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Dr. N. S. Chaitanya Kumar

Assistant Professor, Amrita Mind Brain Center, Amritapuri

Qualification: Ph.D
chaithanyakumar@am.amrita.edu
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Bio

Dr. Chaitanya Nutakki, is an Assistant professor at Amrita Mind Brain Center, he received his Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Amrita School of Biotechnology. His research has primarily focused on mathematical modeling of neurovascular coupling and reconstructing fMRI BOLD signals from the cerebellum and interconnected circuits. This work led to the development of a tool called BOLDsim, which is part of the Human Brain Project. Additionally, Dr. Nutakki is actively engaged in a DST and DBT-funded projects, where he contributes to the design and development of a low-cost wearable device for analyzing human gait. Also, worked in EU-funded WeNet project will develop the technology to empower deeper social interactions through diversity-aware AI. In addition to his work in neuroscience and AI, Dr. Nutakki is actively engaged in community health initiatives, exploring how everyday life activities influence cognitive function and contribute to cognitive deficits.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

DiversityOne: A Multi-Country Smartphone Sensor Dataset for Everyday Life Behavior Modeling

Cite this Research Publication : Matteo Busso, Andrea Bontempelli, Leonardo Javier Malcotti, Lakmal Meegahapola, Peter Kun, Shyam Diwakar, Chaitanya Nutakki, Marcelo Dario Rodas Britez, Hao Xu, Donglei Song, Salvador Ruiz Correa, Andrea-Rebeca Mendoza-Lara, George Gaskell, Sally Stares, Miriam Bidoglia, Amarsanaa Ganbold, Altangerel Chagnaa, Luca Cernuzzi, Alethia Hume, Ronald Chenu-Abente, Roy Alia Asiku, Ivan Kayongo, Daniel Gatica-Perez, Amalia de Götzen, Ivano Bison, Fausto Giunchiglia, DiversityOne: A Multi-Country Smartphone Sensor Dataset for Everyday Life Behavior Modeling, Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2025, https://doi.org/10.1145/3712289

Publisher : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Year : 2025

Predicting Markers of Cognitive Decline within Small Population Samples of Daily Life Activities

Cite this Research Publication : Chaitanya Nutakki, Anil S. Menon, Naveen Kumar Sargurunathan, Shreya Ramesh, Giovanni Naldi, Shyam Diwakar, Predicting Markers of Cognitive Decline within Small Population Samples of Daily Life Activities, International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), 2025, https://doi.org/10.3991/ijoe.v21i06.53499

Publisher : International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

Year : 2022

Generalization and Personalization of Mobile Sensing-Based Mood Inference Models

Cite this Research Publication : [2022] Meegahapola L, Droz W, Kun P, de Gotzen A, Nutakki C, Diwakar S, Correa SR, Song D, Xu H, Bidoglia M, Gaskell G. Generalization and Personalization of Mobile Sensing-Based Mood Inference Models: An Analysis of College Students in Eight Countries. arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.03009.

Year : 2019

Modeling fMRI BOLD Signals and Temporal Mismatches in the Cerebellar Cortex

Cite this Research Publication : C. Nutakki, Radhakrishnan, S., Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Modeling fMRI BOLD signals and temporal mismatches in the cerebellar cortex”, CSI Transactions on ICT, 2019

Publisher : CSI Transactions on ICT .

Year : 2017

Enabling a Freely Accessible Open Source Remotely Controlled Robotic Articulator with a Neuro-inspired control Algorithm

Cite this Research Publication : Asha Vijayan, Chaitanya Nutakki, Dhanush Kumar, Dr. Krishnashree Achuthan, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Enabling a freely accessible open source remotely controlled robotic articulator with a neuro-inspired control algorithm”, International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 61-75, 2017.

Publisher : International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), pp: 61-75.

Year : 2017

Cerebellum in Neurological Disorders: A Review on the Role of Inter-Connected Neural Circuits

Cite this Research Publication : Arathi G. Rajendran, Chaitanya Nutakki, Hemalatha Sasidharakurup, Sandeep Bodda, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Cerebellum in Neurological Disorders: A Review on the Role of Inter-Connected Neural Circuits”, Journal of Neurology and Stroke, vol. 6, pp. 1-4, 2017

Publisher : Journal of Neurology and Stroke.

