Om Prakash – Computer Vision – Best Researcher Award

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Om Prakash – Computer Vision – Best Researcher Award

Dr. Om Prakash  distinguished academic and researcher in the field Computer Vision.

🌐 Professional Profile

Educations📚📚📚

He earned his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Allahabad, Allahabad, U.P., India, in November 2014. He has extensive experience in academia and industry. Since March 2020, he has been an Assistant Professor at Academic Pay Level-10 in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India. From May 2019 to February 2020, he worked as a Computer Vision Scientist at Inferigence Quotient LLP, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at NIRMA University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, from May 2018 to April 2019. Between March 2016 and April 2018, he was a faculty member at the Centre of Computer Education, University of Allahabad, U.P., India. He also completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, from March 2015 to February 2016. His earlier experience includes serving as a faculty member at the Centre of Computer Education, University of Allahabad, U.P., India, from August 2007 to February 2

Research Interests

• Computer Vision
• Image and Video Processing
• Wavelet transforms
• Multisensory data fusion
• Video surveillance
• Machine Learning/Deep Learning
• Thermography
• Medical Imaging

Book Edited as Guest Editor

AKS Kushwaha, Om Pakash, M. Khare, J. Gwak, N.T. Binh, “Visual and Sensory Data Processing
for Real Time Intelligent Surveillance System”, Multimed Tools Appl, vol.81, pp. 42097–42098
(2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-14263-3, Springer

 

📝🔬Publications📝🔬

1. Pratibha Maurya, Arati Kushwaha, Ashish Khare, Om Prakash, Balancing Accuracy and
Efficiency: A Lightweight Deep Learning Model for Covid-19 Detection” Journal
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. vol. 136, Part B, July 2024, 108999,
ISSN 0952-1976, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2024.108999., Elsevier. (SCI).
2. Arati Kushwaha, Ashish Khare, Om Prakash, Human activity recognition algorithm in video
sequences based on the fusion of multiple features for realistic and multi-view
environment. Multimedia Tools and Applications. vol.83, pp. 22727-22748, August 2024,
Springer (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-16364-z)
3. Neha Sisodiya, Nitant Dube, Om Prakash, Priyank Thakkar, Scalable Big Earth
Observation Data Mining Algorithms: A Review. Earth Science and Informatics, vol.16,
pp. 1993–2016, June 2023, Springer (SCI). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-023-01032-5.
4. Ashish Khare, Arati Kushwaha and Om Prakash, Human Activity Recognition in a Realistic
Unconstrained and Multiview Environment using 2D-CNN. Journal of Artificial
Intelligence and Technology (JAIT). vol.3, pp. 100-107, May 2023, Intelligence Science
and Technology Press. (ISTP) (Scopus). (https://doi.org/10.37965/jait.2023.0163)
5. Arati Kushwaha, Ashish Khare, Om Prakash, “Micro-network-based deep convolutional
neural network for human activity recognition from realistic and multi-view visual
data”, Neural Comput & Applic (2023). vol.35, pp.13321–13341, Springer (SCI).
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-023-08440-0)
6. Arati Kushwaha, Ashish Khare, Om Prakash and Manish Khare, “Dense optical flow
based background subtraction technique for object segmentation in moving camera
environment”, IET Image Processing, vol. 14, no. 14, pp. 3393-3404, December 2020, IET
Publication. (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-ipr.2019.0960).
7. Mounika B. Reddy, Om Prakash, Ashish Khare, “Keyframe extraction using Pearson correlation
coefficient and color moments,”. Multimedia Systems, vol. 26, pp.267–299 (2020), Springer. (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-019-00642-8).

8. Mounika B. Reddy, Om Prakash, Ashish Khare, “Video Superpixels Generation through
Integration of Curvelet transform and Simple Linear Iterative Clustering”, Multimedia Tools and
Applications, vol. 78, pp. 25185–25219, March 2019, Springer. (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-019-7554-z).

