Category: research

TechTalkIMPACT
Jul 19

Invited Tech-Talk by Prof. Durbha at NASA IMPACT

Prof. Surya S Durbha, our group leader was invited to present expert insights at the NASA IMPACT Tech Talks. Prof. Durbha delivered the talk on the topic – “Five Geo-Computational Challenges for Rapid Assessment of Post-Disaster Areas Using Earth Observation (EO) Data“. More information on the NASA IMPACT can be found here. The talk covered expert insights on highlighting the five important challenges in rapid post-disaster assessment and possible solutions to address them. The quick estimation of area and amount of Read more

ResearchmattersNews
Apr 25

Research Matters Article features our LidarCSNet framework

Lidar is a technique that uses light pulses to gather information about land features which can be used to create a three-dimensional representation. A device installed on helicopters, drones, or tripods sends light pulses to the land and receives reflected signals from the ground under scrutiny. Depending on the time delay between the received and sent pulse signals, the number of reflections, and the intensity of reflected light pulses, a 3D representation of the region can be created. The lidar Read more

Mar 19

“Internet of Things (IOT)” Textbook Released

The textbook titled Internet of Things (IOT), authored by Dr. Surya Durbha and Dr. Jyoti Joglekar is designed for students of Computer Science, Information Technology, and Electronics & Communication Engineering to understand the interconnection and integration of the physical world with cyberspace and begin designing and developing simple IoT devices. The book is comprehensively crafted into five parts and describes the concepts in eighteen chapters. It takes the reader through the foundations of the subject before moving on to discussing Read more

Nov 03

Invited Keynote Speaker: IoT Innovation for Smart India

Dr. Surya S Durbha, our group leader was invited to be a keynote speaker at the International Conference on Smart Innovations in Design, Environment, Management, Planning and Computing. Dr. Durbha delivered the keynote on “IoT Innovation for Smart India”. The conference was organized by MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India on 30-31 October 2020. More information on the conference can be found here. The conference sponsored by IEEE, Computer Society of India(CSI) and the Institution of Engineers(India) was Read more

Jun 11

Invited Expert: A Webinar on Artificial Intelligence in Extreme Event Detection and Monitoring

Dr. Surya S Durbha, our group leader was invited to be an expert speaker at the second webinar of Geo-informatics series – “Application of Artificial Intelligence on Geospatial Data”. The webinar was organized by the Department of Information Technology of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal on 6th June, 2020. The webinar was focussed on bringing new insights about application of Artificial Intelligence and High Performance Computing approaches for Extreme Events Detection and Monitoring using Earth Observation Data. Prof. Read more

Feb 02

SIIM Framework Featured in Research Matters Article

Satellite images are a rich source of data and can play a significant role during a disaster scenario in planning and mitigation activities. The images captured here contain low-level features like colour, texture and shape, which are understood by the system, but hardly make sense for the user. For example, a user may be interested in a search for ‘flooded residential areas’. Since the images capture the flooded areas with a different colour or texture, the system fails to understand Read more

Feb 02

Exhibits at World Congress on Disaster Management

The 4th World Congress on Disaster Management was held at IIT Bombay during 29th January – 1st February 2019.It was organized jointly by the Government of Maharashtra (India), Disaster Management Initiatives and Convergence Society (DMICS), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), and was designed to be the largest assembly on disaster management outside the UN system and had a plethora of exhibits related to rapid response in the wake of a disaster. Geocomputational Read more

Dec 15

Media Coverage at TechFest 2018 for Pothole Mapper

Ongoing research on mapping and monitoring of potholes presented at the TechFest 2018, IIT Bombay was covered by numerous print and video news media outlets. The primary objective of this research is to develop a Location Based Service(LBS) using Smartphone based Crowd-Sourcing application for: mapping and monitoring of potholes and pothole-free routing. Midday – A popular English newspaper covered the Pothole Mapper application in an article(https://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-iit-bs-annual-tech-fest-to-display-human-like-robots-solar-powered-chai-stall-and-more/402059). Below is an excerpt from Lokmat – a local Marathi newspaper covering the exhibit. Read more

Nov 18

Lecture on “Semantics Enabled Framework for Mining Large Remote Sensing Data Archives” at Space Applications Centre(SAC), ISRO , Ahmedabad

An Invited Lecture on “Semantics Enabled Framework for Mining Large Remote Sensing Data Archives” by Dr. Surya Durbha, Associate Professor, CSRE, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai was organised by ISG-AC during November 10, 2017 at Space Applications Centre, ISRO and it was well received by ISG members and scientists at SAC. It was attended by around 80 participants.