Alex James (professor)
{{Short description|Indian machine learning researcher}}
{{Other uses|Alex James (disambiguation)}}
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| fields = {{ublist | Electrical engineering }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | Digital University Kerala }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | Griffith University }}
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| known_for = AI hardware, Neuromorphic VLSI (Very-large-scale integration), Intelligent Imaging and Machine Learning, and Analog Electronics
| awards = {{ublist|Senior Fellow of HEA|Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS)|Fellow of IET (FIET)| Best Associate Editor Award of IEEE TCAS1 for 2020-21 }}
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Alex James is an Indian scientist who is a professor of AI hardware at School of Electronic Systems and Automation, and Dean at Digital University Kerala (IIITM-K).{{cite news |title=MoU signed for India's first graphene research and innovation centre signed |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/mou-signed-for-indias-first-graphene-research-and-innovation-centre-signed/articleshow/92275828.cms?from=mdr |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=The Economic Times}}{{cite news |title=MoU signed for India's first graphene research and innovation centre |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/policy/story/mou-signed-for-indias-first-graphene-research-and-innovation-centre-338066-2022-06-17 |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=Business Today (India) |date=17 June 2022}} He is the professor in charge of Maker Village, Kochi,{{cite news |title=DUK professor in Stanford University's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/duk-professor-in-stanford-univ-list-of-top-2-scientists/articleshow/87290021.cms |access-date=14 September 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=27 October 2021}}{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/education/news-digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsity-s-list-of-top-2-scientists-742242 |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=India TV |date=26 October 2021}} Chief Investigator of the centre for Intelligent IoT Sensors,{{cite news |title=Kerala professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2021/10/26/kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsity-list-of-top-scientists.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=Onmanorama |date=26 October 2021}} and India Innovation Centre for Graphene. James features in top 1%{{Cite news |last=Bureau |first=The Hindu |date=2023-10-08 |title=Alex P. James ranked among top 1% scientists |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/alex-p-james-ranked-among-top-1-scientists/article67396914.ece |access-date=2023-11-24 |issn=0971-751X}} scientists list published by Elsevier BV in the world in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala Professor Alex P James in Stanford varsity's list of top 2 % scientists |url=https://www.shiksha.com/news/digital-university-kerala-professor-alex-p-james-in-stanford-varsity-s-list-of-top-2-scientists-blogId-71741 |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=shiksha.com |date=26 October 2021}}{{cite web |title= Digital University Kerala Professor Makes It To Stanford Varsity's List Of Top 2% Scientists|url=https://thelogicalindian.com/app-lite/trending/digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists-31477|website=The logical indian|date=26 October 2021|access-date=20 September 2022}} He appeared in the list for the third consecutive time.{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala professor features in Stanford's list of top 2 per cent scientists second time running |url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/oct/26/digital-university-kerala-professor-features-in-stanfords-list-of-top-2-per-cent-scientists-25096.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=edexlive.com |date=26 October 2021}}{{cite news |title=DUK Professor In Stanford University's List Of Top 2% Scientists |url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/duk-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=NDTV |date=26 October 2021}} He specializes in the scientific field of Memristive Systems, AI hardware, Neuromorphic VLSI (very-large-scale integration) system, Intelligent Imaging and Machine learning, and Analogue electronics.{{cite web |title=Indica 2012: Presents Dr. Alex Pappachen James |url=https://sites.google.com/site/bioindica2012/news-updates/indica-2012-alex-pappachen |access-date=15 September 2022 |date=20 December 2011 |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914132835/https://sites.google.com/site/bioindica2012/news-updates/indica-2012-alex-pappachen |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=DUK dean Alex P. James is among top-2% scientists |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/duk-dean-alex-p-james-is-among-top-2-scientists/article37165160.ece |access-date=21 September 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=25 October 2021}}{{cite news |title=DUK professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/duk-professor-in-stanford-varsity-s-list-of-top-2-scientists-101635227172679.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=26 October 2021}}
Education and career
James earned his Ph.D. degree from the Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.{{cite web |title=Alex James |url=https://www.intechopen.com/profiles/6992 |publisher=IntechOpen |access-date=14 September 2022}}{{cite book |chapter=Role of Resolution in Noisy Pattern Matching |chapter-url=https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/35566?show=full |publisher=Griffith University| doi=10.1007/978-3-642-12214-9_21 |access-date=15 September 2022 | title=Information Processing and Management | series=Communications in Computer and Information Science | date=2010 | last1=James | first1=Alex Pappachen | last2=Dimitrijev | first2=Sima | volume=70 | pages=120–124 | isbn=978-3-642-12213-2 }} Since 2009, he has been working as a faculty member at different universities in Australia and India.{{cite web |title=About the Editor |url=https://rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/9789810944247/html/editor.html |website=rpsonline.com.sg |access-date=21 September 2022}} He was a Member of IET Vision and Imaging Network, and is a Member of BCS’ Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG). He is the founding chair for IEEE Kerala Section Circuits and Systems Society, and is a fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS), and Institution of Engineering and Technology.{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2 % scientists |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/261021/digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |date=26 October 2021}}{{cite news |title=DUK Professor Among Top 2% Of Scientists At Stanford University |url=http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/DUK-Professor-Among-Top-2-Of-Scientists-At-Stanford-University/26-10-2021-410005/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=Businessworld |date=26 October 2021}} He was an Editorial Board Member of Information Fusion (2010–2014), Elsevier, and associate editor for HCIS (2015–2020), Springer; and Guest Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2017). Currently he is serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers journal.
