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Brief Bio: Dr. Debanga Raj Neog is an Assistant Professor at the Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada, and his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He has over 14 years of experience in leading academic and industrial projects in the areas of computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning. He has received several awards and recognitions for his work, such as the Young Scientist Award by Assam Science Technology and Environment Council (India), the Mitacs Globalink Research Award - INRIA (Canada and France), and the Four Year Doctoral Fellowship at UBC (Canada). Before joining IIT Guwahati in September 2021, he was a co-founder of Nytilus Inc., a Toronto-based computational imaging startup for industrial applications. He has published his research work in reputed journals such as ACM Transaction on Graphics, Expert Systems with Applications, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, and IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence. Besides teaching and research, Dr. Neog has a passion for traveling, lends expertise to AI startups as an advisor, and is actively involved in social outreach activities.

His primary research interests include Computer Vision and Deep Learning, particularly their applicaitons in vision-based hand rehabilitation, sign language recognition, and biomedical image analysis. Google Scholar »

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Publications All Publications in Google Scholar»

Patents

• US Patent Methods and Systems for Computer-based Skin Animation [link]
  Dinesh Pai, Duo Li, Shinjiro Sueda, Debanga Raj Neog. US Patent (US 10013792) Granted on July 3, 2018. A software based on this patent was used in the 2016 winter Hollywood box office hit "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

Journals

• Impact Factor: 9.7Springer Application of Machine Learning and Deep Learning in Finite Element Analysis: A Comprehensive Review
  D. Nath, Ankit, D. R. Neog, and S. S. Gautam, Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering,1-40, 2024.
• Impact Factor: 7.5Elsevier Efficient Hand Segmentation for Rehabilitation Tasks using a Convolution Neural Network with Attention
  H. P. J. Dutta, M. K. Bhuyan, D. R. Neog, K. F. MacDorman, R. H. Laskar, Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA), 2023.
• Impact Factor: 5.6IEEE Transaction Patient Assistance System based on Hand Gesture Recognition
  H. P. J. Dutta, M. K. Bhuyan, D. R. Neog, K. F. MacDorman, R. H. Laskar, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2023.
• Cite Score: 4.9IEEE Transaction A Hand Gesture Operated System for Rehabilitation using an End-to-End Detection Framework
  H. P. J. Dutta, M. K. Bhuyan, D. R. Neog, K. F. MacDorman, R. H. Laskar, IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 2023.
• Impact Factor: 1.8Springer Retinal Vessel Segmentation using Multi-scale Residual Convolutional Neural Network (MSR-Net) Combined with Generative Adversarial Networks
  Kar, M. K., Neog, D. R., Nath, M. K, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 1-30
• Cite Score: 5.6Springer A Review on Progress in Semantic Image Segmentation and its Application to Medical Images [paper],
  Mithun Kumar Kar, Malaya Kumar Nath, Debanga Raj Neog, SN Computer Science, Springer, July 2021.
• Impact Factor: 7.8ACM Transaction The Human Touch: Measuring Contact with Real Human Soft Tissues [project page]
  Dinesh K. Pai, Austin Rothwell, Pearson Wyder-Hodge, Alistair Wick, Ye Fan, Egor Larionov, Darcy Harrison, Debanga R. Neog, Cole Shing, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 37 (4) (SIGGRAPH), 2018.
• Impact Factor: 2.5Elsevier Anatomical Augmented Reality with 3D Commodity Tracking and Image space Alignment [paper]
  Armelle Bauer, Debanga R. Neog, Ali-Hamadi Dicko, Dinesh K. Pai, Jocelyne Troccaz, Francois Faure, Olivier Palombi, Computers and Graphics, Elsevier, 2017.
• Elsevier Hand Pose Recognition from Monocular Images by Geometrical and Texture Analysis [paper]
  M. K. Bhuyan, Karl F. MacDorman, Mithun Kumar Kar, Debanga R. Neog, Brian C. Lovell, Prathik Gadde, Journal of Visual Languages & Computing, Elsevier, June, 2015.
• Impact Factor: 7.8ACM Transaction Thin Skin Elastodynamics [project page]
  Duo Li, Shinjiro Sueda, Debanga R. Neog, Dinesh K. Pai, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 32 (4) (SIGGRAPH), 2013.
• Impact Factor: 7.8ACM Transaction Eyecatch: Simulating Visuomotor Coordination for Object Interception [project page]
  Sang Hoon Yeo, Martin Lesmana, Debanga R. Neog, Dinesh K. Pai, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 31 (4) (SIGGRAPH), 2012.
• Impact Factor: 3.8 Fingertip Detection for Hand Pose Recognition [paper]
  M. K. Bhuyan, Debanga R. Neog, Mithun Kumar Kar, International Journal on Computer Science and Engineering, 4(3), 2012.

