IIT GUWAHATI

LIST OF THE JOINT CONCEPT NOTES
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Sl. No. Concept Note Title Parent Department/School/Center Concept Note Description
1 Artificial Intelligence, Online Learning, Data Mining, NLP, Speech processing, Computer Vision and Deep Learning, Intelligent and Networked Robotics, Augmented/Virtual reality, Distributed Systems, Edge and Cloud Computing, Wireless Networks, Software defined Networking, IoT Computer Science and Engineering
2 Network Security, Hardware Security, Formal Verification, High-level Synthesis, Hardware Acceleration, Embedded and Cyber-physical Systems, Multicore Architecture, Memory Systems, Near-memory Computing, Data Centers Computer Science and Engineering
3 Data Structures and Algorithms, Distributed Algorithms, Randomization and Approximation Algorithms, Optimization, Computational Geometry. Computer Science and Engineering
4 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Centre for Environment
5 Biodiversity Centre for Environment
6 Climate Change Biology Centre for Environment
7 Environmental Health Centre for Environment
8 All areas in Chemistry and allied fields Chemistry
9 Architectural Engineering Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
10 Archeoastronomy Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
11 Distilling science and technology from Maha Puranas Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
12 Sustainable practices of Northeast India Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
13 Traditional medicines Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
14 Condensed Matter Physics: Experiment and Theory Physics
15 Gravity, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Physics
16 High Energy Physics: Experiment and Theory Physics
17 Laser and Photonics: Experiment and Theory Physics
18 Quantum Optics and Quantum Technology Physics
19 Performance evaluation of structural steels under cyclic loading; Metal Casting Through Microwave Energy. Mechanical Engineering
20 Miniature Two-phase Devices for Thermal Management Mechanical Engineering
21 Vortex induced vibration of a stationary and rotating sphere near a solid wall Mechanical Engineering
22 Fatigue and fracture analysis of welded structure;Weld and 3D printing induced residual stresses prediction. Mechanical Engineering
23 Mechanical behaviour of 3D-printed mechanical metamaterials; Metallurgy of additively manufactured structures Mechanical Engineering
24 Computational fluid modeling of tokamak plasmas for fusion energy generation. Mechanical Engineering
25 Organic Material for Engineering Application; Traditional Medicine Manufacuring. Mechanical Engineering
26 Laser based manufacturing. Mechanical Engineering
27 Welding and additive manufacturing process; Solid state welding processes Mechanical Engineering
28 Development of overset grid-based spectral-element solver for fluid-structure interaction problems; Numerical estimation of flow power extraction efficiency of vortex-induced vibration at Re > 1E5 using OpenFOAM; Design and on-site testing of a 1KW prototype of a flow-induced vibration turbine. Mechanical Engineering
29 Metal Additive Manufacturing; Computer Aided Process Planning Mechanical Engineering
30 Friction stir additive manufacturing, joining of sandwich structures; Sheet metal formability modeling. Mechanical Engineering
31 3D printing of light weight structures Mechanical Engineering
32 Development of Digit Twin Platform for Machinery Mechanical Engineering
33 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites; Additive Manufacturing of Composites Mechanical Engineering
34 Ionic transport in nanopores for harvesting Blue energy;Mathematical modelling for exploring stochastic optimal control of Tokamak Plasma Flow. Mechanical Engineering
35 Micromachining processes; Micromanufacturing processes Mechanical Engineering
36 Multiphase flows; Microfluidics Mechanical Engineering
37 Large-scale computational contact mechanics of many body contact; Isogeometric analysis of high-speed rail-wheel contact and associated failure; Machine learning-assisted nonlinear finite element simulations; Machine learning-assisted predictions for ballistic events. Mechanical Engineering
38 Mathematical homogenization of fibrous composites; Machine learning based material modeling of heterogenous materials Mechanical Engineering
39 Functionally graded piezoelectric materials; Flexible piezoelectric sensors and actuators Mechanical Engineering
40 Development of Spacial Electrical Machines for EV applications; Energy storage including Flywheel Energy Storage and Compressed Air Energy Storage Mechanical Engineering
41 Rotor dynamics Mechanical Engineering
42 Rehabilitation Robotics Mechanical Engineering
