) Dr.Satyam Cherukuri :
 | Dr. Satyam Cherukuri joined Sarnoff as a researcher in 1989. Dr. Cherukuri assumed his current role as President and CEO in 2002. Dr. Cherukuri earned a B.Tech in Ceramic Engineering from Banaras Hindu University, India. He received his M.S. in Glass Science and Ph.D. in Ceramics from Alfred University (Alfred, NY). He has authored or co-authored more than 12 technical publications and is the inventor or co-inventor on more than 25 U.S. Patents. He also sits on the Board of Directors for Ness Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTSC), a global provider of IT services and solutions. |
2) Jagadish Chennupati:
 | Chennupati Jagadish received his B.Sc. degree from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India in 1977, M.Sc(Tech) degree from Andhra University, Waltair, India in 1980 and M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Delhi, India in 1982 and 1986, respectively. He joined the Australian National University in 1990 and held the positions of Research Scientist/Research Fellow, 1990-92, Fellow, 1993-96, Senior Fellow, 1996-99, Professor (E1), 1999-2002, Professor (E2), 2002-2004, and Federation Fellow, 2004-present. Chennupati Jagadish is a Federation Fellow (highest recognition in the Australian university system), Professor and Head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group at the Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, The Australian National University, Canberra. |
He is also Convenor of the Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network. He is a winner of 2000 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc (USA) (IEEE) Millennium Medal. He has published more than 300 journal papers and about 180 conference papers.He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the Australian Institute of Physics, the Institute of Physics (UK), the Institute of Nanotechnology (UK), the Australian Academy of Science and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. | |
3) Dr. Nannapaneni Narayana Rao :
Nannapaneni Narayana Rao was born in Kakumanu, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. While in India, he earned a BS degree in physics from the University of Madras in 1952, and a diploma in electronics from the Madras Institute of Technology in 1955. He earned MS and PhD degrees in electrical engineering in 1960 and 1965, respectively, from the University of Washington. In 1965, Professor Rao joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He carried out research in the area of ionospheric propagation and authored the undergraduate textbook, Basic Electromagnetics with Applications (1972), and six editions of Elements of Engineering Electromagnetics (1977, 1987, 1991, 1994, 2000, and 2004), published by Prentice Hall. Professor Rao has served as ECE Associate Head since 1987. He has received numerous awards and honors for teaching and contributions to education. Some of the more notable include a plaque of appreciation from the University of Indonesia in Jakarta, for consultancy in 1985-1986; the College of Engineering Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence in 1987; the Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 1989; the Halliburton Engineering Education Leadership Award in 1991. |
4) Dr. Sudhakar Yalamanchili :
Dr.Yalamanchili was a Senior and then Principal Research Scientist at the Honeywell Systems and Research Center in Minneapolis from 1984 to 1989 where he also served on Honeywell's Program Advisory Committee to MCC. At Honeywell he was the Principal Investigator for projects in the design and analysis of multiprocessor architectures for embedded applications. Since 1989 he has been on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he now holds the rank of Professor. He is a co-author, along with J. Duato and L. Ni, of the text Interconnection Networks: An Engineering Approach from IEEE Press (1997), the author of the texts VHDL Starter's Guide from Prentice Hall (1997) and VHDL From Simulation to Synthesis also from Prentice Hall (2000). Dr. Yalamanchili received a B.E. degree in Electronics from Bangalore University, India, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 and 1984, respectively. |
5) Dr.Ravi Armilli :
Ravi Arimilli (born 1963) is an IBM Fellow and Chief Architect. Largely responsible for development of the Power5, he is one of the most prolific inventors in the world, being awarded 78 patents in 2002 and a further 53 in 2003. He has won IBM's Inventor of the Year award each year since 1998. He is also the youngest IBM fellow. He has 300 patents to his name and is currently listed among the top 10 patent holders alive in the USA. Arimilli moved with his family to the United States from Andhra Pradesh, India, in 1969. He studied at Louisiana State University, and joined IBM in 1985. He is regarded as IBM's leading expert on symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) system structures, cache/memory hierarchies and system bus protocols. |
6) Dr.B.V.R.Chowdary :
Chowdary was born on 1948 in a Koutharam, Krishna District. Prof.Chowdary is President of Materials Research Society of Singapore, Prof. in Physics, National University of Singapore. Recently awarded with the highest French Civilian Honours-" Officer in the order of Academic Palms". |
7) Dr.Madhava Rao Tummala :
Dr. Rao was honored by the United States President with the prestigious National Medal of Science “as a prophet of new age” with the citation, “for his pioneering contributions to the foundations of statistical theory and multivariate statistical methodology and their applications, enriching the physical, biological, mathematical, economic and engineering sciences”. |
