Curriculum Vitae

DR. NARSIMLU KEMSARAM

Senior Lecturer
  • Department of Artificial Intelligence
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • narsimlu.kemsaram
  • 03-79676314
  • 0137969546

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Narsimlu Kemsaram is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He holds Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD degrees in Computer Science. His research focuses on AI-enabled autonomy for robotic systems, with particular emphasis on multi-robot coordination, swarm robotics, and aerial robotics (UAVs). He develops learning- and perception-driven methods that enable robots to operate collaboratively and robustly in complex real-world environments, bridging algorithmic innovation with deployable robotic platforms.

During his PhD, he served as an Assistant Researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (University of Würzburg), Germany, contributing to the project “An Autonomous Sensor Network for the Detection and Observation of Meteors (ASMET)”, funded by the European Union Regional Development Fund (EU-RDF).

Following his PhD, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Mobile Perception Systems (MPS) Lab, Signal Processing Systems Group, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands, where he worked on “Integrated Cooperative Automated Vehicles (i-CAVE): Sensing, Mapping, and Localization”, supported by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

He then joined the Space Robotics (SpaceR) Group at the SnT Research Centre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. There, he contributed to EU- and nationally funded projects on trustworthy and connected robotic systems, including “Secure and Safe Multi-Robot Systems (SESAME)” (EU Horizon 2020) and “5G-Sky: Interconnecting the Sky in 5G and Beyond – A Joint Communication and Control Approach” (Luxembourg National Research Fund, FNR CORE).

Most recently, he was a Research Fellow in Multi-Robot Systems in the Department of Computer Science at University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom, where he worked on “Swarm Spatial Sound Modulators (Swarm SSMs)”, funded through an EPSRC Prosperity Partnership and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). This work strengthened his focus on scalable multi-robot autonomy and swarm intelligence, including coordination, perception, and distributed decision-making for cooperative robotic systems.

Research Interests: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Aerial Robotics (UAVs), Multi-Robot Systems, Swarm Robotics.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION (INCLUDING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES, DRIVING, UAV, UNDERWATER ROV, SPACE ROV)
    Engineering, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Robotics, Automations And Cyber Physical Systems
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTIC SYSTEM
    Engineering, Interdisciplinary Engineering, Robotics, Automations And Cyber Physical Systems
  • ROBOTICS CONTROL ALGORITHM (INCLUDING SWARM ROBOTICS)
    Applied Science And Technology, Information And Communication Technology (ict), Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Ph.D. (CSE), (COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING)
    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
  • M.Tech. (CS), (COMPUTER SCIENCE)
    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
  • B.Tech. (CSE), (COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING), (COMPUTER SCIENCE)
    National Institute of Technology (kakatiya University)

MEMBERSHIPS

  • MDPI DRONES, EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER, MEMBER
    2025 to 2026 (International)
  • TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS, MEMBER
    Since 2024 (International)
  • IEEE SENIOR MEMBER, MEMBER
    2014 to 2026 (International)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)
    2025, UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF), International

