1. Academic Summary
Bayya Yegnanarayana is a highly respected Indian academic and scientist renowned for his contributions to Digital Signal Processing, Speech Signal Processing, Neural Networks, and Pattern Recognition. He has had a distinguished career spanning over five decades in teaching, research, and leadership in engineering and AI-related fields.
He has authored widely cited works in speech analysis, neural computation, and feature extraction, and has been a mentor to numerous research students.
2. Education
B.Sc., Andhra University, Waltair, India (1961).
B.E. (Electrical Communication Eng.), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India (1964).
M.E. (Electrical Communication Eng.), IISc Bangalore (1966).
Ph.D., Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc Bangalore (1974).
3. Professional Experience
INSA Senior Scientist, IIIT Hyderabad (current)
Distinguished Professor / Emeritus Professor, IIT Hyderabad
Professor & Head, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Madras (served earlier)
Visiting/Adjunct roles at Carnegie Mellon University (USA), IISc Bangalore, Oregon Graduate Institute (USA), Univ. of Bremen (Germany), Eindhoven Univ. (Netherlands) and others.
General Chair — INTERSPEECH 2018, Hyderabad.
4. Research Interests
His core research areas include:
Speech Signal Processing & Analysis
Digital Signal Processing
Neural Networks & Machine Learning
Pattern Recognition & Feature Extraction
He has developed novel techniques for speech analysis like phase processing, group delay methodologies, and neural network models for speech and speaker characterization.
5. Honors & Awards
Bayya Yegnanarayana has received multiple prestigious recognitions, including:
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc)
Fellow, IEEE (USA)
Fellow, International Speech Communication Association (ISCA)
Awards like Sayed Husain Zaheer Medal (INSA) and other national honors.
6. Scholarly Output & Impact
Published 300+ research papers in international journals and conference proceedings spanning speech processing, neural network applications, and signal representation problems.
Authored/edited influential works: Fundamentals of Speech Recognition (with Rabiner & Juang) and contributions to special issues on speech and communication technologies.
Supervised 30+ Ph.D. theses, 40+ M.S./M.Tech projects.
7. Contact & Profiles
IIIT Hyderabad/Institute Page: Dr. Bayya Yegnanarayana, Distinguished Professor, IIIT-H (search campus directory).
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=e9YThaYAAAAJ