Devanand Thanissery
Assistant Professor (School Of Computational And Data Sciences)
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Top SchoolDevanand Thanissery is an assistant professor and computational scientist with 12 years of experience spanning computational biophysics, neuroscience, and machine learning. He leverages atomistic and coarse-grained molecular dynamics alongside signal-processing and AI methods to study biomolecules and neurological disorders, including EEG-based Alzheimer’s research conducted at IISc’s Centre for Brain Research. His work blends rigorous theory and hands-on toolchains—Python ML stacks, MD engines (LAMMPS, NAMD, VMD), and embedded systems—reflecting a rare combination of wet‑lab‑adjacent simulation expertise and practical engineering. He has held postdoctoral roles in Israel applying NLP-inspired approaches to facial-expression “language” and brings teaching experience from early-career faculty positions in India. Colleagues note his cross-disciplinary curiosity: he actively connects information theory, non-equilibrium physics, and active matter to biological problems, and maintains an accessible portfolio of projects and code on his personal site.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology - MTech, Electronics Design and Technology, Master of Technology - MTech, Electronics Design and Technology at National Institute of Technology, CalicutDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computational Biology at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc),chennaiBachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering at JYOTHI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHERUTHURUTHY
English, Malayalam, Hindi
Github Skills (33)
notebook8
jupyter8
ipython7
python7
emotion-detection6
data-science5
toolbox5
emotion-recognition4
facial-expression-recognition4
masking3
jupyter-notebook3
pytorch3
machine-learning2
gru2
computer-vision2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
dexterdev/dexterdev.github.io
Aug 2017 - Feb 2024
Contributions:130 pushes, 8 branches in 6 years 7 months
jekyll-blogjekylljekyll-thememinutes
dexterdev/Machine_Learning_Experiments
Jul 2017 - Nov 2023
Contributions:42 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 4 months
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