Dr. Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan

Position

Director, National Science Foundation

Department

National Science Foundation

Research Profile

In June, 2020, Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan was appointed by U.S. President Donald Trump as Director of the National Science Foundation. Panch previously spent more than 20 years in leadership positions at Arizona State University, including service as Executive Vice President of ASU’s Knowledge Enterprise and Chief Research and Technology Officer for ASU. He is officially on an extended leave of absence from the university as he devotes his time to advancing the U.S. science and technology agenda on a national and global scale.

Publications

Note-Taker: Enabling Students who are Legally Blind to Take Notes in Class

D. Hayden, D. Colbry, J. Black, S. Panchanathan,

2008

Human-Centered Machine Learning in a Social Interaction Assistant for Individuals with Visual Impairments

V. Balasubramanian, S. Chakraborty, Krishna S, S. Panchanathan,

2009

Perceptual surface roughness classification of 3D textures using support vector machines

T. McDaniel, K. Kahol, S. Panchanathan,

2007

Person-Independent Head Pose Estimation using Biased Manifold Embedding

V.N. Balasubramanian, Krishna S, S. Panchanathan,

2007

Document Image Dewarping Based on Line Estimation for Visually Impaired,

P. Kakumanu, N. Bourbakis, J. Black, Panchanathan S,

2006

Projects

Tactics

While technologies such as screen-readers and refreshable Braille displays exist to allow individuals who are blind access to textual information, there is still a lack of devices that can automatically convey pictorial content to an individual who is blind. A rough…

VibroGlove

The VibroGlove is a novel interface for enhancing human-human interpersonal interactions. Specifically, the device is targeted as an assistive aid to deliver the facial expressions of an interaction partner to people who are blind or visually impaired. (This device is…