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Sajith Variyar V. V.

Assistant Professor, Amrita Center for Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN), Coimbatore

Qualification: M.Tech, MCA
vv_sajithvariyar@cb.amrita.edu
Ph: 9497188959
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Research Interest: AI for Ecology and Agriculture Monitoring, UAV and vision based applications, Deep Learning and Computer Vision, Robotic Vision, Implementation of AI algorithms in embedded platforms.

Bio

Sajith Variyar V. V. Currently serves as Assistant Professor at Amrita Center for Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN), Coimbatore Campus. He pursued his M.Tech in Computational Engineering and Networking (CEN). The primary research focus is on developing AI enabled Unmanned Aerial Applications for agriculture and ecology target monitoring. He has collaborated with University of Wyoming, School of Computing, USA for developing various AI enabled solutions for ecology monitoring. The study conducted for the usage of unmanned aerial vehicles inside the canopies to monitor the vegetation’s and epiphytes are well appreciated by the American remote sensing society during 2019. Mr. Sajith variyar currently focussed on identifying various invasive species using UAV, computer vision and deep learning algorithms. Mr. Sajith Variyar is alo specialised in developing computer vision applications for aerial robotic systems. Implementation of AI and ML application in embedded platforms for various computer vision mobile application is another domain he is interested in.

Qualifications

Ph.D. (pursuing) 2018

Specialization: Artificial Intelligence
Thesis title: AI Enabled Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Ecology monitoring Applications

MS/M.Tech/ME (2016)

Specialization: Computational Engineering and Networking
Thesis title: IOT enabled Electric Fencing system.

BE/B.Tech/BSc (2007)

Discipline: Bachelor of Computer Application
Thesis title: 2007

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2022

CNN based End to End Learning Steering Angle Prediction for Autonomous Electric Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : Prasad Mygapula, D.V., Adarsh, S., Sajith Variyar, V.V., Soman, K.P. "CNN based End to End Learning Steering Angle Prediction for Autonomous Electric Vehicle", 4th International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, ICECCT 2021

Publisher : Scopus

Year : 2021

Effect of Annotation and Loss Function on Epiphyte Identification using Conditional Generative Adversarial Network

Cite this Research Publication : S. Aswin; V.V. Sajithvariyar; Ramesh Sivanpillai; V. Sowmya; Gregory K Brown; A. Shashank; K. P. Soman "Effect of Annotation and Loss Function on Epiphyte Identification using Conditional Generative Adversarial Network", 2021 International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT)

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2016

Pi doctor: A low cost aquaponics plant health monitoring system using infragram technology and raspberry Pi

Cite this Research Publication : Sajith Variyar V. V., Haridas, N., Aswathy, C., and Dr. Soman K. P., “Pi doctor: A low cost aquaponics plant health monitoring system using infragram technology and raspberry Pi”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 397, pp. 909-917, 2016.

Publisher : Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Conference Paper

Year : 2022

Multiple Oil Pad Detection Using Deep Learning

Cite this Research Publication : Giri, A., V. V. Sajith Variyar, V. Sowmya, R. Sivanpillai, and K. P. Soman. "Multiple Oil Pad Detection Using Deep Learning." ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 46 (2022): 91-96.

Publisher : ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Year : 2022

Influence of Additional Spectral Bands for Epiphyte Segmentation on Dru-Net

Cite this Research Publication : Menona, Anjana K., V. V. Sajithvariyar, Ramesh Sivanpillaib, Sowmya Va, Gregory K. Brownc, and K. P. Somana. "Influence of Additional Spectral Bands for Epiphyte Segmentation on Dru-Net." ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 46 (2022): 159-163.

Publisher : ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Year : 2022

Extracting Water Bodies in RGB Images Using DEEPLABV3+ Algorithm

Cite this Research Publication : Harika, A., R. Sivanpillai, V. V. Sajith Variyar, and V. Sowmya. "Extracting Water Bodies in RGB Images Using DEEPLABV3+ Algorithm." ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 46 (2022): 97-101.

Publisher : ISPRS-International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences 

Year : 2021

Optimizing Low-Cost Uav Aerial Image Mosaicing for Crop Growth Monitoring

Cite this Research Publication : P. Bupathy, Ramesh Sivanpillai, Sajith Variyar V. V., and Sowmya V., “Optimizing Low-Cost Uav Aerial Image Mosaicing for Crop Growth Monitoring”, in International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing & Spatial Information Sciences , 2021.

