Department Of
B.Tech Artificial Intelligence and Data Science

Dr. Valliappan Raman is a Professor and Head of the Department of AI and DS at Coimbatore Institute of Technology. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak. His research interests lie in the area of artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and pattern recognition specialized in medical imaging, ranging from theory to design to implementation. He also collaborated actively with international researchers in several other disciplines of computer science, particularly for AI in Healthcare domain. He has authored and co-authored many technical papers in journals and conferences.

He has won various research grants and industry funding on the projects related to computer aided diagnosis systems and digital healthcare applications. He has served on many international conferences and workshop program committees and was part of the technical review team in IEEE, Springer and Elsevier Journals. He holds the professional membership of Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chartered Engineer (UK), International Professional Engineer (UK), Senior Member IEEE, Institute of Engineers India, Australia Computer Society, and Malaysia Board of Technologist.

Prior to joining CIT, he worked as a Deputy Head, School of Information Communication and Technology at Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia.