    Motorola Inc., Bangalore, India1 Jan 2003 - 31 Dec 2003

DEGREES

  • Ph.D.
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, United States2010
  • B.Tech
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India2005

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate
    Princeton University, Electrical Engineering Department, Princeton, United States1 May 2010 - 1 Apr 2011

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 10 Reduced Inequalities

TAGS