Ph. D. in Computational Engineering and Networking

About the Program

Coimbatore

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world we live in, and education is no exception. The School of Artificial Intelligence at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a leading academic institution that is at the forefront of transforming education and research using artificial intelligence. With rapid advancements in AI, this interdisciplinary field has emerged as a key driver of innovation, transforming industries across the world. The School of Artificial Intelligence recognizes the immense potential of AI and is committed to providing world-class education, research, and innovation that will shape the future of this field.

The mission of the School of Artificial Intelligence is to train the next generation of AI leaders who will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to tackle complex problems in various fields such as healthcare, agriculture, environment, energy, etc., The school aims to achieve this mission by providing a world-class education in AI, focusing on hands-on learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and real-world applications.

The vision and mission of the School of Artificial Intelligence align with the overall theme of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, which is to provide education that is rooted in values and aimed at holistic development. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham believes that education should go beyond academics and focus on the individual’s overall development.

Highlights:

Led by one of the Top 2% Scientists listed by Stanford University for the past 3 years consecutively.
More than 100 Scopus Indexed Publications/year.
1 Crore Worth Funded Projects in the last 2 years.

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Dr. Rahul Satheesh

Assistant Professor

Dr. Kritesh Kumar Gupta

Assistant Professor

Research Areas

Coimbatore

AI for Biomedical Signal and Image Processing

Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics

AI for Power, Energy and Electrification

AI for Material Design and discovery

AI for Material Informatics

NLP for material design

Interpretable and Explainable ML models

AI in Autonomous Diagnosis and Biomolecular Prediction

Audio and Image Processing

Sensor based Threats in Smart Devices

Intrusion Detection and Authentication

Integration of AI with photonics

Programme Details

Fundings / Projects: (Ongoing)

Coimbatore

Title of the Project	Funding Agency
Screening, Diagnosing and Staging of Retinopathy of Prematurity in Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants Using AI.	Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR)
Data-Driven solution to Recognize and Classify Impairments Occurring in Human Speech Due to Pathological and Emotional State: A Complex System Perspective.	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Internal Seed Grant)
A Multimodal Approach for Detecting the Technology-Facilitated Violence from Social Media Data in Dravidian Languages.	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Internal Seed Grant)
In silico design and prediction of blood brain barrier penetrative peptide to treat CNS-associated disease.	Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Internal Seed Grant)

Facilities / Research Infrastructure

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

High Performance Computing Platform:

Number of Nodes: 5

Master Node (1) Configuration: DELL PowerEdge R740 Server with Dual Intel Xeon Gold 5120 2.2G 14 Core Processors; 128GB RAM, 1 x NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU.

Compute Nodes (4) Configuration: DELL PowerEdge R740 with Dual Intel Xeon Gold 5120 2.2G 14 Core Processors; 256GB RAM, 1 x NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU.

Interconnect: Mellanox – InfiniBand; 12 56 Gbps ports.

Campus Connect: Ethernet 10 Gbps.

Storage: DELL Power Vault MD3400, 29TB.

Name of the Research Lab	Equipment Details
AI-Featured Robotics Lab	2-Wheeled Differential Drive Open Ended Autonomous Mobile Robot	Features: Extremely silent BLDC motors – Velocity – 1.3 m /s (max) – 10 m (diameter) range LiDAR – Jetson Xavier NX 8GB – Intel realsense depth camera – 10 m range (max) – Emergency switch and indicators – 24V 20AH Lithium-Ion battery – CROBOT BLDC developer board with I2C – 3Nos, Rx-Tx – 1No, Extended GPIO – 10Nos
	152 mm Mecanum Wheel Robot Chassis	Features: Adjustable Base with High torque DC motors, Mecanum Wheels
	Edge Computing Devices	RaspberryPi-4 with 8GB RAM
	Edge Computing Devices	Jetson Nano Developer Kit
	Power Modules	LiPo Battery Pack (14.8V)
	Power Modules	Voltage Regulators (5V, 12V)
	Sensors	Camera for RaspberryPi
	Sensors	Magnetic Encoder
	Storage Units	Internal SSD 2TB size
	Storage Units	Micro SD Cards 256GB Size
	Motor Drivers	Dual Channel DC motor drivers