Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury (born 1963, [1] [2] also published as Dipanwita RoyChowdhury) is an Indian computer scientist whose research interests include cellular automata, VLSI, and their applications in error correcting codes and cryptography. She is a professor of computer science and engineering at IIT Kharagpur. [3]
Roy Chowdhury was a student at the University of Calcutta, where she received a bachelor's degree in 1987 and a master's degree in 1989. She completed a Ph.D. at IIT Kharagpur in 1994. [4]
Roy Chowdhury became an associate member of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 1994. [1] She is a member of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, [5] elected in 2011, [2] and a recipient of the Indian National Science Academy Medal for Young Scientists. [4]