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V. RAJARAMAN, Ph.D. (Wisconsin), is an Emeritus Professor in the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Earlier Prof. Rajaraman was a Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur (1963–1982), Professor of Computer Science, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1982–1994), and IBM Professor of Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (1994–2001). A pioneer in Computer Science education and research in India, Prof. Rajaraman was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 1976. He is also the recipient of the Homi Bhabha Prize by UGC, Om Prakash Bhasin Award, ISTE Award for excellence in teaching computer engineering, Rustom Choksi Award, the Zaheer Medal by the Indian National Science Academy, and Padma Bhushan by President of India in 1998. Indian National Academy of Engineering conferred upon him the Lifetime Contribution Award in Engineering in 2005. An author of several well established and highly successful computer books, Prof. Rajaraman has published many research papers in national and international journals.
T. RADHAKRISHNAN, Ph.D., is Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering, Concordia University in Montreal. He graduated from Guindy Engineering College and obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Kanpur. After teaching at IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras for a few years, he joined Concordia University in Montreal in 1974. His research interests include Agent technology, Human Computer Interfaces, and Medical Informatics. He holds several patents, publishes regularly, and has supervised over seventy graduate students in the last thirty years. He has contributed several times to curriculum design and development in three countries, India, Canada, and Mexico. Besides authoring textbooks, he enjoys writing in Tamil about technology and other socially relevant topics.
