Rama Chellappa is a highly distinguished University Professor and Minta Martin Professor of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He also serves as the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Chair. He is affiliated with several research centers and programs, including the Centre for Automation Research and the UM Institute for Advanced Computer Studies.

As a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and an affiliate professor in the Department of Computer Science, Chellappa's research interests span several areas of computer science, including digital image processing, pattern recognition, video processing, multi-dimension signal processing, and statistical inference. He is also highly experienced in computer vision and image analysis.

Chellappa's impressive academic achievements are complemented by his extensive contributions to the wider scientific community. He has published widely in leading academic journals and received numerous honors and awards for his groundbreaking work in computer science.

For those wishing to contact Chellappa, his office is in Room No 4411 A.V. Williams Building at the University of Maryland. He can also be reached by phone, fax, or email, the details of which are available on his website.