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

Enabling the Legally Blind in Classroom Note-Taking

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

2008

Learning and Perceiving Colors Haptically

K. Kahol, J. French, L. Bratton, S. Panchanathan,

2006

A Methodology to Establish Ground Truth for Computer Vision Algorithms to Estimate Haptic Features from Visual Images

T. McDaniel, K. Kahol, P. Tripathi, D.P. Smith, L. Bratton, R. Atreya, S. Panchanathan,

2005

A Wearable Face Recognition System for Individuals with Visual Impairments

S. Krishna, G. Little, J. Black, S. Panchanathan,

2005

A Systematic Requirements Analysis and Development of an Assistive Device to Enhance the Social Interaction of People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired

S. Krishna, D. Colbry, J. Black, V. Balasubramanian, S. Panchanathan,

2008