Publications

Publications & Thought Leadership

Engineering Strategy & Execution

• What TPMs do:  Redefining the TPM role not as a static map-reader, but as a dynamic GPS

• An Analogy to Connect with TPMs: Using a "road trip" framework to align cross-functional teams.

• Keeping Remote Teams Organised: Managing engineering across 13-hour time zone differences.

• Google Engineering Newsletter: Author of "The Unending Quest to Become Better: What I learned from retrospectives" 109th Edition, Feb 2013.

• Google’s BurnRubber engineering conference: Selected speaker for "Speed Up Your Site!"—a session delivering a performance optimization blueprint for distributed Google sites to 1,600+ engineers. Synthesized data from 200+ retrospectives into a definitive "manifesto" for high-velocity engineering at Google, session got 82% approval rating from audience

• The Art of Shifting Gears: Strategies for maintaining momentum when team velocity slackens.

• Epic Software Migrations & The Great Migration: Lessons on steering large-scale technical migrations.

• I am 99% Done: On the critical importance of defining "done" and instituting code milestones.

• Leap from Google to Startup: 11 lessons learned from the transition into the startup ecosystem.

Academic & Medical Research (PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS)

• The Impact of Cultural Dimensions on AI Adoption in Healthcare: Published in the Journal of Associations of Physicians of India, Volume 70, Jan 2022. 

  • Abstract: Healthcare is probably the last frontier that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has not conquered. Cultural factors significantly impact the way healthcare is accessed...

  • Key Findings: - Identified "Uncertainty Avoidance" as primary adoption barrier - Applied Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions framework to clinical AI - Informed product strategy for AI deployment in healthcare

• Comparing Deep Learning Models to Radiologists for COVID-19: Evaluating the Svita_DL8 model in the Indian Journal of Radiology Imaging, 2021.

  • We evaluate the diagnostic performance of a doctor-trained DL model (Svita_DL8) to screen for COVID-19 on CXR, and to compare the performance of the model with that of radiologists....

  • Key Findings: - 91.5% sensitivity achieved by AI model - Validated against expert radiologists - Production-ready TensorFlow implementation

• J.Callahan and S.Ramakrishnan, “Software Project Management and Measurement on the World-Wide-Web (WWW),” IEEE Fifth Workshop on Enabling Technologies, Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE’96), Page 156, June 19-21, 1996, IEEE Computer Society Press (presented paper at Stanford University, Workshop for Project Coordinations)

Technical

1. From Certified Stack on GCP to Custom Runtime on AppEngine: 10 Troubleshooting tips to ease your cloud deployment.

2. Content lead for two solutions “Architecting for J2EE Performance” and “High Availability on commodity hardware,” Oracle CTO Summit, (Targeted at CTOs, IT managers, software architects, and consultants, includes in-depth presentations, panel discussions, and case studies on middleware strategies), April 2002

3. S.Ramakrishnan, et al., Book Chapter , “CERN Simplifies Document Handling Using Oracle Application Server,” J2EE,Technology in Practice, 2001, Addison Wesley Publication

4. S.Ramakrishnan and Chris Chelliah, “Application Server Metamorphosis,” Java Developers Journal, April 2001

5. S.Ramakrishnan, “JavaScript,” Dr.Dobb’s Sourcebook, pp 13-23, November-December 1996

Award-Winning Editorial Leadership

• Mastering J2EE Application Development: Creator and Managing Editor for Oracle Technology Network; reached 500,000+ readers. Oracle Marketing and Alliances Innovation Award.

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to PHP: Maggie Award Nominee and "Greatest Hit" for the Oracle developer community.