Ramani Duraiswami

Ramani Duraiswami is Professor  at the Department of Computer Science, and in UMIACS, at the University of Maryland. Prof. Duraiswami got his B. Tech. at IIT Bombay, and his Ph.D. at The Johns Hopkins University. After spending a few years working in industry, he joined the University of Maryland, where he established the Perceptual Intelligence and Reality Lab. He has broad research interests, including both algorithm development (for machine learning, statistics, wave propagation and scattering, the fast multipole method), and systems development/applications (spatial audio capture rendering and personalization; computer vision, acoustics).  Duraiswami’s recent work emphasizes multimodal generative AI, world models based on  scientific simulation, and fast algorithms for audio, electromagnetic, and visual wave propagation, and developing efficient algorithms and systems for large-scale spatial audio, vision, and AI applications.

He has published over 350 peer-reviewed archival papers, co-authored a book,  has several issued patents, and according to Google Scholar has an h-index of 67 (in 2025). Some of his research was spun out into a startup, VisiSonics, whose technology is in millions of devices. 

Prof. Duraiswami has affiliate appointments in AIM, UMIACS, ECE, AMSC, MRC and NACS.