Sujit Dey is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, an Adjunct Professor of the Rady School of Management, the Jacobs Family Endowed Chair in Engineering Management Leadership, the Director of the Center for Wireless Communications, and the Director of the Institute for the Global Entrepreneur at University of California, San Diego. He heads the Mobile Systems Design Laboratory, developing innovative deep learning, edge intelligence and computing and communication
architectures and algorithms for connected health, immersive reality and smart and sustainable mobility  applications. He has created inter-disciplinary programs involving multiple UCSD schools as well as community, city and industry partners; notably the Connected Health Program in 2016 and the Smart Transportation Innovation Program in 2018.

In 2022, Dr. Dey founded CIPRA.ai, which offers AI-enabled precise and autonomous care solutions for chronic diseases. In 2015, he co-founded igrenEnergi, providing intelligent battery technology and solutions for EV mobility services. He founded Ortiva Wireless in 2004, where he served as its founding CEO and later as CTO and Chief Technologist till its acquisition by Allot Communications in 2012, after which he served as the Chief Scientist, Mobile Networks, from 2012-2013. Prior to joining UCSD in 1997, he was a Senior Research Staff Member at NEC C&C Research Laboratories in Princeton, NJ. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Duke University in 1991.

Dr. Dey has co-authored more than 250 publications, and a book on low-power design. He holds 18 U.S. and 2 international patents, resulting in multiple technology licensing and commercialization. He has been a recipient of nine IEEE/ACM Best Paper Awards, and has chaired multiple IEEE conferences and workshops. Dr. Dey is a Fellow of the IEEE.