Sriram Subramanian

Sriram Subramanian is a Professor of Computer Science at University College London (UCL), holds a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies, and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) in 2025. He leads UCL’s Multi-Sensory Devices (MSD) group. His research focuses on human-computer interaction and the computational manipulation of acoustic wavefronts for mid-air haptics, acoustic holography, acoustic manipulation, and multisensory interaction. The University of Sussex profile reports more than 100 research articles. His acoustic-manipulation research contributed to Ultrahaptics (now Ultraleap); he also established Metasonixx and co-founded AcoustoFab.

• July 2020 – Present·University College London (UCL)·Professor of Computer Science; Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Emerging Technologies
  • Leads the Multi-Sensory Devices group and research on acoustic wavefronts, displays, haptics, and audio devices.
• August 2015 – June 2020·University of Sussex·Professor of Informatics
  • Led the Interact Lab, developing new user experiences through physical science, engineering, and creative design.
• September 2007 – July 2015·University of Bristol·Lecturer to Professor
  • Founding member of the Bristol Interaction and Graphics group, working on interfaces combining novel displays with haptics and shape-changing devices.
• December 2006 – August 2007·Philips Research Labs·Senior Scientist
  • Worked in the Netherlands-based media interaction team on product concepts involving multi-touch and tangible user interfaces.
• October 2003 – December 2006·University of Saskatchewan·Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
  • Researched single-user and collaborative interaction in multi-display environments.

• August 1999 – April 2004·Eindhoven University of Technology·Ph.D.
  • Field of study: Industrial Design – Tangible User Interfaces.
• August 1995 – July 1999·Indian Institute of Science·Master of Engineering (M.E.)
  • Field of study: Electrical Communication Engineering.
• August 1992 – May 1995·Loyola College·Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
  • Field of study: Physics.

• Manipulating Acoustic Wavefronts Using Metamaterials for Novel User Interfaces (ERC Advanced Grant, 2018–2024).
• Interactive Technologies Using Metamaterials (Royal Academy of Engineering, 2018–2028).

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