8) Dr.Vijaya Kumar Devabhaktuni :
Canada Research Chair in Computer-aided High-frequency Modelling and Design The Canada Research Chair Program has awarded Dr. Devabhaktuni a Tier II Chair - a position awarded to emerging and exceptional young researchers who are on the way to becoming future leaders in their respective fields. The Tier II Chair position is held for five years, is renewable once for five more years, and entitles researchers to a $100,000 grant per year. In addition, the Canada Foundation for Innovation has granted Dr. Devabhaktuni a $200,000 infrastructure fund to help acquire simulation and measurement equipment essential to his work. Dr. Devabhaktuni is an expert in Computer Aided Design (CAD), an area often referred to by electrical and electronics engineers as Electronic Design Automation (EDA). During 1998-2004, Dr. Vijay Devabhaktuni earned international recognition for his doctoral and postdoctoral work on artificial neural networks (ANN) based high-frequency modeling. He specializes in EM-ANN mo dels and in their smart integration with standard EDA-tool\libraries. |
9) Dr.Rao Makineni :
C Rao Makineni was born in Andhra, India. He received his undergraduate training at the Christian College in 1952. Four years later he was awarded the degree of Associate of the Royal College of Science and Technology at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1959 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked first for Shankman Laboratories and later for the Pasadena Foundation for Medical Research. In 1963, he joined the Cyclo Chemical Company, his first major commitment to peptide chemistry. While in Europe he developed a rich appreciation for art and culture, especially live theater. It was as a young man that he first came to Pasadena where he walked by the Playhouse every day on his way to work. During this time, he came to admire the beauty and cultural impact of the landmark theater. In 1999 he donated more than $1 million to the Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California. His entrepreneurial talent became apparent in 1967 when he became cofounder of the Fox Chemical Company. In 1971, Mr. Makineni and Peter Grogg started Bachem with laboratories in Switzerland and California. The two organizations subsequently separated, both becoming highly successful enterprises. He retired in 1996 to continue his philanthropic activities. |
10) Dr.Jagadeesh Pamulapati :
Dr. Jagadeesh Pamulapati is currently serving as the Chief Technical Officer for Project Manager for Unit of Actions - Technologies. Dr. Pamulapati began his Civil Service career in October 1991 as an Electronics Engineer for the Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory that was subsequently folded into the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD. During this time Dr. Pamulapati also completed an assignment as a Research Analyst with the Army G-8 (Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs) covering Research and Development issues for the G-8. Dr. Pamulapati completed his Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Master of Science in Engineering and Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering all from The University of Michigan in 1985, 1987 and 1991, respectively. |
11) Dr.Nag Patibandla :
Dr. Patibandla is a distinguished energy expert with rich state and global experience in academia, industry, and government. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute named Nag Patibandla as director of the Center for Future Energy Systems, a New York State Center for Advanced Technology. |
12) Dr.Raghu Kalluri :
Raghu Kalluri, PhD, director of the matrix cell biology program, has been named the recipient of the 2005 Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN). The award honors an individual under the age of 41 who has an outstanding record of achievement and creativity in basic or patient-oriented research related to the functions and diseases of the kidney. Dr. Raghu Kalluri is the Director for the Center of Matrix Biology, based in the Department of Medicine. He is Associate Professor, Gastroenterology - Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. |
13) Dr.Sivarama Prasad Dandamudi :
Prof. Dandamudi was born in Andhra Pradesh, India. He received a B.E. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Mysore, India and an M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (Chennai), India. He obtained his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon in 1984 and 1988, respectively. Prof. Dandamudi joined the School of Computer Science as an Assistant Professor in 1988. He was promoted to the rank of full Professor in 2000. He is an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Computers and Their Applications. He received the Carleton University's Research Achievement Award in 2002. |
14) Atluri Satyanarayana, Director, Center for Aerospace Research, University of California :
ATLURI, Satya N. ( 7-10-1945) M. E., Sc. D., D. Sc (h.c.). Director, Center for Aerospace Research, University of California at Irvine, USA. Professor Atluri is well known for his seminal contributions in fracture and nonlinear solid mechanics, and for pioneering the 'meshless methods'. He is a Fellow of the US National Academy of Engineering, and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and the recipient of the US National Medal of Distinguished Service in Technology, the Hilbert Medal of ISCE&S, and honoris causa D. Sc. from the National University of Ireland. -- Elected as Associate Fellow Satya N. Atluri, an award-winning engineer whose research has led to greater aircraft safety, was elected into the European Academy of Sciences, one of the most prestigious European scientific institutions. Atluri, who is the Henry Samueli "von Karman" Endowed Chair of Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, was recognized "for outstanding and lasting contributions to engineering science and fundamental developments in aerospace engineering and fracture mechanics." Atluri's election is the latest in a string of honors bestowed upon the aerospace expert. In 1996, he was elected into the National Academy of Engineering, and won that organization's Outstanding Achievement Award in 1995. He also is the recipient of the Excellence in Aviation Award and the President National Medal. |
