Venu Govindaraju
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Venu Govindaraju | |
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Vice President for Research and Economic Development University at Buffalo | |
Personal details | |
Born | Vijayawada, India | June 17, 1964
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur University at Buffalo, The State University of New York |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science and engineering Pattern recognition Machine learning Hand writing recognition Biometrics |
Institutions | University at Buffalo |
Doctoral students | 35 |
Venu Govindaraju (born June 17, 1964) is an Indian-American who has conducted research in the fields of Document Image Analysis and Biometrics. He has now shifted from research to administration and presently serves as the Vice President for Research and Economic Development.[1][2] He was previously named a SUNY Distinguished Professor[3] of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Education an career
Govindaraju's entire graduate education and career has been at the University at Buffalo. He received his undergraduate degree with honors (BTech) in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India in 1986 and his Master's and PhD[4] degrees in Computer Science in 1988 and 1992 from the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Awards
Govindaraju is a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery,[5] the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers),[6] the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science),[7] the IAPR (International Association for Pattern Recognition),[8] and the SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics).[9]
He is the recipient of the 2001 International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition Young Investigator award,[10] the 2004 MIT Global Indus Technovator Award,[11] the 2010 IEEE Technical Achievement Award,[12] the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Distinguished Alumnus Award (2014), and the 2015 IAPR/ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award.[13] He was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2015.[14]
Research career
Govindaraju was the founding director of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) and has remained Director of CUBS since its inception in 2003.[15]
References
- ^ "Venu Govindaraju, Ph.D." University at Buffalo. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Cory Nealon (11 January 2016). "Govindaraju named VP for research and economic development". University at Bufallo. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ Ellen Goldbaum (18 November 2018). "Govindaraju named SUNY Distinguished Professor - University at Buffalo". www.buffalo.edu. University at Bufallo. Retrieved 4 Janaury 2020.
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value (help) - ^ "AAAS Fellow" (PDF). American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "IAPR Fellows". International Association for Pattern Recognition. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "SPIE Fellow". SPIE. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "IAPR Awards". International Association for Pattern Recognition. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Global Indus Technovator Awards". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Venu Govindaraju". IEEE Computer Society. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Venu Govindaraju Honored for Groundbreaking Research". India West. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "National Academy of Inventors Announces 2015 NAI Fellows". www.prnewswire.com. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Venu Govindaraju". University at Bufallo. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
External links
- Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors
- Venu Govindaraju publications indexed by Google Scholar
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Indian academics
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur alumni
- University at Buffalo faculty
- Fellows of SPIE
- Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery
- Fellows of the International Association for Pattern Recognition
- Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
- Fellow Members of the IEEE
- People from Vijayawada