Specialization

Data Mining, Medical Image Analysis, Machine Learning

Email

kuntal.chowdhury@thapar.edu

Education
•    Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) (IIT(ISM)), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.
•    M.Tech. in Information Technology from Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology, Graphic Era University (NAAC A++ Grade) with 74.78% Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
•    B.E in Information Technology from Department of Computer Science and Engineering & Information Technology, University Institute of Technology (University of Burdwan) with 69.8%, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.
•    H.S (10+2) in Pure Science, from Bankura Christian College with 70.5%, Bankura, West Bengal.
•    Madhyamik (10th) in General, from Mejhiary S.C.S High School with 79.12%, Burdwan, West Bengal.

Trainings
•    Certifications in various QIPs/FDPs from organizations like NITTTR Chandigarh, IIT Dhanbad, NIT Hamirpur , NIT Durgapur etc.
• Experience
1.    June 2021 to till date Assistant Professor at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, Punjab, India.
2.    Feb 2020 to June 2021 Assistant Professor at Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, U.K, India.
3.    October 2010 to Dec 2019 Assistant Professor at DIT University, Dehradun, India.
4.    April 2008 to August 2008 Lecturer at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majitar, East Sikkim, W.B, India.
5.    June 2007 to April 2008 Lecturer at Durgapur Institute of Advanced Technology & Management, Durgapur, W.B, India.
6.    February 2006 to June 2007 Lecturer at Aryabhatta Institute of Engineering & Management, Panagarh, W.B, India.
7.    August 2005 to February 2006 Lecturer at Raniganj Institute of Information Technology(RIIT), Raniganj, W.B, India.
Journal publications
1. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhari, Arup Kumar Pal, "An Entropy based Initialization Method of K-Means Clustering on the Optimal Number of Clusters", Neural Computing and Applications Applications(Springer), vol. 33(12), pp. 6965-6982,2020.  (SCIE indexed, Impact factor: 5.102)
2. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhari, Arup Kumar Pal, Ashok Samal (2019), "Seed selection algorithm through Kmeans on optimal number of clusters", Multimedia Tools and Applications, vol. 78(13), pp. 18617-18651, 2019. (SCIE indexed, Impact factor: 2.577)
3. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhari, Arup Kumar Pal (2018), "A New Image Segmentation Technique using Bi-entropy Function Minimization", Multimedia Tools and Applications Vol. 77(16), pp. 20889- 20915, 2018 (SCIE indexed, Impact factor: 2.577)
4. Aditya Goyal, Akhilesh Bijalwan, Kuntal Chowdhury “A comprehensive review of image smoothing techniques" International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology, Vol. 1(4), pp. 315-319, 2012.
5. Aditya Goyal, Akhilesh Bijalwan, Pradeep Kumar, Kuntal Chowdhury, "Image enhancement using guided image filter technique", International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Vol. 1(5), pp. 213-217, 2012.
International Conferences:
1. Rashmi Dhaundiyal, Kuntal Chowdhury, Manoi Diwakar "Study on determining the optimal number of cluster in a dataset", 2019, International Conference on Internet of Things: Smart Innovation and Usages (IoT-SIU), Krishna Engineering College, Gaziabad, IEEE.
2. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhari, Arup Kumar Pal "A Novel Objective Function Based Clustering with Optimal Number of Clusters", 2018, Second International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communications, and Business Analytics (CICBA-2018) at Kalyani Govt. Engineering College, West Bengal, Springer.
3. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhari, Arup Kumar Pal "Optimal Number of Seed Point Selection Algorithm of Unknown Data-set", 2018, Third International Conference in Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP-2018) at Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur (IIITDM), Springer.
4. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhuri and Arup Kumar Pal "Seed Point Selection Algorithm in Clustering of Image Data", 2016, 4th International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics(ICACNI-2016) at National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series, Springer.
5. Kuntal Chowdhury, Debasis Chaudhuri and Arup Kumar Pal "Entropy based Seed Point Selection in Clustering of 3D Data", 2016, International Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematical Sciences and Applications(ICRTMSA-2016) at University of Burdwan, Burdwan, West Bengal (Abstract Book Published).
Achievements:
•    National Scholarship in 1995 by W.B. Govt. Education Department.
•    Gold Medal in M.Tech (I.T) (2008-10), April 2012.

Other activities
•    Organized FDP in the area of Deep Learning.