My research is on Cloud, Edge & Distributed Computing, Computer Vision Applications, Explainable AI & Federated learning. I lead the DISCOVER Lab — Distributed Computing and Vision Intelligence Research — at CSE, NITK.
🔬 Research Areas
- Cloud, Edge & Distributed Computing
- Computer Vision Applications
- Explainable AI (XAI)
- Federated Learning
- Distributed Systems
👥 Current Team
PhD Students
- Satish Ambesenge
- Sneha H R
- Naveen Kumar M R
- Tirumanisetty Venkata Sneha
Research Project Assistant (pursuing PhD)
MTech Students
- Ambaliya Nishant
- Govind Yadhav
- Vishwas
- Saurav Singh
- Prabhuddo Paul
BTech Students
- Shilwant Roy
- Rishad Shetty
- Vaishnavi L
- Hrushikesh J
- Samyak Sanjay Sand
- Siddharth Srinivasan
- Ajit Kumar Panigrahi
- Balaji
- Jyoti Suman Sahoo
🎓 Alumni
Postdoc Researcher
- Dr. Sankar P. — Associate Professor, VIT Chennai
PhD (NITK)
- Dr. Manoj Kumar M V — Professor, Dept of Information Science Engineering, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore
- Dr. Likewin Thomas — Associate Professor & HOD, Dept of AI & ML, PES Institute of Technology and Management, Shivamogga
- Dr. Sumith N. — Associate Professor, Dept of ICT, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal
- Dr. Bane Raman R. — Principal, Yashwantrao Bhonsale Institute of Technology, Sawantwadi
- Dr. Keethi Shetty — Postdoctoral Researcher, IIIT Hyderabad
- Dr. Ashwin Kulkarni — GPU Software Development Engineer, Intel
- Dr. Shubham Dodia — Research Scientist, Computer Age Management Services Limited, Chennai
- Dr. Manjunatha S H — Assistant Professor, Dept of CSE, MIT Manipal
- Dr. Rashmi Adyapady — Assistant Professor, Dept of AI & ML, NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte
- Dr. Saraswati Koppad — Faculty, Dept of ICT, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal
- Dr. Sachin D N — PostDoc Researcher, Cancer Imaging and Multi-Omics Research Group, NTNU, Norway
- Dr. Aarabhi Putti — Faculty, Manipal Institute of Technology, MAHE, Manipal
PhD (Outside NITK)
- Dr. Sanjeev K. Cowlessur — Senior Lecturer, Université des Mascareignes, Mauritius
- Dr. Prasenjit Kumar Das — Assistant Professor, Dept of CST & CSIT, UEM Kolkata
M.Tech by Research
- Gowtham L. — Programmer Analyst, Boeing
- Divya M. — Senior Software Engineer, Nokia
- Gita Shah — E-Learning Manager, TÜV SÜD
External Students / Interns
- Chunduru Shri Abhijith, VIT Chennai
- Vishnu Tej, NIT Andhra
- Ram Samarth BB, IIIT Kottayam
- Sindhura S, IISc Bengaluru
- Aditya Kasliwal, MIT Manipal
- Prajwal, VVCE Mysuru
- Naveen Kumar Reddy, IIEST Shibpur
- Naga Surya, IIEST Shibpur
📰 Latest Updates
- As part of a collaboration at Université des Mascareignes, Mauritius, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Cowlessur successfully completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Professor Annappa B.