Ujjwal Maulik
He did his schooling from Nabadwip Bakultala High School, Nabadwip, Nadia and Rahara Ramkrishna Mission, Rahara, 24 Parganas (North) both in West Bengal. Subsequently, he completed B.Sc. in Physics and B. Tech. in Computer Science from Calcutta University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in 1986 and 1989. He also received his M. Tech. in Computer Science and Ph.D. in Engineering in 1992 and 1997 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He did post-doctoral research at the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1999 and the University of Texas, Arlington, U.S.
in 2001. As an Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Researcher, he has worked at the German Cancer Research Center and Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany in 2010, 2011, and 2012. He was a senior associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy from 2012 to 2018. He is the Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), National Academy Sciences India (NASI),
the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also a Distinguish member of ACM. He is also a Distinguish Speaker of ACM and Distinguish Lecturer of IEEE CIS. His research interests include data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, and the Internet of things. In these areas he has published ten books, more than four hundred papers, mentoring several start-ups, filed several patents and already guided twenty two doctoral students. His other interest include outdoor Sports and Classical Music.
Education
He is the former chair of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.