Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar

Sundaraja Sitharama Iyengar (born 26 August 1947) is an Indian-American computer scientist and engineer known for his contributions to artificial intelligence, distributed sensor networks, robotics, data fusion, cybersecurity, and digital forensics. He is a Distinguished University Professor and Ryder Professor at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida.

Iyengar is known for co-developing the Brooks–Iyengar algorithm, a method for fault-tolerant distributed sensor fusion. He has also contributed to detection algorithms for spectrum sensing in wireless communication systems. Over his career, he has authored more than 650 scholarly publications and over 30 books in the fields of computing and engineering.

Career

From 1992 to 2011, Iyengar served as the Roy Paul Daniels Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science at Louisiana State University (LSU), where he founded the Robotics Research Laboratory, contributing to early research in robotics and intelligent systems.

He has also contributed to initiatives promoting research translation and innovation, including involvement in FIU's technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Iyengar has held visiting and honorary academic positions, including Homi Bhabha Distinguished Professor at IGCAR, Kalpakkam and Satish Dhawan Professor at the Indian Institute of Science.

He also holds honorary Distinguished Chair Professorships at National Forensics Sciences University, Jain University, PES University, Chanakya University, and Acharya Patashala in India. He played a key role in establishing a $2.25 million US Army Funded Digital Forensics Center of Excellence in collaboration with several Universities globally.

Research Iyengar's research spans artificial intelligence, distributed sensor networks, robotics, bioinformatics, cognitive systems, and parallel computing.

He has also received multiple lifetime achievement recognitions from organizations including INTERPOL, Banaras Hindu University, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Mentoring Beyond AI (Quest Publications, 2024) Deep Learning Networks: Design, Development and Deployment (Springer, 2023) Oblivious Network Routing: Algorithms and Applications (MIT Press, 2015) Mathematical Theories of Distributed Sensor Networks (Springer, 2014) Distributed Sensor Networks (Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2004; 2nd ed., 2012) Fundamentals of Sensor Network Programming: Applications and Technology (Wiley-IEEE Press, 2010) Introduction to Contextual Processing: Theory and Applications (CRC Press, 2010) Scalable Infrastructure for Distributed Sensor Networks (Springer, 2005) Foundations of Wavelet Networks and Applications (CRC Press, 2002)

His research has been published in ACM Computing Surveys, IEEE Transactions, Sensors, and Quantum Information Processing.

Publications Iyengar, S. S. (2025). Artificial intelligence in practice: theory and applications for cyber security and forensics. Springer. Mastriani, M.; Iyengar, S. S. (2020). Satellite quantum repeaters for a quantum Internet. Wiley. Ao, B.; Wang, Y.; Yu, L.; Brooks, R.; Iyengar, S. S. (2016). On precision bound of distributed fault-tolerant sensor fusion algorithms. ACM Computing Surveys. 49 (1): 5:1–5:23. Boroojeni, K. G.; Iyengar, S. S. (2016). Smart grids: security and privacy issues. Springer. Iyengar, S. S.; Boroojeni, K. G. (2015). Oblivious network routing: algorithms and applications. MIT Press.