SPAI Group's Quotes
As a young citizen of India, armed with technology, knowledge and love for my nation, I realize, small aim is a crime.
-- A P J Abdul Kalam, People's President
We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.
-- Marie Curie, Nobel Prize in both 1903 and 1911
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.
-- Abraham Lincoln, Wartime leader
Science is a collaborative effort. The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.
-- John Bardeen, Nobel Prize in both 1956 and 1972
The heights by great ones reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet
Current Members
Faculty
Mahesh Mohan M R received his Ph.D degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Thereafter, he joined the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, US in April 2021 and was a postdoctoral researcher till July 2023. He joined the Centre of Excellence in AI, IIT Kharagpur as an Assistant Professor in August 2023. He heads the Signal Processing and Artificial Intelligence (SPAI) group at IIT-Kharagpur. His research interests include Computer Vision, Signal Processing, and Machine Learning. He serves as a reviewer in various top-tier conferences and journals, and has publications in top tier venues including CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, and TIP. His teaching subjects at IIT Kharagpur include Machine Learning Foundations and Applications (AI42002), Deep Learning Foundations and Applications (AI61002), and Linear Algebra for AI and ML (AI61003).
Ph.D
- Neha Kumari (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - July 2024)
- Biswamitra Mitra (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - July 2024)
B-Tech and M-Tech/MSc
- Sharath S ⛳ ⛳ [Internship in Google; IndiaAI Research Fellowship] (IIT Kharagpur, B-Tech, Electrical Engineering, Joined - Mar 2024)
- Ayan Singha (IIT Kharagpur, Joint B-Tech M-Tech, Agricultural Engineering, Joined - Mar 2024)
- Jay Godara (IIT Kharagpur, Joint B-Tech M-Tech, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Joined - Mar 2024)
- Divyanshu Vaibhav (IIT Kharagpur, B-Tech, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Joined - Mar 2024)
- Sayan Ghosh ⛳ ⛳ [International Internship at AWL Japan; IndiaAI Research Fellowship] (IIT Kharagpur, B-Tech, Chemical Engineering, Joined - May 2024)
- Arjun Singh (IIT Kharagpur, B-Tech, Geology and Geophysics, Joined - May 2024)
- Gajarlawar Veer Vilas ⛳ [Poster presentation in Sensors-2024] (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - May 2024) [Jointly with Prof. Anjali Devi J S]
- Rahul R ⛳ [Internship in Adobe] (IIT Kharagpur, Joint B-Tech M-Tech, Electrical Engineering, Joined - June 2024)
- Ashmit A Raj (IIT Kharagpur, B-Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Joined - June 2024) [Jointly with Dr. Sumith Sreedhar and Prof. Kiran Vijayan]
- Mahim Jain ⛳ [IndoML-2024 travel grant] (IIT Kharagpur, Integrated Dual Degree, Artificial Intelligence, Joined - June 2024)
- Gourav Pathak ⛳ [IndoML-2024 travel grant] (IIT Kharagpur, Integrated Dual Degree, Artificial Intelligence, Joined - July 2024)
- Vamshi Krishna (IIT Kharagpur, B-Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Joined - July 2024) [Jointly with Dr. Sumith Sreedhar and Prof. Kiran Vijayan]
Interns
- Shamik Bhattacharjee (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - Feb 2024)
- Swaralipi Datta (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - Feb 2024)
- Anushree Ghosh (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - Feb 2024)
- Bibhabasu Debnath ⛳ [Internship in Adobe] (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - Feb 2024)
- Prakhar Verma ⛳ [IndoML-2024 travel grant] (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - June 2024)
- Tushti Thakur (Jadavpur University, Joined - July 2024) [Jointly with Dr. Sumith Sreedhar and Prof. Kiran Vijayan]
- Md Tauheed Ansari (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - September 2024) [Jointly with Prof. Narendra Ahuja, UIUC and Prof. Yogesh Rathi, Harvard Medical School]
- Aditya Ashok (IIT Kharagpur, Joined - September 2024) [Jointly with Prof. Narendra Ahuja, UIUC and Prof. Yogesh Rathi, Harvard Medical School]
I am actively looking for PhD and Masters (MS/MTP) students to work with me. Self motivated, Ambitious and Keen students with a research aptitude towards signal processing and/or image processing and/or computer vision, and applied mathematics are welcome to join our SPAI group. We closely follow this philosophy: please read this. If you are interested, please apply through the IIT Kharagpur PG admissions process, specifying Department of Artificial Intelligence among your preferred departments and listing me as a potential supervisor.
The prospective students are encouraged to visit my group for two weeks to get a good understanding about my group, our working style, and to make an optimal decision based on bilateral matching. I am currently not offering any internship positions or research projects to students outside IIT Kharagpur. Apologies for not being able to individually respond to the numerous student emails enquiring about this.
LoR policy: Truth be told, my letter of recommendation does not have much value; so your depth and breadth of research should reflect your ambition!
Alumni
Ph.D
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B-Tech and M-Tech/MSc
- Amara Datta ⛳⛳ [Chanakya Research Fellowship Award 2024; Secured placement as Senior Data Scientist in MakeMyTrip] (IIT Kharagpur, MSc, Mathematics and Computing, Aug 2023 - May 2024).
- Johaan George (IIT Kharagpur, Joint B-Tech M-Tech, Naval Engineering, Jan 2024 - May 2024).
Interns
- Chirayu Chaurasia (IIT Kharagpur, May 2024 - July 2024)
- Aishwarya Maan Srivastava (IIT Kharagpur, June 2024 - July 2024)
- Arunava Bhattacharya (IIT Kharagpur, June 2024 - July 2024)
- Manish Vaghmashi ⛳ [Secured Internship in Amazon] (IIT Kharagpur, June 2024 - July 2024)
- Adithyan Cp (Bharatidasan University, May 2024 - Jun 2024)
- Pranit Chaudhary (IIT Kharagpur, May 2024 - July 2024)
- Keerthi Sankoju (IIT Kharagpur, May 2024 - July 2024)