1) Please enter your Name:

T V Gopal

2) Picture/Image: (Instructions: Click in the field to the right to open up the text input window. Then click the <Insert> menu button, select <Image>, then choose (or browse) to locate an image file (e.g., JPG, PNG, BMP) from your local computer to upload. After insertion, please click on the picture and adjust the size to no larger than 200 pixels). 

3) Are you participating in the At-Large advisory process (including email and real-time discussions) as a representative of:

a) ALAC (if so, detail the region and term):

b) A Regional At-Large Organization (RALO) (if so, please detail the region, position and term):

c) An ICANN-accredited At-Large Structure (if so, which one):

d) Any ICANN Committee, Constituency or Stakeholder Group (if so, which one(s))?

APRALO, ICANN Individual Member - At - Large

e) Any other company or organization, whether commercial or nonprofit (if so, please detail the organization and your position):

Life Member of Computer Society of India [CSI];

Senior Member IEEE, Member;

ACM India Council;

Member, International Center for Information Ethics [ICIE];

Boarding Member of IEEE Standards Recommended Practice for Provenance of Indigenous Peoples’ Data [P2890] & Standard Taxonomy for Responsible Trading of Human-Generated Data [P2895] Working Groups;

Member, IEEE Data Trading System Working Group [P3800]

Member of International Federation for Information Processing [IFIP] WG9.2

4) Please identify your current employer(s):

College of Engineering, Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai, India

5) Please identify your current position(s):

Professor. Department of Computer Science
and Engineering & Co-Ordinator, Center for Applied Research in Indic Technologies [CARIT]

6) Please identify the type(s) of work performed:

Teaching UG and PG Students. Research,
Guiding Research Scholars

7) Please identify your declared country of primary residence:

India

8) Please list any financial relationship beyond de minimus stock ownership you may have with any company that to your knowledge has a financial relationship or contract with ICANN:

None

9) Please identify any other relevant arrangements, interests, or benefits as requested in the following two questions:

a) Do you, your employer, and/or sponsor have any type of material or financial interest in the At-Large advisory process and its outcomes?

No

If the answer is "Yes," please describe the interest:

b) Are there any arrangements/agreements between you and any other group, constituency or person(s) regarding your participation as a work team member?

No

If the answer is "Yes," please describe the arrangements/agreements and the name of the group, constituency, or person(s):

10) Please identify any Working Groups or other chartered teams in which you are participating (include acronyms, if applicable):

 
Observer : ALAC Subcommittee on At-Large Metrics
Member :  Unaffiliated Individuals Mobilization Working Party 
Member :  APRALO Policy Forum
Member : Consolidated Policy Working Group (CPWG)

11) Additional information (optional):

 
The areas of Interest of Dr. T V Gopal include:

Operating Systems
Distributed Computing
Cyber - Physical Systems
 Usability Engineering
Information Architecture,
Object Oriented Technologies
Software Quality
Nano-Computing
Science and Spirituality

Dr. T V Gopal served as a Member of the Sub-Committee of the IT Task Force, Government of Tamil Nadu from 27 November 2000 to 25 July 2001. The IT Task Force and its sub-committee have been replaced by the Tamil Nadu Information Technology Council (TNITC). This responsibility has been duly gazetted by the Government of Tamil Nadu. My work with ICANN has been fully formal with the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Dr. T V Gopal has research experience in the use of Technology for Healthcare.

Dr. T V Gopal has a Ph.D in the area of Distributed Computing and currently works in the area of "Cyber Physical Systems". He has proven technical expertise in all layers of the ISO - OSI Reference Model for the Computer Networking & Software Defined Networking. He has first hand experience in the management of "Domain Names" and "Host Configuration" protocols.

Dr. T V Gopal has been acknowledged for contributing unique thoughts on politics in detail by email, on telephone and in personal discussions in a book titled "A Manifesto for Change" by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Formerly President of India and Dr. V Ponraj.

Dr. T V Gopal has several National and One International Award (2019) to his credit.

For further details, please visit: {+}https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/57545

I am also serving as the Director, Center for Applied Research in Indic Technologies (CARIT) at: 

https://www.annauniv.edu/CARIT/index.php 

&  

https://www.annauniv.edu/CARIT/academics.php

CARIT is an affiliate member of the International Federation For Systems Research (IFSR). Please visit: https://ifsr.org/carit

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21-Aug-2020

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