Arun Sharma (computer scientist) explained

Arun Sharma is an Indian Australian computer science professor. He is a distinguished emeritus professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) where he was the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Commercialisation from 2004 to 2019.[1] [2] He is the Council Chair of the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.[3] Within the multinational Adani Group, he is also an Advisor to the Chairman and Group Head for Sustainability and Climate Change.[4] He was a cofounder of Australia's National ICT Research Centre of Excellence (NICTA), and Director of the Translational Research Institute (Australia).[5] In the course of his institutional duties, Sharma played a significant role in the development of Australian technology research capability, the promotion of translational research in agriculture and biosciences within Queensland,[6] [7] [8] and the fostering of international technological research cooperation between Australia and India.[9] [10] Sharma's professional achievements have been recognized by awards by the Premier of Queensland, the Office of the Chief Scientist (Australia), the India Australia Business & Community Awards (IABCA), the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, and the Royal Order of Australia. He was born in the town of Banmankhi in the Indian state of Bihar.

Education

Sharma completed All-India Secondary (1978) and Senior School (1980) Certificates in Goalpara, Assam and New Delhi. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani in 1985, and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1990 under the supervision of Professor John Case, now at the Department of Computer Science, University of Delaware.[11] Sharma is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (2008).[12]

Career

Sharma began his academic career as a research and teaching assistant while still a graduate student at Buffalo, and was a research assistant for a year at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Delaware (1989-1990) prior to completing his Ph.D. Shortly after his doctorate degree, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 6 months (1990-1991). He then moved to Sydney (Australia) to work at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), initially as a Visiting Fellow, soon after as a tenured Lecturer (1992), and successively as a Senior Lecturer (1994), Associate Professor (1998), Head of School (1999-02) and Full Professor (2000-2004). While at UNSW he was named as the Node Director Designate, Sydney Node (2002-2003), and was appointed to the role of Vice President and Director of Sydney Research Lab (2003-2004) within National ICT Australia (NICTA), Australia's national Centre of Excellence in information and communications technology, which became part of Data61 division of CSIRO.

In 2004 he was recruited by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) as a Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Commercialisation), a position continuously held until 2019, when he became Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President (Research and Innovation). At QUT he was named Distinguished Professor in April 2019, and further designated Distinguished Professor Emeritus in August 2019.

In 2011 he became National Chair of the Australia India Business Council (AIBC), after leading the Queensland Chapter of the AIBC as its President during 2005-10.[13] [14]

Since 2011 he has been associated with the Adani Group, where he has been a Member of the Board, North Queensland Export Terminal Limited (previously Adani Abbot Point Terminal Ltd), and (since 2020) Group Head of Sustainability and Climate Change, and Advisor to the Chairman.[15]

Sharma's research contributions have been at the intersection of Theoretical Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, especially the fields of Computational Learning Theory and Algorithmic Learning Theory that focus on mathematical frameworks for analyzing the capability and limits of Machine Learning.[16] During the 1990s, Sharma had a very productive collaboration with Professor Sanjay Jain[17] that led to significant new results in E Mark Gold's paradigm of language identification in the limit.[18] [19] As a result of these contributions, Jain and Sharma were invited by MIT Press to coauthor the second edition of the classic first edition of the book Systems That Learn by Osherson, Stob, and Weinstein.[20]

He was appointed as an inaugural member of the independent Advisory Council of the Australian Research Council (2008–09).[21] He was a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Innovation Ecosystems.[22] He was the Champion of Team Queensland that participated in the MIT Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP).[23]

