Chandra Kintala

Chandra Kintala (1948^{[citation needed]}–2009) was a computer science researcher in New Jersey, United States, and Bangalore, India, from 2006 to 2009.

He worked at Bell Labs in AT&T, Lucent and Avaya in New Jersey, where he and David Belanger invented a language and a software tool used in AT&T for data analytics on very large databases.^{[citation needed]} With Huang Yen-nun, he worked on Software-implemented Fault Tolerance and Software Rejuvenation in the 1990s.^{[citation needed]} He also worked in distributed systems and network software research at Bell Labs.^{[citation needed]}

While working at Bell Labs, he held the titles of adjunct professor and later distinguished industry professor at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.^{[citation needed]}

India

In September 2006, he moved to India as the Director of Motorola Labs in Bangalore.^[1] In August 2008, he joined Yahoo! Labs in Bangalore where he held the position of the Director of System Sciences and Academic Relations in India.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Kintala had a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Penn State University, an M. Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and a B.Tech. from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India.^[2][3] He had published 48 refereed research papers and received 6 US patents and a Smithsonian medal sponsored by Computer World in 1998.^{[citation needed]}

Conferences and memberships

He had been active at academic and industry conferences and associations:

• General Chair of IEEE's conference on Dependable Systems and Networks in Philadelphia in June 2006
• Acting Chair of IFIP WG1.2
• Member of IFIP WG10.4
• Senior member of IEEE
• Keynote or guest speaker at several academic and industry events
• Member of several technical program committees
• Member of FICCI and Pacific Council's Joint Task Force on Global Innovation Economy – Enhancing India-US Relations.

Death

Kintala had a heart attack and died on 5 November 2009 at Summit, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife Bharti and his two children.^[2][3]