Ph.D. in Computer Science, Purdue University (1987)
M.S. in Computer Science, Purdue University (1985)
M.Tech in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1982)
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1980)
Ravi Janardan joined the Department of Computer Science & Engineering in 1987 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to full professor in 1998 and served as Associate Head of the Department from 2000-05. Janardan conducts research on the theoretical and applied aspects of geometric computing. His collaborative research on digital dentistry resulted in a University Innovations Award (2012). His excellence in teaching was recognized by an Outstanding Instructor Award (1989) and by the George W. Taylor/CSE Alumni Society Award for Distinguished Teaching (2015).
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Janardan's research interests center around the design and analysis of efficient algorithms for representing, reasoning about, and manipulating large numbers of discrete geometric entities (e.g., points, line-segments, polygons, and polytopes) that have spatiotemporal attributes. Questions of interest concern intersection, containment, proximity, similarity, spread, shape, etc., and are motivated by applications in domains as diverse as computer-aided design and manufacture, bio-medical modeling and simulation, location-based services, and machine learning.
Research Division
Computing Foundations
Current Research
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Ph.D. Graduates
Jie Xue (2019); Rahul Saladi (2017); Yuan Li (2017); Akash Agrawal (2016); Yokesh Kumar (2012); Jieping Ye (2005); Ivaylo Ilinkin (2003); Jayanth Majhi (1998); Prosenjit Gupta (1995); Siu Wing Cheng (1992).
2015: George W. Taylor/CSE Alumni Society Award for Distinguished Teaching
1988: Science and Engineering Student Board - Best Professor Award
Selected Grants
II-New: Research Infrastructure for Big Spatial and Temp
Mokbel, M. F., Hecht, B. J., Janardan, R. & Shekhar, S.; National Science Foundation; 7/1/15 - 6/30/20.