43 Manufacturing: Forming, Machining, Additive, Welding. Mechanical Engineering
44 Machining Dynamics; High-Speed Micromachining. Mechanical Engineering
45 Mixed Mode Fracture and Fatigue of Metals Mechanical Engineering
46 Robotic Neurorehabilitation Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
47 Physics Informed Machine Learning Supervised learning of nonlinear mathematics Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
48 Computer vision (subarea: face tracking, eye tracking) Biomedical image processing (subarea: image segmentation) Machine learning and deep learning Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
49 Network security and Privacy Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
50 Natural Language Processing Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
51 AI/ML for bio-acoustics AI/ML for respiratory health, Speech and Audio Processing, Behavioral and EEG data analysis, Non-stationary time-series signal modelling (sampling and time-frequency analysis) Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
52 Knowledge Graphs Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
53 Language and Cognitive Science Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
54 Speech Processing and Analysis Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
55 Natural Language Processing Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
56 Document analysis and biometrics Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
57 Respiratory Sound Analysis Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology
58 Bio-degradable Polymer Development; Polymer Synthesis and Catalyst Development Centre for Sustainable Polymers
59 Polymer Composites and Nanomaterials Centre for Sustainable Polymers
60 Polymer Liquid Crystal and Organic Electronics Centre for Sustainable Polymers
61 Solid Waste Management Centre for Sustainable Polymers
62 Polymer Modelling and Simulation; Polymer Structure-Property Relationship Centre for Sustainable Polymers
63 Polymer Degradation and Recycling Centre for Sustainable Polymers
64 Organocatalysis, Organometallic Catalysis, and Green chemistry Centre for Sustainable Polymers
65 Polymer Processing and Rheology Centre for Sustainable Polymers
66 UHMWPE Synthesis and Product Development Centre for Sustainable Polymers
67 Polymer Toxicology, Risk Assessment and Migration Studies Centre for Sustainable Polymers
68 Polymer Ecology and Life Cycle Assessment Centre for Sustainable Polymers
69 Polymer-based Implant Materials Centre for Sustainable Polymers
70 Polymer Product Design and Development; Centre for Sustainable Polymers
71 Biotechnology with Emphasis on Biopolymers Centre for Sustainable Polymers
72 1. Development of a low cost I-V tracer for solar energy applications School of Energy Sciences and Engineering
73 2. Control of Power Electronics Interfaces for Distributed Energy Resources and Microgrids School of Energy Sciences and Engineering
74 3. EV Charging Infrastructure School of Energy Sciences and Engineering
75 Food Biotechnology, Isothermal drying of agricultural products, Waste heat recovery, Crop & Soil Quality Management, Soil and Water Microbiology, Waste water treatment, Solid Waste management, Agricultural Biotechnology, Experimental and computational studies on biofertilizers, and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Rural Science and Technology School of Agro and Rural Technology
76 Design of underwater vehicles Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
77 Develop of Integrated Predictive Maintenance Tool Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
78 Digital Twin for Metal Additive Manufacturing Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
79 Retrofitting of underwater structures Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
80 Underwater Computer Vision Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
81 Underwater Compressed Air Energy Storage Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
82 Multi-agent Multi-robot Learning Mechanisms Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
83 Development of Digital Holographic System for Imaging of Microplanktons and Microparticles Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
84 Application of Deep Learning for Vision based Detection and Inspection of Underwater Artefacts Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
85 Under water debris detection and identification Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
86 Underwater acoustic systems, Sensors for underwater applications Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
87 Hydrogen Storage for Underwater Vehicle Applications Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