15) Dr. Prasad Kodali, Worldwide Technical Program Manager of Life Sciences Discovery Link Solution, IBM Corporation. :
Dr. V. Prasad Kodali is a Consultant in Electronics. From 1986 to 1997, he served as Advisor in the Department of Electronics, Government of India, responsible for strategic electronic activities During 1984-86, he was the Director for Electronics and Instrumentation at DRDO, New Delhi, responsible for technical planning and coordination in communications, radar, electronics warfare and opto-electronics. From 1973 to 1984, he was Technical Director of the DoE, Government of India. Prior to 1973, Dr. Kodali worked with TIFR, Bombay, and with Microwave Associates in England. In early 1980s, he planned and founded the Center for Electromagnetics in Madras for R&D in electromagnetic compatibility. Dr. Kodali is Informatics Project Lead at 3rd Millennium, where he is involved in developing advanced informatics solutions for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He was previously the product manager of data integration products at NetGenics, Inc. He received his Ph.D. degree in computational chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. His research interests include data integration in drug discovery, computational algorithms, computer-assisted drug design, and life science informatics. |
16) Dr. Geeta Vemuri, Ph.D. Vice President, Quaker BioVentures :
Dr. Vemuri joined Quaker BioVentures in 2003. She brings years of experience in biomedical research, equity research and private equity investing to the Fund. Prior to joining Quaker BioVentures, Dr. Vemuri was an Associate at Toucan Capital Corp., a $120 million SBIC fund, where she was responsible for investments in seed-stage and start-up biotech opportunities. At Toucan, she participated in raising the capital for Toucan Fund II from the states of Maryland and West Virginia, and the Small Business Administration (SBA). Dr. Vemuri also helped start several portfolio companies by identifying and sourcing technologies from universities in the Mid-Atlantic region. She served as an active board observer for several of the life science companies in Toucan's portfolio. Prior to joining Toucan, Dr. Vemuri was an Associate Equity Analyst at SalomonSmithBarney and First Union Securities where she helped those firms cover the specialty pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors. Prior to her career in business, she worked as a research scientist at The Wistar Institute and as a postdoctoral fellow at Thomas Jefferson University. |
17) Dr.Prasad Sunkara, Ph.D. :
Dr. Sunkara has more than 30 years of research and development management experience in cancer, cardiovascular and CNS disease indications at a major pharma and a number of biotech companies. He is an expert in virtual drug development and was responsible for preclinical and clinical development of a number of therapeutic agents. He also gained valuable experience in business development, financing, mergers and acquisitions as an officer in three start-up biotech companies. He was the Head of Tumor Biology responsible for research and preclinical development of cancer and antiviral therapeutics at Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute in Cincinnati. After completing his post-doctoral fellowship in cell biology, he joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Cell Biology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center before moving to industry. He received his Ph.D in biochemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. |
18) Dr.Mohan Bodduluri, PhD :
Mohan Bodduluri, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Restoration Robotics, Inc. which began its operations in early 2003 to provide advanced image guided robotic solutions to the field of cosmetic surgery. Under his guidance as Vice President for Research and Development, the company is developing minimally invasive solution to hair transplantation. The device is expected to automatically harvest and implant hair follicles based on the surgeon’s design. Prior to Restoration Robotics, Dr. Bodduluri led robotics work at Accuray Incorporated since 1992 and has served as Accuray’s Vice President for Research and Development since 1995. Accuray’s product, CyberKnife Radiosurgery System, uses a 6 MeV linear accelerator mounted on a six axis robot arm guided by x-ray vision to irradiate a tumor or a lesion precisely and noninvasively anywhere in the body. The resulting treatment is an outpatient procedure equivalent to a conventional surgery in an operating room. His responsibilities included leading Accuray’s robotics work, field service, treatment planning software, and overall system design. He also played a central role in the clinical investigations using the CyberKnife Radiosurgery System. Dr. Bodduluri received his Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. |
19) Dr.Unnam Jalaiah :
