Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan

Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Wright State University and the Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis).12 He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stony Brook University, an M.E. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore, and a B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras.12

Research and Expertise

Dr. Thirunarayan's research interests include:

• Information Extraction and Semantic Analysis of Social, Text, and Sensor Data using AI/ML/NLP
• Trust applications in healthcare, medical informatics, disasters, and online harassment
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
• Programming Languages

His work has been supported by NSF, NIH, AFOSR, and local small businesses.1

Career Highlights

• Joined Wright State University in 1989 as an Assistant Professor
• Promoted to Associate Professor in 1995
• Became a Full Professor in 2009
• Has been with the Ohio Center of Excellence in Knowledge-enabled Computing (Kno.e.sis) since 20102

Achievements and Awards

• 2023 Wright State University Trustees' Award for Faculty Excellence (highest award conferred by WSU upon a faculty member)13
• 2014-2015 and 2007-2008 College of Engineering and Computer Science Outstanding Faculty Awards1
• 2011 Indian International Conference on AI Achievement Award1
• 2011 Fritz J. Russ Award from Dayton Section of the IEEE1

Dr. Thirunarayan has published more than 130 peer-reviewed papers and co-wrote the research monograph "Semantics Empowered Web 3.0: Managing Enterprise, Social, Sensor and Cloud-based Data and Services for Advanced Applications".1