Dr. Sudarsana Kadiri

Biography

Sudarsana Reddy Kadiri is a Research Assistant Professor in the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California (USC). His research focuses on advancing the frontiers of bio-marking human health through multimodal signal analysis, integrating methodologies from signal processing, machine learning, and deep learning to extract meaningful indicators of health and well-being from speech, physiological, and neurological signals. His core interests span signal processing, speech and language technologies, affective computing, digital health, and auditory neuroscience. Prior to his current role, he served as a Research Scientist at USC and held research appointments at Aalto University in Finland as a Research Fellow and Postdoctoral Researcher. Dr. Kadiri received his Ph.D. from IIIT-Hyderabad and a B.Tech. from JNTU-Hyderabad, India. He has co-supervised Ph.D. students and four master’s theses, and has authored 90 peer-reviewed publications. He regularly serves as a reviewer for leading journals and conferences such as IEEE, Elsevier, and Springer. His recognitions include a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Fellowship and sub-challenge awards in the ACM-MM ComParE Challenge 2022.

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