A globally experienced hands-on researcher and conceivably the first Indian to get his PhD in Data Science from The Johns Hopkins University in 1995. He is a serial entrepreneur and a respected industry leader at the forefront of many successful large-scale AI-enabled business transformation journeys in multiple industries. Currently he is the CEO of Quadratyx and the founding faculty member of the International School of Engineering, whose Big Data Analytics certification is highly rated globally.
Education
PhD in Data Mining and Machine Learning, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA , 1995.Master of Technology (MTech) CSE, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, 1990 Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer Sci. & Engg (CSE), MN Regional Engineering College, Allahabad, 1988.​
awards & recognition
Dr. Murthy is recognized as among the ‘10 Most Prominent Analytics Academicians in India’ by Analytics India Magazine. He has over 20 US patent applications, and scores of international publications, all in AI. His paper (open source) on OC1 decision tree continues to be a top-cited paper in the area of Decision Trees and Machine Learning.
Employers and Assignments
Westinghouse Electric Corporation: Software engineer
Writing mission-critical process control software for the Sequoia Nuclear Plant​
National Center for Software Technology (now CDAC, Mumbai): Visiting Scientist
Design and development of the MATRA machine translation system
Siemens Corporate Research: Researcher, Imaging and Visualization
Automatic collimation for X-ray fluoroscopy using machine learning
Computer-aided diagnosis of mammography images
Non-destructive evaluation of power-plant welds using data mining
Audio mining for preventive diagnosis of car engine problems
IBM Research: Senior Manager
Online fraud detection and risk evaluation of credit card transactions
Sales prediction for retail durables; User profiling for targeted marketing
Image mining for personalized recommendations for retail buyers
Intelligent auto-auctioning agents for e-commerce
Interactive virtual classrooms using IP-TV; Multi-dimensional biometric security systems
Entrepreneurship and Representative Projects
Scmooth: 2006 – 2009 (Co-founded)
Automatic filling of complex forms (e.g., customs, insurance) using data mining
Teqnium (Co-founder, Chairman and CEO)
Personalized vocational skilling using e-learning & data mining (Maruti Suzuki, Commonwealth of Learning, Enable India)
Unstructured survey text mining for decision support (American Bureau of Shipping)
Teaching Carnegie Mellon University-certified courses in Big Data Analytics
Training CXOs about the business value and risks associated with data analytics (DRDO, Murugappa Group, Progress Software, Microsoft, AT&T, Axis Bank, Edelweiss etc.)
Consulting firms that serve leading businesses in all sectors. Helping the clients in Critical Decision Making and lasting improvements to their performance.
