PROF. S. S. IYENGAR, PH.D.

Dr. S.S Iyengar is currently working as a distinguished University Professor at Ryder Professor of Computer Science. He was former Director of the Knight Foundation School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU), Miami. He is also the Founding Director of Discovery Lab.

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Meet Dr. S S Iyengar

Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar is an Indian-born American computer scientist and the Distinguished University Professor, Ryder Professor, and Director of Computer Science at Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA. He is the Founding Director of the Discovery Lab and Director of the US Army-funded Center of Excellence in Digital Forensics at Florida International University, Miami. He is also the Distinguished Chaired Professor (Hon.) at National Forensics Sciences University, Gandhinagar, India.

Dr. S S Iyengar has been involved with research and education in high-performance intelligent systems, Data Science and Machine Learning Algorithms, Sensor Fusion, Data Mining, and Intelligent Systems. Since receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1974 from MSU, USA, he has directed over 66 Ph.D. students, 100 Master’s students, and many undergraduate students who are now faculty at Major Universities worldwide or Scientists or Engineers at National Labs/Industries around the world. He has published more than 600 research papers and has authored/co-authored and edited 26 books.

During the last thirty years, Dr. Iyengar has brought in over 65 million dollars for research and education. More recently in Spring 2021, Dr. Iyengar in collaboration with HBCUs was awarded $2.25 M in funding for setting up a Digital Forensics Center of Excellence over a period of 5 years (2021-2026).

Dr. S S Iyengar’s Story

1947
S S Iyengar is born
S. Sitharama Iyengar was born in Hemmige, a village along the side of the Kaveri River in Karnataka, India, as a fourth child to S.N Sundaraja Iyengar and S. Mahalakshmi.
From mid 1960s to Early 1970s
Career growth
Professor Iyengar graduated from the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) in India with a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, then a Ph.D. in engineering from Mississippi State University in the United States in 1974.
In 1974
The Love and The Marriage
One of the most momentous incidents in his life was his marriage to Chi. Sow. Manorama, daughter of Smt. and Sri Koratikere Doddamane Alasingachart was a traditional Hindu marriage that was solemnized on Friday the 30th of August, 1974. With blessings of his Great grandfather Krishna Iyengar.
1977 - 1987
As an Associate Professor…
Iyengar began his teaching career at Jackson State University as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science (1974-1977). Later, he became an Associate Professor and served at Jackson State University for three more years. The same pattern was followed at Louisiana University, where he started as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor within three years.
1994
Internation Recognition
S.S. Iyengar has been named a 1994 IEEE Fellow Award Recipient for his contributions to Robotics and Image Processing. IEEE recognized the research contributions of Professor Iyengar's efforts over 20 years in algorithms, data structures, and computational aspects of robotics.
1996
Brooks-Iyengar algorithm
Co-invented the Brooks-Iyengar algorithm with Dr. Brooks, for noise-tolerant distributed control which bridges the gap between sensor fusion and Byzantine fault tolerance, providing an optimal solution to the fault-event disambiguation problem in sensor networks,
2002
Made an impact in industrial application/research
Co-inventor of a novel, paradigm-shifting method for grid coverage of surveillance and target location in distributed sensor network. Iyengar’s work has had a significant impact in industrial applications/ research, and continuing scientific research. New applications from industrial research are ongoing, each resulting in millions of dollars of market growth.
In the Mid-2000s
Professorship from Home & Abroad
From Aug 2006 - Jul 2007, Visiting Chaired Professorship, Dept. of Computer and Communication Engg., Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan. And appointed as a visiting Homi Bhabha Distinguished Professor at Indira Gandhi Center of Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India.
2009
Founding IMEF along with Mrs. Manorama Iyengar
IMEF foundation was inaugurated on 25th and 26th December 2009 at Soladevanahal in PVV Farms, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. The foundation inauguration took in the presence of former Karnataka Police Commission Shankar Bidari and Dr. Kaarthkian, Former Karnataka CBI Director.
2010
Added another milestone to the list
Co-invented the Cognitive Information Processing Shell, a complex event processing architecture and engine which recognizes and responds to complex patterns in mission-critical, real-time applications. Dr. Iyengar’s Team at LSU extended this framework with novel deep-learning frameworks and beam search. It became the basis of the DeepDrug pipeline for drug discovery.
2011
Arriving at FIU
Started as a Ryder Professor & Director, at the School of Computing and Information Sciences (SCIS), at Florida International University, on August 2011.
2012
Lifetime achievement award
Dr. Iyengar Lifetime Achievement Award Conferred by ISAM(International Society of Agile Manufacturing ) IIT-Banaras Hindu University for his lifelong contribution to the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, December 17, 2012.
2017
Biomedical Engineering and Medicine

Dr. Ram Iyengar has been elected to the 2017 Class of the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, for his contribution and research on Computational Measures for Predicting DNA Mutation, Precise radiotherapy treatment of lung tumors, and Early Glaucoma Detection.


Initiating NIAS-MaiYa Prodigy Fellowship

NIAS Maiya Prodigy Fellowship program mission is in search of the next Srinivasa Iyengar Ramanujan. This mission began in the presence of Dr. C.N.R. Rao, Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar, Dr. Baldev Raj, Former Chairman, NIAS; Dr.S.S.Iyengar, and Dr. A.H. Rama Rao, Chairman, National College.

2018
Distinguished Professor at FIU
Seven years later, in 2018, Dr. Iyengar became the Distinguished University Professor at FIU.
2022
At NFSU
Dr. Iyengar became the Distinguished Professor at NFSU and received Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the field of Digital Forensics, on November 8, 2022, during the 7th INTERPOL DIGITAL FORENSICS EXPERT GROUP (DFEG) MEETING at NFSU Gujarat.
2023
HONORARY DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE at Poznan
Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poznan, Poland, will be bestowing an Honorary Doctorate of Science to Dr. S. S. Iyengar, and the formal conferral of the honorary degree will take place at Poznan University of Technology in Poland on May 25, 2023.