88 Motion Planning and Cooperative Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for Underwater Surveillance Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
89 Visual Communication of multimedia communication emphasizing imaginative representation Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
90 Biomechanics studies during underwater activities Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
91 Control of Underwater vehicles Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
92 Prototype for Underwater Organism-supported Breathing System. Centre for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
93 Mathematics Mathematics
94 Statistics Mathematics
95 Probability Mathematics
96 Mathematical Finance Mathematics
97 Computer Science Mathematics
98 Research Areas of Faculty Members can be seen at https://iitg.ac.in/maths/index_faculty.php Mathematics
99 Air Quality; WRF-CHEM modeling; Waste valorization, marginal materials for soil amendment; Biopolymer-soil interaction; Hot-mix asphalt using agro-waste natural fibers; Characterization of LiDAR and point cloud data; Machine Learning Seismic Risk Assessment; Reinforced Soil Structures; Waste containment and Landslide prediction; System study using Geospatial Technology; Construction Management; PPP; Building Info Modelling in Infra Asset Mgt; Civil Engineering
100 1. Rainfall-induced Landslide Prediction and Mitigation 2. Stabilization of soils and slopes for construction of roads in hilly terrains of North-East India: A step towards disaster mitigation Centre for Disaster Management & Research
101 All areas of Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences and Bioengineering
102 Nano/Bio Materials Science and Engineering; NanoTheranostic Devices Centre for Nanotechnology
103 Nano/Bio- Electronics and Sensors Centre for Nanotechnology
104 Experimental and Computational studies of micro- and nano-fluidics Centre for Nanotechnology
105 Molecular Simulations Centre for Nanotechnology
106 Polymer self-assembly Centre for Nanotechnology
107 Polymer Nanocomposites Centre for Nanotechnology
108 Nano Devices and Applications Centre for Nanotechnology
109 Flow Chemistry Centre for Nanotechnology
110 Catalysis for Energy Centre for Nanotechnology
111 Energy Applications Centre for Nanotechnology
112 All areas of Chemistry and Physics including Nanoscale Materials, Polymers, Optoelectronics, and Photonic applications; Centre for Nanotechnology
113 Green Hydrogen Centre for Nanotechnology
114 Devices, Spintronic Devices, Photovoltaics and Photodetectors; Generation: Organic, Hybrid, Flexible, and Printable Electronics Centre for Nanotechnology
115 Bio-Inspired Wettability Centre for Nanotechnology
116 Plasmonic Devices, Neuromorphic Devices, Low-Dimensional Semiconductors Centre for Nanotechnology
117 Nanoelectronic Devices: Non-Volatile Memory Devices and Technologies, Centre for Nanotechnology
118 (i) Biomedical Devices and Diagnostics; Biomedical Imaging and Analysis; Microfluidics; Nanoelectronics; Nanobiotechnology. (ii) Tissue Engineering; In-vitro Disease Models for Drug Screening; Cancer Biology and Stem Cells; Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells; Expanded Genetic Code. (iii) Molecular Biophysics; Chemical Biology; Tox Screening of Phytochemicals/ Drugs; Site-specific Protein Modification, Mathematical modeling and simulations School of Health Science & Technology
119 (iv) Health Data Science and Analytics; Preserving Privacy in Health Data Sharing; Ergonomics and Design for Healthcare; Quantum Technology for Healthcare Applications. (v)Biomaterials; Artificial Limbs and Prosthetics; Rehabilitation Biomechanics; Transport Processes in Physiological Systems; Medical Waste Disposal and Degradation. (vi) Bioorganic, Bioinorganic and Medicinal Chemistry; Drug Delivery; Environmental Health and Toxicology. School of Health Science & Technology
120 (vii) Molecular Neuroscience and Cancer Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Large-Scale Genomics and Transcriptomic Data Analysis, Cheminformatics, Protein Engineering School of Health Science & Technology
121 Design Methods; Data-driven design; Material-driven design Design
122 Design for Sustainability Design
123 Design for Additive Manufacturing; Additive manufacturing heuristics or principles; Clay 3D printing; Design
124 Product design (Furniture Design/Packaging/Toy/Craft/ Medical device); Guideline/Principles/Heuristics for product design; Design
125 Ergonomics (Physical/ Cognitive); Occupational safety and health; Neuro-ergonomics; Anthropometry and Biomechanics Design
126 Voice User Interfaces; Interfaces for Special Needs; Interaction issues in Assistive Technology Design; Design
127 Design Management, Product Service Systems, Service Design Design
128 Design creativity; Aesthetics Design
