Engelbert (Bert) Niehaus, Landau, Germany
Engelbert (Bert) Niehaus is a Full Professor at the Institute of Mathematics and Head of the Computer Science Centre University Koblenz-Landau Campus Landau. His area of expertise are in Mathematical Modelling and Computer Science, particularly in areas relating to public health. He has been collaborating with CAGH since it's inception. Bert is currently providing vital domain support towards the development of the fuzzy logic predictive model entailed by the DST project and also for the latest ReacHelp initiative.
He has been a key supporter of Action Team 6 Follow Up Initiative or AT6FUI http://at6fui.weebly.com especially the Open Community Approach - http://at6fui.weebly.com/open-community-approach.html . The Open source/Community approach is a core focus of his interests.
He has been a key supporter of Action Team 6 Follow Up Initiative or AT6FUI http://at6fui.weebly.com especially the Open Community Approach - http://at6fui.weebly.com/open-community-approach.html . The Open source/Community approach is a core focus of his interests.
Ramkumar PS, Bangalore, India
Ramkumar is currently engaged as Adjunct Professor of information sciences, Manipal University. He is also a member of the Board of Directors in multiple SME sector ICT companies in the domains of education, health-care and eGovernance. He is based in Bangalore, India and has over 25 years experience as a researcher, entrepreneur and corporate manager in diverse settings – Research/education institutions, Startup/Giant companies, Service/Product oriented industry and Government/Private organizations.His domain expertise is in Information Communication Technologies, with specialization in signal processing and high performance computing as well as in telemedicine. He contributed as special invitee to advisory committee of Central IT ministry of India in Health care ICT standards and planning for the India. He has extensive senior management experience in starting up MNC subsidiaries, with responsibility for strategic planning, resource and cost management, statutory compliances, infrastructure and team building and establishing relationships with the Eco-system. Important positions he has held include India center director for VXTEL (bought by Intel for $550 million), center director for network connectivity, head of innovation and head of healthcare platform for Intel (India) and Executive Director for Shoba Renaissance IT. Dr. Ramkumar has several publications, patent filings, and inventions to his credit and was awarded young-scientist membership of the Indian Academy of sciences. He is a Member, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, IEEE signal processing society, Indian association for medical informatics, Telemedicine society of India, Health ICT standards committee of International Telecommunication Union. Ramkumar provides technical support to the projects in CAGH. Most recently, he has developed the 'MOSapp' technical platform for the Department of Science and Technology funded Aedes mosquito project for CAGH.
Biju Soman, Trivandrum, India
Biju Soman is a Professor at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (AMCHSS), Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, India and serves as the Associate Dean (Public Health Studies). Biju is a physician with post graduate qualifications in Community Medicine and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. He writes in local vernacular on contemporary health related issues. He has conducted studies on problems of elderly, nutritional status of children and men’s involvement in healthcare activities etc. He is currently involved in sentinel surveillance of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, analysis of long-term psycho-social impact of Tsunami victims and in the development of a comprehensive health surveillance system with spatial and socio-demographic parameters.
Biju has conducted training programs for medical and paramedical personnel and served as faculty for various conferences and workshops. He is particularly interested in community based health surveillance systems and public health informatics. He is a major collaborator to CAGH in areas relating to geo-spatial health.
Biju has conducted training programs for medical and paramedical personnel and served as faculty for various conferences and workshops. He is particularly interested in community based health surveillance systems and public health informatics. He is a major collaborator to CAGH in areas relating to geo-spatial health.
Chandana Unnithan, Australia
Chandana Unnithan is a Professor in Health Informatics at Torrens University Australia (Laureate
Global Universities), where she leads health technology projects as the Director of Centre for Healthy Futures. She is an applied scientist with a PhD in Health Informatics and senior research fellow in Public Health Informatics in Australia.
Chandana provides subject matter expertise in public health informatics projects with a focus on
Internet of Healthy Things (IoHT) and GIS/remote sensing applications. Her expertise is in building
surveillance systems in disaster prone areas and knowledge transfer from space driven data and
applications to global health practices for capacity building efforts.
Global Universities), where she leads health technology projects as the Director of Centre for Healthy Futures. She is an applied scientist with a PhD in Health Informatics and senior research fellow in Public Health Informatics in Australia.
Chandana provides subject matter expertise in public health informatics projects with a focus on
Internet of Healthy Things (IoHT) and GIS/remote sensing applications. Her expertise is in building
surveillance systems in disaster prone areas and knowledge transfer from space driven data and
applications to global health practices for capacity building efforts.