Name: KANAD KISHORE BISWAS
Address: School of Electrical
Engg. & Computer Sc.
University of Central Florida,
4000, Central Florida Blvd.,
Orlando, FL 32816.
Email: kanad@cs.ucf.edu
Telephone: (407)823-1061
(office)
(407)737-8996
(home)
Date of birth: Dec. 5,
1946
Education:
B.Tech Elect. Engg. 1968 IIT Madras I Div
M.Tech Control System 1970
IIT Delhi I Div
Ph. D. Signal Estimation 1973
IIT Delhi
Work Experience:
Lecturer EE Deptt Univ of Roorkee 1972-73
Lecturer EE Deptt IIT Delhi 1974-77
Astt Prof EE Deptt -do- 1977-82
Visiting EE Deptt Univ of Auckland 1982-84
New
Zealand
Astt Prof CSE
Deptt IIT Delhi 1984-86
Assoc. Prof CSE Deptt IIT Delhi 1986-1988
Professor CSE deptt
IIT Delhi 1988-
2005
Head of Deptt CSE Deptt IIT Delhi 1992-1995
UNESCO expert CS & EE Univ Nigeria, Lagos
Summer 1995
Visiting Faculty Comp. Sc. Univ. of
Central Florida 2003 - 2007
Current Research
Interests:
i)
Rendering of High Dynamic Range images
ii) Video
Segmentation & Categorization
iii) Visualization & Compression of Medical
Images
iv) Fuzzy logic based action recognition in video clips
Funded Research:
Compression of High Dynamic Range Images, Funded by Lockheed Martin (value $15,000,
June - December, 2005)
Obtaining CSG model representation of targets from
point clouds, Funded by Lockheed Martin (value $15,000, July 2006 – Jan 2007)
Interpretation and
Applications of invariants in computer vision, Funded by DST, (value RS 12,
50,000, May 1998 – 2001)
Virtual Intelligent
System, Funded by AICTE, (value, Rs 12, 00,000, Jan 1996 – 1999)
Design and
Development of Knowledge Based Systems, Funded by MHRD (value Rs 15,00,000, 1988 -1991)
Current Teaching
Interests:
Computer Science - I
Computer Architecture
Computer Graphics
Data Structures
Artificial
Intelligence
Image Processing
Multimedia
Computer Vision
Design and Analysis
of Algorithms
Ph. D.
Supervision;
1.
Load
Forecasting in Power Systems
2.
On the
control of linear time invariant discrete time multivariable systems
3.
Some studies in modeling and control of
hydrological systems
4.
Some aspects
of microprocessor based control systems
5.
DISPROS – a
Distributed blackboard architecture
6.
Recognition
and surface reconstruction of 3D objects
7.
Cooperative
algorithms for stereo and motion analysis
8.
Application
of invariants in model based object recognition
9.
Automating
knowledge acquisition from natural languages
10. Low bit rate facial video compression
11. An
evolutionary learning based Fuzzy theoretic approach for characterizing video sequences
12. Integrated
Visual Feature-based Indexing for Content-Based Image Retrieval
M.Tech thesis supervision:
Over 50 M.Tech theses
supervised so far.
Editorial boards of
Journal of Networks Computer
Applications (Academic Press).
Pattern Analysis Applications
(Springer - Verlag).
Conferences
Organized:
Organized the 1st ICVGIP
(Indian Conference on vision, graphics and image processing), Dec 1998 at Delhi. This has now turned into a
regular feature with 2nd being held at Bangalore in 2000 and the 3rd
being held at Ahmedabad in 2002. An ICVGIP workshop was also held at Madurai in Feb 2002.
Collaboration
Coordinator of Indo-UK
joint project in Robot Vision and Control with University of
Oxford, UK during 1987-93
Indo-US collaborative scheme,
INTERROGATIVE SYNTHETIC ENVIRONMENTS,
with Prof C.L. Bajaj, University of Texas at Austin, 2000-2002
Professional
Societies:
Chairman of
Information Technology & Computer Education, and
Council
Member of the Institution of Eln. & Telecom Engineers, India.
Chairman, Syllabus
committee, and member Examination Board, DOEACC Society
(Autonomous body of
Ministry of Information Technology, Govt of India conducting all India level examinations in the area of
Computers)
Member of Board of studies
for following institutions in India:
Motilal Nehru
National Instt of Technology, Allahabad,
Jamia Hamdard University, New
Delhi
Indraprastha Univeristy , New
Delhi
Barkatulla
University , Bhopal
ERDCI, New Delhi
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
(Journals)
- R.S.
