Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar

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Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar
Born	(1947-08-26) 26 August 1947 Hemmige, India
Citizenship	American
Known for	Brooks-Iyengar algorithm, Song (KAIST) - Iyengar (LSU) MobiCon Middleware Computing Platform, Lu-Wu-Iyengar New Detection Algorithm for Spectrum Sensing
Scientific career
Fields	Distributed Sensor Networks, Robotics
Institutions	[Life Fellow of Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) Fellow of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow of American Association of Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences IEEE Golden Core Member Fellow of Society of Design and Process Science (SDPS) IEEE Computer Society Research Technical Achievement Award Founding Editor of International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Honorary Doctorates from universities in China, India and others Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EAS) IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement (Research) National Award for Outstanding Contribution to Algorithms in Robotics Williams Evans Fellowship, University of Otago, New Zeland Distinguished Research Master Award, University Medalist 1999 H.M. Hub Cotton Award for Faculty Excellence LSU Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award of Excellence LSU College of Basic Science Tiger Athletic Foundation Award The Association of Scientist and Developers and Faculty Award Distinguished Research Award from Xiamen University World’s Best Technology Showcase Award Test of Time Research Award by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IBM distinguished Faculty award Mahatma Gandhi Pradavasi Samman Gold Medal IEEE Intelligence and Security Informatics Research Laboratory Leadership Award National Council of Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educators Award, Florida Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Sensors IEEE society Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Sensors IEEE society, Bangalore awarded By Dr.Naryana Murthy, Founder, Infosys, December Lifetime achievement award for outstanding contribution to engineering, science and leadership in education, International Conference on Agile Manufacturing, Banaras Hindu University The association of Scientist and Developers and Faculty Award Homi Bhaba Professor Award, ICRAR The Jawaharlal Nehru Chaired Professorship Award, Hyderabad University Eminent Engineer Award by Institute of Engineers Lifetime achievement award by International Society of Agile Manufacturing, IIT, Varanasi Ramamurthy Lifetime Award, National Council of Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator’s Award TIMES Network ICC NRI of the Year Award- Prestigious Global Indian Sir M.Visvesvaraya Global Leadership Award for Excellency in Environmental-Social Work Education and Health Satish Dhawan Chaired Professorship Award, IISc Distinguished Alumnus Award of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India ]

Professor Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar (S. S. Iyengar) is a computer scientist and the Distinguished University Professor, Ryder Professor and Director of Computer Science at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. He also founded and directs the Robotics Research Laboratory at Louisiana State University (LSU). He has been a Visiting Professor or Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Naval Research Laboratory, and has been awarded the Satish Dhawan Visiting Chaired Professorship at the Indian Institute of Science, the Homi Bhaba Visiting Chaired Professor (IGCAR), and a professorship at the University of Paris (Sorbonne).

Personal life

S. Sitharama Iyengar was born on 26 August 1947 in Hemmige, a village along the side of Kaveri River situated about 7 kilometers from Tirumakudal Narsipur in Karnataka. S. S. Iyengar's father, Shri S.N. Sundaraj Iyengar worked as a Divisional Accountant in the Mysore State Electricity Board, and later moved to Bangalore in 1949. S. S. Iyengar's mother is Smt. S. Mahalakshmi.

Education

Professor Iyengar graduated from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) in India with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, and M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, then a Ph.D. in Engineering from Mississippi State University in the United States in 1974. He was a faculty fellow at JPL-CalTech and ASEE faculty fellow at Oak Ridge national Lab. He joined the Computer Science Department as one of the only five faculty members at Louisiana State University. Soon after, he became the department chair and had stayed at the position for 22 years. Meanwhile, Professor Iyengar was very active to collaborate for any research topic with colleagues all over the world.

