Dr. Satyajit Thakor
| Designation: | Associate Professor |
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| School of Computing and Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India-175075 |
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| Office: | A17-02-23, North Campus |
| Phone: | 01905-267917 |
| E-Mail: | satyajit[at]iitmandi[dot]ac[dot]in | Google Scholar ORCID LinkedIn Personal Website |
Research Interests
- Information Theory
- Communication Theory
- Network Coding
- Algorithms
Teaching
- EE534 Probability and Random Processes (Autumn 2025, Autumn 2024, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2019)
- SC600 Research Methodology (Co-instructor, Autumn 2025, Spring 2025, Autumn 2024)
- EE304 Communication Systems (Spring 2025, Spring 2024)
- CS511 Applied Probability (Autumn 2023)
- EE304 Communication Theory (Spring 2023, Autumn 2016)
- IC260 Signals and Systems (Autumn 2022, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2020)
- Applied AI and ML, PG Certification by IIT Mandi-WileyNXT (co-instructor, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021)
- Full Stack Development, PG Certification by IIT Mandi-WileyNXT (coordinator and co-instructor, Autumn 2021)
- EE530 Optimization Theory (Spring 2019)
- CS601 Probability and Random Processes (Autumn 2018)
- CS403 Algorithm Design and Analysis (Spring 2018, Spring 2017)
- EE503 Advanced Communication Theory (Spring 2017, Spring 2015, Autumn 2014)
- EE304 Communication Theory (Autumn 2016)
- EE609 Network Information Theory (Autumn 2016, Autumn 2015)
- CS208 Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (Autumn 2015, Autumn 2014)
Journal Publications
- S. Thakur, S. Thakor, and R. K. Mallik, "Optimizing Physical Layer Security of IRS-Assisted Wireless Networks With Imperfect Channel State Information," IEEE Transactions on Communications (accepted).
- S. Thakor and H. Tiwari, "Distribution Construction Approaches for Constrained Entropy Vectors and Converse Results," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 10946-10960, Nov. 2025
- S. Thakur and S. Thakor, "Secrecy Performance Optimization of SWIPT Wireless Networks in Partial Secrecy Regime," IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 936-947, Sept. 2025.
- M. I. Qureshi and S. Thakor, "A Bound on Undirected Multiple-Unicast Network Information Flow," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 4453-4469, July 2022.
- D. Saleem, S. Thakor, and A. Tiwari, "Recursive Algorithm to Verify Quasi-Uniform Entropy Vectors and Its Applications," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 874-883, Feb. 2021.
- S. Alam, S. Thakor, and S. Abbas, "Inner Bounds for the Almost Entropic Region and Network Code Construction," IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 19-30, Jan. 2021.
- M. I. Qureshi and S. Thakor, "On the Information Capacity of Layered Undirected Unicast Networks," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 2715-2718, Dec. 2020.
- T. Chan, S. Thakor, and A. Grant, "Minimal Characterisation of Shannon-type Inequalities under Functional Dependence and Full Conditional Independence Structures," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 65, no. 7, pp. 4041-4051, July 2019.
- P. Kumar and S. Thakor, "Performance of 3T-ANC based Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed-Optical Wireless Link With Pointing Error," Journal of Optics, pp. 400-411, June 2019.
- P. Kumar and S. Thakor, "Performance of OFDM-FSO link with Analog Network Coding," Photonic Network Communications, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 210-224, April 2018.
- S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "Capacity Bounds for Networks with Correlated Sources and Characterisation of Distributions by Entropies," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 3540-3553, June 2017.
- S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, "Cut-set Bounds on Network Information Flow," IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1850-1865, April 2016.
- X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "Reduced Functional Dependence Graphs," IET Networks. vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 102-110, March 2015.
Conference Publications
- S. Thakur and S. Thakor, "Active Vs. Passive IRS: Performance Analysis with Discrete Phase-Shift Configurations," in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), Delhi, India, Dec. 2025 (accepted).
- R. Lewis, S. Eghbal, B. N. Vellambi, and S. Thakor, "Entropy Vectors on a Four-dimensional Face of Γ_3," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-6, Sydney, Australia, Sept-Oct. 2025.
- M. Surya Vamsi and S. Thakor, "On the Capacity of Undirected Multiple Unicast Layered Networks With Asymmetric Demands," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1-6, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Jun. 2025.
