Venkatakrishnan Venkatakrishnan

Prof. VL Narasimhan presently serves as the Patterson Endowed Professor at Elizabeth City State University, NC, USA.  Over the past, he has served as Senior Professor & Consultant Director to KalTec, Kalasalingam University, India. He was also a Senior Vice-President, Srikar & Associates International Inc. (non-profit), USA, and the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Ms. Gill LLC, California, USA. He has published over 480 papers in the areas of Data Science, AI, Software Engineering, Information security and Information Engineering and Distributed Systems.  In particular, his research interests are in Modern Teaching & Learning (PBL, mMRM, SLP & others), AI, Data Science, parallel and distributed computing, software testing, software process, asset management systems and Standards, and information management & fusion and their extensive case studies and performance evaluations therein.  His papers have appeared in such archival journals as the various IEEE Transactions and IEE Proceedings. He has also been the technical chair of nine international conferences and has been on the technical panel of over 90 leading International Conferences.  Lakshmi has won competitive research funding to the tune of US$9 million. He has consulted a number of industries and educational institutions on various IT and Software Engineering projects, including Boeing Aerospace and Department of Defense, USA & Australia. Prof. Narasimhan is a Senior Member of the IEEE & ACM, Fellow of ACS, IEAust and IEE (UK). He is a Technical Member of various Standards bodies such as, ISO, ANSI and IEEE. Narasimhan is an IEEE Distinguished Visitor, an ACM Distinguished Speaker and a Commissioner in ABET (USA).