Dr. Venkata S. Atluri - Welcome to Alabama A&M University

Dr. Venkata S. Atluri
Associate Professor
Alabama A&M University
Room: 333 Engineering and Technology Building
Tel: (256) 372-5570
Fax: (256) 372-5578
Email: venkata.atluri@aamu.edu
EDUCATION
• Ph.D. Zoology, Nagarjuna University, India. 1986
• M.S. Computer and Information Science, Alabama A&M University, Alabama. 1998
• M.S. Food Science, Alabama A&M University, Alabama. 1997
• M.S. Zoology (Aquaculture), Nagarjuna University, India. 1981
• B.S. Zoology, Botany & Chemistry, Nagarjuna University, India. 1981
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
• Faculty Member — Alabama A&M University, Normal , Alabama 1998-Present
• Software Engineer, Integrated Informatics Inc., Atlanta, GA (June 98- August 98)
• Graduate Teaching Assistant (July.97-May 98) Department of Mathematics & Computer
Science, Alabama A&M University, AL. Teaching Database Management Systems &
Introduction to PC at BS level.
• Graduate Research Assistant (Jan.94-July 96) Department of Food Science & Animal
Industries, Alabama A&M University, AL. Studied the synthesis of Flavor and Sugar
esters using lipases as catalysts. Managed the Biochemistry Lab.
• Visiting Scientist (Sept. 89 -Oct. 89) Department of Biology, The University,
Southampton, England, UK. Induction of Cytochrome P-450 dependent detoxification in
Agricultural pests.
• Research Associate (Apr.82-June 93) Department of Zoology, Nagarjuna
University, Nagarjuna, India. Ecophysiology and detoxification mechanisms of estuarine
molluscs.
• Successfully implemented a Hospital Management in Visual Basic and Access that
interacts with a VAX/VMS based Hospital Information System and places the medical
test orders to and retrieves the results from, the hierarchical MUMPS database system
through DLLs.
• Successfully implemented a Blood Bank Information System module using Visual Basic
and DLLs in C that interacts with a VMS system.
• Developed a Travel agency Information System using ORACLE’s SQL PLUS for
the database and Forms for the interface.

INTEREST
Dr. Atluri has teaching experience in C, C++, Java, Assembly, Computer Organization, Personal
Computers, Data Structures and Algorithms, Applied Discrete Structures, Programming
Languages and Database Management. He also has a sound knowledge of Relational Database
concepts, design and implementation. His most significant programming experience is in C,
C++, Java, Visual Basic, and SQL. He has notable expertise in developing ActiveX controls and
DLLs. His background also includes web design and programming using HTML, JavaScript,
CGI, and networking. Dr. Atluri has engaged in research in the area of design and
implementation of Artificial Neural Network classifiers for Pattern recognition. His research
interest include expert systems, software engineering, and bioinformatics.
Outside the computer science field, has five years of Teaching in Aquaculture and
Environmental Science and eleven years of laboratory instruction at Master’s level. He
conducted research in Ecophysiology and Detoxification systems for 11 years, cultivated
capability in the synthesis of food flavors by bio-catalysis, and developed a sound knowledge of
various analytical techniques and equipment.
Notably, Dr. Atluri has a sound knowledge of statistics and statistical applications and an
extensive background of analyzing data and writing reports and research papers. His published
papers and presented research results include refereed national and international journals and
significant conferences in the fields of computer science and biology.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
• Conducted a workshop on Bioinformatics, April 13, 2004, Alabama A&M University.
• Innovative Ideas of Alternatives to Imaging Telescopes Workshop, AAMU, Sept. 27 &
28, 2001
• World Automation Congress (WAC) Maui, HI, June 11-16, 2000
• 5k” ISCA Conference New Orleans, LA, Mar 2000
• IEEE Southeastcon ‘99 Lexington, KY, March 1999
• Workshop on Data Compression Processing ,Techniques for Missile Guidance Data
Links December 2&3, 1998 .Redstone Arsenal, AL,
• Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting Anaheim, CA, June, 19.95
• XII National Conference on Comparative Animal Physiology and Marine World AU,
India, February, 1990
• X International Malacological Congress Tubingen, Germany, Aug.1989
• Workshop on Marine Wood Biodeterioration Waltair, India, June, I989National
Symposium on Estuarine
• Biology Portonovo, India, Oct., 1986
• National Seminar on Perspectives in Hydrobiology Vikram Univ., India, Feb., 1986
• II National Seminar on Intertidal Ecology Andhra Univ., India, Feb. 1985

