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. 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. 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:

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Motorola appoints Chandra Kintala as director". The Hindu. 19 September 2006. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 5 September 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Obituary of Chandra M. Kintala". higginsfuneralhome.com. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Chandra Kintala Obituary". legacy.com. The Star-Ledger. 7 November 2009.