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
  1. Kemsaram, N., Hardwick, J., Wang, J., Gautam, B., Besevli, C., Christopoulos, G., ... & Subramanian, S. (2025). AcoustoBots: A swarm of robots for acoustophoretic multimodal interactions. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 12, 1537101.
  2. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2022). A model-based design of an onboard stereo vision system: obstacle motion estimation for cooperative automated vehicles. SN Applied Sciences, 4(7), 199.
  3. Kemsaram, N., & Maley, K. K. (2019). An aerospace business case on additive layer manufacturing technologies in aerospace and defense supply chain. Int J Supply Chain Manag, 8(2), 297-303.
  4. Kemsaram, N., Maley, K. K., & Mahadevan, R. (2019). ABC Analysis of an Aerospace Business Case on ALM Technologies in Aerospace and Defence Supply Chain. SEDME (Small Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal), 46(1), 24-34.
  5. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. R., Guntupalli, D. R., & Kuvvarapu, A. (2017). A multi-level visual tracking algorithm for autonomous vehicles. International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, 8(7), 1156-1162.
  6. Kemsaram, N., Pathak, A. G., Mulky, A. G., & Yavarna, C. (2017). A market analysis on the impact of additive layer manufacturing technologies on aerospace and defense supply chain. International Journal of Management, 8(2), 171-187.
  7. Kemsaram, N., Thatiparti, V. R. K., Guntupalli, D. R., & Kuvvarapu, A. (2017). Design and development of an on-board autonomous visual tracking system for unmanned aerial vehicles. Aviation, 21(3), 83-91.
  8. Kemsaram, N. (2016). An efficient approach of autonomous visual tracking for micro aerial vehicles. International journal of recent scientific research.
  9. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. R., & Guntupalli, D. R. (2016). A mean-shift algorithm based autonomous visual tracking for micro aerial vehicles. International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering & Research, 2(4), 362-369.
  10. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. R., Guntupalli, D. R., & Kuvvarapu, A. (2016). A hybrid autonomous visual tracking algorithm for micro aerial vehicles. International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology, 5(8), 524-535.
  11. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. R., Guntupalli, D. R., & Kuvvarapu, A. (2016). An autonomous visual tracking algorithm based on mean-shift algorithm and extended Kalman filter estimator. International Journal of Innovative Computer Science & Engineering, 3(2), 14-23.
  12. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. R., & Guntupalli, D. R. (2014). A comparative study on image fusion algorithms for avionics applications. International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Global Technology, 2(4), 616-621.
Article in Proceeding
  1. Be evli, C., Gao, L., Kemsaram, N., Brianza, G., Georgiou, O., Subramanian, S., & Obrist, M. (2025, July). SONARIOS: A Design Futuring-Driven Exploration of Acoustophoresis. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (pp. 740-753).
  2. Kemsaram, N., Delibasi, A., Hardwick, J., Gautam, B., Plasencia, D. M., & Subramanian, S. (2025). A Cooperative Contactless Object Transport with Acoustic Robots. 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, 2025, pp. 18043-18050, doi: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11245907.
  3. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2023, June). A Stixel-Based Obstacle Avoidance System for Multi-Rover System. In AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
  4. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2021, December). A SysML-based design and development of stereo vision system with pose and velocity estimation for cooperative automated vehicles. In 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
  5. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2021, December). Model-Based Systems Engineering to Design An Onboard Surround Vision System for Cooperative Automated Vehicles. In 2021 2nd International Informatics and Software Engineering Conference (IISEC) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  6. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2020, May). A stereo perception framework for autonomous vehicles. In 2020 IEEE 91st vehicular technology conference (VTC2020-Spring) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
  7. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2020, September). Architecture design and development of an on-board stereo vision system for cooperative automated vehicles. In 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.
  8. Kemsaram, N., Das, A., & Dubbelman, G. (2019, July). An integrated framework for autonomous driving: Object detection, lane detection, and free space detection. In 2019 Third World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainablity (WorldS4) (pp. 260-265). IEEE.
  9. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. V., & Guntupalli, D. R. (2015, November). Autonomous visual tracking with extended Kalman filter estimator for micro aerial vehicles. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Fuzzy and Neuro Computing (FANCCO-2015) (pp. 31-42). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
  10. Kemsaram, N., Kanth, T. V., & Guntupalli, D. R. (2014). An experimental study of the autonomous visual target tracking algorithms for small unmanned aerial vehicles. In 1st International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technologies 2014 (ICRSKT 2014). Elsevier.

RESEARCH PROJECT

International
  1. 2023 - 2025, EPSRC/UKRI
    Swarm Spatial Sound Modulators (Swarm SSMs) ( Co-Researcher)
  2. 2021 - 2022, European Union's Horizon 2020 and Luxembourg National Research Fund CORE
    Secure and Safe Multi-Robot Systems (SESAME) and 5G-Sky Drone: Interconnecting the Sky in 5G and Beyond A Joint Communication and Control Approach ( Co-Researcher)
  3. 2018 - 2021, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
    integrated Cooperative Automated Vehicles (i-CAVE): Sensing, Mapping, and Localization ( Co-Researcher)
  4. 2016 - 2017, European Union-Regional Development Fund (EU-RDF)
    An Autonomous Sensor Network for the Detection and Observation of Meteors (ASMET) ( Co-Researcher)

PAPER PRESENTED

ORAL PRESENTER
  1. A Cooperative Contactless Object Transport with Acoustic Robots, 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), IEEE (International) (19 Oct 2025 - 25 Oct 2025)
  2. SONARIOS: A Design Futuring-Driven Exploration of Acoustophoresis, 2025 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference (DIS), ACM (International) (05 Jul 2025 - 09 Jul 2025)
  3. A Stixel-Based Obstacle Avoidance System for Multi-Rover System, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aviation 2023 Forum, AIAA (International) (12 Jun 2023 - 16 Jun 2023)
  4. Model-Based Systems Engineering to Design an Onboard Surround Vision System for Cooperative Automated Vehicles, 2021 2nd International Informatics and Software Engineering Conference (IISEC), IEEE (International) (16 Dec 2021 - 17 Dec 2021)
  5. A SysML-based design and development of stereo vision system with pose and velocity estimation for cooperative automated vehicles, 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET), IEEE (International) (09 Dec 2021 - 10 Dec 2021)
  6. Architecture design and development of an on-board stereo vision system for cooperative automated vehicles, 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), IEEE (International) (20 Sep 2020 - 23 Sep 2020)
  7. A stereo perception framework for autonomous vehicles, 2020 IEEE 91st vehicular technology conference (VTC2020-Spring), IEEE (International) (25 May 2020 - 28 May 2020)
  8. An integrated framework for autonomous driving: Object detection, lane detection, and free space detection, Third World Conference on Smart Trends in Systems Security and Sustainability (WorldS4), IEEE (International) (29 Jul 2019 - 31 Jul 2019)
  9. Autonomous visual tracking with extended Kalman filter estimator for micro aerial vehicles, Fifth International Conference on Fuzzy and Neuro Computing (FANCCO-2015), IDRBT, Hyderabad (International) (17 Dec 2015 - 19 Dec 2015)
  10. An experimental study of the autonomous visual target tracking algorithms for small unmanned aerial vehicles, 1st International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technologies 2014 (ICRSKT 2014), Department of Computer Science & Engineering, JNTUH CEH, in collaboration with the Indian Society for Rough Sets (International) (09 Nov 2014 - 11 Nov 2014)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

