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I have joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur from August 2017.

Prior to this position, I also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Madras from August 2015 to July 2017.

My primary areas of research interest broadly include Formal Methods, Design Verification, VLSI CAD, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

Biography

Dr. Aritra Hazra is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. Prior to joining IIT Kharagpur, he also served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of CSE at IIT Madras from August 2015 to July 2017. Earlier, he did his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from the Department of CSE at Jadavpur University (Kolkata) in 2006. He received his Master of Science (M.S.) degree in 2010 and earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in 2015, both from the Department of CSE at IIT Kharagpur. Dr. Hazra's research interest lies broadly on the areas of Formal Methods, Design Verification, VLSI CAD, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He has published many research articles in several leading journals and well-known conferences, including two best student paper awards in VLSI Design Conferences (in 2010 and 2017). He also received several accolades for his PhD work, including ACM (India) Best PhD Dissertation Award 2015 and IESA Technovation – TechnoInventor (Ph.D.) Award 2015. Besides, Dr. Hazra was a recipient of INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) Young Engineer Award in 2017 and is an Young Associate of INAE since then. He was also awarded the Associateship of IASc. (Indian Academy of Science) in 2018, IEI (The Institute of Engineers India) Young Engineer Award in 2019 and Institute Faculty Excellence Award (Assistant Professor) in 2021. He is a member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and a professional member of ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).

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