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{{Short description|Indian machine learning researcher}}
{{Other uses|Alex James (disambiguation)}}
{{COI|date=October 2022}}
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{{Infobox scientist
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| birth_place = India
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| fields = {{ublist | Electrical engineering }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | Digital University Kerala }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | Griffith University }}
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| known_for = AI hardware, Neuromorphic VLSI ([[Very-large-scale integration]]), Intelligent Imaging and Machine Learning, and Analog Electronics
| awards = {{ublist|Senior Fellow of HEA|Fellow of British Computer Society (FBCS)|Fellow of IET (FIET)| Best Associate Editor Award of IEEE TCAS1 for 2020-21 }}
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'''Alex James''' is an Indian scientist who is a professor of AI hardware at School of Electronic Systems and Automation, and [[Dean (education)|Dean]] at [[Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology|Digital University Kerala]] (IIITM-K).<ref name="deccanchronicle" /><ref>{{cite news |title=MoU signed for India's first graphene research and innovation centre signed |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/mou-signed-for-indias-first-graphene-research-and-innovation-centre-signed/articleshow/92275828.cms?from=mdr |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=MoU signed for India's first graphene research and innovation centre |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/policy/story/mou-signed-for-indias-first-graphene-research-and-innovation-centre-338066-2022-06-17 |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[Business Today (India)]] |date=17 June 2022}}</ref> He is the professor in charge of Maker Village, [[Kochi]],<ref>{{cite news |title=DUK professor in Stanford University's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/duk-professor-in-stanford-univ-list-of-top-2-scientists/articleshow/87290021.cms |access-date=14 September 2022 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=27 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/education/news-digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsity-s-list-of-top-2-scientists-742242 |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[India TV]] |date=26 October 2021}}</ref> Chief Investigator of the centre for Intelligent IoT Sensors,<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2021/10/26/kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsity-list-of-top-scientists.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[Onmanorama]] |date=26 October 2021}}</ref> and India Innovation Centre for [[Graphene]]. James features in top 1%<ref name="Bureau">{{Cite news |date=2023-10-08 |title=Alex P. James ranked among top 1% scientists |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/alex-p-james-ranked-among-top-1-scientists/article67396914.ece |access-date=2023-11-24 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> scientists list published by [[Elsevier|Elsevier BV]] in the world in the field of [[Electrical engineering|Electrical and Electronics Engineering]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala Professor Alex P James in Stanford varsity's list of top 2 % scientists |url=https://www.shiksha.com/news/digital-university-kerala-professor-alex-p-james-in-stanford-varsity-s-list-of-top-2-scientists-blogId-71741 |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=shiksha.com |date=26 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Digital University Kerala Professor Makes It To Stanford Varsity's List Of Top 2% Scientists|url=https://thelogicalindian.com/app-lite/trending/digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists-31477|website=The logical indian|date=26 October 2021|access-date=20 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920183342/https://thelogicalindian.com/app-lite/trending/digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists-31477|url-status=dead}}</ref> He appeared in the list for the third consecutive time.<ref name="Bureau"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala professor features in Stanford's list of top 2 per cent scientists second time running |url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/oct/26/digital-university-kerala-professor-features-in-stanfords-list-of-top-2-per-cent-scientists-25096.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=edexlive.com |date=26 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DUK Professor In Stanford University's List Of Top 2% Scientists |url=https://www.ndtv.com/education/duk-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=26 October 2021}}</ref> He specializes in the scientific field of Memristive Systems, [[AI accelerator|AI hardware]], [[Neuromorphic engineering|Neuromorphic]] VLSI (very-large-scale integration) system, Intelligent Imaging and [[Machine learning]], and [[Analogue electronics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Indica 2012: Presents Dr. Alex Pappachen James |url=https://sites.google.com/site/bioindica2012/news-updates/indica-2012-alex-pappachen |access-date=15 September 2022 |date=20 December 2011 |archive-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914132835/https://sites.google.com/site/bioindica2012/news-updates/indica-2012-alex-pappachen |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DUK dean Alex P. James is among top-2% scientists |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/duk-dean-alex-p-james-is-among-top-2-scientists/article37165160.ece |access-date=21 September 2022 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DUK professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2% scientists |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/duk-professor-in-stanford-varsity-s-list-of-top-2-scientists-101635227172679.html |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=26 October 2021}}</ref>

