Prof. Prem Kumar Kalra – Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Bio: Prem Kumar Kalra is a Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He joined IIT Delhi in Dec 1997. Earlier to that he worked at MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland (1989-1997).He has also been a Visiting Faculty to Dayalbagh Educational Institute (DEI), Agra, University of Geneva, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, Max-Planck Institute, Germany, and University of Texas Austin, USA. His research interests are in Visual Computing, Multimedia Processing, Computer Vision based Intelligent Systems. He has published over 100 papers in reputed international journals and peer-reviewed conferences. He did his PhD in Computer Science from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland in 1993, MS (Computer Science) from University of New Brunswick, Canada in 1988, MTech (Industrial Engg) from IIT Delhi in 1985 and BSc Engineering (Mechanical Engg) from Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra in 1983.
THE PRESENTATION
Title: An Overview of Research in Visual Computing Post MIRALab
Abstract: The research in MIRALab provided me a strong foundation to undertake diverse research in different facets of Visual Computing later in my career. In my early years I continued research on human faces with image/video-based animation and developed a text to audio-visual talking head. Subsequently I started interfacing with computer vision and image analysis for geometric modeling and 3D reconstruction. This was demonstrated through a project on digital heritage of Humpi a heritage site declared by UNESCO in southern part of India. Simultaneously I got involved in a project on teleoperation of robotic manipulator that required creating immersive environment through augmented and mixed reality. I also had an occasion of working on computational forensic and biometrics such as fingerprints. For the last few years, I have been involved in a project Neuro-Mentor a collaborative effort with Neurosurgery department of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. Here, the objective is to build modules for automatic evaluation of tasks and procedures performed by the Neurosurgery trainees. These modules rely on Deep Learning based models.