Evaluation
  1. (2026) IEEE International Conference On Robotics & Automation (icra), International, (Reviewer)
  2. (2025) International Conference On Space Robotics (isparo), International, (Reviewer)
  3. (2025) 2025 IEEE/rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (iros), International, (Reviewer)
Contribution to external organisation
  1. (2025) Technical Committee On Multi-robot Systems (tc Mrs), International, (Technical Advisor)
Contribution to event
  1. (2025) Session Chair for Cooperating Robots At The 2025 IEEE/rsj International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hangzhou, China, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
  2. (2025) Scientific Committee At The IEEE International Conference On Artificial Intelligence, Computer, Data Sciences and Applications, Antalya, Turkey, International, (Panelist/Moderator)
  3. (2025) Scientific Committee At The 2025 IEEE International Conference On Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies, Paris, France, International, (Panelist/Moderator)

SUPERVISION

Under Graduate Students
  1. (2020) Training an in-vehicle Classifier for Platooning using Nvidia DIGITS (Technical University Eindhoven, Belanda)
  2. (2019) Real-Time Object Detection, Lane Detection, and Free Space Detection with TensorFlow for Autonomous Driving (Technical University Eindhoven, Belanda)
  3. (2018) A Real-Time Instance Stixel Computation (Technical University Eindhoven, Belanda)
Postgraduate Student
Master
  1. (2025) Coordinated Aerial Acoustophoretic Manipulation using Dual Drones, Yifan Cai (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  2. (2025) Autonomous Sensor Deployment for Bridge Inspection using a Swarm of UAVs, Ayush Aman (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  3. (2025) A Swarm of Autonomous Acoustic Drones for Search-and-Rescue Missions, Zirong Jiang (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  4. (2025) A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Model for Acoustophoretic Multimodal Interactions using Swarm of AcoustoBots, Shiqi Liu (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  5. (2025) A Multi-Agent Large Language Model for Acoustophoretic Multimodal Interactions using Swarm of AcoustoBots, Yingying Wang (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  6. (2025) A Gesture-Based Multi-Agent Visual Learning Model for Acoustophoretic Multimodal Interactions using Swarm of AcoustoBots, Alex Lin (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  7. (2025) AcoustoFarming: An Acoustophoretic Sentinel ModalAI Drone for Pollination and Plant Management in Vertical Farming, Chenzhe Jin (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  8. (2024) An IR-based Path Planning Algorithm for Multi-Robot Systems, Peilin Jiang (University College London, Gower Street London Wc1)
  9. (2020) An Autonomous Rock Detection, Classification, and Pose Estimation for Planetary Exploration, Aelyn Chong (University of Luxembourg)
  10. (2019) Train and Deploy a Custom Multi-Class Object Detection Model for Multi-UAV Systems, Sumit Goski (University of Luxembourg)
  11. (2019) Train and Deploy a Custom Multi-Class Object Detection Model for Multi-Robot Systems, Ahmed Baahmed (University of Luxembourg)

COURSE ATTENDED

External Course
INTERNATIONAL
  1. Multi-Robot Systems and Multiple UAVs, Prague, Czech (29 Jul 2024 - 02 Aug 2024)
  2. ROS Developer (ROS 1 and ROS 2), Robocademy (01 May 2022 - 30 Oct 2022)
  3. Space Robotics, Spaceonova (01 Jan 2022 - 31 Mar 2022)
  4. ROS & Robotics Course, Robot Ignite Academy (01 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2021)
  5. Aerial Robotics, Coursera (01 Jul 2020 - 30 Sep 2020)
  6. Aerospace Information Technology, Würzburg, Germany (18 Jul 2016 - 29 Jul 2016)