Anju Asokan | Satellite Imaging | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Anju Asokan | Satellite Imaging | Best Researcher Award

Doctorate at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, India

Summary:

Dr. Anju Asokan is a dedicated educator and researcher with a Ph.D. in Image Processing from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences. With a strong background in VLSI Design and Electronics and Communication Engineering, she has excelled both academically and professionally. Dr. Asokan has received numerous awards for her research contributions and excellence in teaching. Her experience spans academia and industry, where she has held various positions, including Assistant Professor and Senior Engineer. She is actively involved in mentoring students and contributing to the scientific community through her research in image processing, artificial intelligence, and digital signal processing. Dr. Asokan is committed to continuous learning and adding value to the organizations she serves.

Professional Profile:

👩‍🎓Education:

  • Ph.D. in Image Processing
    Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, 2021
    CGPA: 8.77
  • M.Tech in VLSI Design
    Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, 2016
    CGPA: 9.73 (4th Rank)
  • B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
    Toc H Institute of Science and Technology (CUSAT), 2014
    Percentage: 83.7% (Topper ECE)

🏢 Professional Experience:

Dr. Anju Asokan has a diverse background in both academia and industry. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering since June 2022, she excels in teaching and mentoring students in various engineering courses. Prior to this, she was an Assistant Professor at Sri Krishna College of Technology from December 2020 to June 2022, where she guided students in both practical and theoretical aspects of engineering. Her industry experience includes working as a Senior Engineer at Tata Elxsi, Trivandrum, from November 2016 to November 2017, where she gained valuable experience in testing and practical applications of engineering principles. Additionally, Dr. Asokan contributed significantly to the academic and scientific community as a Research Scholar at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences from December 2017 to December 2020, focusing on innovative research in image processing.

Achievements:

  • Best Young Researcher Award 2021 by IJMTST for research contributions.
  • Outstanding Research Paper Award by Novel Research Academy for the paper “Adaptive Cuckoo Search based optimal bilateral filtering for denoising of satellite images” published in ISA Transactions.
  • Program Committee Member and Reviewer for the International Conference on Cyber Technologies and Emerging Sciences.
  • Mentor for teams in the Yuva Innovators Challenge 2021.
  • Reviewer for IET Image Processing Journal and the Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
  • Best outgoing student award from Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore.
  • Academic excellence award for all semesters of M.Tech exams conducted by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Research Interests:

  • Image Processing
  • VLSI Design
  • Digital Signal Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Fuzzy Logic

Author Metrics:

  • Citations (Google Scholar): 446
  • H-Index (Google Scholar): 11

Top Noted Publication:

“A self-adaptable Manta ray optimized Gabor filter for satellite image enhancement”

  • Authors: Asokan, A.
  • Journal: Earth Science Informatics
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 2
  • Pages: 1503–1517
  • Citations: 5

“Designing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Based Secured Framework to Improvise the Data Security of Confidential Academic Records”

  • Authors: Agarwal, M., Saraswat, M., Bahadur, P., Asokan, A., Bapat, V.
  • Journal: International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 5s
  • Pages: 38–42
  • Citations: 2

“Content-Based Image Recovery System with the Aid of Median Binary Design Pattern”

  • Authors: Mehbodniya, A., Webber, J., Geetha Devi, A., Asokan, A., Bhanu, K.S.
  • Journal: Traitement du Signal
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue: 2
  • Pages: 667–674
  • Citations: 2

“Simulation Environment for the I9 Vanet Platform”

  • Authors: Avhankar, M.S., Pawar, J., Singh, G., Kaliappan, S., Purohit, K.C.
  • Conference: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication and Applied Informatics (ACCAI 2023)
  • Year: 2023

“Novel Method for Recognizing Sign Language using Regularized Extreme Learning Machine”

  • Authors: Moorthi, K., Asokan, A., Sri Sathya, K.B., Kalpana, V., Rastogi, R.
  • Conference: 2nd International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Computing (ICAAIC 2023)
  • Year: 2023
  • Pages: 434–440

 

Erica von Essen | Geography | Best Researcher Award

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Assoc Prof Dr. Erica von Essen | Geography | Best Researcher Award

Associate Professor at Stockholm Resilience Center, Sweden

Summary:

Dr. Erica von Essen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University and a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Center. With a robust background in environmental communication and sustainable development, she has made significant contributions to understanding the dynamics between society and the environment. Dr. von Essen has received numerous accolades for her pedagogical work, including the 2017 Pedagogical Prize from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Her extensive teaching experience spans various universities and covers topics such as human dimensions of wildlife, climate change leadership, and research ethics.

Professional Profile:

👩‍🎓Education:

  • PhD in Environmental Communication
    Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), 2016
    Supervisor: Hans Peter Hansen, Aarhus University
  • Master’s in Sustainable Development
    Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, 2012
  • Bachelor in Social Sciences (Social Geography, Anthropology)
    Uppsala University, Sweden, 2010

🏢 Professional Experience:

Dr. Erica von Essen has held several notable positions in academia, focusing on environmental communication, sustainability, and social anthropology. From 2021 to 2023, she served as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University, where she specialized in the human dimensions of wildlife and human-animal studies. Since 2023, Dr. von Essen has been a researcher at the Stockholm Resilience Center, delving into resilience and sustainability research. Concurrently, she has been involved in applied ecology research at the Faculty of Applied Ecology, Agricultural Sciences and Biotechnology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Prior to these roles, she worked as a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) from 2020 to 2021, focusing on nature conservation and environmental communication. Her earlier roles include postdoctoral and research positions at the Environmental Communication Division of SLU, where she contributed to environmental communication and public engagement strategies. In addition to her research, Dr. von Essen has extensive teaching experience, having lectured on various subjects such as human dimensions of wildlife, climate change leadership, and research methodology across several institutions. She has supervised 23 master’s theses and 8 bachelor’s theses, guiding students in fields like environmental communication, sustainable development, and social anthropology.

Research Interests:

Dr. von Essen’s research interests encompass environmental communication, sustainability, human-animal interactions, and resilience studies. Her work focuses on how communication strategies can enhance public engagement with environmental issues and how societal and ecological systems interact.

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