S. Shankar Sastry
Director Blum Center for Developing Economies
Thomas M. Siebel Professor in Computer Science Professor of EECS, BioE, and MechE
Research
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR)
- Cyber-Physical Systems and Design Automation (CPSDA)
- Security (SEC)
- Signal Processing (SP)
Education
- 1981, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
- 1980, M.A., Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
- 1979, M.S., Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
- 1977, B.Tech, Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
Awards
- Berkeley Citation, 2018
- International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC) Fellow, 2017
- Chang Lin Tien Leadership in Education Award, 2010
- John R. Ragazzini Education Award, 2005
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member, 2003
- National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Member, 2001
- Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, 1995
- Donald P. Eckman Award, 1990
- NSF Presidential Young Investigator (PYI), 1985
Experience
He received his B.Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1977, a M.S. in EECS, M.A. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in EECS from UC Berkeley, 1979, 1980, and 1981 respectively. S. Shankar Sastry is currently dean of the College of Engineering. He was formerly the Director of CITRIS (Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society) and the Banatao Institute @ CITRIS Berkeley. He served as chair of the EECS department from January, 2001 through June 2004. In 2000, he served as Director of the Information Technology Office at DARPA. From 1996-1999, he was the Director of the Electronics Research Laboratory at Berkeley, an organized research unit on the Berkeley campus conducting research in computer sciences and all aspects of electrical engineering. He is the NEC Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Bioengineering, EECS and Mechanical Engineering.
Prior to joining the EECS faculty in 1983 he was a professor at MIT.