Dr. Ssvr Kumar Addagarla
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering (AI&ML)
About
Dr. S S V R Kumar Addagarla is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning) at NSRIT(A), Visakhapatnam. He is an academician, researcher, mentor, and academic administrator with extensive experience in teaching, departmental leadership, accreditation activities, and institution-building.
He completed his PhD in 2021 from the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT),Vellore, Under the esteemed guidane of Dr. Anthoniraj Amalanathan , Director of CTS with the research title “E-commerce Product Classification and Similar Visual Recommender Systems.” His research work spans artificial intelligence, machine learning, recommender systems, computer vision, multimodal learning, and explainable AI. He is also actively involved in research proposal development, outreach initiatives, innovation ecosystems, and academic quality processes such as NBA, NAAC, and institutional academic planning.
His ongoing scholarly interests include multimodal recommendation systems, privacy-aware vision AI, smart campus analytics, vision transformers, and large language model–enabled explainable systems. Alongside research, he has contributed to academic leadership roles, faculty coordination, student mentoring, event organization, and industry-academia engagement.
Research
Research Areas
- Multimodal Product Recommendation Systems
- Computer Vision and Smart Campus Analytics
- Explainable AI and Responsible Machine Learning
- Deep Learning for E-commerce and Visual Search
- Large Language Models and Vision Transformers
- Emerging Themes: Green AI, sustainability-aware recommendation, explainability, and multimodal learning
Research Highlights
- Currently Pursuing Postdoctoral Research: Lincoln University College, Malaysia (Enrolled in Sept,2025)
- Postdoctoral Direction: Fine-Grained Multimodal Product Clustering and Explainable Recommendation using LLMs and Vision Transformers
- PhD Guidance: Co-Supervisor for Mr. G. Kalyan Chakravarthy, a PhD Scholar at GIET University, Gunupur (enrolled in 2022)with research focused on Visual Complementary Product Recommendation Systems.
- Current Proposal Focus: Context-aware and privacy-preserving Vision AI for student monitoring and smart campus intelligence
Selected Publications / Works
PhD Research Contributions
Ongoing Research Direction
Proposal / Applied Research Track
Journal / Conference Publications
Teaching
Experience
- 17+ years of teaching in Computer Science and Engineering
- Handled undergraduate and postgraduate courses in AI, ML, Data Science, and Computer Vision
- Mentored student projects in recommender systems, deep learning, and applied analytics
- Conducted workshops, training sessions, and technical mentoring programs
- Contributed to curriculum planning, academic quality processes, and outcome-based education practices
Courses Handled
Leadership & Administration
Departmental Leadership
- Former HoD – CSE & CSE (AI & ML),NSRIT
- Former - BOS Chairman for CSE(AI& ML),NSRIT
- Academic planning, faculty coordination, and departmental development
- Guidance for student events, technical activities, and academic initiatives
Institutional Contributions
- Contributor to NBA, NAAC, IQAC, and quality assurance processes
- Former Head-Institute IT infrastructure, GVP,Rushikonda
- Former Webmaster & MIS Coordinator, NSRIT
- Research proposal development and innovation promotion
- Documentation, accreditation support, and policy-aligned academic processes
- Support for outreach, centers of excellence, and industry-academia engagement
Academic Initiatives
- Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Innovation
- Student Holistic Improvement & Nurturing Excellence (SHINE)
- Research and development ecosystem building
- Technical event organization and institutional branding initiatives