Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Aswini Kumar Patra

Assistant Professor

Machine Learning, Evolutionary Computation, Computational Biology, Bio-Medical Informatics.

Contact
(EPBX/Office) : 0360-2257401-6229
EDUCATIONAL DETAILS
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
PhD(Pursuing)Machine Learning and Computational BiologyIIT GuwahatiRegistered since July 2018
M.TechComputer Science & EngineeringIIT Kharagpur2015
B.TechComputer Science & EngineeringNERIST2005
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
FromToDesignationOrganisation
5th July, 20056th July, 2006LecturerGandhi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Gunpur, Odisha. .
31st July 2006Till DateAssistant ProfessorNERIST, NIrjli, Arunachal Pradesh
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
TitleModule
Machine LearningM.Tech
Advances in Algorithm DesignM.Tech
Computing LaboratoryM.Tech
Soft ComputingDegree/B.Tech
Artificial IntelligenceDegree/B.Tech
Design and Analysis of AlgorithmsDegree/B.Tech
Data StructuresDegree/B.Tech
MicroprocessorDegree/B.Tech
Graph TheoryDegree/B.Tech
Programming for Problem SolvingDegree/B.Tech
Object Oriented ProgrammingDegree/B.Tech
Discrete MathematicsDegree/B.Tech
Theory of ComputationDegree/B.Tech
Microprocessor and MicrocontrollersDegree/B.Tech
Advanced Computer ArchitectureDegree/B.Tech
Computer OrganisationDiploma
Operating SystemDiploma
Programming in CDiploma
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND
Role/DesignationFromTo
Care Taker Officer(Senior Division), NCCSept, 2024Till Date
Faculty Co-ordinator, Computer Association of NERIST(CAN)August, 2024Till Date
Member, Academic Council October, 2022Till Date
Member, Board of StudiesApril, 2017Jan, 2021
Member/Convenor, DPGCApril, 2017Jan, 2021
Chairman, Gymkhana(Student Activity Centre)Sept, 2015June, 2016
Member, EPBAX Advisory CommitteeNov, 2015July, 2018
Member, Central Time Table Committee(CTTC)Aug, 2017Oct, 2021
Faculty Co-ordinator, Computer Association of NERIST  
Departmental T&P Counsellor(CSE)  
Departmental Academic Co-ordinator  
Member, Anti-Ragging Committee  
Member, Convocation Committee  
Member, Physical Verification Committee  
Member, Library Committee  
Member, Automation Committee  
Member, AICTE Data/Affiliation Committee  
Member, Technical Committee for Online Examinations  
PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES
Sl. NoCourse NameOrganised/Sponsored by DurationDate
1NBA Accreditation and Document PreparationNITTTR, KolkataOne Week18/07/2022 to 22/07/2022
2Advanced Optimization Techniques and hands-on with MATLAB/SCILABElectronics & ICT Academies of MNIT Jaipur, NIT Patna, IIITDM Jabalpur & IIT GuwahatiTwo Weeks6/09/21 to 17/09/21
3Digital Tools for Writing, Authoring and Reviewing ManuscriptsElectronics & ICT Academies of IIT Guwahati, NIT Patna, MNIT Jaipur, IIT Kanpur, IIITDM Jabalpur & IIT RoorkeeTwo Weeks12/07/21 to 23/07/21
4Machine Learning for Computer Vision Electronics & ICT Academies of IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, MNIT Jaipur, NIT Patna and PDPM IIITDM JabalpurTwo Weeks01/02/21 to 12/02/21
5Design and Development of content for e-LearningNITTTR, KolkataTwo Weeks05/10/2020 to 16/10/2020
6ICT Tools for Teaching, Learning Process and InstituteElectronics & ICT Academies of NIT Patna, MNIT Jaipur, PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur, IIT Guwahati and IIT RoorkeeTwo Weeks10/08/2020 to 21/08/2020
7RTG Big Data Research Allahabad Summer SchoolHeidelberg University and University of AllahabadOne Week01/04/2019 to 05/04/2019
8Computer Aided Drug
Design for Human Pathogens
Tezpur UniversityOne Week12/02/2018 to 17/02/2018
9Gene Expression and
Function analysis for Crop Development  
IIT
Guwahati
One Week16/01/2018 to 20/01/2018
10Biology for
Engineers
IIT BombayOne Week05/06/2017 to 09/06/2017
11Computational
Information Processing
ISI
Kolkata and SMIT, Sikkim
3 Days23/03/2017 to 25/03/2017
12Automatic
Control Systems Engineering and Design
IIST, Trivandrum4 Days27/12/2016 to 30/12/2016
13Introduction
to Design of Algorithms
IIT
Kharagpur
Two Weeks27th April, 2015 to 24th May, 2015 online activity-one week, 25 th May to 30th May, 2015-2nd week)
M.TECH THESIS SUPERVISED
SlTitle of the Project/DissertationName of the StudentSessionLevel
1Alzheimer's Disease Subtyping with Region of Interest Features and Machine LearningS Elizabeth Devi(MT/20/CS/11)2021-22M.Tech(CSE)
2Pattern Discovery in sMRI for Alzheimer's Disease with Machine LearningAnee Sharma(MT/19/CS/13)2020-2021M.Tech(CSE)
3Biological Network Analysis: A Case on Protein-Protein Interaction Network for SARS CoV2Nyage Nyori(MT/19/CS/05)2020-21M.Tech(CSE)
4Functional MRI Analysis and Machine Learning: A Case For
Alzheimer’s Disease
Ankita Sharma(MT/18/IT/2019-2020M.Tech(IT)
5Gene Expression Analysis : Bayesian PerspectivesPartha Chattopadhyay(MT/15/CS/06)2016-17M.Tech(CSE)
6Towards Improved Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio NetworkAdury Vidyullatha(MT/15/IT/01)2016-17M.Tech(IT)
