Arogyaswami Paulraj

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{{Short description|Indian-American engineer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Arogyaswami Paulraj
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|14 April 1944}}
| birth_place = [[Pollachi]], [[Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)|Coimbatore District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj]] (now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
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| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| occupation = Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Elect. Engineering, [[Stanford University]]
| awards = [[IEEE AG Bell Medal]] {{small|(2011)}} <br />[[Marconi Prize]] {{small|(2014)}}<br />[[USPTO Nat. Inv. Hall of Fame]] {{small|(2018)}} <br /> [[Padma Bhushan]] {{small|(2010)}}
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'''Arogyaswami J. Paulraj''' (born 14 April 1944) is an [[Indian-American]] [[electrical engineer]], academic. He is a Professor Emeritus in the Dept. of Elect. Engg. at [[Stanford University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://profiles.stanford.edu/arogyaswami-paulraj|title=Professor Paulraj Profile at Stanford University, USA}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Paulraj was born in [[Pollachi]] near [[Coimbatore]], [[British India]] in 1944, one of six children of Sinappan Arogyaswami and his wife Rose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://im.rediff.com/news/2014/jul/09_iapoy_arogyaswami_j_paulraj.pdf|title=The Innovator|date=June 2014|work=India Abroad|access-date=12 August 2015}}</ref> He attended Montfort Boys' High School in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu.[https://montfortyercaud.in/] He joined the [[Indian Navy]] at age 15 through the National Defense Academy, Khadakvasla and served the Indian Navy for 26 years. Paulraj received a B.E. in electrical engineering from the Naval College of Engineering, Lonavala, India, and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the [[Indian Institute of Technology]], New Delhi, India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.iitd.ac.in/content/alumni-iitd?page=4|title=IIT Delhi alumnus Professor Emeritus, Stanford University Arogyaswami Paulraj has been inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame}}</ref>

Career in India
Paulraj's contributions in India came whilst serving in the Indian Navy. In 1972, he developed new electronics for a British origin Sonar 170B. The technology was widely deployed in the Indian fleet. During 1977- 83, Paulraj led the development of a large surface ship sonar APSOH. This became the fleet sonar for the Indian Navy and its variants are still widely deployed. APSOH was a landmark achievement in Indian Electronics. Later, Paulraj founded three national-level research centers in India: the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, Defense R&D Organization, the Central Research Laboratories, Bharat Electronics, and the Center for Development of Advanced Computing, Dept. of Electronics (as co-founder). These labs are now a part of India's vast R&D infrastructure. He retired prematurely from the Indian Navy in 1991 with a rank of Commodore <ref>{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1543718|title=Indian Navy Seeks to Induct Newer and Advanced Technologies, MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OF INDIA, 2018}}</ref><ref>http://web.stanford.edu/~apaulraj/== {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

== Career in USA ==
Moving from India, Paulraj joined Stanford University faculty in 1992. His invention (1992) for exploiting multiple antennas at both ends of a wireless link ([[MIMO]]) lies at the heart of the current high speed [[WiFi]] and [[4G]] and [[5G]] mobile networks, and has revolutionized high-speed wireless services for billions of people. [[MIMO]] boosts data rate by creating parallel data streams, multiplying throughput by the number of antennas used. He ran a MIMO research program at Stanford for two decades before retiring in 2010. He founded three companies: Iospan Wireless for MIMO-OFDMA core technology (acquired by Intel), and Beceem Communications for [[4G]] chips (acquired by Broadcom),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crn.com/news/networking/227701291/broadcom-snaps-up-4g-chip-maker-beceem.htm|title=Broadcom Snaps Up 4G Chip Maker Beceem, CRN NEWS}}</ref> have helped create a wireless technology eco-system now shipping billions of [[MIMO]] wireless devices annually. He founded Rasa Networks (acquired by Aruba /HPE) for using AI tools in WiFi network analytics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/3067760/hpe-aruba-buys-networking-analysis-company-rasa-networks.html|title=HPE/Aruba buys networking analysis company Rasa Networks, NETWORK WORLD, 2016}}</ref>

