Sanjoy Paul

Sanjoy Paul (born January 22, 1962) is an Indian-American computer scientist, engineer, and academic. He is the Executive Director of the Rice Nexus and is affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University. His research spans computer networking, distributed systems, multimedia communication, and emerging digital technologies, including artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) applications. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Early life and education Paul received a Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1985.

Paul later completed a Master of Business Administration at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania between 2003 and 2005.

Career IEEE Paul has held a range of professional and leadership roles in the academic and research community. He has served as an editor of the IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking and as a guest editor for a special issue on multicasting in IEEE Network.

He has been involved in the organization and governance of several international conferences. He served as a steering committee member of IEEE COMS\NETS (Communication Systems and Networks),

In addition, Paul has participated as a Technical Program Committee member for various conferences organized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Academia Paul has held faculty and adjunct positions at several institutions. In 2024, he was appointed Executive Director of the Rice Nexus at Rice University. As of 2026, he is affiliated with Rice University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Research Paul's research has covered computer networking and distributed systems, including multicast communication, network monitoring, wireless networks, wireless sensor networks, and security in networked systems.

Awards and honors IEEE William R. Bennett Prize Paper Award, 1997 Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Labs, 1998 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), 2004 Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation, 2008 Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award, New Jersey Research and Development Council, 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2015 Featured in Marquis Who's Who in America, 2025 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2025 Fellow of the International Academy of Artificial Intelligence Sciences (AAIS), 2026

Selected publications Books Paul, Sanjoy (1998). Multicasting on the Internet and its Applications. Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 0-7923-8200-5. Paul, Sanjoy (2010). Digital Video Distribution in Broadband, Television, Mobile and Converged Networks: Trends, Challenges and Solutions. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-74628-8. Paul, Sanjoy (2024). If Generative AI Comes, Can Metaverse Be Far Behind? Amazon Kindle. ISBN 979-8338136331.

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