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Utpal Garain is a Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Calcutta, and Head of the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Unit and ISI Centre for AI and Machine Learning (CAIML). He completed his Bachelor and Master's in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University in 1994 and 1997, and earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Indian Statistical Institute in 2005. His research focuses on AI systems, machine learning, deep learning, and their applications in language, vision-based analytics. With over 150 research papers in peer-reviewed venues and 12 patents, Prof. Garain's contributions are recognized with esteemed awards like the Young Engineer Award by the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2006, the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Research Fellowship in 2011, and the JSPS Fellowship by the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) in 2017. Prof. Garain is elected as a fellow of INAE (2023) and the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2024).
Education:
1990-1994: Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering (WBJEE Rank: 22) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032. Final Year Project Title: Classification in printed character recognition.
1995-1997: Master of Computer Science & Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032. Dissertation Title: An efficient algorithm for recognition of mathematical expressions in document images.
2005: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Computer Science from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. Thesis Title: Recognition of Printed and Handwritten Mathematical Expressions.
Employments:
May 2024 - : Professor (Higher Academic Grade), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
July 2015 - April 2024: Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
June 2009 - June 2015: Associate Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
December 2006 - May 2009: Assistant Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
June 1999 - November 2006: Lecturer Equiv., Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
September 1997 - June 1999: Project scientist, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
March 1997 - August 1997: Software engineer, Cognizent Technology Solutions, India.
July 1994 - August 1995: Graduate Engineer, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai, India.
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