Biplab Sikdar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he also serves as a Vice Dean in the Faculty of Engineering. At NUS, he also directs the US$40 million corporate research lab with Cisco Systems. 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 from 2001 to 2013. 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/serves as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, and IEEE Internet of Things Journal.

Research Interest: Computer networks, Cyber-physical systems, Internet of things, Security and privacy