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Research Projects

Goals of the Research Programme at IDEAS TIH

  • Research Grant Support: Sponsor and support research projects addressing high-impact, application-driven problem statements. Funds are obtained through NM-ICPS or other government schemes

  • MVP Development through Internal Research: Build deployable minimum viable products with a strong engineering backbone: reproducible code, trained models/weights, evaluation pipelines, CI integration, documentation, examples, and a minimal user interface or demo.

  • Publications and Scientific Rigor: Promote high-quality publications with rigorous baseline comparisons, fully reproducible artifacts (code and seeds), clear ethics and data governance statements, and alignment with journals/conferences relevant to product and translational outcomes.

  • Intellectual Property & Patents: Drive IP creation with emphasis on novelty and technical merit, clear inventorship and ownership, strong documentation and evidence, confidentiality and disclosure management, well-defined patent scope, commercial relevance, and a structured filing and compliance strategy.

Ongoing Research Projects

Generative AI for Artificial Defect Synthesis for Augmenting Training Dataset

Dr. Sujoy K. Biswas

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This project develops a diffusion-based synthetic data and defect generation platform to enhance AI-driven manufacturing. It uses advanced generative models to create high-quality, labeled images that replicate real-world variations and rare defect scenarios, addressing the challenge of limited or sensitive production data. By enabling scalable dataset generation, the platform significantly accelerates training of computer vision models used in quality inspection and predictive maintenance. It integrates seamlessly with existing industrial pipelines, allowing organizations to adopt the solution without major infrastructure changes. The approach reduces data acquisition costs while improving model robustness and accuracy across diverse conditions. Overall, the platform supports faster deployment of AI systems, improves operational efficiency, and strengthens decision-making in manufacturing environments by providing reliable, diverse training data at scale.

Identifying Potential Larval Breeding Ground from Overhead Images

Dr. Sujoy K. Biswas

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The objective of this research is to predict larval habitat threat maps and identify potential future mosquito breeding grounds, particularly areas likely to retain water. A portion of the dataset has been carefully annotated to support model development. Benchmark studies and deployment of off-the-shelf models have shown promising initial results. Further data annotation and model training are currently in progress. The broader plan is to pursue joint technology development, enabling opportunities for research grants as well as new industry collaborations.

Prioritizing Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Responsible Genes Through Multi-Modal Network Integration and Advanced AI: Leveraging Graph Deep Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs)

Dr. Swarup Roy (Sikkim University)

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Funded through NM-ICPS, this project aims at developing a unified AI platform combining multi-omics integration, graph transformer-based network inference and LLM-driven knowledge analytics to prioritize Alzheimer’s disease genes. The technology identifies key regulatory and peripheral genes with high biological relevance, offering interpretable outputs for precision medicine, biomarker discovery, and accelerated therapeutic target exploration.

Clinical translation of real-time intra-operative prediction of cancer resection margin using SPiDr

Dr.Subhasish Sarkar (College of Medicine Sagor Dutta Hospital)

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Smart Prediction with Infrared Detection of Residual cancer (SPiDR) is a fully functional proof‑of‑concept intraoperative device that uses active thermal imaging and an AI‑driven image analysis pipeline to detect residual cancer tissue in real time during surgery. This has been already validated at Sagore Dutta Hospital, Kolkata

Archived Research Projects

Research projects supported by the NM-ICPS grant from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, have led to outcomes including research papers, publications, intellectual property, and patents. Interested parties may contact the respective Principal Investigators (PIs) directly or reach out through IDEAS TIH for further information.

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Project Investigator(s)
Title
Project Domain
1
Prof. Sandip Chakraborty (PI) IIT Kharagpur Prof. Suchetana Chakraborty (Co-PI) IIT Jodhpur
Detecting behavioural health disorders of older adults using self supervised learning and casual reasoning
Healthcare
2
Prof. Ashish Ranjan Hota (PI) IIT Kharagpur
Learning Time-Varying Network Structure from Sparse Epidemiological Data
Healthcare
3
Prof. Rajat K. De (PI) Indian Statistical institute, Kolkata Prof. Pradipta Maji (Co-PI) Indian Statistical institute, Kolkata
Integration of Multiomics Data using Deep Neural Networks: Feature Extraction, Association Mining, Big Data Realization and Privacy Preservation
Healthcare
4
Prof. Abhishek Sinha (PI) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai
Data Driven Learning to Cache in Large Network
Finance & Biz
5
Prof. Dhish Kumar Saxena (PI) IIT Roorkee Prof. Amit Agarwal (Co-PI) IIT Roorkee Prof Ashish Ghosh (Co-PI) ISI Kolkata
Networked Adaptive Traffic Signal Control in IoT-Enabled Smart Cities
Govt & Public
6
Prof. Susmita Ghosh (PI) Jadavpur University Prof. Jamuna Kanta Singh (Co-PI) Jadavpur University Prof Ashish Ghosh (Co-PI) ISI Kolkata
Software Reliability and Security Risk Assessment: Modelling and Algorithms
Industry Agnostic
7
Prof. Vahida Attar (COEP, Pune)
Data Curation for video surveillance and precision agriculture datasets
Agri & Ecology
8
Prof. Swapan Kumar Ghorai / Dr. Sitanshu Sekhar Sahu (BITS Mesra)
Development of data science methods for cyber-physical systems (multiple projects)
Industry Agnostic
9
Dr. Himangshu Sarma (IIIT Sri City)
Design and development of a communication system for the speech and hearing disorder persons
Healthcare
10
Dr. Trapti Jain (IIT Indore)
Estimating Wide-Area Inertia of the Indian Power Systems using Synchrophasor Measurements
Govt & Public
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