Venu Govindaraju, computer engineer, educator. Achievements include patents in field. Recipient International Business Machines Corporation Faculty award, International Business Machines Corporation TJ Watson Research Center, New York, 2003-2004, Global Indus Technovator award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Indian Business Club., 2004.
Education
Bachelor in Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1986. Master of Science in Computer Science, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1988. Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1992.
Career
Graduate assistant department computer science State University of New York, Buffalo, 1986—1991, research scientist Center Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition, 1991—2000, research assistant professor department computer science, 1992—1997, member graduate faculty, since 1996, research associate professor, 1998—2000, associate professor department computer science and engineering, 2000—2002, professor, since 2002. Associate director Center Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1995, director Center Unified Biometrics and Sensors, since 2003.
Membership
Fellow: Institute Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, International Association Pattern Recognition, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Member: Association Computing Machinery, International Graphonomics Society (board member since 1999).