Specialization

Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Email

arun.pundir@thapar.edu

Education
•    PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, IIT Roorkee.
o    Concentration - Machine Learning, Deep Learning
•    M.Tech (C.S.E) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra (2013)
•    B.Tech from Uttar Pradesh Technical University (2009)

Experience
1.    Assistant Professor @ CSED TIET Patiala, India (July 2023 - present)
2.    Assistant Professor @ CSE Department, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India (September 2021 - April 2023)
3.    Assistant Professor @ CSE Department, NIT Delhi, India (Jan 2019 - December 2019)

SCI/SCIE Journal publications
1.    A. S. Pundir, B. Raman, Dual Deep Learning Model for Image Based Smoke
Detection, Fire Technology (Springer) 55 (6) (2019) 2419-2442
2.    A. S. Pundir, B. Raman, Deep belief network for smoke detection, Fire Technology (Springer) 53 (6) (2017) 1943-1960. 
Conference Publications
1. A. S. Pundir and B. Raman, Deep learning model for forest fire detection using
transfer learning and optical acceleration, (Accepted in 6th International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing CVIP 2021)

2.  R. Bansal, A. S. Pundir and B. Raman, Dynamic texture using deep learning, 13th IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2017), pp. 2609-2614, November 5-8, 2017, Penang, MALAYSIA (Awarded the Microsoft research grant to present this paper)

3.  A. S. Pundir, H. Buckchash, A. S. Rajput, V. K. Tanwar and B. Raman, Fire
detection using dense trajectories, In Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, (CVIP WM-2017), September 10-12, 2017, Greater Noida, IN

Peer reviewer for Journals
•    Reviewer in many esteemed peer-reviewed Journals/Conferences indexed in Scopus/SCI/SCIE/DBLP etc.

Other activities

Conferences and Workshops Attended
The International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP2016), February 26–28 2016, IIT Roorkee
Tenth Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP 2016), December 18–22 2016, IIT Guwahati
Deep Learning and Applications, January 12-16 2016, IIT Kanpur
The Second International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP WM-2017), September 10–12 2017, IIT Roorkee (Noida Campus)
The 2017 IEEE Region 10 Conference (TENCON 2017), November 5–8 2017, Penang, Malaysia
Visited Dr. Mohan Kankanhalli Lab at NUS Singapore during November 9, 2017
Workshop on Computer Vision and Image Processing, March 09–11 2018, IIT Roorkee

Conferences Assisted
The International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP-2016), February 26–28 2016, IIT Roorkee
Short Term Course on Vision, Graphics and their Applications, July 04–08 2016, IIT Roorkee
The Second International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP WM-2017), September 10–12 2017, IIT Roorkee (Noida Campus)
Workshop on Computer Vision and Image Processing, March 09–11 2018, IIT Roorkee.