Deep Medhi
# Deep Medhi

Deepankar (Deep) Medhi is an Indo-American computer scientist and inventor. He is on leave as Curators' Distinguished Professor in the department of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He is a fellow of IEEE.

Prior to joining the University of Missouri–Kansas City, he worked as a technical officer at AT&T Bell Laboratories, routing and designing teletraffic networks. While at AT&T Bell Laboratories, he co-invented the Facility Diverse Routing system.

He is currently working as a program director in the computer and network systems (CNS) division of the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States.

## Birth and family

Deepankar Medhi was born in Guwahati in 1962. His father was statistician Jyotiprasad Medhi and his mother was Prity Medhi. His great-grandfather Kaliram Medhi is an Assamese writer.

## Book

* Network Routing: Algorithms, Protocols, and Architectures
* Routing, Flow, and Capacity Design in Communication and Computer Networks

## Honors and awards

* Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018.
* N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creative Activity, UMKC, 2012.
* Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, UMKC, 2012.
* Curators' Distinguished Professor Designation by the Board of Curators of the University of Missouri System, 2011.
* Kansas City Star's Tech 50 List, Summer 2002.