129 Input methods, user interactions and user interfaces in Virtual Reality Design
130 Multimedia Visual Communication (Animation, Special Effects, Cartooning, Traditional Animation) Design
131 User Experience Design; AI in Design; Design
132 Socio-hydrology for future water infrastructures Centre for Sustainable Water Research
133 Transboundary waters, water economics, water governance, climate change and water Centre for Sustainable Water Research
134 Feasibility study on artificial recharge of aquifers Centre for Sustainable Water Research
135 Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies Centre for Sustainable Water Research
136 Surface-Ground water interaction in coastal basins Centre for Sustainable Water Research
137 Development of Water Quality Sensors for Arsenic, Fluoride, Cyanide Centre for Sustainable Water Research
138 Biological wastewater treatment Centre for Sustainable Water Research
139 Economics: Development Economics/Health Economics (focus areas: food & nutrition security; health systems research; labour & employment); Agricultural Economics; Industrial Organisation; Dynamic Models in Economics; Climate Change; Adaptation & Mitigation; Public Policy; Water Economics; Ecological Economics; Dynamic methods ( Focus area: dynamic oligopoly, political economy ); Public Economics (focus area: public insurance, federal redistribution); Macroeconomics (focus areas: growth, development and inequality) Humanities and Social Sciences
140 English: Visual and graphic narratives, sequential graphic art and early modern literature Humanities and Social Sciences
141 History: Economic and Environmental history of India as field of research Humanities and Social Sciences
142 Linguistics: Prosodic aspects (tone and intonation) of Tibeto-Burman and South Asian languages, Tonal and vowel acoustics of Tibeto-Burman and Austro-Asiatic languages, psycholinguistics: Language Acquisition and Processing. Humanities and Social Sciences
143 Psychology: Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Social Psychology Humanities and Social Sciences
144 Joint sensing and communication Electronics and Electrical Engineering
145 Development of reliable machine learning techniques for wireless communication systems Electronics and Electrical Engineering
146 Adversarial machine learning Electronics and Electrical Engineering
147 Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Electronics and Electrical Engineering
148 Power Devices Electronics and Electrical Engineering
149 Photodetectors Electronics and Electrical Engineering
150 Spintronics Electronics and Electrical Engineering
151 Nano-electronic heterojunction devices Electronics and Electrical Engineering
152 Memory devices Electronics and Electrical Engineering
153 Organic photovoltaics Electronics and Electrical Engineering
154 RISC Processor Design Electronics and Electrical Engineering
155 Hardware Security Electronics and Electrical Engineering
156 MEMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering
157 Analog Circuit Design for Biomedical Applications Electronics and Electrical Engineering
158 Bio Sensors Electronics and Electrical Engineering
159 Terahertz Topological Photonic Insulators for 6G applications Electronics and Electrical Engineering
160 Nanophotonic Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Electronics and Electrical Engineering
161 Plasmonic metamaterials for enhaced light extraction from LEDs Electronics and Electrical Engineering
162 Electrotunable smart windows for reducing fossil fuel consumptions Electronics and Electrical Engineering
163 Colloids & Interfaces Phenomena Chemical Engineering
164 Tribology Chemical Engineering
165 Petroleum and Reservoir Chemical Engineering
166 Carbon Capture and Storage & Utilization Chemical Engineering
167 Computational Fluid Dynamics Chemical Engineering
168 Flow of Complex fluids Chemical Engineering
169 Micro and Nano fluidics Chemical Engineering
170 Synthetic & Natural Polymers and Polymer-composites Chemical Engineering
171 Polymer Dynamics Chemical Engineering
172 Optimization and Control Chemical Engineering
173 Computational Intelligence & Machine Learning Chemical Engineering
174 Catalysis Chemical Engineering
175 Bio-energy and Green Engineering Chemical Engineering
176 Biomass Conversion Chemical Engineering
177 Clean Energy Production Chemical Engineering
178 Electrochemistry Chemical Engineering
179 Supercapacitors Chemical Engineering
180 Wastewater Treatment Chemical Engineering
181 Advanced Separation Processes Chemical Engineering
182 Oxidation Processes Chemical Engineering
183 Process Intensification and Reactor Development Chemical Engineering
184 Waste management Chemical Engineering
185 Food Processing & Packaging Chemical Engineering