Conferences

• IEEE BigData '24 Mitigating Sycophancy in Large Language Models via Direct Preference Optimization AA Khan, S Alam, X Wang, AF Khan, DR Neog, A Anwar, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2024).
• CVIP '24 Multimodal Vision-based Hand Rehabilitation and Performance Visualization Kamal, DR Neog, MK Bhuyan, 9th International Conference on Computer Vision & Image Processing,2024.
• SDR '24 Navigating Sustainability: A Transboundary Socio-Ecological Study of The Brahmaputra River Basin
  Gitima Das, Anamika Borua, Debanga Raj Neog, 30th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development Research in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 10-14 June 2024.
• IEEE CAI '24 Attention Classification using Multimodal Fusion of EEG and Eye Gaze Data
  Indrani Paul Roy, Debanga Raj Neog, 2024 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI 2024).
• IEEE CAI '24 Hand Function Assessment using Computer Vision for Hand Rehabilitation
  Kamal, Debanga Raj Neog, H Pallab Jyoti Dutta, M. K. Bhuyan, 2024 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI 2024).
• IEEE CAI '24 Globemetrics: A Healthcare Framework for Video Based Saccade Characterization
  Debanga Raj Neog, Pharvesh Salman Choudhary, Mayurdeep Pathak, 2024 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IEEE CAI 2024).
• MRAE '23 Application of artificial neural network in impact and crashworthiness: a review
  D. Nath, Ankit, D. R. Neog, and S. S. Gautam, 2nd International Conference on Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering, 2023.
• WiSPNET '22 Two-stage Hand Gesture Recognition based on Hand Keypoints Localization
  H Pallab Jyoti Dutta, Debanga Raj Neog, M.K. Bhuyan, Mousumi Das, International Conference on Wireless Communications Signal Processing and Networking.
• IEEE FG '21 Contextual Emotion Learning Challenge [link]
  Jainendra Shukla, Puneet Gupta, Aniket Bera, Arka Sarkar, Prakhar Goel, Shubhangi Butta, Anup Kumar Gupta, Snehil Sanyal, Debanga Raj Neog, Manas Kamal Bhuyan, Kalyani Marathe, Linda Shapiro, Varchita Lalwani, 16th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG 2021).
• IEEE FG '17 Seeing Skin in Reduced Coordinates [project page]
  Debanga R. Neog, Anurag Ranjan, Dinesh K. Pai, 12th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face & Gesture Recognition (FG 2017), May, 2017.
• ACM Web3D '16Best Paper Award Interactive Gaze Driven Animation of the Eye Region [project page]
  Debanga R. Neog, Joao L. Cardoso, Anurag Ranjan, Dinesh K. Pai, Best Paper Award, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Web3D Technology, July, 2016.
• NWBS '16 Biomechanical Modeling and Control of Facial Muscles [link]
  Debanga R. Neog, Dinesh K. Pai, North-West Biomechanics Symposium, Vancouver, July, 2016.
• ACM Eurographics '15 Gaze Driven Animation of Eyes [link]
  Debanga R. Neog, Anurag Ranjan, Joao L. Cardoso, Dinesh K. Pai, Proceedings of the 14th ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation, July, 2015.
• GRC '13 Biomechanical Modeling and Measurement of Eyelid Movement [link]
  Debanga R. Neog, Dinesh K. Pai, Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movement, Boston, MA Sep, 2013.
• IWAIT '13 Generating Lambertian image with uniform reflectance for endoscope image [paper]
  Yuki Shimasaki, Yuji Iwahori, Debanga R. Neog, Robert J. Woodham, M. K. Bhuyan, International Workshop on Advanced Image Technology (IWAIT2013).
• NCMM '12 A model of visuomotor coordination and submovements in three-dimensional object interception
  Dinesh. K. Pai, Sang-Hoon. Yeo, Martin Lesmana, Debanga. R. Neog, Neural Control of Movement Meeting, Venice, Italy, 2012/4.
• FUZZ-IEEE '11 An Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Approach to Multilevel Image Segmentation [paper]
  Debanga R. Neog, Muhammad Amjad Raza, Frank Chung-Hoon Rhee, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2011), June, 2011.
• NCC '11 Hand Pose Recognition using Geometric Features [paper]
  M. K. Bhuyan, Debanga R. Neog, Mithun Kumar Kar, National Conference on Communications, 2011.
• IICAI '11 Shape from an Endoscope Image Using Extended Fast Marching Method [paper]
  Debanga R. Neog, Yuji Iwahori, M. K. Bhuyan, Robert J. Woodham, K Kasugai, Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2011.

