Current Members
Sayan Saha is a Senior Research Fellow at ISI Kolkata. His works in Explainable AI and Graph Neural Networks.
Graph Neural Networks, Explainable AI
Mrittika Chakraborty is a Project-linked Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Statistical Institute and a PhD student at Jadavpur University. Her research interests lie in Deep Learning and Explainable AI.
Koyel Mandal is a National Post Doctoral Fellow under Anusandhan National Reseacrh Foundation (2024–2026). Her research interest includes Computational Biology, Unsupervised Learning, and Remote Sensing image analysis.
Aritra Banerjee is a Project Linked Person. His research area is Deep Learning, Graph Neural Network, and Graph Representation Learning.
Anushree Bhattacharya
is a National Post Doctoral Fellow under Anusandhan National Reseacrh Foundation (2025–2027). Her research interests are Fuzzy Graph Theory, Fuzzy Mathematics, and Decision Making with their applications including Neural Networks.
Ph. D. THESIS SUPERVISION
Thesis Title: Graph Neural Networks for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Graphs: Algorithms and Applications
University and Year: Indian Statistical Institute, 2025
Current Affiliation: Data Scientist, Homa Health
Thesis Title: New Machine Learning Approaches for Protein-protein Interaction (PPI) Prediction: Handling Multi-view, High Dimensional Features
University and Year: University of Calcutta, 2023
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, RCCIIT, Kolkata
Thesis Title: Algorithms for Feature Selection: Structure Preservation, Scale Invariance, and Stability
University and Year: Indian Statistical Institute, 2023
Current Affiliation: Chanakya Post-doctoral Fellow, TIH, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Thesis Title: Many-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms: Objective Reduction, Decomposition and Multi-Modality
University and Year: Indian Statistical Institute, 2021
Current Affiliation: MathWorks India
Thesis Title: Dealing With Dimensionality Using HPC: Application To Genomics
University and Year: University of Calcutta, 2021
Current Affiliation: University of Nantes, France
Thesis Title: Algorithms for Sequence Similarity Search: From Alignment-based to Alignment-free Approaches
University and Year: Indian Statistical Institute, 2020
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Sister Nibedita Government General Degree College for Girls, Kolkata
Thesis Title: Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition Algorithms for Knowledge Discovery
University and Year: Jadavpur University, 2018
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Aliah University, Kolkata
Thesis Title: Development of New Computational Methods for Predicting Modules in Large Networks
University and Year: Jadavpur University, 2017
Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, Ghani Khan Choudhury Institute of Engineering & Technology, West Bengal
Thesis Title: Computational and Statistical Approaches in Data Mining and Bioinformatics
University and Year: Jadavpur University, 2017
Current Affiliation: Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University, MA, USA.
Thesis Title: Mining Co-expression Networks: Applications to MicroRNA Regulation and Disease Analysis
University and Year: Indian Statistical Institute, 2014
Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, ISI Kolkata.
Thesis title: Studies on MicroRNAs: A Computational Approach
University and Year: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2014
Designation in ISI Kolkata: JRF \& SRF, DST-Swarnajayanti Fellowship Project, MIU, ISI Kolkata, 2009-2013
Current Designation and Affiliation: Associate Professor, IIIT Delhi.
Thesis title: Ligand design and virtual screening using metaheuristic algorithms: Applications to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
University and Year: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2014
Designation in ISI Kolkata: Project Linked Personnel, MIU, ISI, Kolkata 2010-2013
Thesis title: Computational Methods for MicroRNA Target Prediction: Studies in Cancer Development
University and Year: Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 2011
Designation in ISI Kolkata: JRF, DST-Swarnajayanti Fellowship Project, MIU, ISI Kolkata, 2009-2011
Current Designation and Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Div. of Biostatistics, Thomas Jefferson University, PA, USA.
Thesis Title: Single and Multiobjective Approaches to Clustering with Point Symmetry
University and Year: Indian Statistical Institute. 2011
Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, IIT Patna.
Thesis title: New Computational Methods for Gene Analysis in Microarray Gene Expression Data
University and Year: Jadavpur University, 2008
Designation in ISI Kolkata: Senior Research Fellow, CSIR, 2003-2006
Current Designation and Affiliation: Associate Professor, ISI Kolkata.
Thesis title: Unsupervised Classification using Simulated Annealing and Evolutionary Algorithms
University and Year: Kalyani University, India, 2005
Current Designation and Affiliation: Associate Professor, Kalyani Government Engineering College, Kalyani, West Bengal
Thesis title: Search Strategies to Solve Certain Problems of VLSI System Design and Testing
University and Year: Kalyani University, India, 2004
Current Designation and Affiliation: Professor, National Institute of Technical Teachers¢ Training and Research (NITTR) Kolkata.
Ongoing
Current Designation and Affiliation: Project Linked Personnel, Jadavpur University
Current Designation and Affiliation: Project Linked Personnel, Indian Statistical Institute.
PostDocs/Faculty Mentored