Sethuraman Panchanathan

Sethuraman Panchanathan is an Indian–American computer scientist and academic administrator, and the 15th Director of National Science Foundation since June 2020.

Sethuraman Panchanathan
Panchanathan in 2020
15th Director of the National Science Foundation
Assumed office
June 23, 2020
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byKelvin Droegemeier (acting)
France A. Córdova
Personal details
BornChennai, India
SpouseSoumya Panchanathan
EducationUniversity of Madras (BS)
Indian Institute of Science (BEng)
Indian Institute of Technology (MTech)
University of Ottawa (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsElectrical engineering
Computer engineering
Informatics
InstitutionsUniversity of Ottawa
Arizona State University
ThesisAlgorithms and architectures for image coding using vector quantization (1989)
Doctoral advisorMorris Goldberg

He previously served at Arizona State University as executive vice president of knowledge enterprise development and chief research and innovation officer. He was also director of the Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous Computing (CUbiC), Foundation Chair of Computing and Informatics at the university, and a professor in the School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE), part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering.

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