Balakrishnan Prabhakaran

Doctor of Philosophy - Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai - 1995

Master of Science - Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai - 1990

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Communication
Madurai-Kamaraj University - 1986

Hui Li, Ming Li, and B. Prabhakaran, " On Supporting High-Quality 3D Geometry Multicasting over IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks," IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTERS , VOL. 58, NO. 5, pp1-14 , MAY 2009 2009 - Publication

Ming Li and B. Prabhakaran, " On Supporting Reliable QoS in Multi-hop Multi-rate Mobile Ad Hoc Networks," ACM/Springer/URSI Wireless Networks(WINET) , March 2009 pdf 2009 - Publication

Gaurav N. Pradhan and Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, " Indexing 3D Human Motion Repositories For Content-based Retrieval," IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BIOMEDICINE , VOL. 13, NO. 5, , SEPTEMBER 2009 pdf 2009 - Publication

Ming Li, Hua Zhu, Yang Xiao, Imrich Chlamtac, and B. Prabhakaran, " Adaptive Frame Concatenation Mechanism for QoS in Multi-rate Wireless Ad Hoc Networks," in Proceedings of IEEE INFOCOM 2008 , Phenix , Arizona , April 2008 2008 - Publication

Parag Agarwal and B. Prabhakaran, " Reliable Transmission of Audio Streams in Lossy Channels Using Application Level Data Hiding," JOURNAL OF MULTIMEDIA , VOL. 3, NO. 5, pp1-8 , DECEMBER 2008 2008 - Publication

Ming Li, Yang Xiao, Hua Zhu, Imrich Chlamtac, and B. Prabhakaran, " QOAR: Adaptive QoS Scheme in Multi-rate Wireless LANs," in Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2008 , Bei-jing , China , May 19-23 2008 2008 - Publication

Yohan Jin and B. Prabhakaran, " Semantic Quantization of 3D Human Motion Capture Data Through Spatial-Temporal Feature Extraction," in Proceedings of 14th International Multimedia Modeling Conference (MMM'08) , Kyoto , Japan , Jan. 9-11 2008 , pp. 318-328 2008 - Publication

Gaurav Pradhan, Navzer Engineer, Mihai Nadin, and B. Prabhakaran, " Analyzing motoric and physiological data in describing upper extremity movement in the aged," in Proceedings of International Conference on Pervasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments (PETRA 2008) , Athens , Greece , July 16-19 2008 2008 - Publication

Professor
The University of Texss at Dallas [2010–Present]

Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [2004–2010]

Faculty
The University of Texas at Dallas [2002–Present]

Faculty
The University of Texas at Dallas [2002–Present]
Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering

Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [2001–2004]

Consultant
NEC USA C&C Research Labs [2001–2001]

Visiting Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [2000–2000]

Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore [1997–2001]

Research Associate
University of Maryland [1995–1997]

Scientific Officer
Indian Institute of Technology [1989–1996]

Contextual and Social Aspects of Multimedia

2008–2008 Invited Speaker and Participant, Dagstuhl Seminar on Contextual and Social Aspects of Multimedia, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, June 2008.

School of Engineering and Computer Science Scholars Day

2007–2007 Speaker, School of Engineering and Computer Science Scholars Day, University of Texas at Dallas, March 17, 2007.

AVID Program

2007–2007 Speaker, AVID Program, Franford Middle School, Plano ISD, March 30, 2007.

Untitled

2018–2018 Invited Speaker, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Arlington.

US Army Research Office (ARO) Proposals Review

2018–2018 Panel Member, US Army Research Office (ARO) Proposals Review.

Professional Recognition and Honors

• Recipient, US National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2003. Funding: $400,000 from September 1, 2003 - August 31, 2008.
• 2007 School of Engineering Service Award for Computer Science Department, 2007: $20,000 grant.

Administrative Services

1. Member, Faculty Search Committee, Computer Engineering Program, University of Texas at Dallas. 
2. Member, Faculty Search Committee, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Dallas. 
3. Director, PhD Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, 2010-present. 
4. Vice-chair, Academic Calendar Committee, 2008-2010.
5. Member, Faculty Committee for Computer Engineering Program. 
6. Internal Reviewer, School of Arts & Humanities Program Review, Spring 2008 
7. Member, School-wide Academic Affairs Committee, 2007-2008. 
8. Member, Faculty Senate, University of Texas at Dallas, 2006. 
9. Chair, Graduates Admissions Committee, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, November 2004 - 2010. 
10. Member, Graduates Admissions Committee, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, November 2001 - present. 
11. Member, Teaching Assistants Committeee, Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, December 2003 - present. 
12. Member, Under-graduate Program Committee, Telecom Engineering Program, University of Texas at Dallas. 
13. Member, Outreach Committee, Computer Engineering Program, University of Texas at Dallas.
14. Member, Supervisory Committee of several PhD students. 

