Sethuraman Panchanathan

Sethuraman Panchanathan (born June 24, 1961) is Executive Vice President, ASU Knowledge Enterprise and Chief Research and Innovation Officer at Arizona State University (ASU). He is also Director of the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC), Foundation Chair of Computing and Informatics at ASU and Professor in ASU’s School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE), part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.[1] On June 13, 2014 he was nominated by President Barack Obama as a member of the National Science Board of National Science Foundation.[2]


Education

He attended the Vivekananda College (University of Madras), graduating in 1981 with a B.Sc. in Physics. Subsequently, in 1984, he earned a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. In 1986, he completed his M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He later enrolled in the doctoral program at the University of Ottawa, Canada. and received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1989.[3]

Personal life

Panchanathan is married to Sarada “Soumya” Panchanathan, who is a clinical pediatrician at the Maricopa County Hospital,[4] and is also a part-time faculty, teaching informatics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix Campus, and biomedical informatics at ASU.[4] Together they have two children, Amritha, born Dec. of 1991, and Roshan, born May 1994.[1] Panchanathan is a Hindu and a vegetarian.

Career

Panchanathan moved to Arizona in 1997 as a tenured associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at ASU.[5] In 2001, he was promoted to full professor and founded the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC),[6] which is focused on designing technologies and devices for assisting individuals with disabilities. He also founded and led the School of Computing and Informatics (2006-2009) and the Department of Biomedical Informatics (2005-2007).[6] Panchanathan was appointed as the university Chief Research Officer in 2009, where he was responsible for conceptualizing and building large interdisciplinary initiatives at ASU.[7] In 2011, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of ASU’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, for the advancement of research, entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development activities.[8] In 2016, Panchanathan was promoted to Executive Vice President, ASU Knowledge Enterprise and Chief Research and Innovation Officer at ASU.

Research interests

His research interests include Human-centered Multimedia Computing (HCMC),[9] assistive and rehabilitative technologies,[10] haptic user interfaces, face/gait analysis and recognition, medical image processing, media processor designs and ubiquitous computing environments for enhancing quality of life for individuals with disabilities.[11] His research contributions have been disseminated in over 425 papers in various refereed journals and conferences.[12] He also mentored over 100 students and scholars, which include graduate students, post-docs, research engineers and research scientists.[13]

Awards

Works

References

  1. 1 2 "Executive profile: Sethuraman Panchanathan of ASU - Phoenix Business Journal". Bizjournals.com. 6 January 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  2. "Obama names IITian Sethuraman Panchanathan to Science Foundation board". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  3. "Program Chair | Internet and Multimedia Systems and Applications | August 17 – 19, 2009 | Honolulu, Hawaii, USA". IASTED. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  4. 1 2 "Soumya Panchanathan (Maricopa Integrated Health System) | Biomedical Informatics". Bmi.asu.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  5. "Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan | ASU News". Asunews.asu.edu. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  6. 1 2 "Fourth International Conference on Digital Information Management ICDIM 2009". Icdim.org. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  7. "Panchanathan to facilitate ASU research opportunities | ASU News". Asunews.asu.edu. 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  8. "Panchanathan named senior vice president for Knowledge Enterprise Development | ASU News". Asunews.asu.edu. 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  9. Panchanathan, Sethuraman (2013-03-19). "What comes after the computer chip? Better brain-computer interfaces". Slate.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  10. "ASU team uses computer science to aid lives of the disabled". Azcentral.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  11. "Mayo Clinic/ASU Collaboration Announcement Bios | ASU News". Asunews.asu.edu. 2002-07-01. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  12. "Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan Speaking at the One Globe 2013 Conference". YouTube. 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  13. "Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan | ASU News". Asunews.asu.edu. 2011-11-14. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  14. "Sethuraman Panchanathan, Ph.D. - Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium". Azalz.org. 2013-08-13. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  15. "Team Note-Taker presents at Imagine Cup 2011". Tom On Tech. 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
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