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Professor Rajendra Acharya

Name Rajendra Acharya
Pronoun He/Him/His
Position Professor (Artificial Intelligence in Health)
Section School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing
Office 447
Location Springfield Campus
Email
Qualifications BEng Mysore , MTech Manipal , PhD NIA , PhD Chiba , DSc AGH
Homepage https://research.com/u/u-rajendra-acharya
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U. R. Acharya, Ph.D., DEng, DSc, is a Professor in the School of Mathematics, Physics and Computing at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His research interests include biomedical imaging and signal processing, data mining and visualization, and the application of biophysics to improve healthcare design and delivery. His funded research has accrued cumulative grants totaling more than 7.5 million AUD. He has authored over 900 publications, including 850 in refereed international journals, 42 in international conference proceedings, and 17 books. He has received over 100,000 citations on Google Scholar, with an h-index of 155. According to the Essential Science Indicators by Thomson, he has consistently ranked among the top 1% of Highly Cited Researchers in Computer Science over the last 7 years (2016 through 2022). He is a Fellow of IAPR and a Fellow of AAIA. Please visit https://scholar.google.com.sg/citations?user=8FjY99sAAAAJ&hl=en for more details.


  • Biomedical Engineering ( 400300 )
  • Modelling And Simulation ( 460207 )
  • Health Systems ( 420311 )
  • Neural Engineering ( 400309 )
  • Mental Health Services ( 420313 )
  • Evolutionary Computation ( 460203 )
  • Health Informatics And Information Systems ( 420308 )
  • Biomedical Imaging ( 400304 )
  • Rehabilitation Engineering ( 400310 )
  • Artificial Intelligence ( 460200 )
  • Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )

Fellow of IAPR (2024) and Fellow of AAIA (2025)


  • Biomedical Engineering ( 400300 )
  • Modelling And Simulation ( 460207 )
  • Health Systems ( 420311 )
  • Neural Engineering ( 400309 )
  • Mental Health Services ( 420313 )
  • Evolutionary Computation ( 460203 )
  • Health Informatics And Information Systems ( 420308 )
  • Biomedical Imaging ( 400304 )
  • Rehabilitation Engineering ( 400310 )
  • Artificial Intelligence ( 460200 )
  • Health Services And Systems ( 420300 )