Book Chapter

• Artificial Intelligence and Its Application in Disaster Risk Reduction in the Agriculture Sector
  DR Neog, G Singha, S Dev, EH Prince
  Disaster Risk Reduction and Rural Resilience

Book

• Editor Artificial Intelligence and Data Science based R&D interventions, Springer 2023
  R Bhattacharjee, DR Neog, KR Mopuri, SK Vipparthi.

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Awards and Honors

• Young Scientist Award 2023 Link
  Awarded by Assam Science Technology and Environment Council under Science, Technology and Climate Change Department, Government of Assam. (In Picture: Award received from Hon'ble Governor of Assam, Gulab Chand Katariya)

• Best Paper Award ACM Web3D '16
  For the paper "Interactive Gaze Driven Animation of the Eye Region" in the 21st International Conference on 3D Web Technology, 2016.
• Mitacs Globalink Research Award
  Fully sponsored 4-month internship to France in collaboration with INRIA, MITACS and University of British Columbia, 2016.
• Four Year Doctoral Fellowship
  University of British Columbia, full financial support for the Ph.D. studies up to four years.
• International Tuition Award
  University of British Columbia, covered tuition fees for the entire Ph.D. studies.
• Gordon Research Trainee Fellowship
  Gordon Research Conference on Eye Movements, covered registration and accommodation for the conference, 2013.
• Japanese Research Merit Award
  Inspec Inc., Japan, one time $2500 award for excellence in resaerch, 2012

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Courses

MOOC

• "Programming with Generative AI" on Coursera. Click here to enroll.

2025:

• Jan-May: DA 526 Image Processing with Machine Learning as a PG course.
• Jan-May: DA 332 Data Visualization as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI.
• Feb-May: DA 106 Data Science: An Introduction as a core course for BSc Honors online by IITG program.
2024:

• May-Aug: DA 112 Introduction to R as a core course for BSc Honors online by IITG program.
• Feb-May: DA 106 Data Science: An Introduction as a core course for BSc Honors online by IITG program.
• Jan-May: DA 526 Image Processing with Machine Learning as a PG course.
• Jan-May: DA 325 Deep Learning as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI taught jointly.
• Jan-May: DA 312 Advanced Machine Learning Laboratory as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI taught jointly.
• July-Nov: DA 231 Introduction to Data Science as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI.
• July-Nov: DA 513 Data structures and Databases Lab as a core lab course for M. Tech. in Data Science.
• July-Nov: DA 512H Databases as a course for M. Tech. in Data Science.

2023:

• Jan-May: DA 526 Image Processing with Machine Learning as a PG course.
• Jan-May: DA 214 Database Management Systems as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI.
• Jan-May: DA 215 Database Management Systems Laboratory as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI.
• July-Nov: DA 231 Introduction to Data Science as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI.
• July-Nov: DA 322 Machine Learning as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI taught jointly.
• July-Nov: DA 513 Data structures and Databases Lab as a core lab course for M. Tech. in Data Science.
• July-Nov: DD 550 Image Processing with Machine Learning as a part of MDes in Electronic Product Design Program.

