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Aniruddha S. Vaidya to receive Penn Engineering Alumni Award
The NVIDIA senior director is recognized for advancing AI infrastructure and contributions to research and academia.
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Avani Acharya - Tue, 07, Apr 2026
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Aniruddha Vaidya / Penn State
Indian American AI leader Aniruddha S. Vaidya will receive the Penn State College of Engineering 2026 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award on April 9.
Vaidya is currently a senior director of artificial intelligence computing at NVIDIA, where he leads a global engineering team of more than 130 people. The award recognizes his contributions to artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and industry leadership.
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At NVIDIA, Vaidya's work focuses on building the systems that power today’s AI ecosystem, including GPUs, systems-on-chip, and large-scale hardware used in data centers, autonomous vehicles, and robotics.
Over the years, he has contributed to several generations of GPU architecture, from Kepler through Rubin, and played a role in developing NVSwitch systems and performance tools that improve efficiency at scale. His work centers on understanding and optimizing system performance through modeling, benchmarking, and validation.
Before joining NVIDIA, Vaidya spent more than a decade at Intel Labs, where he worked as a senior staff research scientist. His research covered CPU server platforms, cache coherence, network-on-chip systems, and GPU computing, areas that continue to shape modern computing.
Vaidya earned his doctorate in computer science and engineering from Penn State University in 1999. He remains closely connected to the university and serves on the Industrial and Professional Advisory Council for its School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
He began his academic journey in India with a bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Varanasi) and a master’s degree from Indian Institute of Science.
Outside of his professional work, Vaidya has also been involved in community service, including leadership roles with the Association for India’s Development.
The Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Engineering and recognizes graduates who have reached exceptional levels of professional achievement.
In addition to Vaidya, Sudeepta Mondal will be recognized with the Early Career Award, which honors alumni who have made significant professional contributions within a decade of graduation. Mondal earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering and a master of arts in mathematics from Penn State in 2020.
He is currently a principal research engineer at RTX Technology Research Center, where his work focuses on artificial intelligence, including trustworthy AI, scientific machine learning, and generative AI. His research is geared toward developing AI systems for safety-critical aerospace and defense applications.
Both awards will be presented during a combined ceremony on April 9 at State Theatre.
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