Prof. Manas Kamal Bhuyan received a Ph.D. degree in electronics and communication engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India. He was with the School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia, where he was involved in postdoctoral research. Subsequently, he was a Researcher with the SAFE Sensor Research Group, NICTA, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India and Jorhat Engineering College, Assam, India, and he also worked in Indian Engineering Services. In the year 2014-2015, he was a Visiting Professor with Indiana University and Purdue University, Indiana, USA.  Dr. Bhuyan was a recipient of the National Award for Best Applied Research/Technological Innovation (click here for the video), which was presented by the Honorable President of India in the year 2012, the Prestigious Fullbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship, and the BOYSCAST Fellowship. He is an IEEE senior member, Fellow of IETE, and Fellow of IEI. His current research interests include Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Image/Video Processing, Computer Vision, Human Computer Interactions (HCI), Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, and Biomedical Signal Processing. He has almost 31 years of industry, teaching, and research experience and he has over 300 research publications in reputed journals and conference proceedings. He is the author of the text book "Computer Vision and Image Processing: Fundamentals and Applications", published by CRC press, USA, 2019. He has two popular NPTEL video courses -- "Machine Learning & Deep Learning" and "Computer Vision and Image Processing - Fundamentals and Applications", and one web course on "Computer Vision and Applications". His work in computer vision, pattern recognition, and machine learning have had a profound impact on areas including HCI, Medical Image Analysis, and Video Surveillance. His work in polyp segmentation and classification shows promise for future use in health care and medicine.

He is currently a professor in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering at IIT Guwahati. Additionally, he is serving as a visiting professor in the Department of Computer Science at Chubu University, Japan. He is also an associate faculty member of both the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and the Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology at IIT Guwahati.

Academic Profile

Academic Positions

1. Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati (Since 2018)

2. Professor, Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati (Since 2020)

3. Visiting Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chubu University, Japan (Since 2020)

4. Visiting Professor, Purdue University, USA (2014–2015)

5. Assistant Professor, Department of EE, IIT Roorkee, India.

6. Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

7. Researcher, SAFE Sensor Research Group, NICTA, Brisbane, Australia.

Administrative Roles

7. Dean, Infrastructure, Planning and Management, IIT Guwahati (2022–2025)
8. Associate Dean, Infrastructure, Planning and Management, IIT Guwahati (2019–2022)

Awards and Fellowships

9. National Award for Best Applied Research/Technological Innovation, presented by the Hon’ble President of India (2013)
10. Achievers of Assam,  Hon'ble Vice President of India (2021). 
11. Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship (2014)
12. BOYSCAST Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (2006)
13. Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Engineering and Technology (2002)

Professional Memberships

12. Senior Member, IEEE (92023537)
13. Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) (505523)
14. Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) (F-1318736)

Publications and Courses

15. Author, Computer Vision and Image Processing: Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, USA
16. NPTEL Instructor:

• Machine Learning & Deep Learning (Video course)
• Computer Vision and Image Processing – Fundamentals and Applications (Video course)
• Computer Vision and Applications (Web course)

Key Research Contributions and Recognitions

17. Best Paper Award – Multimodal Vision-Based Hand Rehabilitation System with Hand and Eye Movement Analysis, Smart City Workshop 2025, IIT Guwahati, IIT Madras, University of Ibaraki (Japan), and Hitachi Research (Japan)
18. Most Influential Research Paper Over the Decade – Automatic Polyp Detection in Endoscope Images Using a Hessian Filter, 18th International Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA2023), Japan
19. AI Platform for Colon Cancer Detection, featured on Rajya Sabha TV – Gyan Vigyan News
20. Virtual Presence Platform – Developed for the 22nd Convocation of IIT Guwahati, widely featured in national media
21. Best Research Paper Award – Polyp Shape Recovery Using Vascular Border from Single Colonoscopy Image, BIOIMAGING 2019, Czech Republic
22. Best Poster Award – Dense 3D Reconstruction of Endoscopic Polyp, BIOIMAGING 2018, Portugal
23. Best Paper Award – Detection and Classification of Defective Electronic Circuit Boards Using CNN Features and Keypoint Extraction, PATTERNS 2017, Athens, Greece
24. Research Acknowledgment – Contribution recognized in the SAFE (SENSORS) Strategic Project Review 2007, National ICT Australia

Invited Talks and Keynotes

25. Keynote Speaker, Indo-French Seminar on Matrix Information Geometries, École Polytechnique, Paris, France (2011)
26. Keynote Speaker, IEEE Asian Conference on Defence Technology (ACDT 2019), Bali, Indonesia
27. Keynote Speaker, Second International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering and Their Applications (EECEA 2015), Manila, Philippines

Advisory and Government Roles

28. Board of Governors Member, NIT Meghalaya
29. Advisor, Assam Transport Department, Government of Assam
30. Chairperson, Assam Police Procurement Review Committee, Directorate General of Police, Government of Assam
31. Expert Member, Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO), Government of India
32. Member, Programme Advisory Committee (PAC-EECE), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India
33. Member, Programme Advisory Committee on Exponential Technologies, SERB, DST, Government of India