Boleslaw Szymanski is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and the Founding Head of the Center for Pervasive Computing and Networking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

In 1999, Dr. Szymanski was elected an IEEE Fellow for his contributions to parallel computing and distributed computing and in 2003, he received the Wiley Distinguished Faculty Award. Most recently, in 2007, Prof. Szymanski received the Claire and Roland Schmitt Distinguished Professorship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.