Shwetak Patel
Shwetak Naran Patel is an American
computer scientist and
entrepreneur best known for his work on developing novel sensing solutions and
ubiquitous computing. He is the Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor at the
University of Washington in Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, where he joined in 2008. His technology start-up company on energy sensing, Zensi, was acquired by
Belkin International, Inc. in 2010. He was named a 2011
MacArthur Fellow. In 2016, He was elected as an ACM Fellow for contributions to sustainability sensing, low-power wireless sensing and mobile health and received Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He was named the recipient of the 2018 ACM Prize in Computing for contributions to creative and practical sensing systems for sustainability and health.
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