- S. Thakur and S. Thakor, "Enhancing Security in SWIPT Wireless Networks with Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces," in IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems (ANTS), pp. 1-6, Guwahati, India, Dec. 2024.
- S. Thakor, "Constrained Entropy Vectors: Some Direct and Converse Results," in 58th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), pp. 1-6, Princeton, NJ, USA, March 2024.
- S. Thakor and M. I. Qureshi, "On Computing the Partition Bound for Undirected Multi-Source Unicast Network Information Flow," in 30th National Conference on Communications (NCC), pp. 1-6, Chennai, India, Feb. 2024.
- S. Thakor and D. Saleem, "A Quasi-Uniform Approach to Characterizing the Boundary of the Almost Entropic Region," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 541-545, Mumbai, India, Nov. 2022.
- M. I. Qureshi and S. Thakor, "On the Partition Bound for Undirected Unicast Network Information Capacity," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1623-1628, LA, USA, June 2020.
- S. Alam, S. Thakor, and S. Abbas, "An Analysis of a Randomized Local Search Algorithm for the Entropy Space," in 4th International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks (ISCON), pp. 330-334, Mathura, India, 2019.
- H. Tiwari and S. Thakor, "On Characterization of Entropic Vectors at the Boundary of Almost Entropic Cones," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-5, Gotland, Sweden, August 2019.
- S. Thakor and M. I. Qureshi, "Undirected Unicast Network Capacity: A Partition Bound," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 196-200, Paris, France, July 2019.
- S. Alam, S. Thakor, and S. Abbas, "On Enumerating Distributions for Associated Vectors in the Entropy Space," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 65-69, Singapore, October 2018.
- T. Chan, S. Thakor, and A. Grant, "A Minimal Set of Shannon-type Inequalities for MRF Structures with Functional Dependencies," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1759-1763, Vail, USA, June 2018.
- S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "A Minimal Set of Shannon-type Inequalities for Functional Dependence Structures," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 679-683, Aachen, Germany, June 2017.
- S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "Characterising Probability Distributions via Entropies," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 723-727, Monterey, USA, October 2016.
- S. Thakor and S. Abbas, "Outer Bounds on the Capacity of 2-Layer N-Relay Gaussian Network," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 453-457, Monterey, USA, October 2016.
- S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "Characterising Correlation via Entropy Functions," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-2, Seville, Spain, September 2013 (invited paper).
- X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "On the Mutual Information between Random Variables in Networks," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 1-5, Seville, Spain, September 2013.
- S. Thakor, T. Chan, and K. Shum, "Symmetry in Distributed Storage Systems," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 1244-1246, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2013.
- X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "Weighted Functional Dependence Bound for Network Coding Capacity," in International Symposium on Information Theory and Its Applications (ISITA), pp. 187-191, Honolulu, HI, USA, October 2012.
- S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, "Compact Representation of Polymatroid Axioms for Random Variables with Conditional Independencies," in IEEE Information Theory Workshop (ITW), pp. 267-271, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2012.
- X. Xu, S. Thakor, and Y. L. Guan, "Reduced Functional Dependence Graphs and Their Applications," in the 2012 International Symposium on Network Coding (NETCOD), pp. 61-66, Boston, USA, June 2012.
- S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, "On Complexity Reduction of the LP bound Computation and Related Problems," in the 2011 International Symposium on Network Coding (NETCOD), pp. 1-6, Beijing, China, July 2011.
- S. Thakor, T. Chan, and A. Grant, "Bounds for Network Information Flow with Correlated Sources," in Australian Communication Theory Workshop (AusCTW), pp. 43-48 Melbourne, Australia, January-February 2011.
- S. Thakor, A. Grant, and T. Chan, "Network Coding Capacity: A Functional dependence Bound," in IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), pp. 263-267, Seoul, South Korea, June-July 2009.
