Rate My Professor Udaya Parampalli

Professor Udaya Parampalli is a Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems, Melbourne School of Engineering, at the University of Melbourne, where he leads the Quantum Computing Research group. He earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 1993 with a thesis on polyphase and frequency hopping sequences, M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the same institution in 1987, and B.E. in Electronics and Communications from Malnad College of Engineering, University of Mysore, in 1985. He also holds a Graduate Certificate in University Teaching from the University of Melbourne in 2012. His professional career includes positions at the University of Melbourne since 2000: Lecturer in Computer Science and Software Engineering (2000-2003), Senior Lecturer in Computing and Information Systems (2003-2013), Associate Professor and Reader (2014-2018), and Professor since 2019. Earlier roles encompass ARC Research Associate at RMIT University (1997-2000), Member of Research Staff at Central Research Laboratory, Bangalore (1992-1997), Research Associate at IIT Kanpur (1992-1993), and Visiting Professor at IIT Kanpur in 2016.

Parampalli's research specializations include codes for storage and security, trust and privacy in networks, sequences for communication and security, cryptography, combinatorics, and error-correcting codes. He has authored or edited key publications such as 'A Family of Complex Roots of Unity Sequences with Asymptotically Optimal Correlation' (IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2018), 'Spectrally-Constrained Sequences: Bounds and Constructions' (IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2018), 'Security Concerns in Minimum Storage Cooperative Regenerating Codes' (IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2016), and proceedings of the International Workshop on Signal Design and Its Applications in Communications (IWSDA 2017). His work has garnered over 3,188 citations with an h-index of 30 (Google Scholar). Awards include the Excellence in Research Award in Computer Science from the University of Melbourne in 2008, Senior Member of IEEE, and the 1995-96 Research & Development Award from Bharat Electronics. He has chaired conferences like ACISP 2011, edited special issues, and teaches courses including Cryptography and Security, Algorithms and Complexity, and Internet Technologies.