Scientific research
IIITM-K has achieved a breakthrough in developing Analogue Integrated circuit for implementing Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) in a joint research project with Analogue Circuits and Image Sensors Lab, Siegen university and Fraunhofer, Germany, and Centre for Excellence in Artificial general intelligence and Neuromorphic Systems (neuroAGI).{{cite news |title=Kerala IT institute develops analogue circuit to study coronavirus |url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20200404/3534146.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=webindia123 |date=4 April 2020}}{{cite news |title=കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെ പഠിക്കാൻ അനലോഗ് സർക്യൂട്ടായി |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kerala-05-04-2020/864192 |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=deshabhimani.com |date=5 April 2020 |language=malayalam}}{{cite news |title=കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെക്കുറിച്ച് പഠിക്കാന് അനലോഗ് സര്ക്യൂട്ടുമായി ഐഐഐടിഎം-കെ |url=https://blivenews.com/news/iiitm-k-with-an-analog-circuit-to-study-coronavirus/cid3057535.htm |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=blivenews.com |date=4 April 2020 |language=Malayalam}} According to A. P. James, professor at the School of Electronics at IIITM-K, this complicated and meticulous AI circuits research can accelerate and operate GAN applications in low power devices.{{cite news |title=Kerala IT institute develops analogue circuit to study coronavirus |url=https://newsd.in/kerala-it-institute-develops-analogue-circuit-to-study-coronavirus/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=Newsd Media Pvt Ltd |date=4 April 2020}} It also can be used to analyze and interpret 2019-nCoV data for a possible solution to the pandemic.{{cite news |title=COVID-19: IIITM-K Researchers Develop Analogue Circuit Capable to Study Corona Virus |url=https://www.newsexperts.in/covid-19-iiitm-k-researchers-develop-analogue-circuit-capable-study-corona-virus/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=Newsexperts.in |date=4 April 2020}}{{cite news |title=കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെക്കുറിച്ച് നിര്മിത ബുദ്ധി ഉപയോഗിച്ച് പഠിക്കാന് കഴിയുന്ന അനലോഗ് സര്ക്യൂട്ടുമായി തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തെ ഇന്ത്യന് ഇന്സ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് |url=https://www.janmabhumi.in/read/iiitm-k-researchers-develop-analogue-circuit-capable-to-study-corona-virus/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=janmabhumi |date=4 April 2020 |language=malayalam}} An AI Semantic search engine has been created by a research team led by A.P. James to help researchers gain deeper insights into Scientific Investigation, particularly since the COVID-19 issue has necessitated the collection of a significant amount of complex scientific data.{{cite news |title=COVID-19 : IIITM-K develops AI Semantic search engine |url=http://www.uniindia.com/covid-19-iiitm-k-develops-ai-semantic-search-engine/south/news/1966301.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=United News of India |date=23 April 2020}}{{cite news |title=IIITM-K develops search engine for researchers to get insights into scientific studies on COVID-19 |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/iiitm-k-develops-search-engine-for-researchers-to-get-insights-into-scientific-studies-on-covid-1920200423155439/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=Asian News International |date=23 April 2020}}{{cite news |title=IIITM-K develops an advanced search engine for COVID-19 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/apr/23/iiitm-k-develops-an-advanced-search-engine-for-covid-19-2134187.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=The New Indian Express |date=23 April 2020}}{{cite news |title=Kerala institute launches search engine for coronavirus researchers |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/technology/kerala-institute-launches-search-engine-for-coronavirus-researchers |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=The Free Press Journal |date=24 April 2020}} The search engine is called "
Awards and honors
James is a member of IEEE CASS Technical committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, IEEE CASS Technical committee on Cellular Nanoscale networks and Memristor Array Computing, IEEE Consumer Technology Society Technical Committee on Quantum in Consumer Technology (QCT), Technical Committee on Machine learning, Deep learning and AI in CE (MDA) and Member of BCS’ Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG).{{cite web |title=Kerala professor in Stanford university's list of top 2% scientists|url=https://news.careers360.com/duk-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists|publisher=careers360.com|date=26 October 2021|access-date=20 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=F-TAG members |url=https://www.bcs.org/policy-and-influence/bcs-fellows-technical-advisory-group-f-tag/f-tag-members/ |website=www.bcs.org |access-date=15 September 2022}}
James was awarded best associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers TCAS-I, by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE CASS) for the year 2020–21.{{cite news |title=Dr A P James of DUK awarded best associate editor of global research journal |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2021/09/21/srg1-kl-award.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=The Week (Indian magazine) |date=21 September 2021}}{{cite web |title=IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I) Editorial Board |url=https://ieee-cas.org/committee/ieee-transactions-circuits-and-systems-part-i-regular-papers-tcas-i-editorial-board |publisher=IEEE CASS |access-date=14 September 2022}} He has been an associate editor for the journal since 2017.{{cite news |title=Dr A P James of DUK awarded best associate editor of global research journal |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/education/1738018-dr-a-p-james-of-duk-awarded-best-associate-editor-of-global-research-journal |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=devdiscourse.com |date=21 September 2021}} He is also an editorial board member of PeerJ CS and a Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member of ACM, Senior Fellow of HEA.{{cite web |title=Alex James |url=https://peerj.com/alexpappachenjames/ |publisher=PeerJ |access-date=14 September 2022}}
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References
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External links
- [https://duk.ac.in/personnel/dr-a-p-james/ A. P. James] on official website of Digital University Kerala
- [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37391662800 Alex James] on ieeexplore
- [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-8703156677170333770006/ James, Alex Pappachen] on WorldCat
- [https://duk.ac.in/professor-dr-alex-james-features-in-stanford-universitys-list-of-top-2-scientists-in-the-world/ Professor Dr. Alex James features in Stanford University’s list of top 2% scientists in the world]
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