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Professional Academic Societies

•  Association for Computing Machinery
   
• ORSI Operations Research Society of India, Fellow and President-elect 2017-2019
   
• IEEE, Senior Member.

Non-Profits and Charitable Trusts

Professor Chandru is also affiliated with various non-profit initiatives and trusts pertaining to health,
education, culture and the arts in honorary administrative and advisory capacities. 

Details will be disclosed on request.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES:

1. Anupama Mallik, Santanu Chaudhury, Vijay Chandru and Sharada Srinivasan (Editors),
   Digital Hampi : preserving Indian Cultural Heritage, Springer (in Press).
    
2. V.Chandru and J.N.Hooker, Optimization Methods for Logical Inference
   Wiley Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization, 1999.
    
3. V.Chandru and V.Vinay (Editors), Proceedings of the 16th Foundations of Software Technology and
   Theoretical Computer Science, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Volume 1180, December 1996.
    
4. V.S.Borkar, V.Chandru and S. Sathiya Keerthi (Editors), Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Special Issue on Computational Mathematics, May 1998.
    
5. V.S.Borkar, V.Chandru and M.K.Ghosh (Editors), Sadhana: Journal of the Indian Academy of Sciences in Engineering Sciences, Special Issue on Systems Theory and Optimization, October 1997.
    
6. V.S.Borkar, V.Chandru and M.K.Ghosh (Editors),  Journal of the Indian Institute of Science - Special Issue on Optimization-1, Volume 75, Number 1, Jan-Feb 1995.
    
7. V.S.Borkar, V.Chandru and M.K.Ghosh (Editors),  Journal of the Indian Institute of Science - Special Issue on Optimization-2, Volume 75, Number 2, Mar-April 1995.

PAPERS:

The papers and articles published by Dr. Chandru have been organized by subject under the following headings
(note there are a few repetitions as some articles apply to more than one category:

• Technology Policy
• Computational Biology 
• Analytics  
• Computational Logic
• Computational Geometry
• Graphics and Geometric Modeling
• Digital Humanities

TECHNOLOGY POLICY:

1. World Economic Forum’s Industry Agenda Council: The Future of the Health Sector White Paper on Misaligned Stakeh olders and Health Systems Underperformance June, 2016
2. Report of the Expert Committee on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Atal Innovation Mission, August 2015, NITI Aayog, New Delhi http://www.niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/new_initiatives/report-of-the-expert-committee.pdf
3. Revamping India’s Scientific Ecosystem, The Hindu, August 3rd 2015. http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/revamping-indias-scientific-ecosystem/article7492142.ece
4. V. Chandru and Sujay Shetty, Vison 2020: Leadership in Affordable Therapeutic Products: A Bio-Pharma Strategy for India, ABLE-PwC Report for Department of Pharmaceuticals, July 2010.
5. Organization for rare diseases India (ORDI) – addressing the challenges and opportunities for the Indian rare diseases’ community, Rajasimha et al., Genetics Research, vol. 96, e009. Cambridge University Press 2014
6. V. Chandru , N. Gupta, R. Hariharan, A. Janakiraman, R. Prabhakar, and V. Veeramachaneni, Decision Analytics: The Challenge of Leveraging the Transduction of Processes,Proceedings 1st IIMA International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence, June 2009
7. V. Chandru, India’s Strength in Bioinformatics, Biotech News, June 2009
8. V. Chandru, The Simputer Meme and Sustainable Development, in Proceedings of the CCC Workshop on Computer Science and Global Development, Berkeley, CA pages 25-26 (2009).
9. V. Chandru,  Life Science Informatics: India as an emerging player, Biospectrum, June 2008.
10. V Chandru, The Simputer: Technology with Heart, Proceedings of the Discussion Meeting on the occasion of the 75th birthday celebrations of Professor AKN Reddy (2005).
11. Chandru,V and S Manohar, The Global Village: Aspirations and Opportunities for Developing Economies (October 1998), NIAS Report.
12. V. Chandrasekar and V Chandru, “Commercial Academics: an Indian Story,” Management Review, IIMB, Vol. 14, No.1, March 2002.
13. V.Chandru and P.Hari, A White Paper on Bioinformatics in India, Report Commissioned by Secretary, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology. January 2002.
14. V. Chandru, V.L. Deshpande, S. Garg, R. Hariharan, S. Manohar, M. Mathias, V. Vinay (The Simputer Trust),  Radical Simplicity for Universal Access, dyd01 Development by Design, MIT Media Lab, July 2001.

