Aravinda Sridhara Rao is a Research Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at The University of Melbourne. His primary research area are: Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Internet of Things (IoT).
Dr Rao joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2016. His research focuses on addressing the challenges associated with designing intelligent systems, harnessing the power machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to offer novel engineering solutions. His research focuses on designing AI algorithms for real-time applications while addressing computational needs.
Dr Rao has experience in designing computer vision algorithms to analyse crowd behaviour from surveillance videos. He has designed algorithms to detect suspicious people from videos and designed laser-based assistive device to help navigate vision-affected people, receiving widespread attention in the assistive devices space. Dr Rao has been the primary architect in designing and deploying IoT testbed to observe urban canopy cover in the City of Melbourne. He has also contributed to designing embedded systems and algorithms for several smart city applications, including urban noise monitoring and water quality management.
Dr Rao is a Member of IEEE organisation and Computer Vision Foundation. He serves as a reviewer in reputed international journals and as a technical program committee member in several conference programs.
Dr Rao received his bachelor’s in electronics and communication from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India; master’s in electronics and telecommunications from Deakin University, Australia; and PhD from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
More information about Dr Rao's academic activities are available on his personal web page (https://aravindasrao.net)
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Network Ten Allan Williamson Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Skills Award
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Positions
Research Fellow
Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Member
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
Graduate Student
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE)
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Master of Engineering (Professional)
Deakin University
Bachelor of Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University