Publisher : International Archives of the Photogrammetry

Year : 2021

Identifying Oil Pads in High Spatial Resolution Aerial Images Using Faster R-Cnn

Cite this Research Publication : Aswin Sunil, Sajith Variyar V. V., Sowmya V., Ramesh Sivanpillai, and Dr. Soman K. P., “Identifying Oil Pads in High Spatial Resolution Aerial Images Using Faster R-Cnn”, in ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021.

Publisher : ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Year : 2021

Analysis of Four Generator Architectures of C-Gan, Loss Function, and Annotation Method for Epiphyte Identification

Cite this Research Publication : Sajith Variyar V. V., Aswin Sunil, Sowmya V., Dr. Soman K. P., Ramesh Sivanpillai, and Greg Brown, “Analysis of Four Generator Architectures of C-Gan, Loss Function, and Annotation Method for Epiphyte Identification”, in International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2021.

Publisher : Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Year : 2020

Deep Learning Based Approach for Multiple Myeloma Detection

Cite this Research Publication : M. T. Vyshnav, Sowmya, V., Gopalakrishnan, E. A., V.V., S. Variyar, Menon, V. Krishna, and Dr. Soman K. P., “Deep Learning Based Approach for Multiple Myeloma Detection”, in 2020 11th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), Kharagpur, India, 2020.

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2020

Analysis of Adversarial based Augmentation for Diabetic Retinopathy Disease Grading

Cite this Research Publication : R. Balasubramanian, Vishvanathan, S., Gopalakrishnan, E. A., Menon, V., V, S. V., and Dr. Soman K. P., “Analysis of Adversarial based Augmentation for Diabetic Retinopathy Disease Grading”, in 2020 11th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies, 2020.

Year : 2020

Identifying epiphytes in drones photos with a conditional generative adversarial network (C-GAN)

Cite this Research Publication : Shashank Anivilla, Sajith Variyar V. V., Sowmya V., Dr. Soman K. P., Ramesh Sivanpillai, and Greg Brown, “Identifying epiphytes in drones photos with a conditional generative adversarial network (C-GAN)”, in ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020, pp. 99-104.

Publisher : ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Year : 2020

Comparison of Image Enhancement Techniques for Rapid Processing of POST Flood Images

Cite this Research Publication : M. Harichandana, Sowmya V., Sajith Variyar V. V., and Ramesh Sivanpillai, “Comparison of Image Enhancement Techniques for Rapid Processing of POST Flood Images”, in The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2020, pp. 45-50.

Publisher : The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences

Year : 2020

Speed Bump Segmentation an Application of Conditional Generative Adversarial Network for Self-driving Vehicles

Cite this Research Publication : S. O. Patil, Variyar., V. V. Sajith, and Dr. Soman K. P., “Speed Bump Segmentation an Application of Conditional Generative Adversarial Network for Self-driving Vehicles”, in 2020 Fourth International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC), Erode, India, India, 2020.

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2020

Unsupervised Depth Estimation From Monocular Images For Autonomous Vehicles

Cite this Research Publication : V. Harisankar., Sajith, V. V. V., and Dr. Soman K. P., “Unsupervised Depth Estimation From Monocular Images For Autonomous Vehicles”, in 2020 Fourth International Conference on Computing Methodologies and Communication (ICCMC), Erode, India, India, 2020.

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2019

Obstacle detection and distance estimation for autonomous electric vehicle using stereo vision and DNN

Cite this Research Publication : S. Emani, Dr. Soman K. P., Sajith Variyar V. V., and Adarsh, S., “Obstacle detection and distance estimation for autonomous electric vehicle using stereo vision and DNN”, in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 2019, vol. 898, pp. 639-648.

Publisher : Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Year : 2019

Opportunities and challenges of launching UAVs within wooded areas

Cite this Research Publication : Sajith Variyar V. V., Sowmya, V., Gopalakrishnan, E. A., Dr. Soman K. P., Sivanpillai, R., and Brown, G. K., “Opportunities and challenges of launching UAVs within wooded areas”, in ASPRS Annual Conference and International Lidar Mapping Forum 2019, 2019.