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY:

1. V. Chandru, M.R. Rao, and Ganesh Swaminathan, Folding Proteins on Lattices: An Integer Programming Approach, in The Sharpest Cut: Festschrift für Manfred Padberg, Springer Verlag, 2004.
2. B. Mishra, V. Chandru, C. Cantor, R. Hariharan, et al. (27 authors).A sense of life: computational and experimental investigations with models of biochemical and evolutionary processes, OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology Volume 7, Number 3, 2003.
3. Vijay Chandru, Abhi Dattasharma, V. S. Anil Kumar: The algorithmics of folding proteins on lattices. Discrete Applied Mathematics 127(1): 145-161 (2003)
4. V.Chandru and P.Hari, A White Paper on Bioinformatics in India, published in two parts in BusinessWorld in March-April 2002.
5. B. Arun, V. Chandru, A. D. Ganguly, Swami Manohar: Molecular Dynamics Visualization with XML and VRML. Computer Graphics International 2000: 335-342

ANALYTICS:

1. M Mathirajan, V Chandru and  A.I. Sivakumar. (2007).  Heuristic Algorithms for Scheduling Heat-Treatment Furnace of Steel Casting Industries. SADHANA, Vol. 32, Part 5, 1-22.
2. V. Chandru, Decision Analytics: The challenge of leveraging the transduction of Processes, M.N. Gopalan Endowment Lecture, 21st Ramanujam Mathematical Society Annual Lecture, 2006.
3. M Mathirajan, A.I. Sivakumar and V. Chandru (2004). Scheduling algorithms for heterogeneous batch processors with incompatible job-families.  Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 15, 787-803.
4. P. Balachandra and V. Chandru, Supply Demand Matching in Resource Constrained Electricity Systems, Energy Conversion and Management, 44 (2003) 411–437.
5. Vijay Chandru, Jean-Louis Lassez: Qualitative Theorem Proving in Linear Constraints. Verification: Theory and Practice 2003: 395-406
6. M.Mathirajan, Vijay Chandru, and K.N.Krishnaswamy (2001). Modified Heuristic Algorithms for Scheduling Multiple Batch Processors with Incompatible Jab Families,  Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research , 18(1), 89-102.
7. V.Chandru and J.N.Hooker, Optimization Methods for Logical Inference, Wiley Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization, March 1999.
8. V. Chandru and M.R. Rao, 175 years of Linear Programming, Part I. The French Connection in Resonance: The Journal of Science Education, Indian Academy of Sciences (October 1998),
9. V. Chandru and M.R. Rao, 175 years of Linear Programming, Part II. Pivots in Column Space, in Resonance: The Journal of Science Education (January 1999),
10. V. Chandru and M.R. Rao, 175 years of Linear Programming, Part III. Pune's Gift, in Resonance: The Journal of Science Education (May 1999),
11. V. Chandru and M.R. Rao, 175 years of Linear Programming, Part IV. Minimax and Cake, in Resonance: The Journal of Science Education (July 1999),
12. V. Chandru and M.R. Rao, 175 years of Linear Programming, Part V. Max Flow  - Min Cut, in Resonance: The Journal of Science Education (October 1999).
13. V. Chandru and  M.R.Rao, Linear Programming, Chapter 31 in  Handbook of Algorithms and Theory of Computing, edited by M.J.Atallah, CRC Press 1999, 31-1 to 31-37.
14. V. Chandru and  M.R.Rao, Integer Programming, Chapter 32 in Handbook of Algorithms and Theory of Computing, edited by M.J.Atallah, CRC Press 1999, 32-1 to 32-45.
15. V.Chandru and M.A.Trick, The search for optimal Lagrange multipliers, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 78, 131-151, April 1998.
16. A.Aman, A.Balakrishnan and V.Chandru, On-Line Maintenance of Optimal Schedules, Sadhana: The Journal of Engineering Sciences, Indian Academy of Sciences, April 1997, pp.257-279.
17. V.Chandru, M. Vidyasagar and V. Vinay, Tractable Theories for the Synthesis of Neural Networks, in Interfaces of Computer Science and Operations Research, edited by R.S.Barr, R.V.Helgason, and J.F.Kennington, Kluwer Press, 1997 pp. 97-123.
18. V. Chandru and  M.R.Rao, Combinatorial Optimization,  in Handbook of Computer Science and Engineering, edited by A.Tucker, CRC Press 1997, pp. 316-354.
19. V.Chandru and M.R.Rao, Combinatorial Optimization: An Integer Programming Perspective,  ACM Computing Surveys, March 1996, pp 55-58.
20. V.Chandru, A.Dattasharma, S.S.Keerthi, N.K.Sancheti and V.Vinay, Algorithms for the Design of Optimal Discrete Neural Networks, in  Proceedings of the Sixth ACM/SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, SIAM Press, January 1995.
21. V.Chandru,C-Y Lee and R.Uzsoy, Minimizing total completion time on batch processing machines,  International Journal of Production Research, No. 9, 1993, 2097-2121.
22. V.Chandru, C-Y Lee and R. Uzsoy, Minimizing Total Completion Time on a Batch Processing Machine with Job Families, Operations Research Letters, March 1993, 61-65.
23. A.Aman, A.Balakrishnan and V.Chandru, Dynamic Task Assignment in a Distributed Manufacturing System, New Directions for Operations Research in Manufacturing, editors: Fandel, T.Gulledge and A.Jones, Springer Verlag, 1992.
24. V. Chandru and B.S. Kochar, "Exploring special structures using a variant of Karmarkar's algorithm," Research Memorandum No. 86-10, Purdue University (1986).
25. V. Chandru and B.S. Kochar, "A class of algorithms for linear programming," Research Memorandum No. 85-14, Purdue University (1985).
26. On the Complexity of Recognizing a Class of Generalized Networks, Operations Research Letters, Vol. 4, No. 2, July 1985, pp 75-78 (with C.R.Coullard and D.K.Wagner).
27. Inverse Optimization: An Application to the Capacitated Plant Location Problem, Management Science, Volume 27, Number 10, October 1981, pp. 1120-1141 (with G.Bitran, D.Sempolinski and J.F. Shapiro).

