Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan
Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan
A faculty member at the
Early life and education
Srinivasan was born in
- 1967 - Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Bangalore University (5-year degree)
- 1970 - Master's degree in applied electronics and servo mechanisms, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- 1973 - M.Phil. in engineering and applied science, Yale University
- 1977 - PhDin engineering and applied science, Yale University
- 1994 -
Career
After completing his PhD in the US, Srinivasan moved to
In 2007, Srinivisan took up a position working at the Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of the University of Queensland.
Srinivasan delivered the 12th Lecture[7] organised by the General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Trust.
Research interests
At Yale, Srinivasan did research on movement perception in flies, and became interested in the vision of insects.[1]
Focusing his attention on
Bees are highly competent fliers. Srinivasan has shown that many ostensibly complex flight behaviours can be attributed to the tendency of the bee to keep
- They measure the distance they have travelled. This is important as distance is signalled to other bees as a component of the waggle dance.
- When landing, the ground becomes closer and therefore appears to be moving faster. By keeping the apparent velocity of the ground constant, the bee reduces its own velocity in a continuous manner.
- Similarly, bees slow down in a crowded landscape because nearby objects appear to move faster than objects on the horizon. This is a safety mechanism that reduces the incidence of collision.
- When avoiding objects, the bee will tend to take the optimal path because it will 'balance' the rate of the optic flow between the eyes. It will, for example, fly down the middle of a tunnel, because if it flew closer to one side the optic flow would appear to be greater.
Srinivasan's research looks mainly at "vision, perception and cognition in animals with simple nervous systems, and on how these might be used in machine vision and robotics".[1]
Awards and honours
Srinivasan's work has been recognised and honoured by a number of awards and honours, including:[1][6]
- 1995 - Election to the Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2001 - Inaugural Australian Federation Fellowship award of the Australian Research Council
- 2001 - Australasian Science Prize (for excellence in peer-reviewed research)[9]
- 2001 - Election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of London (FRS)
- 2003 - Australian Centenary Medal
- 2006 - Royal Society of New ZealandDistinguished Visitor
- 2006 - Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
- 2008 - Queensland Smart State Premier's Fellowship
- 2008 - Rank Prize for Optoelectronics(UK)
- 2009 - Distinguished Alumni Award of the Indian Institute of Science
- 2012 - Membership of the Order of Australia (AM)
Publications
As of July 2020[update], Srinivasan had authored 15 book chapters, 189 journal articles, 69
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Professor Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan, bioengineer and neuroscientist". Australian Academy of Science. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
- ^ "Search Australian Honours: Srinivasan, Mandyam Veerambudi: Member of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour. Australian Government. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ProQuest 1832939128.
- ^ "Fellows". Royal Society. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
- ^ Stafford, Annabel; Catalano, Christian (16 October 2006). "Catching the buzz to work pays off for science". The Age. Melbourne, Australia. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ a b "2006 Prime Minister's Prize for Science". Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Mandyam Srinivasan & Rev Jayakiran Sebastian - 12th General K.S. Thimayya Memorial Lecture". YouTube.
- ProQuest 1001147570.
- ^ "Mother fossil find awarded the Australasian Science Prize" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ "Professor Srini Srinivasan". Queensland Brain Institute. 10 July 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
Further reading
- "Neuroscience of vision and aerial robotics". Queensland Brain Institute. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
Currently the group is working on four projects in the area of mid-air collision avoidance...
The work of Srinivasan's group at the University of Queensland.