Publisher : ASPRS Annual Conference and International Lidar Mapping Forum 2019

Year : 2017

Steering Angle Estimation for Autonomous Vehicle

Cite this Research Publication : V. S. Dev, Sajith Variyar V. V., and Dr. Soman K. P., “Steering Angle Estimation for Autonomous Vehicle”, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017, 2017.

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics,

Year : 2017

Obstacle Classification and Detection for Vision Based Navigation for Autonomous Driving

Cite this Research Publication : N. Deepika and Sajith Variyar V. V., “Obstacle Classification and Detection for Vision Based Navigation for Autonomous Driving”, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017, 2017.

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017

Year : 2017

GPS Based Navigation System for Autonomous Car

Cite this Research Publication : P. G. Parakkal and Sajith Variyar V. V., “GPS Based Navigation System for Autonomous Car”, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017, 2017.


Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017

Year : 2017

Effective Utilization and Analysis of Ros on Embedded Platform for Implementing Autonomous Car Vision and Navigation Modules

Cite this Research Publication : S. Jose, Sajith Variyar V. V., and Dr. Soman K. P., “Effective Utilization and Analysis of Ros on Embedded Platform for Implementing Autonomous Car Vision and Navigation Modules”, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017, 2017.

Publisher : Scopus

Year : 2017

Design and Fabrication of Robotic Systems: Converting a Conventional Car to a Driverless Car

Cite this Research Publication : A. G. Babu, Guruvayoorappan, K., Sajith Variyar V. V., and Dr. Soman K. P., “Design and Fabrication of Robotic Systems: Converting a Conventional Car to a Driverless Car”, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017, 2017.

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics,

Year : 2017

Vision Based Closed Loop PID Controller Design and Implementation for Autonomous Car

Cite this Research Publication : C. K. Chandni, Sajith Variyar V. V., and Guruvayurappan, K., “Vision Based Closed Loop PID Controller Design and Implementation for Autonomous Car”, in 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2017, 2017.

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics,

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2023

Enhanced Object Detection in Floor Plan Through Super

Cite this Research Publication : Khare D., Kamal N.S., Barathi Ganesh H.B., Sowmya V., Sajith Variyar V.V. "Enhanced Object Detection in Floor Plan Through Super-Resolution", 3rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences, MIND 2021; Raipur; India; 11 December 2021

Year : 2022

Artificial Intelligence Framework for COVID Protocol Detection

Cite this Research Publication : Kabilan N; Sajith Variyar V V; Adithan P; Sowmya V; P S Sai Ganesh "Artificial Intelligence Framework for COVID Protocol Detection", 2022 3rd International Conference on Computing, Analytics and Networks (ICAN), Rajpura, Punjab, India

Book Chapter

Year : 2022

Segmentation of Epiphytes in Grayscale Images Using a CNN-Transformer Hybrid Architecture

Cite this Research Publication : Rahesh, R., V. V. Sajith Variyar, Ramesh Sivanpillai, V. Sowmya, K. P. Soman, and Gregory K. Brown. "Segmentation of Epiphytes in Grayscale Images Using a CNN-Transformer Hybrid Architecture." In Data Engineering and Intelligent Computing, pp. 119-129. Springer, Singapore, 2022.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2022

Geometrical Feature Extraction of CAD Models with Fully Convolutional Networks

Cite this Research Publication : Jain, Gokul S., H. B. Ganesh, N. S. Kamal, V. V. Variyar, V. Sowmya, and K. P. Soman. "Geometrical Feature Extraction of CAD Models with Fully Convolutional Networks." In Advanced Machine Intelligence and Signal Processing, pp. 845-853. Springer, Singapore, 2022.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2022

Geometry-Based Machining Feature Retrieval with Inductive Transfer Learning

Cite this Research Publication : Kamal, N. S., H. B. Barathi Ganesh, V. V. Sajith Variyar, V. Sowmya, and K. P. Soman. "Geometry-Based Machining Feature Retrieval with Inductive Transfer Learning." In Intelligent Data Engineering and Analytics, pp. 31-39. Springer, Singapore, 2022.

Publisher : In Intelligent Data Engineering and Analytics

Year : 2022

Epiphyte Segmentation using DRU-Net

Cite this Research Publication : Menon, Anjana K., V. V. Sajith Variyar, Ramesh Sivanpillai, V. Sowmya, Gregory K. Brown, and K. P. Soman. "Epiphyte Segmentation using DRU-Net." In Data Engineering and Intelligent Computing, pp. 101-108. Springer, Singapore, 2022.

