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Namaskaram. This is Shyam Diwakar and am working at Amrita University.

Shyam Diwakar

Since February 2009, I am the lab head of Computational Neuroscience Laboratory[1], a Faculty fellow at the Amrita Center for International Programs and an Assistant Professor at Amrita School of Biotechnology[2], Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

I have been a co-investigator of the VALUE (Virtual and Accessible Laboratories for Universalizing Education[3]); a major virtual labs initiative supported by Sakshat mission of MHRD[4], Government of India, and Principle Investigator of few other projects funded by Department of Science and Technology and Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

I received a Ph. D. in Computational Sciences[5] from University of Milan, Italy and have worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher[6] at the department of General Physiology, University of Pavia, Italy. My postdoctoral research was supported by INGENIO grant[7] from Regione Lombardia and SENSOPAC grant from EU framework 7.

Before doctoral studies, I worked as a Research Assistant at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, on Machine Learning and Intelligence for two years[8]. Have co-authored a book titled “Insights into Data Mining”[9] which was published by Prentice Hall, PHI, December 2005 and authored another book on Computational Neuroscience[10].

Was elevated to the role of a Senior Member of IEEE[11] and am a faculty member of Organization for Computational Neurosciences (OCNS) and a life member of Indian Academy of Neuroscience. I have organized, participated and presented in various meetings and workshops in Europe and Asia and have also served as an invited speaker in conferences and graduate schools in Europe and India[12][13].

Currently my team's research uses principles from Electrical Engineering and Informatics to study cerebellum and its functioning[14][15][16][17]. Research includes study on how noise is represented in extracellular neuronal tissue besides developing multi-scale mathematical models of the cerebellum granular layer. The current work at the lab is on Computational Neurophysiology[18], Neuromorphic Hardware and Bio-Robotics[19] besides pedagogical techniques for enhancing Biotechnology laboratory education through ICT[20][21].

I also volunteer for Embracing the World.

Embracing The World

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Embracing the World is a global network of regional humanitarian organizations inspired by the India-based humanitarian initiatives of the Mata Amritanandamayi Math[22]. Embracing the World exists to help alleviate the burden of the world’s poor through helping to meet each of their five basic needs[23] — food, shelter, healthcare, education, and livelihood — wherever and whenever possible. Amma, the founder of the charities and Embracing The World are especially focused on helping the poor[24] and to meet these needs in the aftermath of major disasters[25][26][27]. They also work in the fields of environmental conservation and sustainability[28] to help protect the planet.

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Official website
Virtual Labs website
Embracing The World

   

References

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  1. ^ "CompNeuro Lab".
  2. ^ "Amrita School of Biotechnology".
  3. ^ "Shyam Diwakar page".
  4. ^ "Sakshat Mission of MHRD" (PDF).
  5. ^ "UNIMI listing of doctoral students" (PDF).
  6. ^ "CNISM Pavia Listing of postdocs".
  7. ^ "Diego Liberati CV".
  8. ^ "CEN Paper".
  9. ^ Ajay, K.P. Soman; Shyam Diwakar; V. (2000). Insight into Data Mining : Theory and Practice. New Delhi: Prentice Hall of India. p. 420. ISBN 978-81-203-2897-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Diwakar, Shyam (2011). Computational neuroscience of granule neurons : biophysical modeling of single neuron and network functions of the cerebellum granular layer. Saarbrücken: Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 3844324887.
  11. ^ "IEEE SM site". IEEE. Retrieved May 2014. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  12. ^ "Shyam Diwakar page". http://www.amrita.edu/faculty/dr-shyam-diwakar. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  13. ^ "ICACCI conf page". http://rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/9789810730437/html/key9.html. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  14. ^ Diwakar, S; Magistretti, J; Goldfarb, M; Naldi, G; D'Angelo, E (February 2009). "Axonal Na+ channels ensure fast spike activation and back-propagation in cerebellar granule cells". Journal of neurophysiology. 101 (2): 519–32. PMID 19073816.
  15. ^ Diwakar, S; Lombardo, P; Solinas, S; Naldi, G; D'Angelo, E (2011). "Local field potential modeling predicts dense activation in cerebellar granule cells clusters under LTP and LTD control". PloS one. 6 (7): e21928. PMID 21818278.
  16. ^ Parasuram, H; Nair, B; Naldi, G; D'Angelo, E; Diwakar, S (August 2011). "A modeling based study on the origin and nature of evoked post-synaptic local field potentials in granular layer". Journal of physiology, Paris. 105 (1–3): 71–82. PMID 21843640.
  17. ^ Medini, C; Nair, B; D'Angelo, E; Naldi, G; Diwakar, S (2012). "Modeling spike-train processing in the cerebellum granular layer and changes in plasticity reveal single neuron effects in neural ensembles". Computational intelligence and neuroscience. 2012: 359529. PMID 23193390.
  18. ^ Medini, C; Nair, B; D'Angelo, E; Naldi, G; Diwakar, S (2012). "Modeling spike-train processing in the cerebellum granular layer and changes in plasticity reveal single neuron effects in neural ensembles". Computational intelligence and neuroscience. 2012: 359529. PMID 23193390.
  19. ^ Vijayan, Asha; Nutakki, Chaitanya; Medini, Chaitanya; Singanamala, Hareesh; Nair, Bipin; Achuthan, Krishnashree; Diwakar, Shyam (September 2013). "Classifying Movement Articulation for Robotic Arms via Machine Learning". Journal of Intelligent Computing. 4 (3): 123–134.
  20. ^ Diwakar, S; Parasuram, H; Medini, C; Raman, R; Nedungadi, P; Wiertelak, E; Srivastava, S; Achuthan, K; Nair, B (March 2014). "Complementing Neurophysiology Education for Developing Countries via Cost-Effective Virtual Labs: Case Studies and Classroom Scenarios". Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. 12 (2): A130-9. PMID 24693260.
  21. ^ Srivastava, S; Özdemir, V; Ray, S; Panga, JR; Noronha, S; Nair, B; Diwakar, S (19 September 2013). "Online education: E-learning booster in developing world". Nature. 501 (7467): 316. PMID 24048056.
  22. ^ "Embracing The World - Charities of M.A. Math".
  23. ^ "Embracing The World - Charities of M.A. Math".
  24. ^ "Feeding the poor ETW link".
  25. ^ "Orissa Diary newslink reporting M.A. Math and Amma's support".
  26. ^ "Times of India on Amritanandamayi donating 1 million for Japan Tsunami".
  27. ^ "India West newspage on study on Indian Tsunami relief of M.A. Math".
  28. ^ "United Nations lists Mata Amritanandamayi Math".
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