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University of Nevada (UNR), Reno has appointed Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Professor Shamik Sengupta as the department’s next chair in the College of Engineering. The appointment was announced in December, with Sengupta set to assume the role on July 1, 2026. He will succeed Professor Eelke Folmer, whose term as chair concludes on June 30, 2026.
Sengupta holds Engineering’s Ralph E. and Rose A. Hoeper Professorship and is the executive director of the University’s Cybersecurity Center. His expertise in game theory, wireless networking and cybersecurity is the foundation for his current work on cyber-physical systems and adversarial modeling.
He joined the University in 2013, coming from City University of New York, where he received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award in 2012. During his tenure in Reno, Sengupta has been the recipient of 12 NSF grants; the CSE Best Researcher award in 2016, 2018 and 2022; and Engineering’s Excellence Award in 2018.
In 2018, his alma mater, the University of Central Florida, honored Sengupta with its College of Engineering and Computer Science Distinguished Alumni Honor award. He is also Honorary Commander of the 152 Communications Flight at the Nevada Air National Guard Base, a distinction awarded in 2022.
