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Arindam Das

Also known as Arindam K. Das

Arindam Das is an electrical engineering researcher whose work applies machine learning to DNA identification, low-power camera systems and time-series classification. He coauthored wireless-network optimization in 2002, held a RainLab postdoctoral role in 2005, joined Eastern Washington University in 2012, and coauthored disaster-hardening work in 2017. In 2021, he coauthored a DNA identification study; in 2023, he coauthored a DNA memory proposal and mentored a smart-camera project; at UW’s March 2025 Research Showcase, he was an author and adviser on time-series classification research. As of October 2026, he is an associate professor at EWU and an affiliate associate professor at UW, holds MS and PhD degrees from UW, and works in statistical learning, educational data mining, network intrusion detection and power-grid resilience.

Now at
Eastern Washington University and University of Washington

Timeline

  1. 2002

    Ant colony broadcast paper

    In 2002, he coauthors “The Minimum Power Broadcast problem in Wireless Networks: An Ant Colony System Approach” with Robert J. Marks II, Mohamed El-Sharkawi, Payman Arabshahi and Andrew Gray. The paper applies an ant colony system to reduce wireless broadcast power.

  2. 2005

    Postdoctoral fellow in RainLab

    In 2005, he works as a postdoctoral fellow in Mehran Mesbahi’s RainLab.

  3. 2012

    Joining Eastern Washington

    Eastern Washington University first hires him in the 2012 academic year.

  4. November 2017

    Hardening power distribution

    In November 2017, he coauthors “Distribution Systems Hardening against Natural Disasters.” Its two-stage stochastic formulation links the components selected for hardening with the sequence of post-disaster repairs.

  5. July 2021

    DNA sequence identification

    In July 2021, he coauthors “A machine learning approach for accurate and real-time DNA sequence identification.” He helps design the research, and its gradient-boosted tree classifier uses conductance histograms to classify molecular samples from electrical measurements.

  6. April 2023

    DNA crossbar memory

    In April 2023, he coauthors “Performance analysis of DNA crossbar arrays for high-density memory storage applications,” which proposes a DNA read-only memory that can be read electrically.

  7. 2023

    Mentoring a smart camera project

    In 2023, he mentors Mark Norman and Justin Liebert on “Distributed Smart Camera System.” The project develops software for a low-power microcontroller and aims to classify objects and events before sending image or video data over a wireless network.

  8. March 2025

    UW time-series classification

    At UW’s March 2025 Research Showcase, he is listed as an author and adviser on a time-series classification project that combines recursive piecewise linear approximation with machine learning.

  9. As of October 2026

    Professorships at EWU and UW

    As of October 2026, he is an associate professor of electrical engineering in EWU’s Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering and an affiliate associate professor in UW’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering. His research includes statistical learning, educational data mining, network intrusion detection and power-grid resilience; he holds MS and PhD degrees from UW.

Career

  1. NowEastern Washington UniversityAssociate Professor of Electrical Engineering
  2. NowUniversity of WashingtonAffiliate Associate Professor
  3. From 2012Eastern Washington University
  4. From 2005University of WashingtonPostdoctoral Fellow, RainLab

Education

  1. University of WashingtonMS
  2. University of WashingtonPhD

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  1. IEEE CAS Workshop on Wireless Communications and Networking - Papers descanso.jpl.nasa.gov. Checked 27 October 2026.
  2. RainLab | Mehran Mesbahi mehran-mesbahi.github.io. Checked 27 October 2026.
  3. Administration, Board of Trustees, and Faculty < Eastern Washington University catalog.ewu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  4. [1711.02205] Distribution Systems Hardening against Natural Disasters arxiv.org. Checked 27 October 2026.
  5. A machine learning approach for accurate and real-time DNA sequence identification - PMC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Checked 27 October 2026.
  6. Performance analysis of DNA crossbar arrays for high-density memory storage applications | Scientific Reports nature.com. Checked 27 October 2026.
  7. EWU Digital Commons - 2023 Symposium: Distributed Smart Camera System dc.ewu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  8. Research Showcase | UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering ece.uw.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  9. Faculty & Staff - Computer Science & Electrical Engineering - CSTEM - EWU - The Region's Polytechnic ewu.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.
  10. Arindam Das | UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering ee.washington.edu. Checked 27 October 2026.