Faculty at School of Engineering

Kumar Saurav

Kumar Saurav

Assistant Professor

School of Engineering


Contact Information

Online Algorithms, Machine Learning, Optimal Control

  • Ph.D. (2024), Computer and Systems Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
  • M.Tech. (2018), Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
  • B.Tech. (2016), Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Patna

  • Assistant Professor (07/2025 - present), Department of Electrical Engineering, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence.
  • Visiting Fellow (06/2024 – 06/2025), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The Ohio State University (USA).
  • Visiting Researcher (02/2024 – 05/2024), Centre for Networked Intelligence, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
  • Research Intern (08/2022 – 02/2023), Samsung Research Institute, Bengaluru.

  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Minimizing Age of Information under Arbitrary Arrival Model with Arbitrary Packet Size”, in Performance Evaluation, vol. 162, 102373, 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.peva.2023.102373. 
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Scheduling to Minimize Age of Information with Multiple Sources”, in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, vol. 4, pp. 539-550, 2023, DOI: 10.1109/JSAIT.2023.3322077.  
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Online Energy Minimization Under A Peak Age of Information Constraint", in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Information Theory, vol. 4, pp. 579-590, 2023, DOI: 10.1109/JSAIT.2023.3329034.  
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Game of Ages in a Distributed Network”, in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1240-1249, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2021.3065053.

  • K. Saurav, N. Shroff, and Y. Liang, “Monitoring State Transitions in Markovian Systems with Sampling Cost,” 2026 24th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), 2026, pp. 1-8, DOI: 10.23919/WiOpt71098.2026.11568221.
  • K. Saurav and A. Chavva, “Minimizing Age of Information under Latency and Throughput Constraints,” in IEEE ICC 2024 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, pp. 3676-3681, DOI: 10.1109/ICC51166.2024.10622655.
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Scheduling to Minimize Age of Information with Multiple Sources,” 2022 20th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), 2022, pp. 57-64, DOI: 10.23919/WiOpt56218.2022.9930540.
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Online Energy Minimization Under A Peak Age of Information Constraint,” 2021 19th International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt), 2021, pp. 1-8, DOI: 10.23919/WiOpt52861.2021.9589221.
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Minimizing the Sum of Age of Information and Transmission Cost under Stochastic Arrival Model,” IEEE INFOCOM 2021 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, 2021, pp. 1-10, DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOM42981.2021.9488746.
  • K. Saurav and R. Vaze, “Game of Ages,” IEEE INFOCOM 2020 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2020, pp. 942-947, DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9162930.
  • K. Saurav, A. Dash, D. Solanki and U. Lahiri, “Design of a VR-Based Upper Limb Gross Motor and Fine Motor Task Platform for Post-Stroke Survivors,” 2018 IEEE/ACIS 17th International Conference on Computer and Information Science (ICIS), 2018, pp. 252-257, DOI: 10.1109/ICIS.2018.8466538.