COMPUTATIONAL LOGIC:

1. Sudeshna Dasgupta, Vijay Chandru: Minimal Unsatisfiable Sets: Classification and Bounds. ASIAN 2004: 330-342
2. Vijay Chandru, Jean-Louis Lassez: Qualitative Theorem Proving in Linear Constraints. Verification: Theory and Practice 2003: 395-406
3. Srinath R. Naidu, Vijay Chandru: On Synthesis of Easily Testable (k, K) Circuits. IEEE Trans. Computers 52(11): 1490-1494 (2003)
4. Vivek S. Borkar, Vijay Chandru, Sanjoy K. Mitter: Mathematical Programming Embeddings of Logic. J. Autom. Reasoning 29(1): 91-106 (2002)
5. V.Chandru and J.N.Hooker, Optimization Methods for Logical Inference, Wiley Interscience Series in Discrete Mathematics and Optimization, March 1999.
6. V.Chandru, S.Roy and R.Subrahmanyam, Negation as Failure as Resolution, in Constraints, 3, 315-329, 1998.
7. John N. Hooker, G. Rago, V. Chandru, A. Shrivastava: Partial Instantiation Methods for Inference in First-Order Logic. J. Autom. Reasoning 28(5): 371-396 (2002)
8. M.Gupta and V.Chandru, A Flat Concurrent Prolog Compiler for PARAM, Journal of the IETE, July 1996, pp. 42-45.
9. V.Chandru, Variable Elimination in Linear Constraints, The Computer Journal No. 5, August 1993, 463-472.
10. V.Chandru and J.N.Hooker, Detecting Embedded Horn Structure in Propositional Logic, Information Processing Letters, 42, May 1992, pp. 109-111.
11. V.Chandru and J.N.Hooker, An Extended Class of Horn Clause Systems, Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery, Vol 38, No. 1, January 1991, pp.  205-221.
12. V.Chandru, C.R.Coullard, P.L.Hammer, M.A.Montanez and X.Sun, On Renamable Horn and Generalized Horn Functions, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, Vol I, pp. 33-47, 1990.
13. V.Chandru and J.N.Hooker, Logical Inference: A Mathematical Programming Perspective, in Artificial Intelligence - Manufacturing Theory, edited by S. Kumara,  A.Soyster, and R.L.Kashyap, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 1989, pp.97-120.

