Dr. Ranjit Ghoshal 

Associate Professor, HOD

Information Technology | IT

Academic Information

 

Ph.D. (Engg.): Jadavpur University, 2017

PG: West Bengal University of Technology, 2006

 

Area of Specialization

Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Machine Learning

Experience

Research

Teaching

20 Years

Industry

Date of Joining

03-01-2007

Date of Assign as Prof. / A.P

01-10-2021

Neural Network and Deep Learning

Image Processing

Pattern Recognition

Machine Learning

Data Warehousing and Data Mining

Artificial Intelligence

Soft Computing

Neural Network and Fuzzy Logic Control

Data Structure and Algorithm

Programming for Problem Solving

 

 

PhD Guidance: 02(Registered) (in Jadavpur University and IIEST, Shibpur respectively)

Journal Publications

  1. Ranjit Ghoshal, Aditya Saha, Sayan Das, “A new image binarization technique for segmentation of text from digital images”,
    International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP), Volume 19, No. 1, pp. 84-100, 2021. Scopus indexed, Published online 8 April 2021.
  2. Ranjit Ghoshal, Aditya Saha, Sayan Das, “An Improved Vessel Extraction Scheme from Retinal Fundus Images”, International Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 78, Issue 18, pp. 25221-25239, SCI indexed, 2019.
  3. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy, A. Banerjee, Bibhas Chandra Dhara and Swapan K. Parui, “A Novel Method for Binarization of Scene Text Images and its Application in Text Identification”, Pattern Analysis and Applications (PAA), Springer, Volume 22, Issue 4, pp. 1361-1375, 2018, IF: 1.352, SCI indexed.
  4. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy, Bibhas Chandra Dhara, and Swapan Kumar Parui (2017), Recognition of Bangla text from outdoor images using decision tree model, International J. of Knowledge-Based and Intell. Eng.Sys, Vol. 21(1), pp. 29–38, Scopus indexed.
  5. Ranjit Ghoshal and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “Text Extraction from Scene Images through Color Image Segmentation and Statistical Distributions”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Volume 91- No. 9, pp 5-8 April 2014.

 

