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Dr. K. R. Sarath Chandran, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has around 15 years of teaching experience.

He received his Ph.D in the area of “power efficient architecture design for media processing” from Anna University, Chennai. He received his A.M.I.E (Computer Engineering) degree with first class from The Institution of Engineers (India) and obtained his Master’s degree with first class with distinction in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University.

He has guided various internally funded projects in Internet of Things, Reconfigurable computing, Machine Learning, Image Processing, System-on-Chip architectures, Energy efficient architecture designs, Embedded systems for video and image processing and Operating systems. He has published different papers in International/National journals and conferences. He has authored books in “Microprocessors and Microcontrollers” and “Digital Principles and System Design”.

He has organized Faculty Development Programs on “Recent Advances in Computer Architecture” and “Computer Organization and Architecture (Anna University Sponsored)”. He was one of the organizing secretaries of National Conference on Distributed Machine learning. He has organized National level workshops on “Multicore Computing and Programming” and “Embedded Software Development”. He has attended many workshops, seminars and quality improvement programmes in different areas like Computer Architecture, System-on-Chip Design and Embedded Systems. He was one of the convener of the sixth edition of International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Science (ICCIDS 2023).

He received Best Teacher awards of SSN Institutions for the year 2012-2013 and 2016-17.

Areas of Research

Internet of things, Reconfigurable computing, Machine Learning, Image Processing, System-on-Chip architectures, Energy efficient architecture designs, Embedded systems for video and image processing and Operating systems.

Selected Publications

1.  Chandran KS, Chandramani PV. Energy‐efficient system‐on‐chip reconfigurable architecture design for sum of absolute difference computation in motion estimation process of H. 265/HEVC video encoding. Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. 2022 Apr 10;34(8):e5461.
2. Chandran KS, Chandramani PV. Hardware-software co-design framework for sum of absolute difference based block matching in motion estimation. Microprocessors and Microsystems. 2020 Apr 1;74:103012.
3. Jansi Rani SV, Chandran KR, Ranganathan A, Chandrasekharan M, Janani B, Deepsheka G. Smart wearable model for predicting heart disease using machine learning. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 2022.
4. Balaji A, Ganesh S, Abishek Balaji T, Sarath Chandran KR. Shot Boundary Detection and Video Captioning Using Neural Networks. InDisruptive Technologies for Big Data and Cloud Applications 2022 (pp. 277-285). Springer, Singapore.
5. Roshni AA, Balaji J, Kaushik D, Chandran KR. Optimized Real Time Drowsy Driver Warning System Using Raspberry Pi. International Conference on Computer Networks and Inventive Communication Technologies 2019 May 23 (pp. 238-245). Springer, Cham.
6. Savitha S, Chandran KS. Energy Efficient Reconfigurable Architecture for Motion Estimation in Video Coding. Indian Journal of Science and Technology. 2016 Oct;9:39.

Funded Projects

Internal Funded Faculty Project

Title: Energy-aware multimedia processing in handheld devices through hardware reconfiguration

Funding Agency: SSN Trust

Amount: 4.38 lakh

Duration: 2016-19

Internal Funded Student Projects

2022-23

AI based automatic trash scooper – Rs. 0.28 lakh

Remote power usage monitoring and conservation system for hostels in educational institutions – Rs. 0.25 lakh

BAFO : Bus assist for ophthalmologic individual – Rs 0.21 lakh

Smart Suit : A suit for frontline mine worker – Rs. 0.20 lakh

Assistive glasses for visually impaired people- Rs. 0.25 lakh

2021-22

IoT-Enabled locker system with App intervention for smart campus – Rs. 0.15 lakh

QR code based smart trolley system for shopping malls – Rs. 0.09 lakh

Smart TV add-on system for child eye safety – Rs 0.20 lakh

2019-20

Advanced security system integrated with intelligent transportation systems – Rs. 0.20 lakh

Driver assistance system – Rs. 0.17 lakh

2018-19

Virtual fashion mirror – Rs. 0.23 lakh

Automated residential control system for disabled people using sensors and mobile application – Rs. 0.15 lakh

Face recognition door – Rs. 0.20 lakh

2017-18

Automated waste segregator – Rs. 0.16 lakh

Home automation with IOT using speech recognition – Rs. 0.07 lakh

Intelligent traffic control system using RFID and GSM – Rs. 0.16 lakh

2016-17

High Speed Package Delivery BOT using Arduino, GSM Communication and GPS Interfacing – Rs. 0. 15 lakh

Travel Guide Application using Augmented Reality – Rs. 0.06 lakh

Automated Appliances for Energy Conservation by Reducing Vampire Energy – Rs. 0.22 lakh

2015-16

Power Consumption monitoring and temperature regulation system for power saving – Rs. 0.27 lakh

2014-15

Performance Enhancement of CPU Intensive Applications on Raspberry Pi – Rs. 0.15 lakh

Virtual Reality Car Simulator with Gesture and Touch Input – Rs. 0.12 lakh

Professional Bodies

ACM, Institute of Engineers (India), IEEE, ISTE and CSI.

Google Scholar :

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=0TY9XfIAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

LinkedIn :

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-k-r-sarath-chandran-b0b7b468/