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY:

1. Vijay Chandru, Ramesh Hariharan, Narasimha M. Krishnakumar: Short-Cuts on Star, Source and Planar Unfoldings. FSTTCS 2004, Springer Verlag LNCS 174-185
2. J.Bhadury, V.Chandru, A.Maheshwari and R.Chandrasekaran, Art Gallery Theorems for Convex Nested Polygons, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Winter 1997, pp. 100-110.
3. V.Chandru, S.K.Ghosh, A.Maheshwari, S.Saluja and V.T.Rajan, NC Algorithms for Minimum Link Path and Related Problems, Journal of Algorithms, 19, 173-203, 1995.
4. D. Chhajed and V.Chandru, Hulls and Efficient Sets for the Rectilinear Norm, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol 7, pp 78-83, 1995.
5. V.Chandru, V.T.Rajan and R.Swaminathan, Monotone Pieces of Chains, ORSA Journal on Computing, No. 4, Fall 1992, 439-446.
6. V.Chandru and R.Venkataraman, Circular Hulls and Orbiforms of Simple Polygons, Proceedings of the Second ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, pp.433-440, January 1991.
7. S.S.Abhyankar and S.Chandrasekhar and V.Chandru, Improper Intersection of Algebraic Curves, A.C.M. Transactions on Graphics, 9,  2, pages 147-159, April 1990.
8. S.S.Abhyankar and S.Chandrasekhar and V.Chandru, Intersection of Algebraic Space Curves, Discrete Applied Mathematics, Vol. 31, pp. 81-96, 1991.
9. S.S.Abhyankar and S.Chandrasekhar and V.Chandru, Degree Complexity Bounds on the Intersection of Algebraic Curves, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Symposium on Computational Geometry, A.C.M. Press, June 1989, pp. 88-93.
10. V.Chandru and B.S.Kochar, Analytic Techniques for Geometric Intersection Problems, in  Geometric Modeling: Algorithms and New Trends, edited by G.Farin, SIAM Press, 1987, pp. 305-318.

GRAPHICS AND GEOMETRIC MODELING:

1. V. Chandru, N. Mahesh, M. Manivannan, Swami Manohar: Volume Sculpting and Keyframe Animation System. Computer Animation 2000: 134-139
2. B. Arun, V. Chandru, A. D. Ganguly, Swami Manohar: Molecular Dynamics Visualization with XML and VRML. Computer Graphics International 2000: 335-342
3. V. Chandru, M. Manivannan, and S. Manohar, Minkowski Operators and Features of Voxel Models, DETC99/DAC-8629, ASME, September 1999.
4. M.R. Lakshmish, S. Manohar, and V. Chandru, Wavelets for Volume Fusion, Proceedings of IFIP Conference on Visual Computing, Goa, February 1999.
5. M.R. Lakshmish, S. Manohar and V. Chandru, Parallel Algorithms for Volume Morphing, in  Proceedings of Symposium on Advanced Computing, Pune, India, December 1998.
6. V.Chandru and S.Manohar, Volume Modeling for Emerging Manufacturing Technologies, Sadhana, The Engineering Sciences Journal of the Indian Academy of Sciences, April 1997, pp.199-216.
7. V.Chandru, B.Gurumoorthy and S.Manohar, "RaPID: Rapid product innovation and development:", Proc. International Conference on Agile Manufacturing,Tata-McGraw-Hill,New Delhi,Feb 1996 , pp10-21
8. V.Chandru, S.Manohar and C.E.Prakash,  Voxel-Based Modeling and Volume Graphics for Rapid Prototyping, IEEE Transactions on the computer Graphics and Applications, pp42-48, November 1995
9. V.Chandru and S.Manohar, "G-WoRP:A geometric workbench for rapid prototyping ",in the Proceeding of the ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Chicago,USA, pp569-574,November 1994
10. V.Chandru, D.Dutta and C.M.Hoffmann, Variable Radius Blending with Cyclides, in Geometric Modeling for Product Engineering}, edited by M.J.Wozny, J.V.Turner and K.Preiss, North Holland, pp. 39-57, 1989.
11. V.Chandru, D.Dutta and C.M.Hoffmann, The Geometry of Dupin Cyclides, {The Visual Computer}, Vol.5, pp. 277-290, 1989.
12. A Mathematical Approach to Automatic Design of Fixtures: Analysis and Synthesis, Y.C.Chou, V.Chandru and M.Barash, ASME: Journal of Engineering for Industry, Vol. III, pp.299-306, November 1989.
13. G.Eshel,  M.Barash and V.Chandru, Automatic Design of a Deep-Drawn Circumscribing Preform, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, April 1989 Vol.5,No.2,pp 208-222.
14. V.Chandru, J.J.Klug and R.Venkatesan, PERCE'S GRIPES; A Robot Grasp Planner, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol.4, No.3/4, pp.369-377, 1988.
15. P.Ferreira, B.S.Kochar, V.Chandru and R.Liu, AIFIX; An Expert System Approach to Fixture Design ASME Winter Conference Proceedings (bound volume), November 1985, pp 73-84.