2022:

• Jan-May: DA 526 Image Processing with Machine Learning as a PG course.
• July-Nov: DA 231 Introduction to Data Science as a core course for B. Tech. in Data Science and AI.
• July-Nov: DD 550 Image Processing with Machine Learning as a part of MDes in Electronic Product Design Program.

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Grants

Academic Projects

Grant Name	Year	Role	Amount (INR)	Status
Project LODESTAR: The NWO’s Merian Fund India	2024	Co-PI (IITG)	4 Crore	Ongoing
SERB Startup Research Grant (from Science and Engineering Research Board, India)	2022	PI	20 Lakhs	Ongoing
Startup Research Grant (from IITG)	2022	PI	5 Lakhs	Completed
Research Concept Grand Challenge Award (from IITG)	2022	PI	2 Lakhs	Completed

Consultancy Projects

Consultancy Name	Year	Role	Project Amount (INR)	Status
Federated Learning Methodologies for Large Language Model with Ziroh Lab, Bangalore	2024-25	PI	17 Lakhs	Ongoing
TPI of CIBMS	2022-23	Co-PI	55.6 Lakhs	Completed
Revetting of RFP, Smart City Guwahati	2023-24	Co-PI	18.88 Lakhs	Completed
AI Training of Working Professionals (with TimesPro)	2022-23	Co-PI	3.2 Lakhs	Completed
Project with Argentinian trainers on AR/VR under Ministry of External Affairs, DPA II Division. Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)	2022	Co-PI	2.1 Lakhs	Completed

Other Projects

Grant Name	Year	Role	Amount	Status
The Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) Grant, Toronto, Canada	2020 and 2021	PI	C$40,000	Completed
ENCQOR 5G Industrial Grant, Toronto, Canada	2020-2021	PI	C$40,000	Completed
MITACS Internship Grant, Montreal, Canada	2019	PI	C$5,000	Completed
Techstars Fund/GINCO Industries, Dubai, U.A.E.	2018	PI	C$120,000	Completed
Digital Attraxion Fund, Belgium	2019	PI	€100,000	Completed

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Responsibilities

Event Organization

• Convener, North-East NSS Convention 2024. Link
• Convener, IIT Guwahati Swachhata Hi Seva 2024.
• Coordinator, Theme: "Student Science & Technology Village: The New Nalanda", India International Science Festival-2024, an initiative of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, in association with Vijnana Bharati. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research India (CSIR-India).
• Co-organizer, Short-term training course titled “Introduction to Virtual Reality” to train trainers from Argentina as a part of a grant project being implemented by the DPA Division of the Ministry of External Affairs and CDAC.
• Web Co-Chair, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networks and Telecommunications Systems 2024, April 2024-Dec 2024.
• Member of the Local Tour Organizing Committee, Yuva Sangam (युवा संगम) under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat Program at IIT Guwahati, 2023.
• Member of the Organizing Committee (Finance), National Conference on Communications: NCC 2023.
• Member of AI Track (Technical Committee), North-East Research Conclave-2022.
• Lead Member, Panel Search Team, North East Research Conclave (NERC), IIT Guwahati, 2022.
• Technical Program Committee Member for the IEEE Guwahati Sub-section Conference, GCON, 2023.

Institute Responsibilities

• Programme Coordinator, National Service Scheme Cell, IIT Guwahati, June 2023-present. Visit NSS Cell IITG
• Programme Coordinator (IIT G), Super 20 (A joint initiative between IIT Guwahati and DIstrict Administration Kamrup), June 2023-June 2024.
• Member Secretary, NSS Institute Advisory Committee, June 2023-present.
• Faculty Advisor, Student Alumni Interaction Linkage (SAIL), IIT Guwahati, June 2024-present.
• Programme Officer, National Service Scheme, IIT Guwahati, December 2021-June 2023.

Department Responsibilities

• Member, Library Advisory Committee, Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library, IIT Guwahati, May 2023-present.
• Member, Library Advisory Committee, Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library, IIT Guwahati, October 2021-May 2023.
• Member, Admission Committee, 2023 (For M. Tech. in Data Science Programme).
• Member, Interdisciplinary M. Tech. Programme Committee, 2023 (For M. Tech. in Data Science Programme).
• Faculty Advisor (B. Tech. 2021), Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati, November 2021-present.
• Member, School Undergraduate Program Committee, Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Guwahati, September 2021-present.