9. Om Prakash, Chang Min Park, Ashish Khare, Moongu Jeon, Jeonghwan Gwak, “Multiscale
Fusion of Multimodal Medical Images using Lifting Scheme based Biorthogonal Wavelet
Transform,” Optik, vol. 182, pp.995-1014, April 2019, Elsevier (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.12.028)
10. Manish Khare, Om Prakash and Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava, “Combining Zernike moment and
Complex wavelet transform for Human object classification,” Int. J. Computational Vision and
Robotics, May 2018, vol.18, no.2, pp.140-167, Inderscience Publishers. (Scopus)
(https://doi.org/10.1504/IJCVR.2018.091983)
11. Om Prakash, Jeonghwan Gwak, Manish Khare, Ashish Khare, Moongu Jeon, “Human detection in
complex real scenes based on combination of biorthogonal wavelet transform and Zernike
moments,” Optik, vol. 157, pp. 1267-1281, March 2018, Elsevier. (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2017.12.061)
12. Richa Srivastava, Om Prakash and Ashish Khare, “Local Energy based Multimodal Medical
Image Fusion in Curvelet Domain,” IET Computer Vision, vol.10, issue 6, pp. 513-527, 2016. IET
digital library.(SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cvi.2015.0251)
13. Om Prakash and Ashish Khare, “Tracking of moving object using energy of Biorthogonal wavelet
transform,” Chiang Mai Journal of Science, vol.42, no.3, pp. 783-795, July 2015, Chiang Mai
University. (SCI)
(https://thaiscience.info/Journals/Article/CMJS/10972713.pdf)
14. Om Prakash and Ashish Khare, “Medical Image Denoising based on Soft thresholding using
Biorthogonal Multiscale Wavelet Transform,” International Journal of Image and Graphics, vol.
14, no. 1 & 2, pp. 1450002 (30 pages), March 2014, World Scientific. (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219467814500028)
15. Alok Kumar Singh Kushwaha, Chandra Mani Sharma, Manish Khare, Om Prakash and Ashish
Khare, “Adaptive real-time motion segmentation technique based on statistical background model,”
The Imaging Science Journal, vol. 62, no.5, pp. 285-302, 2014, Royal Photographic Society.(SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1179/1743131X13Y.0000000056)
16. Rajiv Singh, Richa Srivastava, Om Prakash and Ashish Khare, “Multimodal medical image fusion
in Dual tree complex wavelet domain using maximum and average fusion rules,” Journal of
Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 168-173, June 2012, American
Scientific Publishers. (SCI)
(https://doi.org/10.1166/jmihi.2012.1080)

Publications in International Conference Proceedings

  • B. Reddy Mounika, Om Prakash, Ashish Khare, “Key Frame Extraction using Uniform Local Binary Pattern,” 2018 Second International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control and Communication Technology (IAC3T), University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 21-23 Sept 2018. IEEE
  • Abhishek Srivastava, Pronaya Bhattacharya, Arunendra Singh, Atul Mathur, Om Prakash, Rajeshkumar Pradhan, “A Distributed Credit Transfer Educational Framework based on Blockchain,” 2018 Second International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control and Communication Technology (IAC3T), University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 21-23 Sept 2018. IEEE
  • Om Prakash, Alok Kumar Singh Kushwaha, Moongu Jeon, “An approach towards Object Tracking based on Rotation Invariant Moments of Complex Wavelet Transform,” in International Conference on Advances in Computing, Control and Communication Technology (IAC3T-2016), University of Allahabad, Allahabad, 25-27 March 2016.
  • Arati Kushwaha, Ashish Khare, Om Prakash, Jong-In Song, Moongu Jeon, “3D Medical Image Fusion using the Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform,” in IEEE 4th International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS-2015), Changshu, China, 29-31 October 2015. IEEE
  • Manish Khare, Om Prakash, Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava, Ashish Khare, “Contourlet Transform based Human Object Tracking,” Proceedings of 27th SPIE Electronic Imaging, Vol. 9410 (Visual Information Processing and Communication VI), 08-12 February 2015, San Francisco, USA. SPIE
  • Om Prakash, Manish Khare, Ashish Khare, “Biorthogonal Wavelet Transform Based Classification of Human Object Using Adaboost Classifier,” Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS-2014), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, pp. 194-199, 02-05 December 2014. IEEE
  • Manish Khare, Om Prakash, Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava, Ashish Khare, “Daubechies Complex Wavelet Transform Based Approach for Multiclass Object Classification,” Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS-2014), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, 206-211, 02-05 December 2014. IEEE
  • Prashant Srivastava, Om Prakash, Ashish Khare, “Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Moments of Wavelet Transform,” Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS-2014), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), South Korea, pp. 159-164, 02-05 December 2014. IEEE
  • Om Prakash, Arvind Kumar, Ashish Khare, “Pixel-level Image Fusion Scheme based on Steerable Pyramid Wavelet Transform using absolute Maximum fusion rule,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Issues and Challenges in Intelligent Computing Techniques (ICICT-2014), Ghaziabad, India, pp. 770-775, 07-08 February 2014. IEEE