Jadon, S.Chaudhury, K.K.Biswas, S. Jain,” An
evolutionary Learning based Fuzzy theoretic Approach for Generic
Classification of Video Sequences,” accepted for publication, IEEE
Trans. Image Processing.
- B.G.
Prasad, K.K. Biswas, S.K. Gupta,” Region Based Image Retrieval using
integrated color, shape and location index, “Computer Vision and Image
Understanding, April-June2004, pp 193-233.
- R.S.
Jadon. Santanu Chaudhury, K.K.Biswas, ‘Semantic Characterization of video:
An Evolutionary Learning based
Approach’ , IETE Journal of Research, India, Special issue on Visual Media
Processing, vol 48, Nos. 3-4, August 2002, pp 253-259.
- R.S.
Jadon, Santanu Chaudhury, K.K. Biswas,’ A Fuzzy Theoretic Approach for
video segmentation using syntactic features,’ Pattern Recognition Letters,
22(2001), 1359-1369.
- Shoma
Chatterjee, S. Banerjee, and K.K. Biswas, `Affine Structure based facial
image encoding,' IEE Proceedings -
Vision, Image and Signal Processing, vol. 146, No. 4, Aug. 1999, pp
211-221.
- R.Bhat,
B.Chandra, K.K.Biswas,” Classification and Semantics of Objects and Relations of
Object-Relation-Object construct,’ J. of Intelligent systems, Vol 8, Nos
3-4, 1998, pp 383-399.
- S.K.
Bose, K.K. Biswas, S.K. Gupta, `Model Based Object Recognition - The Role
of Affine Invariants,' Journal of
Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 227-234,
Elsevier Science Press, 1996.
- S.K.
Bose, K.K. Biswas, S.K. Gupta, `An Integrated Approach for Range Image
Segmentation and Representation,'
Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 3,
pp. 243-252, Elsevier Science Press, August 1996.
- G. Sudhir,
S. Banerjee, K.K.Biswas, R. Bahl,”A cooperative integration of Stereopsis
and optic flow computation,” J. of Optical Society of America, vol 12, No.
12, pp. 2564-2572, Dec 1995.
- Manoj K.
Saxena and K. K.
Biswas and P. C. P.
Bhatt, “Knowledge Representation in Distributed
Blackboard Architecture --- Some Issues, International Conference on Knowledge
Based Computer Systems, KBCS '89, LNAI, Vol. 444, pp. 230-242, Springer-Verlag, December 1989.
- M.K.
Saxena, K.K. Biswas, and P.C.P. Bhatt, `Problem Solving with Distributed Knowledge,' Readings in
Distributed Systems, IEEE CS Press, Nov. 1993.
- Manoj K.
Saxena, K. K. Biswas, P. C. P.
Bhatt: DKRL - An Object-Oriented Language to Support Problem
Solving in Distributed Blackboard Systems. IJPRAI 7(2): 221-242 (1993)
- M.
Hanmandlu, C. Rangaiah, and K.K. Biswas, `Quadrics-based matching
technique for 3D Object Recognition,' Image and Vision Computing, Vol.
10, No. 9, pp. 577-588, 1992.
- M.
Hanmandlu, K.K. Biswas and A.K. Sinha, "Eigen-value Assignment in
Observer and Controller Design", Int J. of Control, vol. 38, pp
867-880, April 1983.
- S. Sheel, K.K. Biswas and A.K. Sinha,
"Modelling and Prediction of Stochastic Processes Involving
Periodicity", Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol 5, pp 241-245, August
1981.
- A.K.
Mahalanabis, M. Hanmandlu and K.K. Biswas, "On Modelling and
Forecasting of Vector Stochastic Processes", Applied Mathematical
Modelling, Vol 5, pp 199-204, June 1981.
- K.K. Biswas and G. Singh, "Identification of
Stochastic Time Delay Systems", IEEE Trans Automatic Control, Vol
AC-23, pp 204-206, June 1978.
- G.
Singh, K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "Power System Local
Forecasting Using Smoothing Techniques", Int Journal of Systems
Science, Vol 9, pp 363-368, 1978.
- G.
Singh, K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "Statistical Linearization
Approach for Power
System State
Estimation", International Journal of Control, Vol 28, pp 411-418,
March 1978.
- S.K.
Sud, K.K. Biswas and A.K. Sinha, "A Stochastic Static Variable Model
for Paper Machine Head Box", Proc IEEE, Vol 124, No 12, pp 1249-1254,
December 1977.
