AT A GLANCE
Dr. Venkat Chilikuri
Assistant Professor Selection Grade
Area of Practice: Data Science
| I ❤️ the dance between patterns and randomness. I had worked as a data scientist at an e-commerce startup, built traffic-simulation models for a firm in the U.S. and in the run-up to earning my Ph.D., chased accidents quite literally while evaluating city-wide intelligent transportation systems in St. Louis and Kansas in Missouri, in the U.S. |
EDUCATION
| PhD in Civil (Transportation) Engineering, University of Missouri, USA; MS in Civil (Transportation) Engineering, University of Missouri, USA; BE in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Andhra University, India |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Associate Professor, Srishti Manipal Institute Bangalore Data Scientist, Voonik Technologies Bangalore Post Doctoral Fellow CiSTUP IISC, Bangalore Traffic Engineer (EIT) HDR Engineering, USA |
INTEREST AREAS
- Data Literacy, Uncertainty in Systems, and Quality of Life
CURRENT PRACTICE AT SRISHTI
Helping SMI community see the world through data-lens
TEACHING PORTFOLIO
- Data Visualisation
- Data Journalism
- Quantitative Research
- Introduction to Programming
- Machine Learning, Sangaku & Other Mathematical Puzzles, and Systems Thinking
CREATIVE PRACTICE & OUTREACH
Making large amounts of Indian data accessible and understandable; Helping adults relearn high school mathematics; Developing a library for students whose parents didn’t have the opportunity to go to college.
