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HONORARY DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE TO DR. S. S. IYENGAR from Siddhartha University, Tumkur, India

Siddhartha University, Tumkur, India bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Science to Dr. S. S. Iyengar, Distinguished University Professor and Ryder Professor of the Knight Foundation School of Computing & Information Science. A delegation of high-ranking university officials, including Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament, India, Dr. G. Parameshwar, Home Minister, Karnataka State etc. were present during the event. The formal conferral of the honorary degree took place at Siddhartha University in Tumkur on November 29, 2023.

Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2023, the second-highest civilian honor in the Indian state of Karnataka for Dr. S. S. Iyengar

Dr. S. S. Iyengar received the esteemed Karnataka Rajyotsava Award 2023, the second-highest civilian honor in the Indian state of Karnataka. This award is presented annually by the Karnataka Government on the state’s establishment day, celebrated on November 1st as Kannada Rajyotsava. Instituted in 1966, the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award recognizes outstanding contributions made by citizens and Non-Resident Indians across various fields such as Arts, Education, Industry, Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service, and Public Affairs. The awards ceremony took place in Bengaluru on November 1st 2023, where the Chief Minister of Karnataka Sri. Siddharamaiah conferred the honor. In 2023, the Government of Karnataka announced the names of 68 individuals (out of the 25,000 nominations received) who had demonstrated exceptional service to the nation. Among the awardees, Dr. Iyengar stood out as one of only three non-resident citizens to receive this prestigious recognition, a testament to his remarkable contributions.

HONORARY DOCTORATE OF SCIENCE TO DR. S. S. IYENGAR, from Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poznan, Poland [link]

Poznan University of Technology (PUT), Poznan, Poland, bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of Science to Dr. S. S. Iyengar, Distinguished University Professor and Ryder Professor of the Knight Foundation School of Computing & Information Science. To formally make this announcement to FIU’s leadership, a delegation of high-ranking university officials, including Rector Professor Teofil Jesionowski, PUT, and Rector Professor Jerzy Lis, AGH University of Science and Technology (AGH UST), Cracow, Poland, who was the reviewer of the honoris causa Ph.D., visited FIU on Thursday, January 19, 2023. The formal conferral of the honorary degree took place at Poznan University of Technology in Poland on May 25, 2023.

As a globally engaged university, this prestigious recognition demonstrates Dr. Iyengar’s 5 decades of profound and enduring contributions to scholarship, science, and improved quality of life in society beyond our national borders. It acknowledges Dr. Iyengar’s scientific advancements in the area of high-performance sensor fusion, digital forensics, design and analysis of efficient algorithmic techniques for various applications and continuous collaboration with NSF, DOD agencies, universities across the world including PUT, where Dr. Iyengar served as a Fulbright Specialist in 2019. For details on his contributions, awards, students supervised and fellowships from various societies,

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Dr. Iyengar’s Research

iygarmediaHis Research work was shown on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, Local ABC news affiliates (WBRZ News), Fox TV channel (Fox 44 WGMB), Youtube and Major news outlets (LSUReville, The Advocate) around the world, over 60 million homes distributed worldwide (Russia, Korea, Europe, China, India etc.)

One of Dr. Iyengar’s Students Brian Obe’s love of digital artistry emerged in 1990 with a visit to LSU robotics research laboratory where he was introduced to many techniques and that ended him getting an animation award at the 78th Academy Awards.

wbtshowcaseOne of Dr. Iyengar’s project along with Dr. Phoha (LA Tech) and Dr. Kannan (LSU) entitled “Fast Page Allocation on a Server Using Self-Organization Properties of Neural Networks” was selected to be the World’s Best Technology Showcase in the year 2007. This is a highly competitive summit and other companies were Alos Alamos National Labs, John Hopkins University, EPS, NASA and many others.