People : Faculty
Professor
School of Computing and Informatics
Deputy Vice President of Research and Economic Affairs
Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Affairs
Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan is responsible for conceptualizing, promoting and implementing strategic research initiatives at Arizona State University (ASU). He oversees the strategic investment of TRIF/Proposition 301 funds, the indirect cost return funds and the Promoting Research Identification, Development and Execution (PRIDE) team. He is a foundation chair in Computing and Informatics in the School of Computing and Informatics and the director of the Research Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CubiC) at ASU. He is also an associate professor in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix in partnership with ASU, and an affiliate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Panch's research interests are in the areas of Human-centered Multimedia Computing; Content-based and Compressed Domain Indexing and Retrieval of Images and Video; Multimedia Communication; Face/Gait Analysis and Recognition; Haptic User Interfaces; Confidence Measures for Medical Decisions; Medical Image Processing; Genomic Signal Processing; Media Processor Designs and Ubiquitous Computing Environments for Individuals with Disabilities. CUbiC's flagship project CARES designs diagnostic rehabilitative assistive technologies for individuals with physical, cognitive and neural impediments. The flagship iCARE project for individuals who are blind and visually impaired won the Governor's Innovator of the Year-Academia Award in November 2004. Panch has published over 300 papers in refereed journals and conferences and has mentored over 100 graduate students, post-docs, research engineers and research scientists who occupy leading positions in academia and industry.
Panch was the founding director of the School of Computing and Informatics and instrumental in founding the Biomedical Informatics Department at ASU. He was also the chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He was a member of the Electronic Health Steering Committee appointed by the Governor of Arizona. He is the editor-in-chief of IEEE Multimedia Magazine and associate editor of seven other journals. He has been a chair of many conferences, program committee member and organizer of special sessions in several conferences, invited speaker and panel member in conferences, universities and industry. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Society of Optical Engineering (SPIE).
Education
Ph.D - University of Ottawa, Canada 1989
M.Tech Electrical Engineering - Indian Institute of Tecnology 0
B.E. Electronics and Communication Engineering - Indian Institute of Science 0
Contact Info
Email: panch@asu.edu
Website: http://ovprea.asu.edu
Research/Areas of Expertise
- Multimedia computing
- Face/Gait analysis and recognition
- Genomic signal processing
- Ubiquitous computing environments for blind persons
- Haptic user interfaces for assistive rehabilitative and virtual surgery applications
Research Center Involvement
- Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC)
- Consortium for Embedded Systems
- Institute for Computing and Information Science and Engineering (InCISE)
- Information Assurance Center
Courses Taught
- CSE 420 Computer Architecture I
- CSE 509 Digital Video Processing
- CSE 526 Parallel Processing
Honors and Distinctions
- Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2001
- Fellow, Society for Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 1999
- Innovator of the Year for Academia, Govenor's Celebration of Innovation Awards, iCARE Research, Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing, 2004
- Academic Collaboration Award, Disability Resources for Students, ASU, 2004
- Ford Fellow, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, ASU 2000-2001
- Editor-in-chief, IEEE Multimedia, 2006 to present
Selected Publications
K. Kahol, S. Panchanathan, "Neurocognitively Inspired Haptic User Interfaces," Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 2007.
O. Lotfallah and S. Panchanathan, "Network performance analysis of advanced video coding schemes", Journal of Visual Communication & Image Representation, 17 (2006), pp. 467-489.
O. Lotfallah, M. Reisslein, and S. Panchanathan, "Adaptive Video Transmission Schemes Using Mpeg-7 Motion Intensity Descriptor", IEEE Trans. On Circuit and Systems for video Technology, Vol. 16, Number 8, pp. 929-946, August 2006.
K. Kahol, P. Tripathi, T. McDaniel, L. Bratton, S. Panchanathan, "Modeling Context in Haptic Perception, Rendering and Visualization," ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications. Vol. V, No. N, pp. 1-26, May 2006.
K Kahol, P Tripathi, S Panchanathan, "Documenting Motion Sequences: Development of a Personalized Annotation System", IEEE Multimedia Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp 37-45 January - March 2006.