Veerababu Dharanalakota

326, SPIRE Lab

Electrial Engineering

IISc Bangalore, India 560012

dveerababu@outlook.com

Dr. Veerababu Dharanalakota conducts interdisciplinary research in the area of acoustics, and scientific machine learning. He combines theoretical, computational, and machine learning methods to study the sound wave propagation under complex environments with applications to fluid dynamics, geophysics, environmental engineering, medical ultrasonics, underwater acoustics, speech, audio, automotive, and aerospace sectors. He is also interested in the integration of data-driven and physics-driven models, and build hybrid models to address real-world problems.

Research Interests

Computational Acoustics
Applied Mathematics
Scientific Machine Learning
Numerical Optimization
Noise and Vibration Control

Education

PhD, Indian Institute of Technologoly Hyderabad (2015 - 2020)
ME, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (2011 - 2013)
BTech, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakindada (2007 - 2011)

news

Jun 26, 2025	Journal paper titled “Improving neural network training using loss-based dynamic learning rate schedule for PINNs and image classification” accepted for the publication in Machine Learning with Applications.
Mar 21, 2025	Journal paper titled “Prediction of acoustic field in 1-D uniform duct with varying mean flow and temperature using neural networks” accepted for the publication in the Journal of Theoretical and Computational Acoustics.
Feb 21, 2025	Journal paper titled “Solving 2-D Helmholtz equation in the rectangular, circular, and elliptical domains using neural networks” accepted for the publication in the Journal of Sound and Vibration.
Dec 14, 2024	Received prestigeous NVIDIA Academic Grant Program to support my project “Physics-based Machine Learning for Sound Propagation Modelling”
Oct 10, 2023	Received “International Travel Grant” from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.