DIGITAL HUMANITIES:

1. Digitally Archiving the Heritage of Hampi, Vijay Chandru, Namitha A Kumar, Vijayashree C S, Deepak K Rathod, Uma V Chandru (Chapter in forthcoming book “Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage” Springer Verlag, 2017)
    
2. Towards Tangible Virtuality: Accessing and Experiencing the Heritage of Hampi and Lepakshi Murals, Uma V Chandru, Vijayashree C S, Namitha A Kumar, Deepak K Rathod, Vijay Chandru (Chapter in forthcoming book “Digital Hampi: Preserving Indian Cultural Heritage” Springer Verlag, 2017)
    
3. Interactive Ceiling Plans of Mural Paintings in Hampi and Lepakshi, Uma V Chandru, Vijayashree C S, Deepak Rathod, Vishwanatha V, Pradeepa C, Vijay Chandru, Centre for Cultural Heritage and Tourism Studies, IIACD, Bangalore (Proceedings CIDOC 2015) http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/cidoc/ConferencePapers/2015/Final_CIDOC_Paper_August_24_2015_Uma_Chandru__1_.pdf

SERVICE IN ACADEMIES

RESEARCH STUDENTS

• IASc: Editorial Work for Resonance (journal of Science Education),
  Selection of Fellows in Engineering Sciences
   
• INAE: Selection of fellows in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Professor Chandru has advised over 20 post-graduate research theses and an equal number of Master’s level projects.
A select few are listed below.

- D. Dutta, Variable Radius Blending with Cyclides, Ph.D. Purdue University, 1988.
Dr. Debashish Dutta is currently the Provost of Purdue University.
He will be assuming office as Chancellor of Rutgers University in Fall 2017.

- A. Aman,  On-Line Scheduling and Dynamic Task Assignment, Ph.D. Purdue Univ, 1992.
Dr Amril Aman is Professor of Mathematics at Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia

- V.S. Anilkumar, Approximation Algorithms: Some lower bounds, Ph.D. IISc, 1999.
Dr. Anil Vullikanti is Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.

- Suman Roy, Negation in Logic Programming, Ph.D., IISc, 1998
Dr Roy is now a senior research associate at Infosys Ltd.

- Sarala Arunagiri, Set Packing and Covering Problems, Ph.D., IISc, 1996.
Dr Arunagiri is a Professor at University of Texas, El Paso.

- P. Balachandra, Model-Based Decision Support for Electricity Planning, Ph.D. IISc, 2001
Dr. P. Balachandra is a Principal Research Scientist at Centre for Sustainable Technologies, IISc

- M.S. Mathirajan, Batch Scheduling, Ph.D. IISc, 2002.
Dr. M.S. Mathirarajan is the Chief Research Scientist, Department of Management Studies, IISc.

- M. Manivannan,Volume Modeling for Manufacturing, Ph.D. IISc, 1999.
Dr M. Manivannan is Professor, Department of Applied Mechanics, IITM, Chennai
 

- Ravi Venkatesan, Prehension with Three Fingers, M.S. Purdue University, 1986.
Ravi is ex-Chairman, Microsoft India, co-Chair, Infosys and Chairman, Bank of Baroda.

- Kalyan Talluri, Linear Balanced Hypergraphs, M.S. Purdue University, 1987
Dr. Talluri is ICREA Researcher, Dept of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona.

- V.S. Jayachandran, Essays in Applied Combinatorics, M.Sc.  IISc,  1994.
Dr. Jayachandran  is Vice-Chair and  Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research,
Columbia University.

 

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