Curriculum Vitae
About | Projects | Robots
The summarized version of my Resume is available here.
Here is a link to my Google Scholar Profile
A detailed description of my activities is given below:
Experience
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Yale University
Research Assistant, Yale Social Robotics Lab
(PI: Brian Scassellati)
September, 2019 - Present -
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Assistant, Information Fusion Laboratory
(PI: Madalina Fiterau)
September, 2018 - August, 2019 -
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Research Assistant, Laboratory of Perceptual Robotics
(PI: Rod Grupen)
September, 2018 - August, 2019 -
Siemens Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany
Robotics Research Intern
June, 2018 - August, 2018 -
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Research Assistant, School of Computer Science and Engineering
January, 2017 – June, 2017 -
Techniche Universitat Dresden, Germany
Visiting Researcher, School of Vehicle Mechatronics
May, 2016 – August, 2016
Publications
Graduate
- Pedestrian Detection from Thermal Images using Saliency Maps Debasmita Ghose, Shasvat Desai, Sneha Bhattacharya, Deep Chakraborty, Madalina Fiterau, Tauhidur Rahman, IEEE Workshop on Perception Beyond the Visible Spectrum, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition(CVPR), Long Beach, California, USA, 2019
Undergraduate
- Cost Effective Road Accident Prevention System, Dr. Mohan Kumar J, Rishabh Mahajan, Deeksha Prabhu, Debasmita Ghose, IEEE International Conference for Contemporary Computing and Informatics, Noida, India, 2016
- Safety Mechanism in Treadmills using a Heart Rate Sensor, Debasmita Ghose, Vandana Prasad, Ankita Singh, International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology, Volume 3, Issue 5, May 2016
- A Modern Approach to Energy Generation and Conservation using Rain Water, Rishabh Mahajan, Debasmita Ghose, Deeksha Prabhu, 8th National Conference on Advances in Energy Conversion Technologies, 2016 conducted by Manipal Institute of Technology, India (presentation)
- Planning a Smart City in an Indian Context: A Case Study of Patna U.A., Bihar, Debasmita Ghose, Dr. Debjani Sarkar Ghose, National Seminar on Development and Management of Urban Infrastructure in India: Growth, Constraints and Prospects, 2016 at Patna Women’s College, Patna, India
Projects
Ongoing Projects
SHARED AUTONOMY BETWEEN HUMANS AND ROBOTS FOR THE RECYCLING SORING INDUSTRY
More details coming soon
Past Projects
A DEEP LEARNING METHOD FOR REDUCING FALSE POSITIVES IN LOAD CELL READINGS FOR GRASPING
Learning a model that estimates the effect of gravitational and inertial loads on a 6-axis force-torque sensor mounted on a robot, while the robot’s arm is in air.
VITAL SIGN ESTIMATION DURING SLEEP FROM ULTRA-WIDE BAND RADAR
Building a model to extract breathing rate and heart rate from multiple ultra-wide band radars, placed around a person sleeping in different postures.
PEDESTRIAN DETECTION IN THERMAL IMAGES USING SALIENCY MAPS
- Trained a Faster R-CNN network to detect pedestrians from thermal images from the KAIST Multispectral Pedestrian Dataset
- Used static and deep saliency networks (PiCA-Net and R3-Net) to preprocess thermal images in order to draw attention of the Faster R-CNN detector towards pedestrians in the scene and achieved a significant improvement in performance over our baselines.
TELEKINESIS - Multi-User Multi-Class Classification of EEG Data
Generalizing the use of EEG data for various multi user multi class classification tasks. Currently most EEG applications involve training and testing the classifier on the subject’s own data, but we plan to implement a multi class classifier which can be trained on a different dataset and tested on a different dataset.
SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF IMAGES
Comparing the performance of Fully Convolutional Networks, U-Net, Dilated Convolutions and DenseNets for pixel by pixel labeling of images from the Pascal VOC-2012 dataset.
AUTOMATED SPORTS VIDEO HIGHLIGHT GENERATION
Implemented a 3D Convolutional Neural Network using the Keras/TensorFlow framework to analyze the excitement levels of audience watching a game to classify parts of the video into “Highlight” and “Standard Gameplay” with an accuracy of about 70%
DETERMINATION OF TRANSPORTATION MODES USING MOBILE PHONES
- Implemented various methods for developing a system that can detect the mode of transportation used by a person using the time sequenced location data retrieved from his cellphone, while he takes multimodal trips using various machine learning techniques with an accuracy of about 90%.
- This project was implemented during a 5 month Research Assistantship at Hardware and Embedded Systems Lab, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
DRONE TO ASSIST THE PARKING OF A CAR
- Developed a semi-autonomous octocopter to assist a driver in finding a parking spot.
