VINOD A Prasad

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ACADEMIC CAREER SUMMARY

September 2026 - Present: Professor, Infocomm Technology Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

January 2025 - September 2026: Professor and Cluster Director, Infocomm Technology Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

May 2022 - Dec 2024: Professor and Director of Research, Infocomm Technology Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)

Dec 2020 - April 2022: Professor of Engineering Practice, Electronic & Computer Engineering Dept., Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

Oct 2017 - Nov 2020: Professor (tenured) and Dean (Industry Collaboration & Research), Electrical Engineering Dept., Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

Aug 2010 - Sept 2017: Associate Professor (tenured), School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Dec 2004 - July 2010: Assistant Professor, School of Computer Engineering, NTU Singapore

Sept 2002 - Nov 2004: Lecturer, School of Computer Engineering, NTU Singapore

Sept 2000 - Sept 2002: Lecturer, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Dept., Singapore Polytechnic

Vinod A Prasad received his received his B. Tech. degree in Instrumentation & Control Engg. from University of Calicut, India in 1993 and the Master of Engineering (by Research) and Ph.D. degrees from the School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore in 2000 and 2004 respectively. Vinod has a professional experience of 30 years, which includes 25 years of teaching experience and 5 years of industry experience. He has spent the first 5 years of his career in the industry as an automation engineer at Kirloskar, Bangalore, India, Tata Honeywell, Pune, India, and Seraya Chemicals (Shell) Singapore. From September 2000 to September 2002, he was a Lecturer in the School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore. He joined as a Lecturer in the School of Computer Engineering, NTU, Singapore in September 2002, became Assistant Professor in December 2004 and Associate Professor (tenured) in August 2010 where he continued till September 2017. In October 2017, Vinod joined the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, India, as a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department. He served as the first Dean (Industry Collaboration & Sponsored Research) at IIT Palakkad during 2018 - 2020. From December 2020 to March 2022, he was a Professor of Engineering Practice in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). In May 2022, Vinod joined the Information Communication Technology Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), Singapore, as a Professor. From January 2025 to September 2026, Vinod is the Director (Head) of the Infocomm Technology Cluster (School).  From August 2022 to December 2024, Vinod was Director of Research, Infocomm Technology Cluster in SIT, and from January 2023 to December 2024, he served as a Member of the University Academic Promotion Board at SIT. He is also a Member of the Advisory Committee, SIT X NVIDIA AI Centre at SIT. He also holds the appointment of ‘Visiting Senior Academician’ in SingHealth (Singapore Health Services) and Visiting Professor at the Department of Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore, India. He has served as a Visiting Associate Professor in Electrical & Computer Engg. Dept., University of British Columbia, Canada, during June-July 2013.

Vinod has won the Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching2009, the highest recognition conferred by NTU Singapore to individual faculty for teaching. He was also a nominee for Nanyang Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008 and 2016, and a nominee for the University’s Nanyang Educator Award (College of Engineering level), in 2016. Vinod has won the Best Lecturer Award of the School of Computer Engineering for four years consecutively – 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. 

Vinod’s research interests focus on Embedded Digital Signal Processing & Circuits, Signal Processing, Machine Learning and AI for Non-Invasive Brain Machine Interface and its applications in neurofeedback, neurorehabilitation, neuroimaging, neuroprosthetics, assistive technology, brainwave-based biometric identification and affective computing. Brain Machine Interface and its applications in neurofeedback, neurorehabilitation, neuroimaging, neuroprosthetics, assistive technology, biometric identification and authentication, deception detection, affective computing, neuromarketing, etc. He has ongoing and completed external research grants from various funding agencies (public and private sectors) - Ministry of Education, Singapore, Ministry of Defence, Singapore, NMRC Singapore, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore, European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company (EADS), Singapore Millennium Foundation, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), Airbus Group Innovations, Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India), UVJ Technologies Pvt Ltd., India, and GadgEon Smart Systems Pvt Ltd., India, amounting over S$4.5 million as principal investigator. He has published 294 papers in refereed international journals and international conferences which include 101 journal papers (Google Scholar Citation: 6509, h-index 42, Scopus Citation: 4548, h-index 35, as of 9 July 2026). He has supervised and graduated 20 Ph.D. students (17 in NTU Singapore and 3 in IIT) and 1 Master of Engineering (By Research) student. He has been conferred the Research Outstanding and Recognition Award, Office of Research, NTU, twice – in 2005 and 2006. He served as an Associate Editor of five journals - IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, IEEE Systems Man & Cybernetics Magazine and Circuits, Systems & Signal Processing (Springer), and also a Senior Member of IEEE. He was the Technical Co-Chair (Brain-Machine Interface Systems) of IEEE Systems, Man & Cybernetics Society during 2014 - 2018. Vinod has won the ‘Award for the Most Active Technical Committee Award in Human-Machine Systems’ (as the Technical Co-Chair of Brain Machine Interface Committee) of IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society in three consecutive years – 2016, 2017 and 2018.

In NTU Singapore, Vinod was the Assistant Chair (Students) in the School of Computer Science & Engineering during 2015 – 2017, Member of NTU Teaching Council, Member of NTU Research Council, Leader of Hardware & Embedded Systems Research Group, Embedded Systems Track Lead of Curriculum Management Committee, and the Chairman of Faculty Search Committee of the School of Computer Engineering, NTU. Formerly, he has served as the Chair of NTU School’s Undergraduate Outreach Committee for 6 years (2007 – 2013), Team Leader of NTU’s Ph.D. Outreach (India) during 2012 - 2016 and Graduate Students’ Liaison Faculty-in-Charge of the School in NTU for 2 years and Member of Undergraduate Outreach of College of Engineering, NTU for 4 years. At the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), he was the Inaugural Head of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and also the Inaugural Dean of Industry Collaboration & Sponsored Research. 

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