Dr. Vidya Manian

Received the BE degree in Electrical Engineering from A. C. College of Engineering and Technology, Karaikudi, India in 1990, MS in Electrical Engineering in 1995, and PhD in Computing, Information Science and Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez in 2004.  She was a visiting scholar at West Virginia University, Morgantown in 2005. Since 2006 she is a faculty in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at UPRM.  Her research interest includes machine learning, hyperspectral imaging, bioinformatics, and remote sensing. She has about 20 refereed journal publications and 50 conference publications.  She has been the recipient of the Excellence in Education award from the first lady of Puerto Rico in 2013, the Distinguished Professor of Research award in 2014, and the Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2015 and 2022.