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Anuran Makur

Computer Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2013Rising activity

Publications

72

Citations

397

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

14

Publishing since 2013

Research summary
AI-generated

Anuran Makur works at the intersection of information theory, statistics, and optimization, studying how to measure and exploit statistical structure in data and communication systems. Recent work covers topics like efficient gradient-based optimization methods, fairness in resource allocation, multi-user communication channels, and statistical estimation problems such as ranking and skill estimation. This research is largely mathematical and theoretical, aimed at establishing fundamental limits and provably efficient algorithms rather than building specific applied systems.

Information theory and channel capacityOptimization and gradient-based learning algorithmsStatistical estimation and inferenceFairness and resource allocationMulti-user communication systems

Publication output has grown over the last decade, rising from a few papers per year in 2017-2021 to a notably higher and more consistent pace of around 10-11 papers per year from 2023 onward.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 8.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 4 publications192020: 6 publications202021: 3 publications212022: 5 publications222023: 11 publications11232024: 11 publications11242025: 5 publications252026: 10 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×24
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory×10
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control×2
  • Foundations and Trends® in Communications and Information Theory×1
  • IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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