Biplab Sikdar

NUS University, Singapore

Title: Blockchain-Enhanced Federated Learning For Global Heart Health Monitoring

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Biography

Biplab Sikdar (Fellow, IEEE) is a Professor and Head of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore, where he also serves as the director of the Cisco-NUS Corporate Research Laboratory. He received the B. Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India, in 1996, the M.Tech. degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, in 1998, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, in 2001. He was an Assistant Professor from 2001-2007 and Associate Professor from 2007-2013 in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a recipient of the NSF CAREER award, the Tan Chin Tuan fellowship from NTU Singapore, the Japan Society for Promotion of Science fellowship, and the Leiv Eiriksson fellowship from the Research Council of Norway. Dr. Sikdar is a member of Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi. He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, and IEEE Internet of Things Journal and is an IEEE COMSOC and VTS Distinguished Lecturer and ACM Distinguished Speaker.

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