UbiNet@CSE,IITKGP

Research Focus

Computer Human Interaction

We work in the intersection of theoretical computer science, machine learning, and systems to develop platforms and applications for CHI, specifically on assistive systems, and man-machine interfacing.

Sensing

Our sensing research focuses on developing innovative applications over smartphones, wearables, fixed sensing infrastructure, etc. We explore sensing modalities including locomotive, acoustic, RF, and so on.

Distributed Systems

Our works on distributed systems span over areas like cloud and edge computing, decentralized web and blockchains, geo-distributed resource management, and serverless computing.

Networking

Under networking research, we broadly work on Optimizations in Networking Protocols, Quality of Experience (QoE), Network Application Integration, and System supports for Networking.

UbiNet: Ubiquitous Networked Systems Lab

The Team

Sandip Chakraborty

Associate Professor

Sandip leads the UbiNet lab.
Personal website: https://cse.iitkgp.ac.in/~sandipc/

Satya Sadhan Dutta

Senior Project Executive

Email: satyasadhan1975@gmail.com

Ujjal Dey

Junior Project Assistant

Email: ujjaldey4@gmail.com

Subhankar Chakrabarti

Postdoctoral Research

Subhankar works in the area of Computing on Demand (CoD) for 6G Networks.

Utkalika Satpathy

Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Utkalika works in the area of Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, and Observability. She is currently doing an internship at IBM Research, India, and working on the project eBPF DevSecTools.

Argha Sen

Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Argha works in the area of Sensing, HCI, and Networks. He did a six-month internship at Singapore Management University (SMU) from August, 2023 - Feb, 2024. He is currently doing an internship at Nokia Bell Labs Cambridge (UK).

Prasenjit Karmakar

Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Prasenjit works in Sensing (environment sensing). His doctoral work is supported by the Prime Minister Research Fellowship. He is currently doing an internship at Singapore Management University (Singapore).

Aritra Hota

Junior Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Aritra works in Pervasive Computing. He is received Chanakya PhD Fellowship from AI4ICPS, Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Kharagpur, under the National Mission on Cyber Physical Systems (NM-ICPS), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Dibyanshu Jaishwal

Ph.D. under Working Professional

Dibyanshu works on Ubiquitous Computing. He is currently a Researcher at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Research.

Lalan Kumar Ram

Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Lalan works in Computer Networks.

Sagnik Ghosh

Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Sagnik works in ubiquitous computing.

Somnath Karmakar

Ph.D. under Working Professional

Somnath works on Ubiquitous Computing. He is currently a Researcher at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Research.

Arup Kumar Sau

Junior Research Fellow (Ph.D.)

Arup works in Pervasive Sensing.

Tirthankar Halder

Junior Research Fellow (MS)

Tirthankar works in Pervasive Sensing.

Shailesh Sharma

Junior Research Fellow (MS)

Shailesh works in Distributed Computing Security.

Debjit Chatterjee

Project Executive (MS)

Debjit works in Ubiquitous Computing.

Sayantan Kuila

Junior Project Assistant (MS)

Sayantan works in Ubiquitous Computing.

Pranjal Chatterjee

Junior Research Fellow

Pranjal works in Ubiquitous Computing.

Tamanna Nasrin

Junior Project Fellow

Tamanna works in Ubiquitous Computing.

Nishant Kumar Das

Junior Research Fellow

Nishant works in Ubiquitous Computing.

Shrest Kumar Dugar

Junior Project Fellow

Shrest works in Operating Systems and Networks.

Lab Alumni

Soumyajit Chatterjee

Graduated: 2022

Research Scientist, Nokia Bell Labs Cambridge

Soumyajit's Ph.D. was in data annotation and associated problems in human activity sensing.

Snigdha Das

Graduated: 2023

Researcher at Ericsson Research

Snigdha's Ph.D. was in sensing physical and virtual activities in an academic setting.

Bishakh Chandra Ghosh

Graduated: 2023

Co-founder at Alstonia and EasyAuth.io

Bishakh's Ph.D. was on Decentralized Web and Blockchain.

Anirban Das

Postdoctoral Fellow (2021-2023)

Assistant Professor at UPES Dehradun, India

Anirban works in the area of Sensing and HCI.

Shubha Brata Nath

Graduated: 2023

Assistant Professor at IIIT Guwahati, India

Shubha Brata's Ph.D. was on Distributed Edge-Cloud Orchestration.

Debasree Das

Graduated: 2024

Postdoc at University of Bamberg, Germany

Debasree worked in the area of Sensing and HCI related to automotive systems. She did an internship at Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA, from June, 2023 - November, 2023.

Sugandh Pargal

Thesis Submitted: 2025

System Design Expert (Researcher) Fujitsu

Sugandh's PhD was in the area of Sensing and HCI related to automotive systems. Her doctoral work is supported by the Prime Minister Research Fellowship. She also obtained the Australia-India Research Student Fellowship 2023, and did an internship at UNSW.