Dr. M. R. Kaimal

Biography

Dr. Ramachandran Kaimal currently serves as Professor at the Department of Computer Science at Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri. Dr. Kaimal earned his Ph. D. in 1978 from the Mehta Research Institute, now known as the Harish Chandra Institute in Allahabad under the guidance of (Late) Padmabhushan Prof. P. L. Bhatnagar and Prof. Phoolan Prasad. During the years 1981-1984, he served as Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Maryland in USA. He was Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science during the period March 1987 - April 2009. Dr. Kaimal also served as Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at the University of Kerala during the periods 1993-1995 and 2004-2006. In August 2008, he served as Visiting Scientist at the Mobile Intelligent and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Unit, CSIR in South Africa. He has worked on a major ISRO-funded research project titled Development of Methodologies based on Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetic Algorithms for Modelling and Control of Systems. Dr. Kaimal has over 30 years of teaching and research experience. In his illustrious career, he has published about 60 papers in top journals including the Journal of Math, Imaging and Vision, Computer Journal, IEEE Signal Proc. Letters, International Journal of Engineering Science, Transactions of ASME, IEEE Transactions, Fuzzy Systems, Sadhana and Foundations of Computer Science. Dr. Kaimal's current research focuses on Artificial Intelligence and its applications to Image Processing and Knowledge Discovery. Other areas of interest include Machine Learning Algorithms, Pattern Recognition, Data Compression and Coding Algorithms. Dr. Kaimal has successfully guided 13 Ph.D.s in Computer Science and 1 Ph.D. in Mathematics. In addition he has overseen the theses work of nearly 40 M.Tech. students and several M.Phil. students.

Research Interest

Artificial Intelligence, Image Processing, Machine Learning Algorithms, Pattern Recognition, Data Compression & Coding Algorithms Related