Priya Narasimhan

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• Director, CyLab Mobility Research Center at Carnegie Mellon University
• President | Founder at YinzCam, Inc.
• Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University

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Priya Narasimhan’s Summary

Over 15 years of combined industrial, research, teaching and entrepreneurial experience in the the area of fault tolerance, middleware, distributed systems, mobile and embedded systems.

She is the President and Founder of YinzCam, Inc., a company focused on mobile live streaming and experiential technologies for live events. She was a co-founder, CTO and, later, the VP of Engineering of Eternal Systems, Inc.

Prof. Priya Narasimhan is also an Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, and Director of the CyLab Mobility Research Center, at Carnegie Mellon University. Her awards include a Alfred Sloan Fellowship, the 2009 Carnegie Science Center's Emerging Female Scientist Award, an NSF CAREER Award, a Best Paper Award, the 2001 UCSB Lancaster Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award and two IBM Faculty Partnership Awards and the 2008 Eta Kappa Nu (Carnegie Mellon Sigma Chapter) Excellence in Teaching Award.

Her spare time is devoted to to watching NHL and NFL games. She is a rabid fan of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Priya Narasimhan’s Specialties:

mobility, sports technology, cloud computing, video streaming, fault tolerance, systems problem management, embedded systems, middleware, distributed systems, assistive technologies

Priya Narasimhan’s Experience

• Director, CyLab Mobility Research Center

  Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Director of a new Carnegie Mellon Center focused on mobile platforms, technologies, networks and applications.

• President | Founder

  YinzCam, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Sports industry)

  2008 — Present (1 year )

  Privately held company.
  Developing and selling YinzCam: mobile and luxury-box sports technology for live video streaming and in-arena/in-stadium digital media experiences for sports and entertainment fans.
  Developing and selling CityZenMobile: mobile civic applications, particularly for e-government, such as mobile 311.

• Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

  Carnegie Mellon University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2001 — Present (8 years 4 months)

  Research and teaching in the area of distributed fault tolerance, embedded systems and mobile systems.

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Priya Narasimhan’s Interests:

hockey, football, Pittsburgh Penguins, Pittsburgh Steelers

Priya Narasimhan’s Honors:

- Top 10 Women in Innovation, Pittsburgh TEQ Magazine, 2009
- Carnegie Science Award for Emerging Female Scientist, 2009
- Marquis' Who's Who in America, 2009, 2010
- Alfred Sloan Research Fellow, 2007
- Eta Kappa Nu (Sigma Chapter, Carnegie Mellon) Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008
- National Science Foundation Career Award, 2002
- Lancaster Outstanding PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2000
- IBM Faculty Partnership Award, 2002 & 2005
- Raytheon Company Best Paper Award, 2004

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