- G. Singh, K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis,
"Load Modelling for Real Time Monitoring of Power Systems",
presented at IEEE Power Engineering Society (PES) Winter Meeting, New
York, Jan-Feb. 1977 (also published in
IEEE Trans Power Apparatus and Systems, Nov.-Dec. 1977).
- K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "Suboptimal
Algorithms for Nonlinear Smoothing", IEEE Trans Aerospace and
Electronic Systems, Vol AES-9, pp 529-537, August 1973.
- K.K.
Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "On Two Computationally Efficient
Smoothing Algorithms", IEEE Trans Automatic Control, Vol AC-18, pp
395-396, August 1973.
- K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "Stable
Fixed Lag Smoothing Algorithm", IFAC Journal Automatica, Vol 9, pp
393-397, May 1973.
- K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "On the
Stability of a Fixed Lag Smoother", IEEE Trans Automatic Control, Vol
AC-18, pp 63-64, February 1973.
- K.K.
Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "Optimal Fixed Lag Smoothing for Time
Delayed Systems", IEEE Trans Automatic Control, Vol AC-17, pp 387-388,
June 1972.
- K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "Optimal
Smoothing for Continuous Time Systems with Multiple Time Delays",
IEEE Trans, Automatic Control, Vol AC-17, pp 572-574, August 1972.
- K.K. Biswas and A.K. Mahalanabis, "An
Approach to Fixed Point Smoothing Problems", IEEE Trans Aerospace and
Electronic Systems, Vol AES-8, pp 676-682, September 1972.
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
(Recent
Conferences)
- K.K.Biswas,
Siddarth Borikar, Sumanta Pattanaik, ‘Fast Algorithm for Completion of
Digital Photographs with Natural Scenes,’ 13th Color Imaging Conference, Nov 7-11, 2005, Scottsdale,
Arizona, pp 270-275.
- K.K.Biswas, Sumanta
Pattanaik, ‘A Simple Spatial Tone Mapping Operator for High
Dynamic Range
Images, ’ 13th Color
Imaging Conference, Nov 7-11, 2005, Scottsdale,
Arizona, pp 291-296.
- R.S.
Jadon, S.Chaudhury and K.K. Biswas,’A fuzzy Theoretic Approach for Camera
Motion Detection’ IPMU 2002, 9th International Conference on
Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based
Systems, Annecy, France, July 1-5,2002.
- B.G.
Prasad, SK Gupta, KK Biswas,’ Color and Shape Index for Region-based
Retrieval, 4th International workshop on Visual Form,
IWVF4,Capri, Lecture Notes on computer Science 2059, Springer-Verlag, May
2001,pp 716-725.
- Shoma
Chatterjee, Subhashis Banerjee and K. K. Biswas, ‘Reconstruction of Local Features for Facial Video Compression.. IEEE ICIP'2000, Vancouver,
BC, Canada,
pp. TA07.02, September 11-13,
2000.
- Shoma
Chatterjee, Subhashis Banerjee and K. K. Biswas. View Morphing based Facial Video Compression Proc. Indian
Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVIP'2000),
Bangalore, India,
December 2000.
- KC
Ravishankar, BG Prasad, SK Gupta, KK Biswas,’ Dominant color region based
indexing technique for CBIR, Proc. International conf on Image Analysis
and Processing (ICIAP ’99), Venice Italy, Sept. 1999 , pp 887-892.
- Shoma
Chatterjee, S. Banerjee, and K.K. Biswas, ‘Real –Time Affine structure
based Video Compression Algorithm,’ Proc.
International Conf. Computer
Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, ICVGIP ’98, New
Delhi, India.
- S.K.
Bose, K.K. Biswas, S.K. Gupta, `Object Recognition Through Affine
Invariant Feature Indexing
Technique,' Accepted in the
International Conference on Visual Information Systems, VISUAL 96,
5-6 February 1996, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- S.K.
Bose, K.K. Biswas, S.K. Gupta, `Range Image Segmentation and description
using Differential Surface
Invariants,' Proc. 3rd
European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing - EUFIT'95,
Aachen, Germany, August 28-31,
1995, Vol. 3.
- S.K.
Bose, K.K. Biswas, S.K. Gupta, `Use of Symmetry in Index Based Feature
Invariant Shape Recognition,' Proc. of 2nd International
Conference on Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision - ICARCV'92, 16-18,
September, 1992, Singapore.