Year : 2013

Classifying Movement Articulation for Robotic Arms via Machine Learning

Cite this Research Publication : Asha Vijayan, Chaitanya Nutakki, Chaitanya Medini, Hareesh Singanamala, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, Krishnasree Achuthan, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Classifying Movement Articulation for Robotic Arms via Machine Learning”, Journal of Intelligent Computing, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 123-134, 2013.

Publisher : Journal of Intelligent Computing.

Book Chapter

Year : 2020

Correlations of Gait Phase Kinematics and Cortical EEG: Modelling Human Gait with Data from Sensors

Cite this Research Publication : Chaitanya Nutakki, Sandeep Bodda and Shyam Diwakar (September 9th 2020). Correlations of Gait Phase Kinematics and Cortical EEG: Modelling Human Gait with Data from Sensors, Advances in Neural Signal Processing, Ramana Vinjamuri, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.88465. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/68413

Publisher : IntechOpen

Year : 2018

Mathematical Modeling of Cerebellar Granular Layer Neurons and Network Activity: Information Estimation, Population Behaviour and Robotic Abstractions

Cite this Research Publication : Diwakar S., Nutakki C., Bodda S., Rajendran A., Vijayan A., Nair B. (2017) Mathematical Modelling of Cerebellar Granular Layer Neurons and Network Activity: Information Estimation, Population Behaviour and Robotic Abstractions. In: Naldi G., Nieus T. (eds) Mathematical and Theoretical Neuroscience. Springer INdAM Series, vol 24. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68297-6_4

Publisher : Springer

Poster

Year : 2016

Computational Reconstruction of fMRI BOLD from Cerebellar Input Layer

Cite this Research Publication : Nutakki C., Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Computational Reconstruction of fMRI BOLD from Cerebellar Input Layer”, in XXXIV Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN), National Brain Research Center, Manesar, India, Oct 19-21, 2016

Publisher : XXXIV Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Neurosciences (IAN), National Brain Research Center, Manesar, India .

Year : 2014

Robotic Arm Controlling using Spiking Neuron Network Models

Cite this Research Publication : Nutakki C., Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Robotic arm controlling using spiking neuron network models”, in Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Cognition and Health, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, Dec 19- Dec 21, 2014.

Publisher : Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Cognition and Health, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2015

Implementing Cerebellar Biophysics for Trajectory planning in Robotic arms

Cite this Research Publication : Chaitanya Nutakki, Asha Vijayan, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Implementing Cerebellar Biophysics for Trajectory planning in Robotic arms”, in Proceedings of the International symposium on Translational Neuroscience & XXXIII Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, Oct 31-Nov 2, 2015.

Publisher : Proceedings of the International symposium on Translational Neuroscience XXXIII Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences

Year : 2014

Modelling of Robotic arm Kinematics using Cerebellum based Internal Model

Cite this Research Publication : Chaitanya Nutakki, Dr. Bipin G. Nair, and Dr. Shyam Diwakar, “Modelling of robotic arm kinematics using cerebellum based internal model”, in Proceedings of the International symposium on Translational Neuroscience & XXXII Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, NIMHANS, Bangalore , India, Nov 1-Nov 3,2014.

Publisher : Proceedings of the International symposium on Translational Neuroscience & XXXII Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, NIMHANS, Bangalore , India .

Education
  • 2015-2023: PhD in computational Neuroscience under Faculty of Life Sciences at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
  • 2010-2012: Masters in bioinformatics at Amrita school of Biotechnology
  • 2007-2010: Bachelors in Bioinformatics affiliated to Acharya Nagarjuna University
Area of Interest
  • Mathematical modeling of neurovascular coupling and fMRI BOLD reconstructions in cerebellar circuits
  • Human gait analysis
  • Study on activities of daily life for better cognitive health in communities
  • Brain Machine interfaces
  • Artificial Intelligence
Recognitions
  • 2025- Amrita Innovation & Research Awards (AIRA)
  • 2023: The ACM IMWUT distinguished paper award titled “Generalization and Personalization of Mobile Sensing-Based Mood Inference Models: An Analysis of College Students in Eight Countries”.
  • 2015: John Miller travel award for presenting the paper titled “Implementing Cerebellar Biophysics for Trajectory Planning in Robotic Arms” in XXXIII annual conference of Indian Academy of neurosciences
Affiliations
  • 2024-2025: Research Scientist at Amrita Mind Brain Center
  • 2019-2024: Teaching Assistant at Amrita School of Engineering and Amrita School of Biotechnology
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