Serena Doria – Technological Networks – Women Researcher Award

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Serena Doria – Technological Networks – Women Researcher Award

Assoc Prof Dr. Serena Doria distinguished academic and researcher in the field Technological Networks. She was responsible for the Ud’A Scienza Project financed under the Call for Scientific Dissemination PANN2020 – Annual Contributions Law 113/91 D.D. 1524 of 21/01/2019, promoted by the MUR. The Ud’A Scienza Project was funded for a total of €72,176, ranking ninth with a score of 55/60 out of 71 admitted projects, and it has a duration of 12 months (from 15.12.2021 to 15.12.2022).

🌐 Professional Profiles

Educations📚📚📚

she graduated in Mathematics, with a focus on Applied Probability, from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” on January 29th, 1992. Since November 1st, 2022, she has been an associate professor in the scientific sector MAT 06 – Probability Calculus and Mathematical Statistics. From 1995 to 2022, she worked as a researcher in the scientific sector MAT 06 – Probability Calculus and Mathematical Statistics. Her research interests include coherent conditional forecasts and their extensions, Hausdorff measures and fractal sets, Choquet integral, representation of orderings, equivalences in complex decisions and complex systems, and knowledge representation in Artificial Intelligence.

Conferences

She attended the MTISD’06 Conference on Methods, Models, and Information Technologies to Support Decision Making, held at the University of Naples – L’Orientale, Procida from September 28th to 30th, 2006. She also participated in the MTISD’04 Conference on Methods, Models, and Information Technologies to Support Decision Making, hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Benevento from June 24th to 26th, 2004. Additionally, she was present at the SIS Intermediate Conference on Process and Statistical Evaluation Methods in Rome from June 4th to 6th, 2001. She took part in the II Conference of the MURST co-financed Research Project on Models for Treating Partial Knowledge in Decision-Making Processes in Lipari, Sicily from July 22nd to 26th, 2000. Moreover, she attended the I Conference of the MURST co-financed Research Project on Models for Treating Partial Knowledge in Decision-Making Processes in Perugia from April 7th to 9th, 1999. She also participated in the Evolution of Mathematics, its Applications, and its Teaching Conference in Numana from June 4th to 10th, 1999, and the National Mathesis Conference in L’Aquila from October 19th to 21st, 1998. She attended the Days of Combinatorial Geometry in Rome on May 29th and 30th, 1997. Lastly, she was present at the Conference on Methods of Representing Uncertainty in Architecture in Pescara from November 27th to 30th, 1997, and the Conference on Uncertainty Analysis in Economic and Territorial Management in Benevento in May.

 

Internationalizations

She served as an editor, alongside Thomas Augustin and Massimo Marinacci, for the Special Issue of the Ninth International Symposium of Imprecise Probability: Theory and Applications – ISIPTA’15, published in the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Volume 84, 39-40, in 2015. Additionally, she was an editor, alongside Thomas Augustin, Enrique Miranda, and Erik Queguebeur, for the Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of Imprecise Probability: Theory and Applications – ISIPTA’15, published by Arcne Editrice in 2015. She organized the Ninth International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA’15) in Pescara from July 20th to 24th, 2015. Furthermore, she organized the Fifth SIPTA Summer School on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications in Pescara from July 16th to 20th, 2012. Since 2001, she has been a member of SIPTA (International Society for Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications). She served on the Executive Committee of SIPTA from July 14th, 2009, to July 24th, 2011. Since April 2008, she has been a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews (MR). She also served on the Program Committee of the International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA ’21) in Granada, Spain, from July 6th to 9th, 2021, and the Program Committee of the International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications (ISIPTA ’19) in Ghent, Belgium, from July 3rd to 6th, 2019.

