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 with the Department of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He holds a Bachelor's, Master's, and PhD in Computer Science.

During his PhD, he worked as an Assistant Researcher with the Department of Computer Science at the Julius Maximilian University, Würzburg, Germany, on the research project of "An Autonomous Sensor Network for the Detection and Observation of Meteors (ASMET)," funded by the European Union-Regional Development Fund (EU-RDF).

After his PhD, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Mobile Perception Systems (MPS) Research Lab, Signal Processing Systems Research Group, at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Eindhoven, Netherlands, on the research project of "integrated Cooperative Automated Vehicles (i-CAVE): Sensing, Mapping, and Localization," funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

Later, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with the Space Robotics (SpaceR) Research Group, SnT Research Centre, at the University of Luxembourg, Kirchberg Campus, Luxembourg, on the research projects of "Secure and Safe Multi-Robot Systems (SESAME)," funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 (EU-H2020), and "5G-Sky: Interconnecting the Sky in 5G and Beyond – A Joint Communication and Control Approach," funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund CORE (FNR-CORE).

Later, he worked as a Research Fellow in Multi-Robot Systems with the Department of Computer Science at the University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom, on the research project of "Swarm Spatial Sound Modulators (Swarm SSMs)," funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Prosperity Partnership and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

Research Interests:

Robotics, Swarm Robotics, UAVs, Autonomous Systems, and AI.

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 present (International)
  • TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEMS, MEMBER
    Since 2024 (International)
  • IEEE SENIOR MEMBER, MEMBER
    2014 to present (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)

ACADEMIC/ PROF. SERVICES

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)

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)