Reviewer

• Project: Core Research Grant (CRG) projects, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
• Books: McGraw Hill Publishing company, Springer Nature (“Artificial Intelligence, Data Science based R&D interventions (AI)”).
• Notable Journals/Conferences:
  • IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
  • SIGGRAPH (ACM Transaction on Graphics)
  • Virtual Reality
  • ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
  • PLOS ONE
  • SN Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics
  • IETE Journal of Research
  • National Conference on Communications
  • EquinOCS

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Advising

Ph.D. Students

• Kamal Kumar (Joined IITG MFSDS&AI in Jan 2022). Jointly with Prof. M. K. Bhuyan.
• Rahul Bhardwaj (Joined IITG MFSDS&AI in July 2022).
• Pallapu Mohan Krishna (Joined IITG MFSDS&AI in July 2022). Jointly with Prof. M. K. Bhuyan.
• Gautam Singha. (Joined IITG MFSDS&AI in July 2023).
• Dipjyoti Nath (Mechanical Dept.). Jointly with Dr. Sachin Singh Gautam.
• Gitima Das (HSS). Jointly with Prof. Anamika Barua.
• Nishi Chaudhary (Joined IITG MFSDS&AI in July 2024). Jointly with Prof. Shyamanta Moni Hazarika.
• Bipul Kumar Das (Joined IITG MFSDS&AI in Jan 2024). Jointly with Dr. Teena Sharma.

M.Tech. Students

• Akash Kashyap, Thesis: Trend Monitoring Software of Flight Data Recording Systems, Defended on 12/05/2023. (Jointly supervised with Dr. A. Rajesh, EEE, IIT Guwahati).
• Suman Kumar, Thesis: Depth Estimation for Autonomous Vehicles using Monocular Vision, Defended on 18/06/2024. (Jointly supervised with Dr. Parijat Bhowmick, EEE, IIT Guwahati) (2023-2024)
• Nandeesh H U (Jointly supervised with Dr. Suresh Sundaram, EEE, IIT Guwahati) (2024-2025)
• Tapan Mahata (Jointly supervised with Prof. Ashok Singh Sairam, Mathematics, IIT Guwahati)

B.Tech. Students

• Azal Ahmad Khan, Chemistry Dept., IIT Guwahati (2023-2024). Joined University of Minnesota for Ph.D. from 2024.
• Manaswi Yadamreddy, Engineering Physics Dept., IIT Guwahati (2024-2025)
• Abhishek Gautam, Engineering Physics Dept., IIT Guwahati (2024-2025)
• Katta Srikar Reddy, MFSDS&AI, IIT Guwahati (2024-2025)
• Devansh Bhardwaj, MFSDS&AI, IIT Guwahati (2024-2025)

Interns (Past and Present)

• Indrani Paul Roy, Dept. of ECE, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Joining University of Pennsylvania for MS.
• Priyakshi Goswami, Mathematics and Computer Science, Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI), Tamil Nadu, India. Joined VU Amsterdam for MS.
• Aviral Goyal, Computer Science and Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore (VIT, Vellore), India.
• Mohsin Chougale, Dept. of Information Technology, University of Mumbai. Joined Columbia University for MS.
• Arsh Kandroo, Department of M&C, IIT Guwahati. Data Scientist at Microsoft.
• Narmin Kauser, Department of M&C, IIT Guwahati.
• Aryan Singh, MFSDS&AI, IIT Guwahati.
• Anish Nethi, Mahindra University.
• Soumen Sinha, Mahindra University.
• Utkarsh Yashwant Tambe, SRM Institute of Science and Technology.
• Abhilekh Borah, Manipal University Jaipur.
• Sahil Hussain, NIT Arunachal.

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Personal

• Travel I love to travel! I have visited 18 countries so far around the globe.
• Meetup I have also hosted several meetups related to language exchange and artificial intelligence in Canada and Europe.
• Entrepreneurship I was featured in Forbes India and Entrepreneur Middle-East magazine. Watch my pitch at Techstars Dubai Demo Day 2017!

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Contact

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