Paulraj has two textbooks on [[MIMO]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-Arogyaswami-Paulraj/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AArogyaswami+Paulraj|title=Books on MIMO Wireless by Paulraj, AMAZON Books}}</ref> over 400 archival research publications and a co-inventor in 80 patents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/arogyaswami-paulraj|title=Patents by Paulraj}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
* Elected into the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] (AAAS) in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=University|first=© Stanford|last2=Stanford|last3=California 94305|date=2020-04-27|title=Arogyaswami J. Paulraj has been elected to the AAAS|url=https://ee.stanford.edu/news/award-faculty/04-27-2020/arogyaswami-j-paulraj-has-been-elected-aaas|access-date=2020-09-27|website=Stanford EE|language=en}}</ref>
* Inducted into the US Patent Trademark Office [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]] in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NIHF Inductee Arogyaswami Paulraj Invented MIMO Technology|url=https://www.invent.org/inductees/arogyaswami-paulraj|access-date=2020-11-17|website=www.invent.org|language=en}}</ref>
* Foreign Member Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences <ref>{{cite web|url=http://soe.stanford.edu/about/faculty_honors/2008_2009_faculty_honors.html |title=Fellow Class of 1991 |publisher=[[IEEE]] |access-date={{Format date|2011|2|25}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110425065916/http://soe.stanford.edu/about/faculty_honors/2008_2009_faculty_honors.html |archive-date=2011-04-25 }}</ref>
* Foreign Member Chinese Academy of Engineering
* The [[Padma Bhushan]] award by the Indian Government in 2010.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?673480|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713054940/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?673480|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 July 2012|title=Ten Scientists, Including Venky Among Padma Awardees|date=25 January 2010|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=7 December 2010}}</ref>
* [[IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/bell_rl.pdf|title=IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal Recipients|publisher=[[IEEE]]|access-date={{Format date|2011|2|25}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s533976|title=Broadcom Engineer Receives Prestigious IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal|date={{Format date|2010|12|1}}|access-date={{Format date|2011|2|25}}|publisher=[[Broadcom Corporation]]}}</ref>
* [[Marconi Prize]] and Fellowship in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/01/indo-american-professor-a-j-paulraj-wins-marconi-prize-2014/|title=Indo American Professor A J Paulraj wins Marconi Prize 2014|work=IANS|publisher=Biharprabha News|access-date=22 January 2014}}</ref> I
* Foreign Fellow Indian Academy of Sciences
* Foreign Fellow Indian National Science Academy
* Fellow of the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]]
* Overseas Fellow [[National Academy of Sciences, India]].
* Member [[United States National Academy of Engineering]], elected in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/Directory20412/30946.aspx|title=NAE Members Directory - Dr. Arogyaswami J. Paulraj|publisher=[[National Academy of Engineering]]|access-date={{Format date|2011|2|24}}}}</ref>
* [[Fellow of the AAAS|Fellow]] of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/fellows/ |title=About AAAS - Fellows |publisher=[[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] |access-date={{Format date|2011|2|25}}}}</ref>
* Technical Achievement Award from the [[IEEE Signal Processing Society]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.signalprocessingsociety.org/awards-fellows/awardspage/techachv/ |title=Technical Achievement Award |publisher=[[IEEE Signal Processing Society]] |access-date={{Format date|2011|2|24}}}}</ref>
* Fellow of [[TWAS|The World Academy for Sciences]], elected in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://twas.ictp.it/mbrs/mbrs-list |title=Members by surname |publisher=[[TWAS]] |access-date={{Format date|2011|2|25}} |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101111000/http://twas.ictp.it/mbrs/mbrs-list |archive-date=2010-11-01 }}</ref>
* [[IEEE Fellow|Fellow]] of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] (IEEE) since 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/membership_services/membership/fellows/chronology/fellows_1991.html|title=Faculty Honors, SOE Stanford University|publisher=[[Stanford University]]|access-date={{Format date|2011|10|07}}}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.stanford.edu/~apaulraj/ Stanford page]

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