RESEARCH, GRANTS AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
• Reviewer of AutoSoft Journal 2002.
• Reviewer of the textbook "Excel 2002 for Windows XP" by Karen Jolly, Scott/Jones Inc.
publishing, 2002.
• Reviewer of the 2000 Symposium for Applied Computing (SAC 2000) March 19-21,
2000 Villa Olmo, Como, Italy.
• Reviewer of the 1999 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, San Antonio, TX, Feb.
28 -March 2, 1999.
• Reviewer of the book entitled “Patterns in Computer Science Using Java” by Ed C. Epp,
to be published as a textbook by McGraw-Hill.
• Editor, LiveWire, a newsletter of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Huntsville Section.
• Member, Internal Advisory Committee, Alabama DOE/EPSCoR Program, 1999
• Member, NSF-FIBR Review Panel, 2003
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
• Probabilistic Neural Networks for Multispectral Image Classification. World Automation
Congress (WAC) 2000, June 11-16, Hawaii, 2000.
• Classifying and Predicting Soil Moisture and Temperature using an Artificial Neural
Network. World Automation Congress (WAC) 2000, June 11-16, Hawaii, 2000.
• Artificial Immune Systems for Soil Data Classification. Proceedings of the 15th
International Conference on Computers And Their Applications (CATA -2000), March
29-31, New Orleans, LA, 2000, pp. 358 - 360.
• Combined Genetic K-means and Radial Basis Function Neural Network Technique for
Classifying and Predicting Soil Moisture. Proceedings of the EOS/SPIE Symposium on
Remote Sensing, University of Florence, Italy, 1999, vol. 3868: pp. 12 - 15.
• The Radial Basis Function Neural Network and Genetic K-means for Multispectral
Image Classification. Proceedings of the International Society for Computer and their
Applications (ISCA) 14rh International Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 1999, pp. Ill -114.
• An Artificial Neural Network in predicting soil moistures using Levenberg-Marquardt’s
algorithm. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE SouthEastCON Conference, pp. 10-13, 1999.
• Lipase-catalyzed synthesis of geranyl acetate in a no-solvent system. Paper presented at
the IFT Annual Meeting, 1995, Anaheim, CA.
• Effect of salinity on the total ninhydrin-positive substances in the tissues of two
mangrove gastropods. Proc. X International Malacological Congress, Tuebingen, F.R.G.,
1989.
• Osmotic balance, TNPS and proteins in the wood boring isopod Sphaeroma annandalei
Stebbing, exposed to different salinities. Paper presented at the Workshop on Marine
Wood Biodeterioration.Waltair, India, 1989.
• Response of the mangrove mud snail Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus) (Prosobranchia:
Potamididae) to different types of substrata. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. India, 29:143-146, 1988.

• Response of the mangrove mud snail, Cerithidea cingulata (Gmelin) to color background.
Paper presented at the National Symposium on Aquatic Biology, Waltair, India, 1987.
• Incidence of wood-borers in the Krishna estuarine mangals. Mahasagar, 20(4): 263-266,
1987.
• Ecological changes in a tropical mangrove ecosystem due to human impact. Tropical
Ecology, 28(2): 232-238, 1987.
• Response of the tropical mud snail Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus) (Prosobranchia:
Potamididae) to different types of substrata. In: Perspectives in 1-lydrobiology (eds. K;S.
Rao & Srivastava, S.), Sec. V (45): 229-232, 1986.
• A preliminary study on the growth rate of a tropical mangrove mud snail Telescopium
telescopium (Linnaeus) (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Proc. of IX International
Malacological Congress, Edinburgh, U.K., 1986.
• The resistance of the tropical mud snail Telescopium telescopium (Linnaeus) to high
temperatures, salinity and desiccation. Proc. of IX International Malacological Congress,
Edinburgh, U.K., 1986.
• The impact of a fishing harbour under construction on the distribution and zonation of the
flora and molluscan fauna of a tropical mangrove ecosystem. Water Sci. Tech., 16:425-
431, 1984.
• Master Thesis, “Synthesis of Geranylacetate and Monolauryl Sugar Ester by Lipase
Catalysis in a Solvent-free System”. Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama, 1997.
• Master Thesis, “A Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Network for Soil Moisture
Classification”. Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama, 1998.
MEMBERSHIP
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• International Society for Computer Applications (ISCA)