Svetha Venkatesh

Short description: Indian computer scientist

Svetha Venkatesh is an Indian computer scientist who is one of the top 15 women in the world in Artificial Intelligence.[1] She is Indian/Australian and is an Alfred Deakin Professor in the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Built Environments,[2] in the Department of Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics at Deakin University, as well as a professor of computer science and director of the Centre for Pattern Recognition and Data Analytics (PRaDA) at Deakin.[2]

Venkatesh has developed new technologies in large-scale pattern recognition in big data.[3] Her work has led to start-ups such as iCetana which finds anomalies through video analytics to detect potential security threats in large data sets;[3] the development of a health analytics program which enables doctors to predict suicide risk;[4] and PRaDA's development of the Toby Playpad app which provides therapy for children with autism.[5][6] Her work on using surveillance data led to the development of a "virtual observer" which was used after the 2005 London bombings.[7]

In addition to her research, in 2015 she founded SPARK Deakin \- Deakin University's flagship entrepreneurship program.

## Contents

* 1 Recognition
* 2 Personal life
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Recognition

Based on gender diversity analysis of 1.5m research papers, Venkatesh is one of the top 15 women in the world contributing to artificial intelligence research.[8]

She was elected a Fellow of the International Association of Pattern Recognition in 2004 for her contributions to the "formulation and extraction of semantics in multimedia data".[9] She was also elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2006[10] and an ARC Laureate Fellow in June 2017.[11] She was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2018[12] and was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in May 2021.[13]

Venkatesh delivered the 2015 Harrison Lecture for Innovation.[14]

In November 2024 the Pearcey Foundation awarded Venkatesh the 2024 Pearcey Medal in recognition of a distinguished lifetime of achievement and contribution to the development and growth of the Australian ICT industry.[15]

## Personal life

Venkatesh's son, Akshay, a mathematician specialising in number theory and related topics,[16] was one of the four Fields Medal winners in 2018.[17] She is based in Geelong, Victoria.

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## References

1. ↑ "Professor Svetha Venkatesh ranked in the top 15 women working in AI" (in en-AU). 2019-10-29. https://a2i2.deakin.edu.au/2019/10/29/professor-svetha-venkatesh-ranked-in-the-top-15-women-working-in-ai/.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Alfred Deakin Professor". http://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/careers-at-deakin/your-employer-of-choice/alfred-deakin-professor.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Andrea Morello, Cyrille BoyerIan Frazer, Ryan Lister, Ian Reid, Nalini Joshi and the STEM heroes". The Australian. 11 December 2015. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the-deal-magazine/andrea-morello-cyrille-boyerian-frazer-ryan-lister-ian-reid-nalini-joshi-and-the-stem-heroes/news-story/1e2bfacab177824cbff16866208efef4.
4. ↑ Lin, Anne. (29 July 2014). "Can computers stop suicides?, Special Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
5. ↑ Foreshew, Jennifer. (4 October 2011). "Learning tool designed for autistic kids", The Australian. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
6. ↑ Natasha MItchell interviews Svetha Venkatesh and Silvana Gaglia (8 October 2012). Toby Playpad: Autism therapy (mp3) (Radio broadcast). ABC Radio National.
7. ↑ "Computers model human behaviour". 6 June 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/computers-model-human-behaviour/3131782.
8. ↑ "Gender Diversity in AI Research" (in en). https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/gender-diversity-ai/.
9. ↑ "IAPR Fellows", International Association of Pattern Recognition. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
10. ↑ "Professor Svetha Venkatesh" NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
11. ↑ "Deakin celebrates: ARC Laureate Fellowship for Svetha Venkatesh". Deakin University. 5 June 2017. http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/research-news/articles/deakin-celebrates-arc-laureate-fellowship-for-svetha-venkatesh.
12. ↑ "Professor Svetha Venkatesh" (in en-au). 2024-02-19. https://www.vic.gov.au/professor-svetha-venkatesh.
13. ↑ "Twenty-two Australians recognised among our nation's most distinguished scientists | Australian Academy of Science" (in en). 2021-05-25. https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/news-and-media-releases/twenty-two-australians-recognised-among-nations-distinguished-scientists.
14. ↑ "Looking beyond Big Data", Deakin University. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
15. ↑ "2024 Pearcey Medal" (in en). https://www.pearcey.org.au/awards/national/pearcey-medal/2024-pearcey-medal/.
16. ↑ Akshay, Venkatesh. "Akshay Venkatesh home page". Stanford University. http://math.stanford.edu/~akshay/. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
17. ↑ Fields Medal: Aussie genius Akshay Venkatesh wins 'Nobel Prize of mathematics', Michael Slezak, ABC News Online, 2018-08-02

## External links

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