Mr. Ayush Roy | Computer Vision | Young Researcher Award

PhD, University at Buffalo, United States

Ayush Roy is an emerging researcher and innovator in the field of Electrical Engineering with a deep interest in AI, computer vision, and biomedical image analysis. Currently pursuing his B.E. at Jadavpur University, he has demonstrated exceptional potential through interdisciplinary research, AI-driven solutions, and impactful contributions to both academia and real-world applications. With multiple international publications and recognitions, Ayush is a dynamic force in the intersection of deep learning, signal processing, and intelligent systems.

Publication Profile

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🎓 Education Background

Ayush Roy is a final-year undergraduate student at Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India, enrolled in the Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) program with an SGPA of 8.1/10 (2020–2024). He completed his schooling from Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan, West Bengal under the CBSE board, scoring 90.6% in Class 12 and a perfect CGPA of 10 in Class 10.

💼 Professional Experience

Ayush’s research journey began at Jadavpur University, working under renowned professors in Audio Signal Processing, Reinforcement Learning, and Image Segmentation. As a research intern at the Indian Statistical Institute, he contributed to dataset development and text detection models. He furthered his research as an intern at the University of Malaya on transformer-based networks and at IISc Bangalore on CLIP for image quality assessment. His work integrates deep learning models like YOLO, Swin Transformer, UNet, and CLIP with novel architectures and real-world applications.

🏆 Awards and Honors

Ayush has earned several accolades such as the Most Innovative Solution award at Hack-a-Web by NIT Bhopal (2021), 3rd Prize at FrostHack, IIT Mandi (2022), Top 10 in Cloud Community Hackday by GDG Cloud, and became a Finalist in both the IEEE R10 Robotics Competition and 404 Resolved hackathon at IIT Delhi.

🔬 Research Focus

His primary research areas include computer vision, medical image segmentation, scene text detection, and real-time AI systems. He is especially focused on lightweight models, attention mechanisms, domain adaptation, and hybrid approaches combining deep learning and signal processing. He has created multiple datasets for benchmarking including those for drone license plate detection, underwater text, water meter digit recognition, and circuit component recognition.

📌 Conclusion

Ayush Roy stands as a committed and creative researcher, blending electrical engineering fundamentals with cutting-edge AI methodologies. His work not only adds value to academic literature but also paves the way for practical, socially impactful AI systems. With an impressive early-career portfolio, Ayush continues to show immense promise for future contributions to science and technology.

📚 Top Publication Notes

AWGUNet: Attention-aided Wavelet Guided U-net for nuclei segmentation in histopathology images

Year: 2024

Journal/Conference: ISBI 2024

Cited By: 2 articles (Google Scholar)

A Wavelet Guided Attention Module for Skin Cancer Classification

Year: 2024

Journal/Conference: ISBI 2024

Cited By: 1 article (Google Scholar)

A New Lightweight Attention-based Model for Emotion Recognition Using Distorted Social Media Images

Year: 2023

Journal/Conference: ACPR 2023

Cited By: 3 articles

Fourier Feature-based CBAM and Vision Transformer for Text Detection in Drone Images

Year: 2023

Conference: ICDAR WML 2023

Cited By: 1 article

A Lightweight Script Independent Scene Text Style Transfer Network

Year: 2024

Journal: International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IJPRAI)

Cited By: 1 article

Identification and Classification of Human Mental Stress using Physiological Data

Year: 2022

Conference: IEEE CATCON 2022

Cited By: 4 articles

Adapting a Swin Transformer for License Plate Number and Text Detection in Drone Images

Year: 2023

Journal: Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA)

Cited By: 2 articles

An Attention-based Fusion of ResNet50 and InceptionV3 Model for Water Meter Digit Recognition

Year: 2023

Journal: Artificial Intelligence and Applications (AIA)

Cited By: 1 article

DAU-Net: Dual Attention-aided U-Net for Segmenting Tumor Region in Breast Ultrasound Images

Year: 2023

Journal: PLOS ONE

Cited By: 6 articles

Assist Prof Dr. VINOD KUMAR VERMA | Computer Science | Best Researcher Award

Assistant Professor, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, India

👨‍🏫 Dr. Vinod Kumar Verma was born in Kalka, Haryana, India. He is an esteemed Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at SLIET-Deemed to be University. With international teaching and research experience, he has contributed significantly to various academic and research institutions worldwide, including the UK, USA, Japan, Italy, Australia, France, and Greece. Dr. Verma has collaborated with prestigious universities such as the University of Surrey, England, and the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. He has published extensively in renowned international journals, making notable contributions to the fields of wireless sensor networks, IoT, big data, cloud computing, and more.

💼 Experience

Dr. Verma has held various academic positions and has been involved in numerous international collaborations. His teaching and research engagements have taken him to countries such as the UK, USA, Japan, Italy, Australia, France, and Greece. He has worked with the University of Surrey, England, and visited the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece under the ERASMUS+ program. Dr. Verma is currently an Assistant Professor at SLIET-Deemed to be University.

🔍 Research Interests

Dr. Verma’s research interests are diverse and cutting-edge, including wireless sensor networks, the internet of things (IoT), big data, cloud computing, trust and reputation systems, simulation, distributed computing, cryptography, and software systems. His work has been published in various top-tier international journals, showcasing his significant contributions to these fields.

🏆 Awards

Dr. Verma has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of computer science. He received the Session’s Best Paper Award at IMETI-CITSA-2014 in Orlando and the Best Paper Award at NCCN-11 in Longowal in 2011. He has also served on numerous organizing and program committees for international conferences, highlighting his influence and leadership in the academic community.