Dr Jalaiah Unnam's contributions to metal-matrix composites, and X-ray diffraction have won him several awards from NASA Langley Research and Development Park in Hampton, Virginia, USA, and other organizations. Dr Unnam graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras with a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgy (1970), and earned the Master's and the Ph.D. degrees in Materials Engineering and Science from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Dr Jalaiah is the President and CEO of Analytical Services & Materials, Inc (AS&M), located in the Langley Research and Development Park in Hampton, Virginia. This Company is a big asset to Langley Research Centre and employs 165 Scientists and Engineers. This company has given critical help to the Langley Research Centre in R&D areas like the redesign and analysis of the wind Tunnel fan blades, the Shuttle solid rocket booster, the National Aerospace Plane Program engine and airframe concept reviews and the laminar flow control Supercritical Airfoil Experiments. |
20) Dr, Idupulapati M Rao :
Dr, Idupulapati M Rao is Senior Scientist, Plant nutrition/Physiology at International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Cali, Colombia. He is Member, Americal Society of Plant Physiology; American Society of Agronomy; Crop Science Society of America; Soil Science Society of America; Newyork Academy of Sciences; International Union of soil Sciences. Honors and Awards: Education: |
21) Dr.Ram Adapa :
Dr.Ram Adapa Joined the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Palo Alto, California in June 1989. At EPRI, he is currently Technical Manager, Increased Power Flow, in the Power System Assets, Planning, and Operations (PSAPO) area of Power Delivery & Markets Sector. As a Product Line Leader, he developed the research portfolio for Grid Operations and Planning areas as well as business plans to execute this research portfolio. This portfolio focuses on both operations and planning tools that are needed in a deregulated utility environment. Some of these tools include market restructuring, transmission pricing, ancillary services, and security tools to maintain the reliability of the grid. Dr. Adapa is a Senior Member of the IEEE Power Engineering Society; member of several committees, past chairman of the local IEEE Santa Clara Valley PES/IAS chapter, and winner of several prestigiuos awards. He authored / coauthored more than 125 technical papers which were published in various technical journals. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin. Dr. Adapa is also an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer under the IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Program (DLP) and he is frequently invited by IEEE PES chapters all around the world to deliver DLP lecturers. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Ram Adapa is also Advisor for Legal Support Services, Compusharp. |
22) Dr. Krishnarao Appasani, PhD, MBA :
Dr. Krishnarao Appasani, PhD, MBA, the Founder, Chief Executive Officer of GeneExpression Systems, Inc., Krishnarao Appasani is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of GeneExpression Systems, a gene discovery company focusing on functional genomics in cancer research. Krishnarao Appasani, of the Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, was recently honored by Ranbaxy Science Foundation of New Delhi, India, with the Ranbaxy Research Award in the field of applied medical sciences for his work on gene expression studies. Appasani is in the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Brigham and Women's, working on locating new gene-based molecular markers for the early detection of lung cancer, mesothelioma, and other chest malignancies. |
23) Desineni Subbaram Naidu :
Desineni Subbaram Naidu received B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering from Sri Venkateswara University , Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering (Control Systems Engineering) and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India. Dr. Naidu held various positions with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. During the same period, he conducted and supervised research, and established a research group in the field of singular perturbations in control systems. In January 1985, Dr. Naidu was invited by the National Research Council (NRC), of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, DC, as a Senior Resident Research Investigator to conduct independent research with Guidance and Control Division, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA. At NASA Langley, he developed singular perturbation methodology for digital flight control systems. From January 1987 to July 1990, he was an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, and conducted full-time research in Spacecraft Control Branch, NASA Langley. During this period, research has been performed in developing guidance and control strategies for aeroassisted orbital transfer vehicles. Since August 1990, Dr. Naidu has been Professor (tenured), Co-Director (June 1993 - July 1998) and Director (since August 1998) the Measurement and Control Engineering Research Center (Other links to Measurement and Control ASME,MCAA,ISSTED,M&C, INSTMC, ISA), Coordinator/Chair (1997-2005), Electrical Engineering Program, Interim Associate Dean for Graduate Studies (August 98 - July 1999) and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (since August 1999) in the College of Engineering, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho. During 1998-99, he was awarded a Senior National Research Council Associateship by National Academy of Sciences (NAS), Washington, DC, to work on guidance and control strategies for hypersonic vehicles at the Unites