Mandava Ajay Kumar

Mandava Ajay Kumar

Associate Professor

Education

Ph. D.

Dr. Ajay Kumar M holds a PhD and a Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. Prior to joining GITAM, Dr. Ajay worked as a Sr. Software Engineer and R&D Consultant at Bally Technologies, Inc., USA and as a Research Assistant at the Desert Research Institute, USA. He currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Research and Development Cell at GITAM, Bengaluru. To learn more about his work, visit https://sites.google.com/gitam.edu/ajay

Research Publications

  • Sara, D., & Mandava, A. K. (2024). An automated detection model of threat objects for X-Ray baggage inspection based on modified encoder-decoder model. Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/10589759.2024.2306477 [Q2, IF: 2.6]
  • Peddina, K., Mandava, A.K. An optimized deep network-based fish tracking and classification from underwater images. Multimed Tools Appl (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-19417-z [Q1, IF: 3.6]
  • Sara, D., Mandava, A.K. MC-CDPNet: Multi-Channel Correlated Detail Preserving Network for X-Ray-Based Baggage Screening. J Nondestruct Eval 42, 47 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-023-00961-x [Q2, IF: 2.8]
  • T J, S.J., Jacob, I.J. & Mandava, A.K. D-ResNet-PVKELM: deep neural network and paragraph vector based kernel extreme machine learning model for multimodal depression analysis. Multimed Tools Appl 82, 25973–26004 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-14351-y [Q1, IF: 3.6]
  • Thandaga Jwalanaiah, S. J., Jeena Jacob, I., Mandava, A. K. (2023). Effective deep learning based multimodal sentiment analysis from unstructured big data. Expert Systems, e13096. https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13096 [Q2, IF: 3.3]

Ongoing Research Projects

  • Check Icon Real-Time Lane Detection for Software-Defined Vehicles in Indian Road Scenarios.
  • Check Icon Deep learning based Underwater Fish Detection, Tracking and Classification.
  • Check Icon Automated detection models and multi-channel networks for improving the efficiency of X-ray-based baggage screening.
  • Check Icon Medical Image Contrast Enhancement using Optimization techniques.
  • Check Icon Deep learning based Multimodal Sentiment and Depression Analysis.

Expertise

  • Check Icon Classical and Applied Computer Vision and Image Processing
  • Check Icon Machine Learning and Deep Learning
  • Check Icon Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Check Icon Security and Inspection (Neutron and Photon imaging)
  • Check Icon Computer Assisted Medical Diagnostics and Biomedical Research
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