Vinod A Prasad Associate Professor Chair, Student Outreach B.Tech, M. Engg, PhD Senior Member IEEE Division of Computing Systems School of Computer Engineering Blk N4, Room N4-02c-102, Nanyang Avenue Nanyang Technological University Singapore 639798 Phone: (+65) 67906258 Fax: (+65) 67926559 Email: asvinod@ntu.edu.sg Home Teaching Research Resume Other Links Vinod A Prasad received his B. Tech degree in instrumentation and control engineering from N.S.S.College of Engineering, Palakkad, University of Calicut, India in 1994 and the M. Engg and PhD degrees from School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2000 and 2004 respectively. He has spent the first 5 years of his career in industry as an automation engineer at Kirloskar, Bangalore, India, Tata Honeywell, Pune, India, and Shell Singapore. From September 2000 to September 2002, he was a lecturer in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore. He was a Lecturer in the School of Computer Engineering at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, from September 2002 to November 2004, became an Assistant Professor in December 2004, and since September 2010 he is an Associate Professor in NTU. Vinod’s research interests include digital signal processing, low power and reconfigurable DSP circuits, software defined radio, cognitive radio and brain-computer interface. He has secured research grants from Ministry of Education (MOE), Ministry of Defense (MINDEF), DSO National Labs, European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company (EADS) Singapore, Embassy of France in Singapore, UK High commission (Singapore) and Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF), amounting over S$1 million as principal investigator. He has published 143 papers in refereed international journals and conferences. Currently, Vinod is leading a research team of 2 Postdoctoral Research Fellows, 9 PhD Students and 1 M. Eng. Student in Centre for High Performance Embedded Systems (CHiPES), NTU. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and an Editor of International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology (IJACT). He has won the Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009, the highest recognition conferred by NTU to individual faculty who have exhibited excellent teaching practice and enriched the learning experiences of their students through their enthusiasm, care and close rapport. He has also been voted by students as the Best Lecturer (Year-2) of School of Computer Engineering four years consecutively – 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. He is the Chair of SCE Student Outreach Committee. Click here to view the research video