Silicon Press: Silicon Press Author Bios: Sanguthevar Rajasekaran

Sanguthevar Rajasekaran received his M.E. degree in Automation from the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore) in 1983, and his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Harvard University in 1988. Currently he is the UTC Chair Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut and the Director of Booth Engineering Center for Advanced Technologies (BECAT). Before joining UConn, he has served as a faculty member in the CISE Department of the University of Florida and in the CIS Department of the University of Pennsylvania. During 2000-2002 he was the Chief Scientist for Arcot Systems. His research interests include Parallel Algorithms, Bioinformatics, Data Mining, Randomized Computing, Computer Simulations, and Combinatorial Optimization. He has published over 150 articles in journals and conferences. He has co-authored two texts on algorithms and co-edited four books on algorithms and related topics. He is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering