Deep Medhi
The International Advisory Council is pleased to recognize Dr. Deep Medhi for his his seminal contributions to traffic routing and network design.
Short Biography
Dr. Medhi retired as Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC), USA, which he joined in 1989. He was a rotating program director at NSF from August 2018 to August 2022 before he retired from UMKC. He’s now designated as Curators’ Distinguished Professor Emeritus by the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri System. He started his permanent position as a Program Director at NSF in September 2022. He received B.Sc. in Mathematics from Cotton College, Gauhati University, India, M.Sc. in Mathematics from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, India, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Prior to joining UMKC in 1989, he was a member of the technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1987 to 1989 where he was first introduced to teletraffic routing. While at AT&T Bell Labs he co-developed Facility Diverse Routing - a feature that was deployed in AT&T’s nationwide dynamic routing network.
Dr. Medhi has made significant contributions to the field of computer networks, particularly in the areas of algorithms, routing, planning, reliability, and network management. He is the author of several seminal papers on optimization models for network design and their applications to multi-hour teletraffic, dynamic routing, and network survivability. Additionally, he has co-authored two widely recognized books on network design and routing. Deep Medhi has also actively served the scientific community by organizing multiple conferences and participating as a member of the editorial boards of prestigious journals. He has played an important role within the ITC community in various capacities. He has published eight papers and three poster papers in ITC congresses over two decades, delivered a keynote speech at ITC 19, served as General Co-chair of ITC 22, and was a member of the IAC from 2007 to 2015.
