K. Thulasiraman

Biography

Dr. Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman is professor and the Hitachi Chair in Computer Science at the University of Oklahoma. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering, Guindy (now Anna University, Chennai), India and the PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Prior to joining OU in 1994 he had served on the faculty at Concordia University , Montreal, Canada and the IIT Madras. Dr. Thulasiraman has held visiting positions at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Chuo University, Tokyo and the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He has published extensively in archival journals and co-authored two books on graph theory and algorithms. Dr. Thulasiraman has performed more than $2M funded research and has participated in inter-university collaborative projects totaling more than $3M.

Research Interest

Applied graph theory, combinatorial optimization and algorithms emphasizing applications in a broad spectrum of areas ranging from classical circuit theory to modern areas such as optical networks, fault diagnosis, testing and tolerance etc.