Through his policy papers and newspaper articles, Sharma has played a significant role in doctrinal advocacy at the intersection of research, entrepreneurship and economic development.[24]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharma. Arun. QUT Staff Profiles Arun Sharma. 2021-05-28. Chancellery Division. en.
  2. Web site: Hall of Fame IABCA. 2021-06-01. iabca. en.
  3. Web site: Arun Sharma. 2021-06-07. QIMR Berghofer. en-AU.
  4. Web site: Climate Risk Virtual Week. 2021-06-23. The Economist Events. en-US.
  5. Web site: TRI Biennial Report 2015 and 2016. www.tri.edu.au/.
  6. Web site: An Australian 'Smart State' Serves Up Lessons for a Knowledge Economy. 2021-06-03. www.chronicle.com. 15 April 2012 .
  7. Web site: 2018-11-05. Elo Life Systems Launches Australian Subsidiary in Queensland. 2021-06-04. Elo Life Systems. en-US.
  8. Web site: Smarter Services Future Jobs and Growth for the Smart State. chiefscientist.qld.gov.au.
  9. Web site: 2014-11-15. Robot and agriculture lessons: Modi returns to campus in Brisbane. 2021-06-03. The Indian Express. en.
  10. Web site: India, Australia exchange five MoUs. 2021-06-03. ANI News. en.
  11. Web site: Curriculum Vitæ John Case March 2009. University of Delaware.
  12. Web site: How would your board respond to a psychologist in the boardroom?. 2021-06-21. aicd.companydirectors.com.au.
  13. Web site: ARUN SHARMA. 2021-06-21. Australia India Business Council. en-US.
  14. Web site: Business group backs India uranium deal. 2021-06-21. amp.smh.com.au.
  15. Web site: HR Conclave 2019. www.aii.ac.in/.
  16. Web site: ORCID. Arun Sharma (0000-0002-5794-733X). 2021-06-08. orcid.org. en.
  17. Web site: Sanjay JAIN. 2021-06-21. NUS Computing. en-gb.
  18. Web site: dblp: Arun Sharma 0001. 2021-06-21. dblp.org. en.
  19. Sharma. Arun. 1998-06-01. A Note on Batch and Incremental Learnability. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. en. 56. 3. 272–276. 10.1006/jcss.1998.1568. free.
  20. Book: Osherson, Daniel N.. Systems that learn : an introduction to learning theory for cognitive and computer scientists. 1986. MIT Press. Michael Stob, Scott Weinstein. 0-262-15030-1. Cambridge, Mass.. 12721008.
  21. Web site: INNOVATION, INDUSTRY, SCIENCE AND RESEARCH - Appointments. Australian Research Council.
  22. Web site: 2019. Accelerating the Emergence and Development of Innovation Ecosystems through Procurement - A toolkit. World Economic Forum.
  23. Web site: Queensland, Australia. 2021-06-21. MIT REAP. en-US.
  24. Web site: Technology. Queensland University of. Browse By Person: Sharma, Arun. 2021-06-08. eprints.qut.edu.au. en.
  25. Book: Systems that learn : an introduction to learning theory. 1999. MIT Press. 978-0-262-27625-2. 2. Cambridge, Mass.. 44962421.
  26. Sloan. Robert H.. 2001. BOOK REVIEW: "SYSTEMS THAT LEARN: AN INTRODUCTION TO LEARNING THEORY, SECOND EDITION", SANJAY JAIN, DANIEL OSHERSON, JAMES S. ROYER and ARUN SHARMA. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Applications. en. 01. 2. 235–238. 10.1142/S1469026801000160. 1469-0268.
  27. Book: Jain. Sanjay. Systems That Learn - 2nd Edition: An Introduction to Learning Theory. Osherson. Daniel N.. Royer. James S.. Sharma. Arun. 1999-02-12. MIT Press . 978-0-262-10077-9.
  28. Book: Algorithmic learning theory : 11th international conference, ALT 2000 Sydney, Australia, December 11-13, 2000, proceedings. 2000. Springer. Hiroki Arimura, Sanjay, February 22- Jain, Arun K. Sharma. 3-540-41237-9. Berlin. 45223566.
  29. Book: Computing and combinatorics : 6th annual international conference, COCOON 2000, Sydney, Australia, July 26-28, 2000 : proceedings. 2000. Springer. Dingzhu Du. 3-540-67787-9. Berlin. 44468885.
  30. Web site: Sullivan. Mike. Swift Australia is Qld's top exporter. 2021-06-07. Business Acumen Magazine. en-gb.
  31. Web site: Rock stars of the new economy - The leading 100 Australians of the age of knowledge. knowledgesociety.com.au.
  32. Web site: Hall of Fame IABCA Australia. 2021-06-01. iabca. en.
  33. Web site: 2019. BITS ECHO Vol 2 Issue 4. Birla Institute of Technology & Science.
  34. Web site: Queen's Birthday Honours Campus Morning Mail. 11 June 2019 . 2021-05-31. en-AU.
  35. Web site: Leaders in STEM receive Queen's Birthday honours. 2021-05-31. www.labonline.com.au. en.

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