Dr. Sakthi Balan Muthiah
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Educational Qualifications
- PhD, July 2004. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
- Master of Science (by research), June 2000. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
- M.Sc., 1997. Department of Mathematics, St. Xaviers College, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
- B.Sc., 1995. Department of Mathematics, St. Xaviers College, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India.
Dr. Sakthi Balan Muthiah is a Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Chennai. Sakthi Balan’s research interests lies in the broad areas of Web Science and Data Analytics. In specific, his interests include Social Network Analysis, Bias & Privacy in the Web and Action Recognition in Sports Videos. Previously, he has worked extensively in the field of Theoretical Computer Science. He has 47+ publications in various International Journals, Conferences and peer-reviewed invited volumes. He has guided 2 Ph.D students, 8 M.Tech students and 60+ B.Tech students. Two of his works on Tracking in Indian News Websites presented and published in AAAI ICWSM 2021 and ACM WebSci 2021 has got featured in Open Magazine. He has been serving as Program Committee member of many prestigious conferences like COLING 2025, ASONAM 2024, ADCOM 2024, ACM WebSci 2024. More details can be found in his website https://sakthibalan.in.
Work Experience
- Aug 2024 – Till Now: Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University Chennai, Kalavakkam, Chennai.
- Jun 2015 – Jul 2024: Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, LNMIIT, Jaipur.
- Additional Charge as Dean of Faculty Affairs from Oct 2016 to Jan 2019.
- Additional Charge as Dean of Sponsored and Industrial Research from Sep 2022 until May 2024.
- Jan 2015 – May 2015: Senior Practice Lead – Data Science, Big Data and Analytics Unit, Infosys Limited, Bangalore.
- Oct 2010 – Dec 2014: Principal – Education & Research, ECOM Research Lab, Education & Research Unit, Infosys Limited, Bangalore.
- May 2008 – September 2010: Manager – Research, ECOM Research Lab, Education & Research Unit, Infosys Limited, Bangalore.
- April 2005 – March 2008: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
- August 2004 – March 2005: Visiting Researcher, Department of Computer Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.
Notable Mentions
- GATE Fellowship during MS (by Research) in IITM
- Infosys Fellowship during PhD in IITM
Area of Research
- Web Science and Data Analytics.
- Information Diffusion in the Social Networks,
- Bias & Privacy in the Web and Action Recognition in Sports Videos.
- Formal Language and Automata Theory.