Arogyaswami Paulraj
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Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...
at age 15 through the National Defence Academy
National Defence Academy
National Defence Academy or National Defense Academy likely refers to:*National Defence Academy *National Defense Academy of JapanIt may also refer to:*Academy of National Defence, Poland...
, Kharakvalsa and served the Navy for 30 years. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Dept. of Elect. Engineering, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. Paulraj is the pioneer of a break through wireless technology known as MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) that dramatically increases performance of wireless systems. MIMO is now the core technology in latest WiFi
WIFI
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and WIMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
systems.
Paulraj served in India till 1991 where he is known for pioneering the development of military sonars (APSOH family http://indiannavy.nic.in/t2t2e/trans2emins/21_indeginous_sonar.htm). Paulraj also served as the founding director for three major labs in India - CAIR ([Center for Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence
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and Robotics]http://www.drdo.org/labs/ecs/cair/index.shtml), CDAC (Center for Development of Advanced Computing) http://www.cdac.in/html/connect/2q2001/arti02.htm, and CRL (Central Research Labs of Bharat Electronics).
After joining Stanford University in 1992, he created a new field of smart antenna
Smart antenna
Smart antennas are antenna arrays with smart signal processing algorithms used to identify spatial signal signature such as the direction of arrival of the signal, and use it to calculate beamforming vectors, to track and locate the antenna beam on the mobile/target...
s and MIMO wireless. He has published 2 text books, over 400 research papers and is a co-inventor on 52 US patents.
He founded Iospan Wireless in 1999 to develop MIMO-OFDMA technology and the company was later acquired by Intel Corp. in 2003. He also co-founded Spectrum Infotech Ltd. in Bangalore which was acquired by L&T in 2006. In 2004 he co-founded Beceem Communications Inc., a company dealing in WIMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
wireless chip technology. Beceem Communications was acquired by Broadcom Inc in 2010.
Paulraj sits on several university, company and advisory boards in US and in India. He is married to Nirmala Paulraj, and has two daughters.
Awards and honors
He has received a number of awards and honors including:- Over a dozen defense and national awards in India (e.g., Ati Vishist Seva Medal, Vishist Seva Medal , VASVIK Medal , Scientist of the Year Award, DRDO, Govt. of India, Distinguished Alumni Award, IIT(Delhi))
- Foreign Member Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- Fellow of the Indian National Academy of EngineeringIndian National Academy of EngineeringThe Indian National Academy of Engineering was founded in 1987 with the aim of promoting and advancing the practice of engineering and technology in the country....
and the National Academy of Sciences, IndiaNational Academy of Sciences, IndiaThe National Academy of Sciences, India is the oldest Science Academy in India. It is located in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh...
. - FellowIEEE FellowAn IEEE member is elevated to the grade of IEEE Fellow for "unusual distinction in the profession and shall be conferred by the Board of Directors upon a person with an extraordinary record of accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest"...
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersInstitute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersThe Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a non-profit professional association headquartered in New York City that is dedicated to advancing technological innovation and excellence...
(IEEE) since 1991. - FellowFellow of the AAASFellow of the AAAS is an honor accorded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to distinguished persons who are members of the Association. Fellows are elected annually by the AAAS Council for "efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications [which] are...
of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
. - The Technical Achievement Award from the IEEE Signal Processing SocietyIEEE Signal Processing SocietyThe IEEE Signal Processing Society is a society of the IEEE. It is also known by the acronym IEEE SPS. In the hierarchy of IEEE, the Signal Processing Society is one of close to 40 technical societies organized under the IEEE's Technical Activities Board...
in 2003. - Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering, elected in 2006.
- Associate Fellow of TWAS, elected in 2007.
- The Padma BhushanPadma BhushanThe Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded by the Government of India.-History:...
award by the Indian Government in 2010. - The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell MedalIEEE Alexander Graham Bell MedalThe IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal is an award honoring "exceptional contributions to the advancement of communications sciences and engineering" in the field of telecommunications...
in 2011. The Bell Medal is the highest IEEE honor for achievements in telecommunications sciences and engineering.