Research

Research areas : OCR for Indian Scripts, Document Image Analysis, Image Processing, Pattern Recogniton.

Research Topic : Devising Techniques and Features for High Performance Printed and Handwritten Character Recognition for Bangla Script

Supervisors : Prof. Partha Bhowmick and Prof. Gaurav Harit (IIT Rajasthan)

Publications

Journals

1. Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit,
   An improved contour-based thinning method for character images,
   Pattern Recognition Letters, Elsevier, vol. 32, no. 14, pp. 1836-1842, 2011.
   
   
2. Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit,
   Topographic feature extraction for Bengali and Hindi character images,
   Signal & Image Processing: An International Journal (SIPIJ), AIRCC, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 181-196, 2011.
   
   
3. Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit,
   Skeletonizing character images using a modified medial axis-based strategy,
   International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (IJPRAI), WSPC, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 1035-1054, 2011.

Conferences

1. Soumen Bag, Partha Bhowmick, and Gaurav Harit,
   Detection of structural concavities in character images—A writer-independent approach,
   Indo-Japan Conference on Perception and Machine Intelligence (PerMIn), Springer–LNCS, vol. 7143, pp. 260–268, Kolkata, India, 2012.
   
   
2. Soumen Bag, Partha Bhowmick, Gaurav Harit, and Arindam Biswas,
   Character segmentation of handwritten Bengali text by vertex characterization of isothetic covers,
   National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG), IEEE CS Press, pp. 21–24, Hubli, India, 2011.
   
   
3. Soumen Bag, Partha Bhowmick, Priyaranjan Behera, and Gaurav Harit,
   Robust binarization of degraded documents using adaptive-cum-interpolative thresholding in a multi-scale framework,
   International Conference on Image Information Processing (ICIIP), IEEE CS Press, Shimla, India, 2011.
   
   
4. Soumen Bag and Goutam Sanyal,
   An efficient face recognition approach using PCA and minimum distance classifier,
   International Conference on Image Information Processing (ICIIP), IEEE CS Press, Shimla, India, 2011.
   
   
5. Soumen Bag, Gaurav Harit, and Partha Bhowmick,
   Topological features for recognizing printed and handwritten Bangla characters,
   Joint Workshop on Multilingual OCR and Analytics for Noisy Unstructured Text Data (J-MOCR-AND) at International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), ACM Digital Library, Article no. 10, Beijing, China, 2011.
   
   
6. Soumen Bag, Partha Bhowmick, and Gaurav Harit,
   Recognition of Bengali handwritten characters using skeletal convexity and dynamic programming,
   International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT), IEEE CS Press, pp. 265–268, Kolkata, India, 2011.
   
   
7. Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit,
   A novel topographic feature extraction method for Indian character images,
   International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CCSIT), Springer–CCIS, vol. 131, part–I, pp. 358–367, Bangalore, India, 2011.
   
   
8. Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit,
   A medial axis based thinning strategy and structural feature extraction of character images,
   IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), IEEE CS Press, pp. 2173–2176, Hong Kong, 2010.
   
   
9. Soumen Bag and Gaurav Harit,
   A medial axis based thinning strategy for character images,
   National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG), pp. 67–72, Jaipur, India, 2010.
   
   
10. Soumen Bag, Soumen Barik, Prithwiraj Sen, and Gautam Sanyal,
    A statistical nonparametric approach of face recognition: Combination of eigenface & modified K-means clustering,
    International Conference on Information Processing, I. K. International Publishing House, pp. 198–204, Bangalore, India, 2008.

Monograph

1. Soumen Bag,
   An efficient human face recognition approach: Combination of eigenface and k-means clustering,
   Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, ISBN 978-3-8433-7830-7, 2011.

Fellowships / Scholarships

• MHRD, Govt. of India Scholarship from July 2006 to May 2008.
• MHRD, Govt. of India Scholarship from July 2008 to July 2012.
• IEEE Signal Processing Society International Travel Grant to attend ICIP 2010.
• CSIR India International Travel Grant to attend ICIP 2010.
• IIT Kharagpur Institute International Travel Grant to attend J-MOCR-AND 2011.
• Microsoft Research India International Travel Grant to attend J-MOCR-AND 2011.

Teaching Assistantship

• Algorithms for Bioinformatics (Autumn 2011)
• Advanced Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision (Spring 2011)
• Programming and Data Structure (Autumn 2010)
• Advanced Digital Image Processing and Computer Vision (Spring 2010)
• Digital Image Processing (Autumn 2009)
• Programming & Data Structures Lab (Spring 2009)
• Programming & Data Structures Lab (Autumn 2008)

Work Experience

• Bengal College of Engineering and Technology (BCET), Durgapur, West Bengal.
• Designation : Lecturer
• Department : CSE & IT
• Duration : 01/01/2004 to 15/06/2006
• Courses taught : Data structure & algorithm, Design & analysis of algorithm, Introduction to computing, Operation system, Computer organization & architecture, System analysis & design.

Academic Qualification

• M.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering (Specialization in Information Technology) from NIT Durgapur in 2008.
• Thesis : Face Recognition: Combination of Eigenface & k-Means Clustering.
• Supervisor : Prof. G. Sanyal


• B.E.(Hons.) in Computer Science & Engineering from REC (presently NIT) Durgapur in 2003.
• Project : Wireless Communication in Local Area Network (LAN).
• Supervisor : Prof. S. Roy

Awards

• Gold medal in M.Tech at NIT Durgapur, 2008.
• National Scholarships for Higher Secondary and Secondary Examinations in 1998 and 1996 respectively.
• Certificate of "A" Examination under the Authority of Ministry of Defense, Govt. of India, 1994.

Profile

Membership in Professional Societies

• IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Communications Society.
• International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore.
• International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Austria.
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong.
• International Association of Computer and Electronics Engineers (UACEE).

Conferences and Workshops (already attended / to be attended)

1. Indo-Japan Conference on Perception and Machine Intelligence (PerMIn), Kolkata, India, Jan 12–13, 2012.
2. Joint Workshop on Multilingual OCR and Analytics for Noisy Unstructured Text Data (J–MOCR–AND) at International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Beijing, China, Sep 17–21, 2011.
3. International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology (EAIT), Kolkata, India, Feb 18–20, 2011.
4. International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (CCSIT), Bangalore, India, Jan 2–4, 2011.
5. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Hong Kong, Sep 26–29, 2010.
6. National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG), Jaipur, India, Jan 15–17, 2010.
7. International Conference on Information Processing, Bangalore, India, August 8–10, 2008.

Review of Research papers

1. National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG), 2010
2. International Workshop on VLSI, 2011.
3. International Conference on Image Information Processing (ICIIP), 2011.
4. National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG), 2011.

Program Committee Member in International Conferences

1. International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Electronics Engineering (ICACSEE), New Delhi, India, Feb 2–3, 2012.
2. International Conference on Advances in Computer, Electronics and Electrical Engineering (ICACEEE), Mumbai, India, Mar 24–25, 2012.
3. International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communication (PCC), New Delhi, India, Jun 2-3, 2012.