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'''Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan''' [[Member of the Order of Australia|AM]] [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]], also known as "'''Srini'''", (born 1948) is an Australian [[bioengineer]] and [[neuroscientist]]<ref name=aas>{{cite web | title=Professor Mandyam Veerambudi Srinivasan, bioengineer and neuroscientist | website=[[Australian Academy of Science]] | url=https://www.science.org.au/learning/general-audience/history/interviews-australian-scientists/professor-mandyam-veerambudi | access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref> who studies visual systems, particularly those of [[bee]]s and birds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1145171 |title=Search Australian Honours: Srinivasan, Mandyam Veerambudi: Member of the Order of Australia |work=It's an Honour |publisher=[[Australian Government]] |date=26 January 2012 |accessdate=24 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|date=October 8, 2016 |title=Here's how budgies avoid collisions |journal=New Scientist |volume=232 |issue=3094 |pages=15 |id={{ProQuest|1832939128}} }}</ref>

A faculty member at the [[University of Queensland]], he is a recipient of the [[Prime Minister's Prize for Science]] and a [[list of Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science|fellow of the Australian Academy of Science]] and the [[Fellow of the Royal Society|Royal Society]] (elected 2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://royalsociety.org/about-us/fellowship/fellows/|title = Fellows|publisher= Royal Society|accessdate= 20 October 2010}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news |last1=Stafford |first1=Annabel |last2=Catalano |first2=Christian |date=16 October 2006 |title=Catching the buzz to work pays off for science |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/catching-the-buzz-to-work-pays-off-for-science-20061017-ge3cov.html |work=The Age |location=Melbourne, Australia |access-date=24 August 2018 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Srinivasan was born in [[Poona]], India in 1948. His early interests included making [[transistor radio]]s with his father. His family moved to [[Calcutta]] and [[Delhi]] before settling in [[Bangalore]], where Srinivasan completed his schooling in 1962. In tertiary education, he earned a number of degrees in the years following:<ref name=aas/><ref name=scienceprize>{{cite web | url=http://grants.innovation.gov.au/SciencePrize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners/PM2006Srinivasan.htm | title=2006 Prime Minister's Prize for Science | date=29 January 2009 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611220621/http://grants.innovation.gov.au/SciencePrize/Pages/Doc.aspx?name=previous_winners%2FPM2006Srinivasan.htm | archivedate=11 June 2009 | publisher=Australian Government, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research | accessdate=29 May 2018 }}</ref>
* 1967 - Bachelor's degree in [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Bangalore University]] (5-year degree)
* 1970 - Master's degree in Applied [[Electronics]] and [[Servomechanism|Servo]] mechanisms, [[Indian Institute of Science]], Bangalore, India
* 1973 - [[M.Phil.]] in Engineering and Applied Science, [[Yale University]]
* 1977 - [[PhD]] in Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
* 1994 - [[DSc]] in [[Neuroethology]], [[Australian National University]]
==Career==
After completing his PhD in the US, Srinivasan moved to [[Canberra]] in 1978 to take up a position at the Departments of Neurobiology and Applied Mathematics at the [[Australian National University]] (ANU), where he stayed until 1982, when he secured a research position in [[Zurich]], Switzerland, to work on insect behaviour. It was here that he learnt how to train and work with honeybees. In 1985 he returned to the ANU, and set up an interdisciplinary research group which focused on investigating how bees use their vision to navigate and land very precisely.<ref name=aas/>

In 2007, Srinivisan took up a position working at the Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering of the University of Queensland.
==Research interests==
At Yale, Srinivasan did research on movement perception in flies, and became interested in the vision of [[insect]]s.<ref name=aas/>

Focusing his attention on [[honey bee]]s, in particular the [[Western honey bee]], Srinivasan has explored how simple animal systems display complex behaviours. This broad field has applications in robotics, especially [[unmanned aerial vehicles]] because of the competing needs for autonomy and a lightweight control system.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Wheeler |first1=David L. |date=April 15, 2012 |title=From Bees' Brains to Airplanes: an Australian Scientist Applies His Research |journal=The Chronicle of Higher Education|id={{ProQuest|1001147570}} }}</ref>

Bees are highly competent fliers. Srinivasan has shown that many ostensibly complex flight behaviours can be attributed to the tendency of the bee to keep [[optic flow]] constant. Some examples:{{cn|date=July 2020}}
* They measure the distance they have travelled. This is important as distance is signalled to other bees as a component of the [[waggle dance]].
* When landing, the ground becomes closer and therefore appears to be moving faster. By keeping the apparent velocity of the ground constant, the bee reduces its own velocity in a continuous manner.
* Similarly, bees slow down in a crowded landscape because nearby objects appear to move faster than objects on the horizon. This is a safety mechanism that reduces the incidence of collision.
* When avoiding objects, the bee will tend to take the optimal path because it will 'balance' the rate of the optic flow between the eyes. It will, for example, fly down the middle of a tunnel, because if it flew closer to one side the optic flow would appear to be greater.

Srinivasan's research looks mainly at "vision, perception and cognition in animals with simple nervous systems, and on how these might be used in machine vision and robotics".<ref name=aas/>
==Awards and honours==
Srinivasan's work has been recognised and honoured by a number of awards and honours, including:<ref name=aas/><ref name=scienceprize/>
*1995 - Election to the Fellowship of the [[Australian Academy of Science]] (FAA)
*2001 - Inaugural Australian Federation Fellowship award of the [[Australian Research Council]]
*2001 - [[Australasian Science Prize|''Australasian Science'' Prize]] (for excellence in peer-reviewed research)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.control.com.au/bi2008/2910ASPrize.pdf |title=Mother fossil find awarded the Australasian Science Prize|access-date=12 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110311040909/http://www.control.com.au/bi2008/2910ASPrize.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*2001 - Election to the Fellowship of the [[Royal Society]] of London (FRS)
*2003 - [[Australian Centenary Medal]]
*2006 - [[Royal Society of New Zealand]] Distinguished Visitor
*2006 - Fellowship of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World
*2008 - Queensland Smart State Premier's Fellowship
*2008 - [[Rank Prize for Optoelectronics]] (UK)
*2009 - Distinguished Alumni Award of the [[Indian Institute of Science]]
*2012 - Membership of the [[Order of Australia]] (AM)
==Publications==
{{as of|July 2020}}, Srinivasan had authored 15 book chapters, 189 journal articles, 69 [[conference paper]]s, and had registered two [[patent]]s. The patents were registered with co-authors [[Javaan Singh Chahl]] and other researchers: a "novel system for panoramic video surveillance" in 1997, and an imaging system in 2002 (US).<ref>{{cite web | title=Professor Srini Srinivasan | website=Queensland Brain Institute | date=10 July 2020 | url=https://qbi.uq.edu.au/profile/613/srini-srinivasan#Book-Chapters | access-date=10 July 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite web | title=Neuroscience of vision and aerial robotics | website=[[Queensland Brain Institute]] | url=https://qbi.uq.edu.au/srinivasangroup|quote=Currently the group is working on four projects in the area of mid-air collision avoidance...|access-date=10 July 2020}} The work of Srinivasan's group at the University of Queensland.

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