Research Projects
- Secrecy Transmission Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted Wireless Communications
WISE Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
Mentor
INR 36 Lakh
2024-2027 - Classical and Quantum Error-Correcting Codes and Mathematics over Finite Fields for Smart Telecommunications
Indo-Russian Joint Research
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and RSF (Russia)
Co-PI
INR 1.04 Crore
2023-2026 - Design of RSMA-based Cooperative Vehicular Network for Deep Ocean Critical Missions
Collaborative research under Deep Ocean Mission (DOM)
Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India
Co-PI
INR 54 Lakh
2023-2025 - Entropy Region, Information Inequalities and their Applications
Core research grant
Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India, New Delhi
PI
INR 37 Lakh
2021-2024 - Technology Innovation Hub
National mission on interdisciplinary cyber physical system (NM-ICPS) implementation mechanisms
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Co-PI
INR 7.25 Crore
2020-2025 - Characterization of the Entropy regions for three and four random variables and their application
Extramural research scheme
Science and Engineering Research Board, Govt. of India, New Delhi
PI
INR 33 Lakh
2017-2020 - Information inequalities and capacity bound computation
AWS cloud credits for research
Amazon web services
PI
USD 3,200 (in AWS cloud credits)
2018-2019 - IU-ATC Project
Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi
Co-PI
INR 81 Lakh
2012-2015 - Computing the LP bound for multi-source network coding
Endeavour Research Fellowship
Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australian Government
PI
AUD 23,500
2009
Awards, Honours and Selected Talks
- SRIC Appreciation Award, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), IIT Mandi, 2025
- Teaching Excellence Award, IIT Mandi, 2023
- IEEE Information Theory Society Appreciation Certificate in recognition of valued services and contributions as General Chair of JTG/IEEE ITSoc Summer school, 2022
- Certificate of Appreciation, Deanery of Students for contributions to the Cultural Society as Faculty Advisor of Designauts Club under the Students Gymkhana, 2022
- Teaching Honour Roll Award for excellence in teaching, IIT Mandi, 2021
- Senior Member, IEEE, 2020
- SERB-DST travel grant under International Travel Scheme, 2016
- Michael Miller Medal for Ph.D. thesis, UniSA, 2012
- Travel Award from IEEE South Australia Section to represent in IEEE Region 10 Student Congress, Chennai, India, 2008
- Seminar: The constrained entropy vectors characterization problem, Seminar on Algorithmic Aspects of Information Theory, Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM), University of Montpellier, France, November 2024.
- Seminar: Solving problems in information theory through algorithm design and analysis, IIT Mandi, August 2024.
- Seminar: The undirected multiple-unicast network information flow problem, Centre for Networked Intelligence, IISc, 2022
- Seminar: On the characterization of entropic vectors at the boundary of almost entropic cones, IIT Mandi, October 2019
- Seminar: Undirected unicast network capacity: A partition bound, IIT Mandi, October 2019
- Seminar: A minimal set of Shannon-type inequalities for full conditional independence constraints, SCEE Seminar, IIT Mandi, August 2018
- Seminar: A minimal set of Shannon-type inequalities for functional dependence structures, SCEE Seminar, IIT Mandi, September 2017
- Seminar: Upper bounds on the capacity of 2-layer N-relay symmetric Gaussian network, Australian National University, Canberra, June 2016. (ACT Chapter of the IEEE Signal Processing and Communications Societies Seminar)
- Seminar: Characterizing probability distributions via entropy functions, Internal workshop on Dynamical systems, Statistics, Networking, and Control, IIT Mandi, April 2016
- Seminar: Problems and results in network information flow, Michael Miller Medal Seminar, Institute for Telecommunications Research, UniSA, August 2013
- Seminar: Network coding capacity bounds: characterization and computation, Institute of Network Coding, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, July 2011
- Seminar: On complexity reduction of the LP bound computation and related problems, Institute for Telecommunications Research, May 2011
- Seminar: Bounds on network information flow for correlated sources, Institute for Telecommunications Research, January 2011
- Seminar: Network coding capacity bounds, Institute for Telecommunications Research, May 2010
Employment & Education
- Associate Professor
School of Computing and Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
2021-Present - Assistant Professor
School of Computing and Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
2014-2021 - Postdoctoral fellow
Institute of Network Coding
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2012-2014 - Research Assistant
Institute of Network Coding
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2011-2012 - Research Assistant (Endeavour Research Fellow)
Department of Information Engineering
Chinese University of Hong Kong
2009 - Ph.D. in Telecommunications
Institute for Telecommunications Research
University of South Australia
2012 - M.Eng. in Telecommunications
School of Electrical and Information Engineering
University of South Australia
2006 - B.Eng. in Electronics and Telecommunication
Dr. B. A. M. University
2004
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