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Biography

Prof Muthu Ramachandran is currently a research consultant at Forti5 Tech Ltd. and a CEO of Integrated Cloud Solutions and Educational and Research Consultant at AI Tech Ltd. Muthu is also a distinguished professor at University of South Africa. Prior to this, Muthu was a Principal Lecturer (Associate Professor) for more than 19+ years in the School of Built Environment, Engineering, and Computing at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. Previously, he spent nearly eight years in industrial research (Philips Research Labs and Volantis Systems Ltd, Surrey, UK) where he worked on software architecture, reuse, and testing. His first career started as a research scientist where he worked on real-time systems development projects. Muthu is an author & co-author of books: Software Components: Guidelines and Applications (Nova Publishers, NY, USA, 2008) and Software Security Engineering: Design and Applications (Nova Publishers, NY, USA, 2011). He has also widely authored published journal articles, book chapters and conferences materials on various advanced topics in software engineering and education. He is a member of various professional organizations and computer societies: IEEE, ACM, Fellow of BCS, and Fellow of HEA. He is also invited speaker on several international conferences. Muthu’s had worked on several research projects including all aspects of software engineering, SPI for SMEs (known as a Prism model), emergency and disaster management systems, software components and architectures, good practice guidelines on software developments, software security engineering, and cloud computing. Projects details can be accessed at www.se.moonfruit.com .

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Employment (7)

Integrated Cloud Solutions and Public Intelligence: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

2021-09-04 to present | CEO, Educational and Research Consultant (AI Tech North)
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University of Southampton: Southampton, GB

2014-03-01 to present | Visiting Professor (Department of Electronics and Computer Science)
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Leeds Beckett University - Headingley Campus: Leeds, Leeds, GB

2002-05-01 to 2021-09-03 | Principal Lecturer (School of Built Environment, Engineering, and Computing)
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Volantis Systems Ltd: Guildford, Surrey, GB

2000-05-01 to 2002-04-01 | Senior Software Architect (Software Engineering)
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Philips Research Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

1994-05-01 to 2002-04-01 | Senior Research Scientist (SEA)
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Liverpool John Moores University: Liverpool, Merceyside, GB

1991-09-01 to 1994-04-01 | Senior Lecturer (School of Computing)
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Indian Space Research Organisation: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, IN

1985-01-01 to 1987-08-01 | Senior Research Scientist (Real-time systems group)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN

1983-06-01 to 1985-01-01 | M.Tech (Department of Computer Science)
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Madurai Kamaraj University: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, IN

1981-06-01 to 1983-05-01 | M.Sc (Physics) (Madura College)
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Madurai Kamaraj University: Madurai, Tamil Nadu, IN

1978-06-01 to 1981-06-01 | B.Sc (Hons) Physics (VHNSN College, Virudhunagar)
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Professional activities (5)

Higher Education Academy: York, North Yorkshire, GB

2014-05-01 to present | Senior Fellow
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British Computer Society: London, GB

2011-03-01 to present | Fellow
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

1987-09-01 to present | Senior Member
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Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, US

1987-09-01 to present | Senior Member
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European Identity and Cloud Award: Munich, DE

2016-05-11
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Funding (2)

Multimedia in Software Engineering Education

2005-01 to 2006-03 | Award
Higher Education Academy (York, GB)
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MultiSpace: Achieving Qulaity in Multimedia Products

1998-01 to 2000-01 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
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Peer review (15 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for IGI Global Book Chapter Peer Reviews (2)
Review activity for International journal of organizational and collective intelligence. (5)
Review activity for International journal of secure software engineering. (4)
Review activity for International journal of strategic engineering. (1)
Review activity for Multimedia tools and applications. (3)