Publisher : Springer

Year : 2022

CT Image Enhancement Using Variational Mode Decomposition for AI-Enabled COVID Classification

Cite this Research Publication : Ramakrishnan, Rohith, Anirudh Vadakedath, Aakash Jignesh Modi, V. V. Sajith Variyar, V. Sowmya, E. A. Gopalakrishnan, and K. P. Soman. "CT Image Enhancement Using Variational Mode Decomposition for AI-Enabled COVID Classification." In Artificial Intelligence on Medical Data, pp. 27-37. Springer, Singapore, 2023.

Publisher : Artificial Intelligence on Medical Data

Year : 2021

Multi-task data driven modelling based on transfer learned features in deep learning for biomedical application

Cite this Research Publication : H. N., B., R., V, S., V., K. Menon, E.A., G., V.V., S. Variyar, and Dr. Soman K. P., “Multi-task data driven modelling based on transfer learned features in deep learning for biomedical application”, in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 171, 2021.

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Invited Talks
  1. An invited talk on ED RASP PI V1.0 at Computer Science and Engineering, Royal College of Engineering and Technology from July-31 to August 1, 2015.
  2. An invited talk on IIIC Programme on “Arduino and Raspberry PI” at the Department of Information Technology, Government  Engineering College ,Sreekrishnapuram  from March 13-14, 2015.
  3. An invited talk on “Pi Your Day” at the two-day Workshop on Raspberry Pi by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering  Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology, Kochi.

Guided M. Tech. Dissertations

YEAR TOPIC
2017 Design and fabrication of robotic systems : converting a conventional Car to a driverless car
2017 Vision based closed loop PID controller design and implementation for autonomous car
2017 Obstacle classification and detection for vision based navigation for autonomous driving
2017 Steering angle estimation for autonomous vehicle
2017 Effective utilization and analysis of ROS on embedded platform for implementing autonomous car vision and navigation modules
2017 GPS based navigation system for autonomous car
2018 Obstacle detection and distance estimation for autonomous electric vehicle using stereo Vision and DNN
Workshop Conducted
  1. Two day workshop on Embedded system and IOT  in the month of June 2015 at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai.

Poster Presented

  1. Paper Title: Lessons Learned from Imaging Targets on Top of Tree Canopies
    Sajith Variyar, V.V., Sowmya, V., Gopalakrishnan, E.A., and Soman K.P., Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India; Ramesh Sivanpillai and Gregory Brown, University of Wyoming, WY
Positions

Current Positions (Title, Year)
1. Assistant Professor, 2023
2. Chief Faculty Warden, 2023

Past Positions (Title, Year)
1. Research Associate, 2013-2020

Teaching

6Robotic Operating Systems & Robot Simulation2019-2023UG7Embedded Computing & Realtime OS for Data Science2020PG
Embedded Computing for Data Science2019PG
Principles of Measurements & Sensors2019-2020UG
Computer Networks and IoT2018PG

SL.No Name Year UG/PG
1 User Interface Design 2023 UG
2 Database Management System 2023 UG
3 Introduction to Drones 2022 UG
4 Robotics Vision 2022 UG
5 Introduction to Digital Manufacturing 2019-2022 UG
Miscellaneous

Invited Talks/Seminars/Workshops/Session Chairs

Sl.No Title Host Year
1 Recent Trends of AI in Biomedical Engineering Nehru College of Engineering & Research centre 2023
2 ATAL FDP on Deep Learning in Biomedical Image Analysis Global Academy of Technology, Bangalore 2022
3 Intelligent Decision support system using machine learning Kumaraguru College of Engineering, Dept of ECE, Coimbatore 2022
4 KTU Sponsored FDP on Research Perspectives of Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Signal Processing Applications SREE CHITRA THIRUNAL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, Dept of ECE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM 2021
5 Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in the Emerging Areas of Computer Science and information Technology National Institute of Technology , Surathkal 2019
6 Deep learning and Machine Learning Approaches and its applications National Institute of Technology , Calicut 2019
7 Machine Learning in Healthcare Amrita technologies, Amritapuri 2019

Reviewers (National/International Journals; Conferences)

  1. International Journals
    • Journal of Electronic Imaging
    • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Outreach activities (MOUs/Industry partnerships/TBI, etc.)

  1. MOU’s – University of Wyoming , USA
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