== Education and career==
James earned his Ph.D. degree from the Queensland Micro and Nanotechnology Centre, [[Griffith University]], Brisbane, Australia.<ref name="intechopen">{{cite web |title=Alex James |url=https://www.intechopen.com/profiles/6992 |publisher=IntechOpen |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |chapter=Role of Resolution in Noisy Pattern Matching |chapter-url=https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/35566?show=full |publisher=Griffith University| doi=10.1007/978-3-642-12214-9_21 |access-date=15 September 2022 | title=Information Processing and Management | series=Communications in Computer and Information Science | date=2010 | last1=James | first1=Alex Pappachen | last2=Dimitrijev | first2=Sima | volume=70 | pages=120–124 | isbn=978-3-642-12213-2 }}</ref> Since 2009, he has been working as a faculty member at different universities in [[Australia]] and [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Editor |url=https://rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/9789810944247/html/editor.html |website=rpsonline.com.sg |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> He was a Member of IET Vision and Imaging Network, and is a Member of BCS’ Fellows [[Working group|Technical Advisory Group]] (F-TAG). He is the founding chair for [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE]] [[Kerala]] Section [[Circuits and Systems |Circuits and Systems Society]], and is a fellow of [[BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT|British Computer Society]] (FBCS), and [[Institution of Engineering and Technology]].<ref name="deccanchronicle">{{cite news |title=Digital University Kerala professor in Stanford varsity's list of top 2 % scientists |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/261021/digital-university-kerala-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=26 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DUK Professor Among Top 2% Of Scientists At Stanford University |url=http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/DUK-Professor-Among-Top-2-Of-Scientists-At-Stanford-University/26-10-2021-410005/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |publisher=[[Businessworld]] |date=26 October 2021}}</ref> He was an Editorial Board Member of [[Information integration|Information Fusion]] (2010–2014), Elsevier, and associate editor for HCIS (2015–2020), [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]]; and Guest Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in [[Computational Intelligence (journal)|Computational Intelligence]] (2017).<ref name="intechopen" /> Currently he is serving as an Associate Editor of IEEE Access, [[Frontiers Media|Frontiers in Neuroscience]], and IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers journal.<ref name="peerj" />

== Scientific research==
IIITM-K has achieved a breakthrough in developing Analogue [[Integrated circuit]] for implementing Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) in a joint research project with Analogue Circuits and Image Sensors Lab, [[Siegen university]] and [[Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI|Fraunhofer, Germany]], and Centre for Excellence in [[Artificial general intelligence]] and Neuromorphic Systems (neuroAGI).<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala IT institute develops analogue circuit to study coronavirus |url=https://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20200404/3534146.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=webindia123 |date=4 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെ പഠിക്കാൻ അനലോഗ് സർക്യൂട്ടായി |url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/news-kerala-05-04-2020/864192 |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=deshabhimani.com |date=5 April 2020 |language=malayalam}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെക്കുറിച്ച് പഠിക്കാന്‍ അനലോഗ് സര്‍ക്യൂട്ടുമായി ഐഐഐടിഎം-കെ |url=https://blivenews.com/news/iiitm-k-with-an-analog-circuit-to-study-coronavirus/cid3057535.htm |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=blivenews.com |date=4 April 2020 |language=Malayalam}}</ref> According to A. P. James, professor at the School of Electronics at IIITM-K, this complicated and meticulous AI circuits research can accelerate and operate GAN applications in [[Low-power electronics|low power devices]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala IT institute develops analogue circuit to study coronavirus |url=https://newsd.in/kerala-it-institute-develops-analogue-circuit-to-study-coronavirus/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=Newsd Media Pvt Ltd |date=4 April 2020}}</ref> It also can be used to analyze and interpret [[SARS-CoV-2|2019-nCoV]] data for a possible solution to the pandemic.<ref>{{cite news |title=COVID-19: IIITM-K Researchers Develop Analogue Circuit Capable to Study Corona Virus |url=https://www.newsexperts.in/covid-19-iiitm-k-researchers-develop-analogue-circuit-capable-study-corona-virus/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=Newsexperts.in |date=4 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=കൊറോണ വൈറസിനെക്കുറിച്ച് നിര്‍മിത ബുദ്ധി ഉപയോഗിച്ച് പഠിക്കാന്‍ കഴിയുന്ന അനലോഗ് സര്‍ക്യൂട്ടുമായി തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തെ ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ഇന്‍സ്റ്റിറ്റ്യൂട്ട് |url=https://www.janmabhumi.in/read/iiitm-k-researchers-develop-analogue-circuit-capable-to-study-corona-virus/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=janmabhumi |date=4 April 2020 |language=malayalam}}</ref> An AI Semantic search engine has been created by a research team led by A.P. James to help researchers gain deeper insights into [[Scientific Investigation]], particularly since the [[COVID-19]] issue has necessitated the collection of a significant amount of complex scientific data.