Rohini Kesavan Srihari
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Rohini Kesavan Srihari is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Janya Inc., a high-technology company in Western New York. Prior to this she founded Cymfony Inc, which specializes in brand analytics. She also founded Cymfony Net Private Limited in Bangalore, India. She also holds a position as Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA.
, and as research scientist at the University at Buffalo for several years Rohini Srihari became an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She founded Cymfony Inc in Williamsville, NY in 1998, Cymfony Net Private Limited in Bangalore, India in 2000 and Janya Inc located in Amherst, NY and Washington DC in 2005.
Cymfony was among the first companies to apply information extraction technology to monitor the performance of brands by automatically analyzing press releases, media reports and blogs. This field has since come to be known as brand analytics. Cymfony was acquired by TNS Media Group which in turn was acquired by WPP Group
. After the acquisition of Cymfony Inc by TNS Media Group Srihari founded Janya Inc.
Janya specializes in multi-lingual information extraction technology using English, Arabic, Urdu, Chinese and Russian. Janya received the Beta Star "for the entrepreneurial firm bringing unique, innovative products or services to the market that show promise of becoming a major economic force" given by Infotech-Niagara for 2007.
Rohini Srihari has published over 125 papers in Computer Science with a Google Scholar h-index
of 29.
She was named to the Women of Accomplishment Legacy Project that identified "outstanding women of the 20th and 21st century who have touched Western New York with their genius, dedication and humanity and left a lasting legacy for the generations to come."
Early life and education
Rohini Srihari received her early education in Lansing, Michigan, Kanpur India and Waterloo, Ontario. She received an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.Career
After serving for two years as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Canisius CollegeCanisius College
Canisius College is a private Roman Catholic college in Buffalo, New York, United States. The college was founded in 1870 by members of the Society of Jesus from Germany and is named after St. Peter Canisius. The college is one of 28 institutions in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and...
, and as research scientist at the University at Buffalo for several years Rohini Srihari became an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. She founded Cymfony Inc in Williamsville, NY in 1998, Cymfony Net Private Limited in Bangalore, India in 2000 and Janya Inc located in Amherst, NY and Washington DC in 2005.
Cymfony was among the first companies to apply information extraction technology to monitor the performance of brands by automatically analyzing press releases, media reports and blogs. This field has since come to be known as brand analytics. Cymfony was acquired by TNS Media Group which in turn was acquired by WPP Group
WPP Group
WPP plc is a global media communications services company with its main management office in London, United Kingdom and its executive office in Dublin, Ireland. It is the world's largest advertising group by revenues, and employs over 150,000 people in 2,400 offices in 107 countries...
. After the acquisition of Cymfony Inc by TNS Media Group Srihari founded Janya Inc.
Janya specializes in multi-lingual information extraction technology using English, Arabic, Urdu, Chinese and Russian. Janya received the Beta Star "for the entrepreneurial firm bringing unique, innovative products or services to the market that show promise of becoming a major economic force" given by Infotech-Niagara for 2007.
Rohini Srihari has published over 125 papers in Computer Science with a Google Scholar h-index
H-index
The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications...
of 29.
She was named to the Women of Accomplishment Legacy Project that identified "outstanding women of the 20th and 21st century who have touched Western New York with their genius, dedication and humanity and left a lasting legacy for the generations to come."