Prof. N Balakrishnan
Professor & Chairman
Division of Information Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, India
&
Professor
School of Computer Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, USA
balki@serc.iisc.ernet.in

Prof. Balakrishnan is currently Professor at the Department of Aerospace Engineering and at the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre and Chairman of the Division of Information Sciences, IISc (Indian Institute of Science). He was the Chairman of Supercomputer Education and Research Centre till November 2001. His major research interest areas include Computational Electromagnetics, Multi Parametric Radars, and Signal Coding. Prof. Balakrishnan is responsible for the creation of the Centre for Microprocessor Applications, the National Centre for Science Information, and the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre at the IISc. He is recipient of Padmashree awarded by the President of India, 2002; Alumni Award for excellence in Research for Science & Engineering by IISc 2001, J C Bose Memorial Award for the best paper in 1987 and again in 2000 and many more. He has to his credit over 150 publications published in international journals as well as presented at international conferences.