Arun Kumar Choudhury

Arun Kumar Choudhury (January 6, 1923 - September 6, 1987) was the founding head[1] of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering[2] at the University of Calcutta. He was a pioneer in both Analog and Digital Computing,[3] since 1950's. A.K. Choudhury Memorial Lectures[4] are arranged at various Indian Universities[5] to celebrate his contributions.[6]

Arun Kumar Choudhury
Choudhury in 1958
Born(1923-01-06)6 January 1923
Purnia, Bihar
Died6 September 1987(1987-09-06) (aged 64)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta, Rajabazar Science College, Patna University

Career
Analog computer developed by Choudhury

Choudhury was instrumental in building the first analog computer in India.[7] He is best known for his work on optimization of Switching Circuits, High Threshold Logic, unate-cascade realizability[8] and fault-tolerant synthesis of sequential machine[9]

A list of Choudhury's publications may be found here[10] and here.[11]

Each year, lectures on Computer Science are arranged in memory of Choudhury's achievements.[12] The Information Technology College at Calcutta University is named after Choudhury.[13]

References
  1. "::History of the Department". cucse.org.
  2. "Computer Science and Engineering - CU". www.caluniv.ac.in.
  3. "AKC". www.caluniv.ac.in.
  4. Garg, Vijay; Wattenhofer, Roger; Kothapalli, Kishore (April 7, 2009). Garg, Vijay; Wattenhofer, Roger; Kothapalli, Kishore (eds.). "Distributed Computing and Networking". Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 5408. Bibcode:2009LNCS.5408.....G. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92295-7. ISBN 978-3-540-92294-0.
  5. "Icdcn 2010".
  6. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/220725202_Data_Structures_and_Algorithms_for_Packet_Forwarding_and_Classification_Prof_AK_Choudhury_Memorial_Lecture
  7. "Radio Physics and Electronics Association".
  8. https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/4606/31762100113768.pdf;sequence=1
  9. "Publications in Reed-Muller Logic and Related Areas".
  10. "DBLP: Arun K. Choudhury".
  11. "Search results | Taylor & Francis Online".
  12. "Icdcn 2012".
  13. "AKC".
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