Raghavendra Sridharamurthy

Raghavendra Sridharamurthy is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Visual Information Technology (CVIT), International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad. He holds a PhD and M.Sc. (Engg) in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, and a BE in Information Technology from National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal. His research focuses on scientific visualization, computational topology, and topological data analysis, with applications in data interpretation and visualization.

Education:

• PhD and M.Sc. (Engg) in Computer Science, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
• BE in Information Technology, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal

Previous Affiliations:

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute (SCI), University of Utah
• Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Automation (CSA), IISc Bengaluru
• Member of the Visualization and Graphics Lab (VGL) at IISc

Research Interests:

• Development of topological tools for scientific data analysis
• Comparative analysis of merge trees and topological structures
• Applications of computational topology in visualization

Professional Activities:

• Delivered over 20 talks on topological data analysis and visualization at institutions like IIT Bombay, IISER Pune, and international conferences (IEEE Vis, TopoInVis)
• Presented work on merge tree comparison using edit distances and locality-sensitive hashing

Labs/Teams: Previously affiliated with the Visualization and Graphics Lab (VGL) at IISc, collaborating on visualization and graphics research.