States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), Ohio, USA. During summer of 2004, Dr. Naidu was awarded a fellowship by Norwegian Research Council (NRC) at the Center of Excellence for Ships and Ocean Structures at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. During June 13 - August 12, 2005, Dr. Naidu had an opportunity to work as Academic Guest at Measurement and Control Laboratory (IMRT:Institut für Mess- und Regeltechnik) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule), Zurich, Switzerland. At IMRT/ETH, Dr. Naidu offered, by invitation, a short course on Selected Topics in Nonlinear Control Systems to doctoral students. Dr. Naidu's primary areas of teaching and research include electrical engineering, circuits, signals and systems, control systems, optimal control, intelligent control, order reduction via singular perturbations and time scales, digital flight control systems, biomedical engineering, aerobraking, orbital transfer, unmanned aerial vehicles, guidance and control of aerospace vehicles, gas metal arc welding . He has over 200 publications including 5 books: 1) a research monograph, Singular Perturbation Analysis of Discrete Control Systems , Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1985; 2) a reference book, Singular Perturbation Methodology in Control Systems , IEE Control Engineering Series, Peter Peregrinus Limited, London, UK, 1988; 3) a research monograph entitled, Aeroassisted Orbital Transfer: Guidance and Control Strategies , Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer-Verlag, London, UK, 1994, 4) a graduate level text book, Optimal Control Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003 and 5) a research level book, Modeling, Sensing and Control of Gas Metal Arc Welding, Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2003. Dr. Naidu has been on the Editorial Boards of the IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control , New York, USA (during 1992-1999), the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA (since 1996-), Mechatronics: The Science of Intelligent Machines, An International Journal , Oxford, UK (since 1992-), Member of General Committee of The International Congress for Global Science and Technology (ICGSC), Tuebingin, Germany since June 2004, and a member of the , ACSE Steering Committee on International Journal on Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE), since June 2004 and International Journal of Control-Theory and Advanced Technology (C-TAT) , Tokyo, Japan (during 1991-1995). Professor Naidu is an elected Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA (since 1995 and a member since 1978-); an elected Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation , Huddersfield, United Kingdom since 2002; an elected Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), USA (since 1991 and member since 1986-); a Member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), USA (since 1991-); a Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society for Science and Engineering, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA (since 2000-); a Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Philadelphia, PA, USA (1999 - 2003); a Member of The National Space Society, USA (1992-2003); a Member, National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA (1992-2003); and Secretary/Treasurer, IEEE Idaho Section,Pocatello, Idaho, during 1993-1997. Professor Naidu is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) with Idaho Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (IPELS) since June 1994 and a regular participant in the Committee on Examinations for Practice of Engineering (PE) workshop for Electrical Engineering for National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), Clemson, SC, since 2001. Dr. Naidu was a recipient of the Idaho State University Outstanding Researcher Award for 1993-'94 and 1994-'95 and the Idaho State University Distinguished Researcher Award for 1994-'95. He received the Distinguished Electrical Engineer award from IEEE Idaho Section, Pocatello, Idaho. Professor Naidu's biography is listed in listed (multiple-year) in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Fifth Edition, published by Educational Communications, Inc., Lake Forest, IL, the Silver Anniversary 25th Edition of WHO'S WHO IN THE WEST , published by Marquis Who's Who, the primary source of information on outstanding men and women in the region, and the seventh edition of Who's Who in Technology (WWT) , a biographical reference source published by Gale Research. |
24) Venkata Ramana Rao Gadde - Vice President & Chief Scientist, V-ENABLE :
Ramana is responsible for the Research and Development activities related to improving the accuracy and performance of speech recognition at V-ENABLE. Before joining V-ENABLE, Ramana was a Senior Researcher at SRI International; a Menlo Park based Research Institute. At SRI, Ramana mainly focused his research on the development of highly accurate speech recognition systems for government and commercial clients. He led the SRI team that won the DARPA's (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) sponsored evaluation on Speech in Noisy Environments (SPINE) in 2002. His research contributions include novel techniques for acoustic modeling, duration modeling, and noise robustness. Ramana published more than 30 papers in conferences and journals and was awarded 2 US patents. Prior to SRI, Ramana was an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras (IITM). Ramana received a Ph.D and a M.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and a B.Tech in Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. |