<ref>{{cite news |title=COVID-19 : IIITM-K develops AI Semantic search engine |url=http://www.uniindia.com/covid-19-iiitm-k-develops-ai-semantic-search-engine/south/news/1966301.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=United News of India |date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IIITM-K develops search engine for researchers to get insights into scientific studies on COVID-19 |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/iiitm-k-develops-search-engine-for-researchers-to-get-insights-into-scientific-studies-on-covid-1920200423155439/ |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=Asian News International |date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IIITM-K develops an advanced search engine for COVID-19 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/apr/23/iiitm-k-develops-an-advanced-search-engine-for-covid-19-2134187.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala institute launches search engine for coronavirus researchers |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/technology/kerala-institute-launches-search-engine-for-coronavirus-researchers |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=The Free Press Journal |date=24 April 2020}}</ref> The search engine is called "<nowiki>www.vilokana.in</nowiki>, which is [[Sanskrit]] for "finding out.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kerala institute develops search engine for Covid researchers |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/startups/companies/kerala-institute-develops-search-engine-for-covid-researchers/articleshow/75320427.cms |access-date=1 October 2022 |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=23 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=IIITM-K develops AI search engine for COVID-19 studies |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/iiitm-k-develops-ai-search-engine-for-covid-19-studies/article31418825.ece |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 April 2020}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
James is a member of IEEE CASS Technical committee on [[Network analysis (electrical circuits)|Nonlinear Circuits and Systems]], IEEE CASS Technical committee on [[Cellular network|Cellular]] [[Nanoscale networks]] and [[Memristor]] Array Computing, IEEE Consumer Technology Society Technical Committee on [[Quantum field theory|Quantum in Consumer Technology]] (QCT), Technical Committee on Machine learning, [[Deep learning]] and [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] in CE (MDA) and Member of BCS’ Fellows Technical Advisory Group (F-TAG).<ref name="duk1">{{cite web |title=Kerala professor in Stanford university's list of top 2% scientists|url=https://news.careers360.com/duk-professor-in-stanford-varsitys-list-of-top-2-scientists|publisher=careers360.com|date=26 October 2021|access-date=20 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=F-TAG members |url=https://www.bcs.org/policy-and-influence/bcs-fellows-technical-advisory-group-f-tag/f-tag-members/ |website=www.bcs.org |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref>

James was awarded best associate editor of [[IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers]] TCAS-I, by the [[IEEE Circuits and Systems Society]] (IEEE CASS) for the year 2020–21.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr A P James of DUK awarded best associate editor of global research journal |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2021/09/21/srg1-kl-award.html |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=[[The Week (Indian magazine)]] |date=21 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I) Editorial Board |url=https://ieee-cas.org/committee/ieee-transactions-circuits-and-systems-part-i-regular-papers-tcas-i-editorial-board |publisher=IEEE CASS |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref> He has been an associate editor for the journal since 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dr A P James of DUK awarded best associate editor of global research journal |url=https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/education/1738018-dr-a-p-james-of-duk-awarded-best-associate-editor-of-global-research-journal |access-date=14 September 2022 |publisher=devdiscourse.com |date=21 September 2021}}</ref> He is also an editorial board member of [[PeerJ|PeerJ CS]] and a Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member of ACM, Senior Fellow of HEA.<ref name="peerj">{{cite web |title=Alex James |url=https://peerj.com/alexpappachenjames/ |publisher=PeerJ |access-date=14 September 2022}}</ref>

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==References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://duk.ac.in/personnel/dr-a-p-james/ A. P. James] on official website of Digital University Kerala
* [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37391662800 Alex James] on ieeexplore
* [https://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-8703156677170333770006/ James, Alex Pappachen] on [[WorldCat]]
* [https://duk.ac.in/professor-dr-alex-james-features-in-stanford-universitys-list-of-top-2-scientists-in-the-world/ Professor Dr. Alex James features in Stanford University’s list of top 2% scientists in the world]
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