Conference Publications

  1. Shirsendu Dhar, Sumit Mukherjee, Ranjit Ghoshal and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “Feather-Light Vessel Segregation Model”,
    7th International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT’22), pp. 601-611, 2022.
  2. Subhashree Basu, Ranjit Ghoshal, Malay Kule and Hafizur Rahaman,“On Detection of Hardware Trojan in Memristive Nanocrossbar-Based Circuits”,3rd International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS-2022), 19-21 December, 2022.
  3. Awritrojit Banerjee, Ranjit Ghoshal and Arijit Ghosal, “TextUnet: Text Segmentation Using U-net”, 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (CIPR’22), 23-24 April, 2022,pp. 163-172.
  4. Suchibrota Dutta, Ranjit Ghoshal and Arijit Ghosal, “Voice-Based Detection of Speaker Gender Through Co-Occurrence Matrix-Based Feature”, 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (CIPR’22), 23-24 April, 2022, pp. 697-706, 2022.
  5. Sumit Mukherjee, Ranjit Ghoshal and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “Features Selection for Vessel Extraction inspired by Survival of the Fittest method”, 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (CIPR’22), 23-24 April, 2022, pp. 373-382.
  6. Shirsendu Dhar, Sumit Mukherjee, Ranjit Ghoshal and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “eXtreme Gradient Boost Scheme for Fundus Vessels Separation”, International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communications, and Business Analytics (CICBA’22), 7-8 January, 2022, CCIS, volume 1579, pp. 45-58.
  7. Arijit Ghosal and Ranjit Ghoshal, “Co-occurrence Based Approach for Differentiation of Speech and Song”, Intelligent Computing and Technologies Conference (ICTCon2021), pp. 127 -133, AIJR Proceeding.
  8. Sumit Mukherjee, Ranjit Ghoshal, Pinaki Pal, Kaustuv Nandy and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “Retinal Vessel Identification using 2-level Synthesis and Noise Correction Method”, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Applications (ICACA’21), 27th -28th March, 2021, pp. 415-424.
  9. Suchibrota Dutta, Ranjit Ghoshal and Arijit Ghosal, “Voice Based Detection of Speaker Gender through Co-occurrence Matrix Based Features”, 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (CIPR’21), 24-25 April, 2021, pp. 697-706.
  10. Sumit Mukherjee, Ranjit Ghoshal and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “An Effective Vessel Network Identification Scheme using Multilevel Attribute Analysis”, 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (CIPR’21), 24-25 April, 2021, pp.329-338.
  11. Sumit Mukherjee, Ranjit Ghoshal and Bibhas Chandra Dhara, “Tiny Vessels Exploration in Retinal Image using BFS Influenced Flood Filling”, 6th International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT’21), pp.48-57.
  12. Ranjit Ghoshal and Ayan Banerjee, “Region Growing Based Scheme for Extraction of Text from Scene Images”, International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS’20), Springer, January 13-15, 2020, pp 149-155, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7834-2_14, India.
  13. Ranjit Ghoshal and Ayan Banerjee, “SVM and MLP based Segmentation and Recognition of Text from Scene Images Through an Effective Binarization Scheme”, International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Pattern Recognition (CIPR’19), Springer, January 19-20, 2019, pp 237-246, India.
  14. Ranjit Ghoshal and Ayan Banerjee, “An Improved Scene Text and Document Image Binarization Scheme”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT’18), IEEE, March 15-17, 2018, pp 1-6, India.
  15. Ranjit Ghoshal, Aditya Saha, Sayan Das, “A Variance Based Image Binarization and its Application in Text Segmentation”, 7th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PReMI’17), Springer-Cham, Dec 5-8, 2017, pp 132-138, India, Scopus indexed.
  16. Ranjit Ghoshal, Sayan Das, Aditya Saha “K-NN Based Text Segmentation from Digital Images Using a New Binarization Scheme”,
    First International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communications, and Business Analytics (CICBA’17), Springer- Singapore, March 24-25, 2017, pp 212-225.
  17. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy, Bibhas Chandra Dhara and Swapan K. Parui, “Text Extraction from Scene Images Through Local Binary Pattern and Business Features Based Color Image Segmentation”, Second International Conference on Information System Design and Intelligent Applications (INDIA’15), Springer, Jan 8-9, 2015, pp 475-482.
  18. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy and Swapan K. Parui, “A Copula Based Statistical Model for Text Extraction from Scene Images”,
    5th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PReMI’13), LNCS 8251, Springer-Verlag, Dec 10-14, 2013, pp 489-494, India, Scopus indexed.
  19. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy and Swapan K. Parui, “Text extraction from scene images using statistical distributions’’,
    Third International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT 2012), IEEE Computer Society Press, November 30-December 01, 2012, pp. 187-190.
  20. Poulami Das, Suchandra Paul and Ranjit Ghoshal, “Recognition of Bangla Basic Characters using Multiple Classifiers’’, 2nd International Conference on Computer and Communication Technology (ICCCT-2011), IEEE Computer Society Press, 15-17 September 2011, pp. 88-93.
  21. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy and Swapan K. Parui, “Recognition of Bangla Text from Scene Images through Perspective Correction’’,
    International Conference on Image Information Processing (ICIIP 2011), IEEE Computer Society Press, 3-5 November 2011, pp. 1-6, India, Scopus indexed.
  22. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy, Tapan Kumar Bhowmik and Swapan K. Parui, “Decision Tree Based Recognition of Bangla Text from Outdoor Scene Images’’, 18th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2011(3)), LNCS 7064, Nov 14-17, 2011, pp.538-546, China, Scopus indexed.
  23. Ranjit Ghoshal, Anandarup Roy, Tapan Kumar Bhowmik and Swapan K. Parui, “Headline Based Text Extraction from Outdoor Images”,
    4th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PReMI’11), LNCS 6744, Springer-Verlag, June27-July1, 2011, pp 446-451, Russia, Scopus indexed.

 

 

Life Member: Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), Membership Number: LM123278

Life Member: Internet Society

 

Organizing Committee Member

1. Program Committee Member: International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Pattern Recognition (CIPR).
2. Program Committee Member: International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS).
3. Program Committee Member: International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics (ICACNI-2014).