7Association Rule Mining using Evolutionary AlgorithmsArpita Nath Boruah(MT/14/CS/04)2015-2016M.Tech(CSE)
8Key Player Identification in Social Network using Graph Theory and Genetic Algorithm Apang Bangang(MT/14/CS/02)2015-2016M.Tech(CSE)
PUBLICATIONS
A. K. Patra, Lingaraj Sahoo, Explainable light-weight deep learning pipeline for improved drought stress identification, Frontiers in Plant Science, vol. 15, 2024. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2024.1476130
A. K. Patra, Ankit Varshney, Lingaraj Sahoo, An Explainable Vision Transformer with Transfer Learning Combined with Support Vector Machine Based Efficient Drought Stress Identification, pre-print (ArXiV), 2024.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2407.21666
Aswini Kumar Patra, Tejashwini Gajurel, Improved Cotton Leaf Disease Classification Using Parameter-Efficient Deep Learning Framework, pre-print(ArXiv), 2024.
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2412.17587
A Kurmi, P Sen, M Dash, AK Patra, SK Ray, SS Satapathy, Prediction of essential genes using single nucleotide compositional features in genomes of bacteria: a machine learning-based analysis, International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications 19 (1), 1-18, Inderscience, 2023.
N. Marchang, A. Taggu, A.K.Patra, Sequential Data Analysis for Detecting Byzantine Attack in Cognitive Radio Networks, IEEE transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, 2018, 4(4), p.816-824.
Venkatesh Vakamullu, Aswini Kumar Patra & Madhusudhan Mishra, Embedded Platform-Based Heart-Lung Sound Separation Using Variational Mode Decomposition, Applications of Computational Intelligence in Management & Mathematics, pp 161–170, 2022, Springer.
Piyush Kumar, Arpan Sharma, Mayanmi Zimik, Shivam Parashar, Renu Singh, Joyatri Bora, Aswini K Patra, Madhusudhan Mishra, Measurement of Heartbeats for Well-Being Assessment Using Photoplethysmographic Signals, Electronic Systems and Intelligent Computing, pp 485-494, 2020, Springer.
A.K.Patra, Swanirbhar M. Mishra Madhusudhan, Making Effective Statistical Inferences: The Recent Trends, 9th ICAPM 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, 2019.
Shibabrata Choudhury, Aswini Kumar Patra, Adikanda Parida, Saibal Chatterjee, Renewable Energy Capacity Estimation for Indian Energy Sector Using Energy Demand Forecasting Through Fuzzy Time Series, Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, pp.551-558, 2018, Springer.
Shibabrata Choudhury, Aswini Kumar Patra, Adikanda Parida , Saibal Chatterjee, Interval Type-II Fuzzy Multiple Group Decision Making Based Ranking for Customer Purchase Frequency Determinants in Online Brand Community , 6th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, Thapar University, Patiala, 2016.
A.K.Patra, Multi Objective Evolutionary Algorithms for Association Rule Mining: Advances and Challenges, International Conference on Artificial Life and Robotics, 2016, Okinawa, Japan.
INVITED LECTURES/TALKS
Title of the Lecture/TalkConference/Seminar/WorkshopOrganized by
Introduction to Machine LearningFaculty Development Program on ICT in Teaching Learning Process during 11th – 18thApril, 2023Jointly organized by Government Degree College,
Teliamura, Tripura and IIT Roorkee
Machine Learning using Python5th One-week National Workshop on Emerging Tools and Technologies in Research (ETTR-2022) during 28th November to 2nd December, 2022Department of Information
Technology, Tripura University
Computational Thinking:
Perspectives, Ideas and Skills
One Week Workshop on Career
Psychology and Guidance 
during 29th September to 5th October 2021.
Govt. P. G. College, Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh)
How to Teach Discrete Mathematical Modelling to Students5 days Online Program for Youth onEmbedding Computational Thinking to Make Education Systems Relevant for The Youth during 9th to 13th August, 2021.Jointly Organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, under Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India and Tripura University.
Artificial Intelligence
Perspectives in
Biomechanics.
One Week online
FDP on Application
of Artificial
Intelligence and
Machine Learning
 during 14th to 18th September,
2020.
ATAL(AICTE) and Dept. of ME, NERIST.
AI Based Problem
Solving
National Workshop
on Machine Learning
and Artificial
Intelligence
, 13th to
17th Jan, 2020.
ATAL(AICTE), Dept. of IT, Tripura University, Agartala.
Classification
Algorithms in Machine
Learning
''''
Dimension Reduction
and Significance
''''
Advances in
Unsupervised Learning
''''
Recent Trends and AI
Techniques
''''
Evolutionary Approach
to Solve NP-hardness in
Structural Neuro-
imaging Data
International
Workshop: RTG
Bigdata Research,
Allahabad Summer
School during 1st April to 5th April 2019.
Jointly organized
by Allahabad
University and
Heidelberg
University,
Germany.
Making Effective
Statistical Inferences:
The Recent Trends
9th International
Conference on
Applied Physics and
Mathematics during 21 - 23 January 2019.
Chulalongkorn
University,
Bangkok.