Assistant Professor, Department of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Kharagpur

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Welcome all! I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Artificial Intelligence, IIT Kharagpur. I am also an Affiliate Researcher at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US. In the IIT Kharagpur, I am building a “Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (SPAI)” group. Our SPAI group performs basic research in the intersection of Signal Processing with Deep Learning and Computer Vision.

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I was advised by Prof. Narendra Ahuja. My postdoc research lies at the intersection of Signal Processing and Deep Learning, aimed for Agriculture applications (associated with The Artificial Intelligence for Future Agricultural Resilience, Management, and Sustainability (AIFARMS) Institute).

Prior to that, I completed my Ph.D. in the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, where I was advised by Prof. A. N. Rajagopalan in Image Processing and Computer Vision Lab. My Ph.D. research lies at the intersection of Image Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Deep Learning (for details, please find my dissertation). Prior to my Ph.D., I have completed Master’s (M-Tech) in Communication Engineering and Signal Processing, advised by Prof. Sheeba V. S., and Bachelor’s in Electronics and Communication Engineering, both with honours.

I grew up in Kerala, India, a place adorned with lush hues of Nature. I am a nature- and art-lover, and have an interest in Philosophy of Science (some excerpts here).

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सदाशिव समारम्भाम् शंकराचार्य मध्यमाम्       Beginning with Sada Shiva, through the Shankaracharya in between,
अस्मद् आचार्य पर्यन्ताम् वंदे गुरु परम्पराम्       and up to my own teachers, I bow to the whole tradition of teachers.