 

Referee Service

1. 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS-2021), 2021, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
2. 1st International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS-2020), January 13-15, 2020, Jalpaiguri, India.
3. 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Pattern Recognition (CIPR-2021), April 24-25, 2021, Kolkata, India.
4. 7th International Conference on Mathematics and Computing (ICMC-2021), IIEST, Shibpur, India.
5. 3rd International Conference on Machine Intelligence and Signal Processing (MISP-2021), NIT, Arunachal Pradesh, India.
6. 1st International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Informatics(ICACNI-2014), June 24-26, 2014, Kolkata, India.

 

Participated

  1. FDP on “Data Security and IOT”, 11th – 15th July, 2022, organized by St. Thomas’ College of Engg. & Technology, Kolkata.
  2. FDP on “Effective Teaching And Learning”, 6th – 8th September, 2021, organized by St. Thomas’ College of Engg. & Technology, Kolkata.
  3. Participated & completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Artificial Intelligence impacts on Telemedicine” from 2021-8-2 to 2021-8-6 at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering.
  4. FDP on “Research Methodology and Project Writing”, 07-11 July, 2021, organized by Rama Devi Women University, Bhuneswar, Odisha.
  5. Attend FDP on “Internet of Things (IoT)”, 01.12.2020 to 05.12.2020 (1 week), organized by St. Thomas’ College of Engg, & Technology, Kolkata.
  6. Participated in the National Seminar (web) on “Ancient Indian Education System”, organized by NITTTR, Kolkata on 11th and 12th November, 2020.
  7. Attend ICT Mode STTP on “Data Science with R Programming”, 10.08.2020 to 21.08.2020 (2 week), organized by NITTTR, Kolkata.
  8. Attend ICT Mode STTP on “Pattern Recognition: Theory and Applications”, 20.07.2020 to 24.07.2020(1 week), organized by NITTTR, Kolkata.
  9. Attend ICT Mode STTP on “Fundamental of Outcome Based Education (OBE)”, 31.08.2020 to 04.09.2020 (1 week), organized by NITTTR, Kolkata.
  10. Participated in the NPTEL–AICTE Faculty Development Program on “Digital Image Processing”, July-November 2019 (12 week).
  11. Attend a Workshop on “Industry Academia Conclave” as a part of India International Science Festival – 2019, November 5 to 8, 2019, Kolkata.
  12. Participated in the NPTEL–AICTE Faculty Development Program on “Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks”, March-May 2019 (8 week).
  13. Successfully completed the NPTEL–AICTE Faculty Development Program on “Introduction to Machine Learning”, Aug-Oct 2018.
  14. Attended Faculty Development Programme on Fundamentals of Data Structures and Algorithms at NITTTR, Kolkata – Duration 14 days (4.6.18 – 15.6.18).
  15.  Attended Faculty Development Programme (2007-2008) Organized By W.B.U.T.
  16. Participated in One-day Seminar on “Machine Intelligence and Applications” organized by St. Thomas’ College of Engg. & Tech., March 18th, 2008.
  17. Participated in the International workshop on Research Issues in Digital Libraries, duration – 4 days (12-15 December, 2006), organized by ISI, Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, and CDAC Kolkata.
  18. Participated in the in house training on Networking Principles & Technology, duration – 5 days, organized by NITTTR, Kolkata.
  19. Attended in the short term course on “Soft computing Techniques and Applications”, duration – 4 days (5th September to 8th September 2006), organized by Asansol engineering college, NIT Durgapur, and NIT Silchar.
  20. Participated in the Mathematical modeling through soft computing, duration – 1 day, organized by Bengal College of Engineering and Technology, Durgapur.
  21. Attended in the Workshop on “Challenges in VLSI design: Cutting Edge Perspective” organized by department of IT, Bengal Engineering and Science University in July 21 – 25, 2008.

