Vikram Ramanarayanan
About Vikram Ramanarayanan
Vikram Ramanarayanan serves as the Chief Science Officer at Modality.AI and an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. He specializes in utilizing technology to enhance patient assessments and reduce biases in healthcare through the analysis of speech, facial, and behavioral patterns.
Work at Modality.AI
Vikram Ramanarayanan has served as the Chief Science Officer at Modality.AI since 2019. In this role, he focuses on measuring speech, facial, and behavioral patterns to evaluate various functions, including motoric, neurological, mental, and respiratory. His work aims to enhance patient assessments by integrating technology that reduces human bias and measurement error.
Education and Expertise
Vikram Ramanarayanan holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, where he also earned his MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Linguistics. He completed his undergraduate studies in Electronics and Communications Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli. He has a Business Analytics Certificate from The Wharton School, which complements his technical expertise in developing automated web browser-based conversations for patient assessment.
Background
Prior to his current roles, Vikram worked as a Managing Senior Research Scientist and Manager at Educational Testing Service Research from 2014 to 2021. He also served as a Graduate Research Assistant at USC Viterbi School of Engineering from 2008 to 2014. His academic and professional experiences have been primarily based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Achievements
Vikram Ramanarayanan has contributed significantly to the field of health technology. He has been involved in research on multimodal digital biomarkers for neurological and mental health conditions. He co-authored several papers presented at the Interspeech conference and participated in organizing a special session on Speech and Language in Health. He has presented invited lectures at the ASHA Convention and at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Current Academic Role
In addition to his work at Modality.AI, Vikram has been an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco since 2017. His academic role allows him to further his research interests and contribute to the education of future professionals in the field.