Classroom Teaching

1. 2013 Spring, Video Analytics 
2. 2013 Sprring, Tele-medicine and Health-care Data Analytics 
3. 2012 Fall, Multimedia Systems 
4. Sabattical in Spring 2012 
5. Sabattical in 2011 Fall 
6. 2011 Spring, Multimedia Systems 
7. 2010 Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 
8. 2010 Spring, Multimedia Systems 
9. 2010 Spring, Computer Animation 
10. 2009 Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 
11. 2009 Spring, Multimedia Systems 
12. 2009 Spring, Computer Animation 
13. 2008 Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 
14. 2008 Spring, Multimedia Systems 
15. 2008 Spring, Game Programming 
16. 2007 Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 
17. 2007 Spring Computer Animation 
18. 2007 Spring Advanced Operating Systems 
19. 2006 Fall, Multimedia Database Management Systems 
20. 2006 Spring, Advanced Operating Systems 
21. 2006 Spring, Discrete Mathematics II 
22. 2005 Fall, Recent Advances in Multimedia Database Management Systems 
23. 2005 Spring, Advanced Operating Systems 
24. 2005 Spring, Discrete Mathematics II 
25. 2004 Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 
26. 2004 Spring, Advanced Operating Systems 
27. 2003, Spring, Advanced Operating Systems 
28. 2002, Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 22 
29. 2002, Spring, Advanced Operating Systems 
30. 2001, Fall, Advanced Operating Systems 
31. 2001, Spring, Programming in Java 

Teaching at Other Universities

1. 1998, Fall - 2000 Spring: Computer Networks, National University of Singapore. 
2. 1998, Spring, Hypermedia Information Systems, National University of Singapore. 
3. 1997, Spring, Telecommunication Protocol Design, University of Maryland, College Park, USA. 
4. 1994, Spring - Fall, Computer Networks, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (formerly, Madras), India. 
5. 1993, Fall, Programming & Data Structures, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.

Computing Professor Named Distinguished Scientist

The Association for Computing Machinery recently named UT Dallas computer science professor Dr. Balakrishnan Prabhakaran a Distinguished Scientist. The process includes nomination by another association fellow and several professional references. ACM is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society aimed at advancing computing as a science and a profession. Prabhakaran’s research interests include content-based retrieval of 3D models and motion sequences; streaming of 3D animations and deformable 3D models; content protection and authentication of 3D objects; quality-of-service guarantees for streaming in wireless ad-hoc and mesh networks;

Computer Scientist Tapped for Multimedia Expertise

The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Multimedia has named UT Dallas computer scientist Balakrishnan Prabhakaran to its executive council and appointed him editor-in-chief of the organization’s online magazine. An associate professor of computer science at the University’s Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, Dr. Prabhakaran hopes he’ll be able to make a greater impact than ever on the development of multimedia research in these new roles. “This is a great honor and certainly shows Dr. Prabhakaran’s leadership in his field,” said D.T. Huynh, head of the Jonsson School’s Computer Science Dept.

U. T. Dallas Professor Receives Army Funding To Develop Tools for 3-D Data Management

A researcher at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) has won a grant from the United States Army to develop a tool that could detect and correct errors in 3-D animation models. Dr. Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, an associate professor of computer science in UTD’s Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, said the $240,000 grant would help him to create technology that could, among other things, be used to aid in sophisticated, troubleshooting training exercises for the armed forces. Prabhakaran explained that such a tool could be crucial to military and other surveillance operations.

UTD Computer Science Professor Wins National Science Foundation Career Award

The award, worth approximately $400,000 over the next five years, is part of the NSF's Faculty Early Career Development program. The Career Award is the NSF's most prestigious honor for junior faculty members and recognizes and supports the activities of teachers and scholars deemed most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Recipients are selected on the basis of creative early career development plans that effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their respective institutions. Prabhakaran's research goal is to develop content-based retrieval and related techniques for animation databases. He also is working to integrate these techniques in an animation "authoring toolkit" - a graphic user interface designed to aid in generating new animation sequences by reusing existing models...