Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2014

Department of Computer Science and Automation
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Supervisor: Y. Narahari

M.E. in Telecommunication, 2008

Department of Electrical Communication Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Supervisor: Anurag Kumar

B. E. in Electronics and Telecommunication, 2006

Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Final Year Project Supervisor: Bhaskar Gupta

Brief bio:

Swaprava is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay. Before this, he was a faculty member at the Dept. of CSE, IIT Kanpur. Even earlier, he held postdoctoral positions at Carnegie Mellon University and Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, and finished his PhD from the Dept. of CSA, IISc Bangalore. His research interest lies at the intersection of economics and computation, which has several applications in social, industrial, and computational paradigms. Apart from academic positions, Swaprava also has experience in the industry. He has worked at Xerox Research Centre Europe and Cisco Systems India. He has been recipients of Fulbright-Nehru post doctoral grant, Tata Consultancy Services PhD Fellowship, and the Honorable Mention Award of Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Program.

Bio in a text file.

Assistant Professor, 2021-Present

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Assistant Professor, 2017-2021

Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Fulbright-Nehru Post-doctoral Fellow, 2015-2017

Computer Science Department
Carnegie Mellon University
Host: Ariel Procaccia

Lecturer and Post-doctoral Fellow, 2013-2015

Economics and Planning Unit
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
Host: Arunava Sen

Visiting Scholar, 2011

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Harvard University
Supervisor: David Parkes

Student Intern, 2010

Xerox Research Centre Europe
Meylan, France

Software Engineer, 2008-2009

Cisco Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore, India

• Eric Maskin's talks on Mechanism Design.
  
• The always happening Algorithmic Game Theory blog.
  
• An excellent resource for graduate students is Lise Getoor's resources page.
  
• Have a question on theoretical computer science? Can check out an open forum, StackExchange. You can ask or answer.
  
• Manuel Blum's advice for graduate students.
  
• Ariel Rubinstein's blast-off Q&A for graduate students.
  
• Videolectures sources: one, two.
  
• Relevant conference deadlines: link 1, link 2, relevant to CompEcon.
  
• An interesting plot relating the per-capita GDP, expenditure on health, education with corruption levels of different countries (data from World Bank and Transparency International).
  

Football

I take great interest in playing football (aka soccer in the US) -- 2008, 2014, and 2015 snapshots. After joining IIT Bombay, I took part in the 2023 edition of the inter-IIT staff tournament as a member of the IIT Bombay football team. Here is a team photo. Though there were many memorable moments (e.g., the trophy and the podium) in this tournament for our team where we finally clinched the silver medal in football, this and this stand out in my personal memory.

To me, this has been a great stress-reliever and most importantly, a fitness-yielding fun activity. The game brings some form of art and philosophy that is more than sheer skill and power. My role model is Pelé. Almost everybody knows his class on ground, however, he is a wonderful motivator off-the-field. In particular, I liked the following quote among his other advices to the young footballers, which, I feel is equally motivating for young researchers as well:

"Always be yourself! Don't try to imitate anyone or to be like someone. Create your own individual style. Don't try and make yourself a 'Pelé'. It is much more important to be yourself than Pelé."

If you are interested in starting to play football with professional spirit, here is a tutorial by him.

Sketches / Painting

I used to sketch/paint in my school days -- I'm long out of practice, but sometimes I still try my hand in it -- 1999, 2012, 2016, 2019 water color, 2019 wall paint, samples from the works in 2024.