- Designed an octocopter which was capable of stable flying and taking off and landing autonomously.
- Done as a part of an internship at the School of Vehicle Mechatronics, Techniche Universitat, Dresden, Germany.
ROAD ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM
- Designed a system to detect driver drowsiness, check if the driver is under the influence of alcohol, if he has fastened the seat belt and if he is tailgating someone or being tailgated by someone.
- Developed a system to alert the driver by means of an audio stimulus, if found to violate traffic rules and if needed, send the details of the car to the nearest police station for further action.
- Our team of 3 was selected among the top 10 teams of Atmel Embedded Design Challenge 2016 for this project.
AMPHIBIOUS RESCUE AND SURVEILLANCE ROBOT: A MODERN HOVERCRAFT
- Designed and built a vehicle capable of traversing autonomously to inaccessible locations and perform live environmental monitoring.
- Developed a system to transmit real time video feed from this vehicle to a ground station to assist the rescue teams
- This project was awarded as the best project at the Intel India Embedded Challenge, 2014 in the category Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems.
CARGO ALIGNING ROBOT USING FIREBIRD V ROBOTICS RESEARCH PLATFORM
- Programmed the FireBird V Research Platform to act as a cargo aligning robot, which could traverse a grid of points in a path autonomously avoiding obstacles.
- Designed and built a robotic arm to pick up, turn and drop cargo blocks.
- This project was a part of the e-Yantra National Robotics Competition conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Achievements
- DAAD RISE Professional Scholarship: Received the DAAD RISE Professional Scholarship, 2018 from the German Academic Exchange Service for a Summer Internship at Siemens AG, Munich.
- Best Outgoing Student: Conferred with the Chaya Devi Award for the Best Outgoing Student of the 2013-2017 batch of 240 students, by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
- Winner: INK Makers – Make-a-Thon, 2016 an innovation challenge conducted by INK Talks for building a Braille Reader among 20 teams
- Best Research Poster – Technical at Indo German Convention of Lindau Alumni, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal among 40 teams
- Theme Winner: Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Intel India Embedded Challenge – 2014 for building Amphibious Rescue and Surveillance Robot – a Modern Hovercraft among 2000 teams
- Best Project in Winter Project Competition 2014 -2015 conducted by Institute of Engineers, Electronics and Communication Engineering (Manipal Chapter) for building Amphibious Rescue and Surveillance Robot – a Modern Hovercraft among 50 teams
Education
| Institution | Course | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Yale University | Ph.D. - Computer Science | 2019 - 2025 |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Master of Science - Computer Science | 2017-2019 |
| Manipal Insititute of Technology, India | Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication Engineering | 2013-2017 |
Relevant Courses
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Robotics
- Computer Vision
- Intelligent Visual Computing
- Machine Learning
- Modern Computer Architecture
- Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing
- Advanced Algorithms
- Reiforcement Learning (audit)
- Probabilistic Graphical Models (audit)
- Database Systems
- Building Interactive Machines
- Intelligent Robotics
Manipal Institute of Technology, India
- Embedded System Design
- Advanced Embedded System Design
- Control Systems
- Information Theory and Coding
- Building Automation Systems
Trainings and Workshops
- Vocational Training in Basic Techniques of Television Production and Transmission at Doordarshan Kendra, Patna, July, 2015
- Summer Training with Robosapiens Technologies in association with Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati on Quadcopters and UAVs, June-July, 2015
- Industrial Training on VLSI, VHDL and PCB Design with Hewlett Packard Education Services, May-June, 2015
- Short Term Course on FPGA Based System Design conducted by Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, May, 2015
- Workshop on Rapid Prototyping using Printed Circuits conducted by Student Council MIT and Robotics and Circuits Club, MIT Manipal, March, 2015
- Workshop on Android Application Development conducted by School of Information Sciences, Manipal University, March, 2015
- Training in Microcontrollers (AVR) at Integrated Info Tech, Patna, Bihar, December, 2014-January,2015
- Training in Image Processing and Robotics using MATLAB at Integrated Info Tech, Patna, Bihar, December, 2014-January,2015 -Training in Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies at FMISC, Patna, a World Bank Aided Project under Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, July, 2014
- Training in C# at Integrated Info Tech, Patna, Bihar, June-July, 2014
- Workshop on Arduino microcontroller conducted by Institute of Engineers (Electronics and Communication Engineering), Manipal Chapter, September, 2014
- Training in ASP.Net at WebCom Technologies USA, Patna, Bihar, December, 2013-January, 2014
- Training in C++ Programming at WebCom Technologies USA, Patna, Bihar, December, 2013-January, 2014
