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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.
I work on information theory and coding, with applications to compression, statistical inference, and security.
Announcements
- Hyderabad EECS Theory Seminars
- I am looking for motivated and hardworking students to work with me. If you are currently a student at IITH and are interested in being a part of our group, please go through this page first.
- Please note that due to the volume of emails that I receive, I am not able to respond to all requests for internships.
- Amitalok Budkuley and I organise Theory Matters, an online seminar series in EECS theory. Please send us an email if you are interested in giving a talk.
Academic background
- Assistant professor: 2019-present
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad - Postdoctoral fellow: 2018-19
Dept. of Communications and Electronics, Telecom Paris (now Institut Polytechnique de Paris). - Research assistant/Postdoctoral fellow: 2016-18
Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong - PhD and MSc (Engg): 2011-17
Dept. of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc, Bangalore.
Awards/Recognitions
- Senior Member, IEEE
- Best paper award (Communications Track), NCC 2023
- Best poster award, 2021 Stanford Compression Workshop
- Best paper award honourable mention, SPCOM 2020
- Seshagiri Kaikini medal for best PhD thesis in the Dept of ECE, IISc in 2017
- TCS research fellowship, 2014-17
Service (IITH)
- Faculty placement coordinator, MTech Smart Mobility: 2022, 2023, 2024
- Faculty-in-charge, EE MTech admissions Aug 2020, Dec 2020, Aug 2021
- Faculty advisor, PG (CSP) 2020
Service (other)
- General co-chair, JTG/ITSoc Summer School 2024
- Invited Talks co-chair, SPCOM 2024
- Finance co-chair, ITW 2022
- Organising committee, HyWIT 2020
- Program chair, CSCIT 2017
- Review editor, Frontiers in Communications and Networks, 2020-present
- TPC member: SPCOM 2020, ATIS 2021, NCC 2022, SPCOM 2022, NCC 2023, NCC 2024
- Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, IEEE Communication Letters, IEEE Wireless Communication Letters, Journal of Machine Learning Research.
- Reviewer: ISIT, ITW, SPCOM, NCC
Contact
Room no EE616, Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology
Kandi, Sangareddy
Telangana, India
PIN: 502284
email: shashankvatedka[at]ee[dot]iith[dot]ac[dot]in