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The key research areas identified by our department are Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics & Data Mining, Semantic Web Services, Speech Technology, Image Processing & Video Analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing and VLSI & Embedded Systems.
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Out of 30 faculty members, 28 are Ph.D holders and 2 are pursuing Ph.D.
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The department is a recognized Nodal Research Centre of Anna University Chennai since 2011, for pursuing Ph.D and M.S degree programmes. 53 scholars have registered for Ph.D. under 12 recognized supervisors and 30 Ph.Ds have been awarded so far.
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Actively engaged in research in diverse fields, having received funded projects with a cumulative grant of 2.9 crore, sponsored by DST, DeITY, DRDO, BRNS, AICTE, Murasu Systems Sdn Bhd-Malaysia, TNSCST, Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA) and SSN Trust.
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The faculty and students have published 700 research papers in reputed journals and conferences.
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The faculty members are encouraged to participate in the Faculty Development Programs (FDPs), Summer/Winter School Programmes, Workshops, Hands on Training Programs, Seminars and Conferences (National/International) arranged by other Institutions in India/abroad and leading software industries in their own research area as a step towards strengthening their domain knowledge.
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Dr. Srinivasan, Prof/IT has received a grant of Rs. 32.49 lakhs from Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS) for the project titled “Radiation Resilient RF Receiver Front End Components Through SiGe BiCMOS: Design and Validation”.
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Dr. S. Chithra, ASP/IT, Dr. N. Bhalaji, ASP/IT and Dr. S. Karthika, ASP/IT have received a grant of 4.1 lakhs from Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) for the project titled “Assistive Technology for Parkinson and Alzheimer Disease (PAD) affected people”.
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Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 25 lakhs from Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA) for the project titled “Speech Assistive Aids for Visually-Challenged People”.
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Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 76.6 lakhs from Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Development of TEXT to SPEECH SYSTEM in Indian Languages – High quality text to speech synthesis and small footprint TTS integrated with disability aids”.
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Dr. R. Srinivasan, Prof/IT has received a grant of Rs. 31.62 lakhs from Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, for the project titled “Study of Soft Errors in 65nm Gate Length CMOS SRAM and 30nm Gate Length FinFET, TunnelFET and Junction-less FET-based SRAMs Using TCAD Simulation”.
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Dr. R. Srinivasan, Prof/IT has received a grant of Rs. 21.8 lakhs from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Process variational study and performance analysis of nano-scale MOSFETs and FINFETs”.
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Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 13.72 lakhs from Department of Science & Technology (DST) – Technology Interventions For Disabled & Elderly (TIDE), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Speech-Input Speech-Output Communication Aid (SISOCA) for Speakers with Cerebral Palsy”
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Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 9.52 lakhs from Tamil Virtual Academy (TVA), Govt. of Tamilnadu for the project titled “Speech-Enabled Interactive Enquiry System in Tamil”.
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Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 9 lakhs from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. of India, for the project titled “An assessment and intelligibility modification system for dysarthric speakers”.
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Dr. T. Nagarajan, Prof & Head/IT has received a grant of Rs. 4 lakhs from Murasu Systems Sdn Bhd, Malaysia for the project titled “HMM-based Text-to-Speech Synthesis System for Malaysian Tamil”.
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Dr. P. Vasuki, Asso.Prof./IT has received a grant of Rs. 2.3 lakhs from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Govt. of India, for the project titled “Voice-enabled documentation and mailing systems in Indian languages”.
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Dr. G. Muneeswari, Asso.Prof./IT has received a “Travel Grant” of Rs. 10, 000/- from an External Funding Agency (Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS), Promoted by Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in Association with Scientific Agencies & Departments) for participating in an International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (AICS2015), held during October 2015, Penang, Malaysia.
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The department has received a total grant of Rs. 58.39 lakhs sanctioned by SSN Trust towards internally funded faculty research projects.
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The department has received a total grant of Rs.16.446 lakhs sanctioned by SSN Trust towards internally funded student projects.