Establishment of Centre for Image Processing

Dr. V. Gomathi & Team Members

  • Date of Sanction: 22-02-2022
  • Date of Centre Establishment: 26-09-2022
  • Vision

    • To promote cutting edge research in Computer Vision and explore global research opportunities
    • Mission

    • To establish specialized H/W and S/W to build real-world solutions for Health Care and Manufacturing Industries.
    • To create interest among students, faculty and research aspirants and connect them together.
    • To impart the cutting-edge technological advancements.
    • To strengthen the subject expertise towards Govt. funding.
    • Objectives

      • To establish CoE in Computer Vision using AI & ML with Industrial support
      • To share High-Performance computing resources for Image Processing related R&D and Consultancy works
      • To improve consultancy works at multidisciplinary level
      • To encourage International collaborations in R&D works
      Team Members

      Focus Areas

    • Image and video processing for automation and surveillance applications.
    • Medical Image Analysis, AI-based Diagnosis, and Captioning Systems.
    • Object Segmentation, Tracking, and Scene Description.
    • Anomaly monitoring for indoor and outdoor environments.
    • Sentiment Analysis, Gesture Analysis, Explainable AI-based tutoring.
    • AI-based Virtual Screening with Graph-based Networks.
    • Optimization and Evolutionary Algorithms.
    • Functional Areas

    • Signing MoUs with industries for bringing CoE.
    • Technical consultancy to industries.
    • Certification/Diploma courses and short-term FDPs.
    • Students’ workshop sessions on a regular basis.
    • Budget Alloted

      Budget Utilized

      Approval Letter dt. 22.02.2022
      Approval Letter

      Expected Outcomes 

    • No. of SCI Articles: 12 Nos.
    • No. of Scopus Publications: 20 Nos.
    • R&D Funding: Minimum 2 ongoing worth Rs. 20 Lakhs.
    • No. of PhD Awardees: Minimum 2 to Maximum 4 Nos.
    • No. of Sponsored Workshops: Minimum 3 Nos.
    • No. of Patents: Minimum 2 Nos.
    • No. of Book Chapters: 2 Nos.
    • No. of Students to be Trained: 50 Nos.
    • Targets Achieved (Sep 2022 – Mar 2024)
      R&D Project Proposals and Product Development

    • DST: 3 Proposals (CRG, Power, Matrics) – Rejected.
    • TNSLURB: Rejected.
    • EPICS in IEEE: $3950 – Under Review.
    • IEEE Student Project: Rs. 8000.
    • IEEE CS Project Expo: Rs. 10,000.
    • Development and Clinical Validation of Artificial Intelligent Model for Oral Cancer Diagnosis: ICMR, March 2024.
    • Attention Contours – A VR-based ADHD Assessment Tool: ICMR, March 2024, Rs. 37L.
    • NewGen Projects Completed: 2.
    • NEC NewGen Ongoing Projects: 2.
    • Outreach – IEEE CS 2023 Awardee: $1500 + Free Registration for IEEE Conferences + 1-Year IEEE CS Membership.
    • Ongoing Consultancy Works

    • Duration: 2022-2023.
    • Agency: TRYCAE Industrial Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Trichy.
    • Amount: Rs. 3,50,000.
    • Title: Design and Development of Virtual Assistant with AI/ML and AR tools, deployed onboard ships/submarines to support maintenance crew for Radar Systems.
    • Industrial MoUs & Patents

    • TRYCAE Industrial Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Trichy: To be signed on 29.03.2024.
    • M-Tutors, Chennai: To be signed on 23.03.2024.
    • Patent Granted: 1.
    • Patent Under Preparation: 1.
    • No. of Value-Added Courses: 3.
    • SCI Articles Submitted/Published

      Scopus Articles Submitted/Published