{"id":154,"date":"2016-01-12T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T22:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/people\/profile\/arun\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T20:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T01:06:04","slug":"arun","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.engineering.iastate.edu\/people\/profile\/arun\/","title":{"rendered":"Somani, Arun"},"author":308,"template":"","affiliation":[4],"department":[1121,7,12,14],"group":[1265,1254],"interest":[2250,909,905,907,908,2177,910,906],"class_list":["post-154","profile","type-profile","status-publish","hentry","affiliation-faculty","department-ece-faculty","department-ecpe","department-eng","department-eri","group-cyber-infrastructure","group-ece-research-groups","interest-ai-ml-based-classification","interest-computer-system-architecture","interest-fault-tolerant-and-dependable-computing","interest-image-based-navigation","interest-interconnection-networks","interest-network-search-algorithms","interest-optical-fiber-based-networking","interest-parallel-computing-algorithms-and-architecture"],"firstname":"Arun","key_research_area":["Secure Cyberspace & Autonomy"],"netid":"arun","isu_title":"Senior Associate Dean [ENG]","email":"arun@iastate.edu","external_link":"","hide_isu_title":"1","nickname":"","info":"

Education<\/h3>\r\n
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Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, September 1985,\u00a0McGill University, Montreal, Canada<\/p>\r\n

MSEE in Electrical Engineering, September 1983,\u00a0McGill University, Montreal, Canada<\/p>\r\n

M.Tech. in Computer Engineering, August 1979,\u00a0Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India<\/p>\r\n

B. E. (Hons.) in Electronics Engineering, June 1973,\u00a0B. I. T. S., Pilani, India<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Research Areas<\/h3>\r\n
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Core Area(s):<\/strong><\/em> Computing and networking systems<\/p>\r\n

Department's Strategic Area(s):<\/strong> <\/em>Cyber infrastructure<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Additional Information<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
Life Fellow of IEEE; Fellow of AAAS; Distinguished Engineer of ACM; Eminent Engineer, Tau Beta Phi; Fulbright Specialist; IEEE Distinguished Visitor; Distinguish Alumnus, BITS, Pilani.<\/strong><\/div>","middle_name":"K","isu_office":"4100 Marston $ 533 Morrill Rd. # Ames, IA 500112103","uid":[],"hide_isu_office":"0","lastname":"Somani","publications":"

Google Scholar Profile:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=SYZ5R-8AAAAJ<\/a><\/p>