Ramanathan Subramanian

Ramanathan Subramanian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology & Systems, AI and Robotics at the University of Canberra. His past affiliations include IIT Ropar and UIUC, Singapore. He has received notable awards including the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing Best Paper Award (2019) and Multimedia Rising Star nomination (2015). His research focuses on Human-centered computing, AI systems leveraging non-verbal behavioral cues, and applications in health analytics and virtual reality. He actively supervises PhD and Master’s students in areas like Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science, and VR for healthy aging.

• Research interests: Human perception modeling, intelligent interfaces, health-focused VR, and applied machine learning
• Key projects: Driver sentiment prediction, distraction awareness campaigns, and robotics for waste management

His work contributes to UN SDGs related to health and well-being, particularly through technologies improving aging care and mental health monitoring. Recent projects include developing explainable AI for emotion inference and multimodal data fusion systems.

• Awards: IEEE Best Paper Award, Multimedia Rising Star
• Grants: Lead or Co-Investigator on three major grants totaling over AUD 4M

Labs/Teams: Collaborates extensively with the University's robotics and health tech groups, contributing to interdisciplinary projects in AI ethics and medical signal processing.