Dr. Malaya Nath | Signal Processing | Best Researcher Award

Assistant Professor | National Institute of Technology Puducherry | India

Dr. Malaya Kumar Nath is an accomplished researcher and academician in the field of Electronics and Communication Engineering, specializing in Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Deep Learning, and Computational Neuroscience. His research primarily focuses on developing advanced computational models for medical image analysis, disease diagnosis, and intelligent healthcare systems using signal and image processing techniques integrated with artificial intelligence. Dr. Nath has significantly contributed to diagnostic automation through the application of deep learning architectures such as CNNs and EfficientNet for skin cancer, glaucoma, and retinal image analysis. His scholarly contributions have earned him recognition among the Top two percentage most influential scientists worldwide, as reported by Stanford University and Elsevier in 2025. He has an extensive publication record, with 69 Scopus-indexed documents and over 1,291 citations by 902 documents, achieving an h-index of 21 on Scopus. On Google Scholar, he has accumulated 2,185 citations with an h-index of 24 and an i10-index of 47, reflecting his impactful research influence. His interdisciplinary research integrates biomedical data analytics with machine learning and deep neural frameworks, addressing challenges in medical imaging and healthcare informatics.

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Featured Publications

Keerthana, D., Venugopal, V., Nath, M. K., & Mishra, M. (2023). Hybrid convolutional neural networks with SVM classifier for classification of skin cancer. Biomedical Engineering Advances, 5, 100069.

Anbalagan, T., Nath, M. K., Vijayalakshmi, D., & Anbalagan, A. (2023). Analysis of various techniques for ECG signal in healthcare, past, present, and future. Biomedical Engineering Advances, 6, 100089.

Elangovan, P., & Nath, M. K. (2021). Glaucoma assessment from color fundus images using convolutional neural network. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, 31(2), 955–971.

Vijayalakshmi, D., & Nath, M. K. (2020). A comprehensive survey on image contrast enhancement techniques in spatial domain. Sensing and Imaging, 21(1), 40.

Venugopal, V., Raj, N. I., Nath, M. K., & Stephen, N. (2023). A deep neural network using modified EfficientNet for skin cancer detection in dermoscopic images. Decision Analytics Journal, 8, 100278.