Pradeep Reddy Varakantham

Pradeep Reddy Varakantham
School of Computing and Information Systems
Pradeep Reddy Varakantham
Associate Professor of Information Systems

SMU’s commitment to interactive teaching through small classes is amazing and promotes critical thinking amongst students.

Why did you choose to join SMU?

Similar to top tier universities in the US, SMU offered the right balance between research and teaching. In addition, I had the advantage of staying close to home (India).

Classes/Modules you currently teach and Research Areas of Interest

Undergraduate: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence; Reasoning, Planning and Learning under Uncertainty. Postgraduate: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence; Learning and Planning in Intelligent Systems Research Areas of Interest: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computational Game Theory and Discrete Optimization

Highlights of your time in SMU so far?

Our work on ride sharing and fleet optimization (problems specific to city context) receiving best paper awards at top tier conferences in Artificial Intelligence. Successful deployment of our systems for improving safety and security for Singapore through effective and efficient resource management. Introduction of computer science degree and artificial intelligence track

What is one thing you wish more people knew about SMU?

I wish more people knew that we are one of the top schools when it comes to using IT and CS methods for solving important and challenging business problems.

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