Venkataramanan Balakrishnan

Venkataramanan Balakrishnan is a Professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University. His research focuses on numerical methods, optimization for systems and control, control theory, and applications in communication, signal processing, robotics, and VLSI design. He holds an IEEE Fellow designation since 2012.

• Education:
  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1992
  • MS in Statistics, Stanford University, 1992
  • MS in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1988
  • Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, Indiana Institute of Technology, 1985

He has held multiple leadership roles in IEEE committees, including Deputy Director of Operations (2015–Present) and Director of Operations (2016–Present) of the IEEE Control Systems Society Executive Committee. He has also served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2001–2003) and organized numerous conference sessions and workshops on topics like Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs) in control theory.

• Key External Appointments:
  • Member, IEEE Control Systems Society Technical Program Committee (1999–Present)
  • Co-Registration Chair, IEEE Conference on Control Applications (1999–Present)
  • Member, Board of Governors, IEEE Control Systems Society (2014–Present)

His contributions span conference organization, including roles as session co-chair and workshop organizer for events such as the American Control Conference and IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.