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D-Index
84
Citations
33931
World Ranking
837
National Ranking
453

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award “For contributions to congestion control and scheduling in computer communication networks.”
  • 2014 - ACM Fellow For contributions to knowledge discovery and data mining.
  • 2006 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to modeling and control of communication networks.
  • 2002 - ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award For his seminal work on mining association rules, which has led to association rules becoming a key data mining tool as well as part of the core syllabus in database and data mining courses.

Overview

R. Srikant is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research predominantly falls within the field of Computer Science, with significant focus on several subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Operations Research, Computer Networks and Communications, Statistics and Probability, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics and venues. Notable papers include "Enhancing the reliability of out-of-distribution image detection in neural networks" (2025, TIB Data Manager), "The Global Landscape of Neural Networks: An Overview" (2020, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine), "3M-RL: Multi-Resolution, Multi-Agent, Mean-Field Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous UAV Routing" (2021, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems), "Optimal Load Balancing with Locality Constraints" (2020, Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems), and "Heavy-Traffic Insensitive Bounds for Weighted Proportionally Fair Bandwidth Sharing Policies" (2022, Mathematics of Operations Research).

Frequent co-authors working with R. Srikant include

  • Sanjay Shakkottai
  • Daniel Vial
  • Semih Çaycı
  • Shiyu Liang
  • Lei Ying

Publication venues where R. Srikant has contributed multiple works consist of

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Mathematics of Operations Research
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems
  • SIAM Journal on Optimization

Their research addresses several main topics such as

  • Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research
  • Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
  • Optimization and Search Problems
  • Stochastic Gradient Optimization Techniques
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
  • Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis
  • Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods

R. Srikant has received multiple recognitions including the IEEE Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award in 2019 for contributions to congestion control and scheduling in computer communication networks. They were named an ACM Fellow in 2014 for their work in knowledge discovery and data mining. Previously, they became an IEEE Fellow in 2006 for modelling and control of communication networks, and received the ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award in 2002 for seminal work on mining association rules, which influenced data mining as a field and became foundational in related academic curricula.

Best Publications

  • Modeling and performance analysis of BitTorrent-like peer-to-peer networks

    Dongyu Qiu;R. Srikant

  • The Mathematics of Internet Congestion Control

    Rayadurgam Srikant

  • End-to-end congestion control schemes: utility functions, random losses and ECN marks

    Srisankar Kunniyur;R. Srikant

  • Fair scheduling in wireless packet networks

    Songwu Lu;Vaduvur Bharghavan;R. Srikant

  • Fair scheduling in wireless packet networks

    Songwu Lu;Vaduvur Bharghavan;Rayadurgam Srikant

  • Enhancing The Reliability of Out-of-distribution Image Detection in Neural Networks

    Shiyu Liang;Yixuan Li;Rayadurgam Srikant

  • A tutorial on cross-layer optimization in wireless networks

    Xiaojun Lin;N.B. Shroff;R. Srikant

  • Quantized consensus

    Akshay Kashyap;Tamer Başar;R. Srikant

  • Unreliable sensor grids: coverage, connectivity and diameter

    Sanjay Shakkottai;R. Srikant;Ness B. Shroff

  • CDMA uplink power control as a noncooperative game

    Tansu Alpcan;Tamer Başar;R. Srikant;Eitan Altman

  • Analysis and design of an adaptive virtual queue (AVQ) algorithm for active queue management

    Srisankar Kunniyur;R. Srikant

  • Unreliable sensor grids: coverage, connectivity and diameter

    S. Shakkottai;R. Srikant;N. Shroff

  • Fair resource allocation in wireless networks using queue-length-based scheduling and congestion control

    Atilla Eryilmaz;R. Srikant

  • TCP-Illinois: A loss- and delay-based congestion control algorithm for high-speed networks

    Shao Liu;Tamer Başar;R. Srikant

  • Multi-path TCP: a joint congestion control and routing scheme to exploit path diversity in the internet

    Huaizhong Han;Srinivas Shakkottai;C. V. Hollot;R. Srikant

  • Joint congestion control, routing, and MAC for stability and fairness in wireless networks

    A. Eryilmaz;R. Srikant

  • Fair resource allocation in wireless networks using queue-length-based scheduling and congestion control

    A. Eryilmaz;R. Srikant

  • Stochastic models of load balancing and scheduling in cloud computing clusters

    Siva Theja Maguluri;R. Srikant;Lei Ying

  • Opinion dynamics in social networks with stubborn agents

    Javad Ghaderi;R. Srikant

  • Economics of network pricing with multiple ISPs

    Srinivas Shakkottai;R. Srikant

  • Stable scheduling policies for fading wireless channels

    Atilla Eryilmaz;R. Srikant;James R. Perkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Lei Ying
Lei Ying University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Tamer Basar
Tamer Basar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Atilla Eryilmaz
Atilla Eryilmaz The Ohio State University
Sanjay Shakkottai
Sanjay Shakkottai The University of Texas at Austin
Geir E. Dullerud
Geir E. Dullerud University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Xinzhou Wu
Xinzhou Wu Qualcomm (United States)
Eitan Altman
Eitan Altman French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation - INRIA
Ness B. Shroff
Ness B. Shroff The Ohio State University
Alexander L. Stolyar
Alexander L. Stolyar University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Angelia Nedic
Angelia Nedic Arizona State University

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