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About me



photo I was born in Imphal (East), Manipur to Sanasam (Ongbi) Ibemhal Devi and Sanasam Khomei Singh. Currently, I am a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. I received my Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and worked with Prof. Hema A. Murthy and Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves. During my Ph.D program, I was supported by IBM PhD Fellowship Award (a world wide competition).

I worked in the area of Social Media Data Analysis, Complex Network Analysis, Information Retrieval and Extraction, Natural Language Processing. I have founded the Open Source Intelligence Lab, Dept. of CSE. in the year 2014 with the project funding from MEiTY with the objective of conducting research on deriving actionable intelligence from freely available social media data, and developing various tools. Since the inception of the Lab, it has successfully executed various sponsored projects. I had published close to 100 Peer Review papers in reputed international Journals and Conferences, and guided 11 PhD scholars. I am involved in several ongoing and successfully completed sponsored projects worth more than Rupees 18 crores in the capacity as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator.

AREA OF RESEARCH
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Social Media Data Analysis, Complex Network Analysis, Information Retrieval and Extraction, Natural Language Processing

Education

  • Ph.D, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 2010.
  • M.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, January, 2002
  • B.Tech (Degree Module), Computer Science and Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Itanagar, 2000
  • B.Tech (Diploma Module), Computer Science and Engineering, North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Itanagar, 1998
  • B.Tech (Base Module), Mechanical (Production), North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology, Itanagar, 1996


Experiences
  • Head, Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology, IIT Guwahati, July 2023 – Till Date
  • Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, August 2023 – Till Date
  • Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, April 2016 – July 2023
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, December 2009 – March 2016
  • Visiting Faculty, Department of Computer Science, Manipur University, February 2005–June 2005
  • Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, February 2002 – January 2005
  • Member, Board of Studies in Computer Science, Dibrugarh University, March 2019- February 2022
  • External Expert, Board of Under Graduate Studies, Department of Information Technology, School of Engineering & Technology, Nagaland University, 2018 onward
  • External Expert, Board of Under Graduate Studies, Department of Computer Science, School of Engineering & Technology, Nagaland University, 2018 onward
  • Subject Expert, Research Advisory Committee, Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh, 2019-onwards
  • External Expert, Board of Studies, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Manipur University, 2020 onward


Awards
  • Microsoft Young Faculty Award, 2011-2012.
  • NEC marit Scholarship -- 1994 to 2000
  • IBM Ph.D. Scholarship -- 2006-2007
  • Microsoft Young Faculty Award -- 2011
  • Hockey, representing Arunachal Pradesh (Bronze Medal winner) in the XII North Eastern Sport Festival, Sports Authority of India