Suchendra M. Bhandarkar

Suchendra M. Bhandarkar is a Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Georgia, affiliated with the Franklin College of Arts & Sciences. He holds courtesy faculty positions in the College of Engineering and the School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, and Computational Biology. He has advised PhD students such as Anirban Mukhopadhyay and has been actively involved in interdisciplinary projects spanning robotics, coral reef mapping, and food safety automation.

Education: Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University (1985-1989), and B.S. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (1983).

His funded projects include advanced GeoAI terrain analytics, underwater robotics, and AI-driven food safety systems. Notable grants include support from USDA, NIH, and the US Army. Research highlights include 3D coral reef mapping via SLAM, deep learning for food safety, and zero-shot learning algorithms.

Key collaborations involve the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Sony Corporation, and international networks like CapsNet for medical imaging. His labs and teams focus on applying AI to environmental, biomedical, and agricultural challenges.