Dr. S S Iyengar from Florida International University, USA visits Sahyadri
28-Dec-2017
Dr. Sitharama S. Iyengar is Ryder Professor and Director, School of Computing and Information Sciences, Florida International University, USA. He holds his Ph.D. (Eng.) from Mississippi State University, USA. He has done his Masters in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and BE in Mechanical Engineering from UVCE, Bengaluru. His areas of Research Interests are Computational Medicine, Bio-informatics, Artificial Intelligence, and Bio-Computing, Distributed Sensor Networks (Theory and Application); Software for Detection of Critical Events Autonomous Systems; Distributed Systems; Effective Leadership and Practice in Administrative Roles. He has built many Educational Programmes at various Universities in USA which have attained top 30 ranking. Dr. Iyengar has founded and directs the Robotics Research Laboratory at Louisiana State University.
Dr. Iyengar received Distinguished Research Award from Xaimen University, China for his research in Sensor Networks, Computer Vision and Image Processing. Dr. Iyengar is recognized by the Societe Mathematique de Tunisie (SMT) for "Notable Services and Outstanding Contributions in the Area of Mathematical Theories in Sensor Networks and Computational Algorithms in Robotics for 2010". He has also received Distinguished Faculty Research Award from Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, USA.
A session with the faculty and staff was arranged during his visit and while introducing Dr. Iyengar to the faculty, Mr. Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman, Bhandary Foundation commended the professionalism with which Dr. Iyengar deals with people and committed to drive the same professionalism at Sahyadri. Dr. Iyengar while addressing the gathering referred to the Chairman as an outstanding individual and appreciated his passion and commitment towards students. Further, he urged teachers to contribute to student’s confidence, character building and also give inspirational talks which will bring out their talents. He mentioned that one of the best cited research article of his till date, is from his student who was a slow learner initially. He acclaimed that Sahyadri undoubtedly has the potential to be one of the best institutions not only in the country but in the world under the competent leadership of Mr. Manjunath Bhandary. His key message for the teachers was to be proactive in research, proactive in teaching, practice leadership and contribute to the community. He stimulated teachers to aim at producing noble prize winners, groom 10-20 students to compete in national and international events and continuously show excellence in all domains bringing laurels to the institution. He said – Artificial Intelligence is a reality and is going to play a significant role in the days to come. He emphasised on developing softwares that can think like human beings. He concluded by saying that the ideas should result in a device and encouragement should be given to products that have social impact solutions.
In the afternoon, an in-depth discussion was held on the framework to develop a word class Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Sahyadri.