Research

Professor Iyengar has been a PI/Co-PI on many NSF, DARPA, and MURI funded projects and has been an active participant in numerous government sponsored studies. He has chaired many international conferences on Distributed Sensor Networks and served on many programming committees on sensor networks around the world. Professor Iyengar has published over 600 research papers in journals and conferences and he has authored, co-authored or edited over 22 books published in MIT Press, John Wiley, Prentice Hall, IEEE Computer Society Press, etc. These publications have been used in major universities all over the world. He has won many Best-Paper Awards sponsored by international conferences and his research publications are on data structures, robotics, parallel computing, and sensor networks. Professor Iyengar has graduated over 55 Ph.D. students, 100 Master's students, many undergraduate students, and large numbers of post-doctoral fellows at various institutions in the world who are now faculty at Major Universities worldwide or scientists or engineers at National Labs / Industries around the world.

Publications

• Kianoosh G. Boroojeni, S. S. Iyengar, "Smart Grids: Security and Privacy Issues", Springer Verlag, pp. 113, 2016.
• Buke Ao, Yongcai Wang, Lu Yu, Richard Brooks, S. S. Iyengar, "On Precision Bound of Distributed Fault-Tolerant Sensor Fusion Algorithms". ACM Comput. Surv. 49 (1): 5:1–5:23. May 2016.
• S. S. Iyengar, Kianoosh G. Boroojeni, "Oblivious Network Routing: Algorithms and Applications", MIT Press, pp 200, March 2015.
• S. S. Iyengar, Kianoosh G. Boroojeni, N. Balakrishnan, "Mathematical Theories of Distributed Sensor Networks", Springer, pp 240, December 2014.
• S. S. Iyengar, S. Mukhopadhyay, C. Steinmuller, and X. Li "Preventing Future Oil Spills with Software-Based event Detection", IEEE Computer, pp: 76-78, August 2010.

Awards

Professor Iyengar is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, a Life Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery(ACM), a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), a Fellow of the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS), a Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE), a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from ISAM-IIT (BHU). He was awarded the Satish Dhawan Chaired Professorship at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), then Roy Paul Daniels Professorship at LSU. He has received the Distinguished Alumnus Award of the Indian Institute of Science. In 1998, he was awarded the IEEE Computer Society's Technical Achievement Award for the contributions to sensor fusion algorithms, and parallel algorithms and is an IEEE Golden Core Member. He also receied the IBM Distinguished Faculty Award, NASA Fellowship Summer Awards at Oakridge National Lab and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is a Village Fellow of the Academy of Transdisciplinary Learning and Advanced Studies in Austin, Texas, 2010.

Brooks Iyengar algorithm was developed in 1996 has proved to be a defining paradigm for his research which has won major awards and has a global impact for generations to come. A case in point is a Test of Time research award was given to Dr. Iyengar in Atlanta recently and is considered to be a benchmark for technology transition in the field of application. This considered to be highest research award by IEEE society in recognition to BI research and its impact on billions of computer and internet users around the world. For this major contribution and for others he is been well recognised for his scientific achievement by fellow of many professional organisation such as IEEE, ACM, American association of advancement of science.

Award Certificate

Professor Iyengar is an IEEE Distinguished Visitor, SIAM Distinguished Lecturer, and ACM National Lecturer. He has also been awarded honorary Doctorate of Science and Engineering from institutions around the world. He serves on the advisory board of many corporations and universities. Dr. Iyengar received Distinguished Faculty Research Award, from Department of Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS.

• NAI Award
  NAI Award
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  Rain Makers Distinguished Award (LSU)
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  NRI Mahatma Gandhi Award, House of Lords, London
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  AIMBE
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  With Professor John Hopcroft
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  Distinguished Alumnus Award at IISc, Bangalore

External

• Dr. Iyengar's web page, Florida International University, USA
• Dr. Iyengar's web page, Louisiana State University, USA
• Sundararaja Sitharama Iyengar publications indexed by Google Scholar
• S. Sitharama Iyengar at DBLP Bibliography Server