 

Scientific Activity

She participated in the PRIN 1997 Research Program – Partial Knowledge and Coherent Probability, led by Professor Romano Scozzafava at La Sapienza University. She also participated in the PRIN 1999 Research Program – Mathematical Models for Uncertainty Treatment and Alternative Project Selection in Architecture and Urban Planning, led by Professor Antonio Maturo at G. d’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, with National Scientific Coordination by Professor Romano Scozzafava at La Sapienza University. She served as a reviewer for national projects as a member of REPRISE (the register of scientific experts established at the MIUR) for the following section: Basic Research. Additionally, she acted as a reviewer for scientific articles within the framework of the VQR 2015-2019. She also reviewed scientific articles for the following international journals indexed in Scopus and/or WoS: International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, Information Sciences, International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, Axioms, and Symmetry.

 

📝🔬Publications📝🔬

Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula – Computer Vision -Best Researcher Award

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Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula  – Computer Vision

Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula  a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of Computer Vision. He possesses proficiency in several programming languages, with a focus on Python. His expertise extends to utilizing various tools such as Tableau, QGIS, PyTorch, and Tensorflow, showcasing a well-rounded skill set in data science and machine learning. Additionally, he has earned certifications in Data Science Tools, SQL for Data Science, and Machine Learning with Python, all from IBM. Furthermore, he has completed the “Using Python for Research” certification from Harvard University, underscoring his commitment to continuous learning and staying at the forefront of relevant technologies in the field. These skills and honors collectively highlight his comprehensive knowledge and dedication to the dynamic and evolving realm of data science.

Eduvation

His master’s studies at Amirkabir University of Technology (AUT) in Tehran, Iran, from September 2018 to October 2021, he specialized in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Control. During this period, he maintained a GPA of 3.5/4, and his final project earned a perfect score of 4/4. Prior to his master’s degree, he completed his Bachelor’s in Power Electrical Engineering at Yazd University, Iran, from September 2014 to August 2018, achieving a GPA of 3.1/4.

Professional Profiles:

Employment Experience
As a Graduate Research Assistant at South Carolina State University since August 2022, she has been actively engaged in the collection, recording, and analysis of transportation data, utilizing proficient tools such as Python, Tableau, PowerBI, and QGIS. Her research focus involves the application of cutting-edge technologies, including Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Artificial Intelligence, to address challenges within the transportation industry.
Over the course of her tenure, she has showcased her contributions by delivering six impactful presentations on her research in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at seven distinguished transportation conferences. Furthermore, her commitment to scholarly dissemination is evident through the submission and acceptance of two peer-reviewed articles, which are slated for presentation at the prestigious 2024 Annual Transportation Research Board conference. These accomplishments underscore her dedication to advancing knowledge and providing innovative solutions to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the transportation sector.
Research Project Highlights
She has made notable contributions to the field of transportation through her research endeavors, addressing critical issues with cutting-edge technologies. One of her significant projects involves enhancing road safety through Ensemble Learning, specifically in detecting driver anomalies using vehicle inbuilt cameras. In another study, she employed Topic Modeling and Categorical Correlations to unveil patterns associated with autonomous vehicle disengagements, shedding light on crucial aspects of autonomous driving systems.
Furthermore, she delved into the realm of quantum computing to improve classification performance in traffic sign recognition, utilizing an optimized hybrid classical-quantum approach. Additionally, her research extends to the realm of sustainable urban mobility, where she has applied Explainable Artificial Intelligence to predict bike-sharing station capacity. These diverse projects showcase her proficiency in utilizing advanced technologies and methodologies to address multifaceted challenges within the transportation sector.
Publication

Improving road safety with ensemble learning: Detecting driver anomalies using vehicle inbuilt cameras

Machine Learning with Applications
2023-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mlwa.2023.100510
CONTRIBUTORS: Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula; Judith Mwakalonge; Gurcan Comert; Saidi Siuhi