Indian-Origin Professor in Caltech honored with IEEE Technical Field Awards

Study in US: Anima Anandkumar is being honoured for exceptional early-to-mid career contributions to technologies which are expected to turn into innovative applications.

Study Abroad: Anima Anandkumar, an Indian-Origin professor of Caltech, along with another professor Steven H. Low is selected for the prestigious 2025 IEEE Technical Field Awards. Anima Anandkumar is Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at Caltech whereas Steven H. Low is the Frank J. Gilloon Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering.

Anima Anandkumar has been selected for her outstanding contribution to the field of technology. As per the official announcement of IEEE, she has been honoured with "[f]or contributions to AI, including tensor methods and neural operators with applications to scientific domains."

The institute said in its statement that Anandkumar is an expert and leader in AI research and has developed unifying theoretical frameworks for machine learning algorithms such as neural operators and tensor methods.

While commenting on this achievement, she said, "I'm really honored, and I didn't have any expectation of receiving this award because it's a very broad award covering many different fields. Also, when I look at the previous recipients, I hold them in such high regard. It is truly an honour to be part of this group."

Anima Anandkumar completed her bachelor's degree in B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras and did her PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. There are many feathers in her cap including an NSF Career Award, a Schmidt AI2050 Senior Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and faculty fellowships from Google, Microsoft, Adobe and Facebook.

"Collaborating with colleagues, she has also found ways to apply AI to a broad range of scientific problems—from modelling aerosolized particles of the virus that causes COVID-19 to designing faster cars, and from determining smoother ways of landing drones to improving methods of drug design," reads a statement by Caltech.

About Steven H. Low

Steven H. Low is being awarded the Koji Kobayashi Computers and Communications Award "[f]or contributions to the theoretical foundation and practical implementation of Internet congestion control."

His research focuses on smart grid, networking, and cyber-physical. "I was surprised to receive the news. It is a nice recognition of the exciting work of the first-generation Netlab and our collaborators," he said.

Low completed his doctoral degree from UC Berkeley in 1992 and his bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1987.

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