KC Santosh

Dr. Santosh is the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Science (CS) at the University of South Dakota (USD). Before that, for 3 years (till 2020), he was the Graudate Program Director of Department of Computer Science (CS), USD. Dr. Santosh served School of Computing and IT, Taylor's University as a Visiting Associate Professor, for one year (2019/2020). Before joining USD, Dr. Santosh worked as a research fellow at the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH). He worked as a postdoctoral research scientist at the LORIA research centre, Universite de Lorraine in direct collaboration with industrial partner ITESOFT, France. He also served as a research scientist at the INRIA Nancy Grand Est research centre, France, where, he has received his PhD diploma in Computer Science. Before that, he worked as a graduate research scholar at the SIIT, Thammasat University, Thailand. Dr. Santosh has published more than 70 peer-reviewed research articles, 100 conference proceedings, and 11 book chapters. He has authored 4 books, and edited 5 books, 14 journal issues, and 6 conference proceedings. He is currently Editor-In-Chief of IJSIP and an Associate Editor for several journals, such as International Journal of Machine Learning & Cybernetics, Springer Nature and IEEE Access. He has also chaired more than 10 international conference events. His research projects have been funded by multiple agencies, including the SDCRGP, Department of Education (DOE), and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Santosh is the proud recipient of the Presidents Research Excellence Award (USD, 2019) and an award from the Department of Health & Human Services (2014).