International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education · 2023
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
Recipient of various national and international grants and awards from foundations and companies like EU Horizon 2020, UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Research Councils UK, MEITy, DST, Siemens, Intel, Mphasis, EMC, and Gooru. Author of books 'The Power Law of Information: Life in a Connected World' and 'Theory of Being: Systems Science from a traditional Indian perspective'.
Research Experience
Participated in several initiatives for technology-enhanced education including the Edusat program by the Vishveshwaraiah Technological University, The National Programme for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), a Switzerland-based online MBA school called Educatis, and IIITB’s educational outreach program with Upgrad. Served on various technical and organizational committees for international conferences like ICWSM, ACM Hypertext, COMAD/CoDS, ODBASE, BDA, ACM Web Science, etc. Served on the Board of Studies of Goa University, Christ University, and as a member of the Academic Council of the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore. Served as a technical reviewer for journals like the VLDB journal, ACM Computing Surveys, Springer AI Ethics, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. Served as an Associate Editor of the journal Sadhana from the Indian Academy of Sciences. Led the AI initiative for the “Karnataka Data Lake” project by the Planning Dept of the Govt of Karnataka, to promote data and evidence-based planning and decision-making.
Education
Ph.D. (magna cum laude) from the Berlin Brandenburg Graduate School for Distributed Information Systems (GkVI), Germany; M.S. (by Research) from Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IITM); B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from The National Institute of Engineering (NIE) Mysore, India.
Background
Research Interests: Web Science, understanding how the WWW is affecting humanity and how the web can enable social empowerment and capability building. Professional Field: Technology-enhanced education.
Miscellany
Personal Interests: Complex systems theory, sustainability and resilience, the capability of a system of being.