Organized

  1. AICTE Sponsored Online Short Term Training Programme (Phase I) on “Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and their Applications” from 2nd November, 2020 to 7th November, 2020 (6 Days) as a Co-ordinator.
  2. AICTE Sponsored Online Short Term Training Programme (Phase II) on “Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and their Applications” from 23rd November, 2020 to 28th November, 2020 (6 Days) as a
  3. AICTE Sponsored Online Short Term Training Programme (Phase III) on “Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and their Applications” from 14th December, 2020 to 19th December, 2020 (6 Days) as a
  4. MHRD sponsored One Day Workshop on “Virtual Laboratory”, Dated 7th April, 2017 as a Convener (St. Thomas’ College of & Technology and IIT Guwahati

 

Invited Lecture

 

  1. Delivered a lecture on the six-day’s AICTE sponsored online Short Term Training Programme (STTP:PHASE-1) on “Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and their Applications”, organized by the Department of Information Technology, St. Thomas’ College of Engineering & Technology on 2nd Nov. 2020 to 07th Nov. 2020. Title: Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Applications.
  2.  Delivered a lecture on the six-day’s AICTE sponsored online Short Term Training Programme (STTP:PHASE-2) on “Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and their Applications”, organized by the Department of Information Technology, St. Thomas’ College of Engineering & Technology on 23rd Nov. 2020 to 28th Nov. 2020. Title: Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Applications.
  3. Delivered a lecture on the six-day’s AICTE sponsored online Short Term Training Programme (STTP:PHASE-3) on “Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition and their Applications”, organized by the Department of Information Technology, St. Thomas’ College of Engineering & Technology on 14nd Dec. 2020 to 19th Dec. 2020. Title: Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Applications in Text Image Analysis.
  4. Delivered a lecture on the three-day’s Webinar on “Machine Learning Approaches Towards Fighting COVID-19” held in the Department of Information Technology, St. Thomas’ College of Engineering & Technology on July 27-29, 2020. Title: Introduction to Machine Learning Algorithms for Solving COVID-19 Related Issues.
  5. Delivered a lecture on the three-day’s “Workshop on Machine Learning and Pattern Analysis” held in the Department of Information Technology, St. Thomas’ College of Engineering & Technology on June 27-29, 2017.
  6.  Hands On of the “Workshop on Machine Learning and Pattern Analysis” held in the Department of Information Technology, St. Thomas’ College of Engineering & Technology on June 27-29, 2017 is carried out under my joint supervision.

 

Fund received

  1. FDP: Received Fund of Rs.3.6 Lakhs from AICTE for FDP on Machine Learning, “Pattern Recognition and their Applications”.
  2. PROJECT: Received Rs. 1.5 Lakhs from Department of Science and Technology (DST) for the Project “Computer Vision Based Robotic Interception”

UG Project Guided

  1. Bangla Text Extraction from Scene Images.
  2. Bangla Character Recognition from Scene Images using MLP & Decision Tree.
  3. Perspective Correction.
  4. Statistical Learning Based Text Identification.
  5. Touching Character Identification and Separation Scheme.
  6. English and Bangla Numerals Recognition System.
  7. Study on Open source OCR Engine.
  8. Scene Text Binarization Scheme.
  9. SVM and KNN based Text Identification from Scene Images.
  10. Retinal Image Analysis.
  11. Color Image Segmentation.
  12. Signature Verification System.
  13. Licence Plate/Number Recognition System.
  14. Drowsy Driver Detection System

  1. Received Best Paper Award in the Conference “3rd International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS-2022)” organized by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, Punjab, India and COMSYS Educational Trust, Kolkata by Subhashree Basu, Ranjit Ghoshal, Malay Kule and Hafizur Rahaman, “On Detection of Hardware Trojan in Memristive Nanocrossbar-Based Circuits”.
  2. Received Best Paper Award in the Conference “Intelligent Computing and Technologies Conference (ICTCon2021)” organized by Assam Science and Technology University (ASTU) & Department of CSE, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Sponsored by TEQIP-III by Dr. Arijit Ghosal and Ranjit Ghoshal, Co-occurrence Based Approach for Differentiation of Speech and Song”. AY 2020-21
  3. Received a Good Academic Performer Certificate for the Academic Year 2016-17 from St. Thomas’ College of Engg. & Technology.