Specialization

Biomedical signal and image processing, Machine learning

Email

simranjit.kaur@thapar.edu

Education

•    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh
•    M. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh
•    B. Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Punjab Technical University, Punjab

Key Achievements
•    Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2016 Qualified with 88.5 percentile.
•    GATE 2013 Qualified with 98.6 percentile. 

•    GATE 2011 Qualified with 88.9 percentile. 


Experience

•    Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India (February 2022 - present)
•    Senior Research Fellow, Drug Deaddiction and Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India from March 2020 to January 2022. 
•    Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India from September, 2013 to August, 2014. 

International Workshop

            Attended hands-on international neuroimaging workshop titled ‘India Brain Connectivity Bootcamp (DTI 2020)’ organized by renowned MRI scientists from the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, USA. 

    Journal publications
1.    Kaur, Simranjit, Sukhwinder Singh, Priti Arun, Damanjeet Kaur, and Manoj Bajaj. "Event- related potential analysis of ADHD and control adults during a sustained attention task." Clinical EEG and neuroscience 50, no. 6 (2019): 389-403. (SCI, Impact Factor = 1.843) 
2.    Kaur, Simranjit, Sukhwinder Singh, Priti Arun, Damanjeet Kaur, and Manoj Bajaj. "Phase space reconstruction of EEG signals for classification of ADHD and control adults." Clinical EEG and neuroscience 51, no. 2 (2020): 102-113. (SCI, Impact Factor = 1.843) 
3.    Ghosh, Abhishek, Simranjit Kaur, and Fazle Roub. "Use and interest of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS): Assessing the validity of Google Trends." The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 47, no. 4 (2021): 414-421. (SCI, Impact Factor = 3.829) 
4.    Ghosh, Abhishek, Adam Bisaga, Simranjit Kaur, and Tathagata Mahintamani. "Google Trends data: A potential new tool for monitoring the opioid crisis." European Addiction Research 28, no. 1 (2022): 33-40. (SCI, Impact Factor = 3.015) 

    National/International Conferences
    
1.    Kaur, Simranjit, Priti Arun, Sukhwinder Singh, and Damanjeet Kaur. "EEG Based Decision Support System to Diagnose Adults with ADHD." In 2018 IEEE Applied Signal Processing Conference (ASPCON), pp. 87-91. IEEE, 2018. (Scopus Indexed) 
2.    Kaur, Simranjit, Sukhwinder Singh, Priti Arun, and Damanjeet Kaur. "Analysis of Resting State EEG Signals of Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder." In Advanced Computing and Systems for Security, pp. 61-72. Springer, Singapore, 2019. (Scopus Indexed) 
3.    Kaur, Simranjit, Vipul Sharma, Sukhwinder Singh, and Savita Gupta. "A content based framework for mass retrieval in mammograms." In Medical Imaging 2014: Computer-Aided Diagnosis, vol. 9035, p. 90351N. International Society for Optics and Photonics, 2014. (Scopus Indexed) 
4.    Extended Abstract of paper titled “Neurocognitive Dysfunctions In Individuals With Opioid Dependence: Does The Type Of Opioid Matter?” by Abhishek Ghosh, Simranjit Kaur, Ritu Nehra, Debasish Basu, Devender Rana, Chirag K Ahuja, Paramjit Singh and Manish Modi has been accepted in International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM), Annual Conference, held from 19-21 November, 2021. 
5.    Extended Abstract of paper titled “Surface Based Morphometry (SBM) in Opioid Use Disorder: A Controlled Study” by Abhishek Ghosh, Simranjit Kaur, Chirag K Ahuja, Paramjit Singh, Debasish Basu, Ritu Nehra and Manish Modi has been accepted for Annual Conference of the American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM), held from 31 March-3 April, 2022. 
6.    Extended Abstract of paper titled “Neurocognitive dysfunction in patients with opioid dependence: Does it improve on buprenorphine-based agonist treatment?” by Abhishek Ghosh, Simranjit Kaur, Abhishek Verma, Debashish Basu, Ritu Nehra, Chirag K Ahuja, Paramjit Singh and Manish Modi has been accepted in 8th Annual Conference of Cognitive Science held from 20-22 January, 2022. 

Awards/Research Activities
•    Awarded UGC-Basic Scientific Research (BSR) fellowship in PhD for 5 years 
•    Awarded Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) fellowship for Sikh minorities 
•    Reviewer of SCI journal ‘Computers in Biology and Medicine’ 
•    Guest Editor of special issue ‘Biomedical Data and Image Analysis using Advanced Machine Learning Methods’ of Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering (November, 2021)