Dr. Nishchal K Verma (SM'13) is a Professor in the Department of
Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur,
India. He obtained his PhD in Electrical
Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He is an awardee
of Devendra Shukla Young Faculty Research Fellowship by Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, India for year 2013-16.
Dr. Verma's research expertise falls under Artificial Intelligence (AI) related theories
and its practical applications to many inter-disciplinary domains but not limited to
machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, prognosis and health management, bioinformatics,
cyber physical systems, complex and highly non-linear systems modelling,
clustering, and classifications, etc. He has published more than 250 research papers
and 4 Books (edited/ co-authored) in the field of AI.
He has successfully completed 23 projects from various funding agencies such as
The BOEING Company, USA, DST, DRDO,
JCBCAT, MHRD, SERB, CSIR, IIT Kanpur, MCIT, SFTIG, VTOL, etc. He has 15+
years of experience in the field of AI.
He has been serving as Associate Editor/ Editorial Board Member of various
reputed journals and conferences which include
IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Neural
Networks and Learning Systems, and many more.
He has also developed several AI related key technologies
for The BOEING Company, USA and organized AI related workshops,
conferences, seminars, short term courses, etc.
Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics Research (AIDAR) Laboratory,
Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur invites applications from
outstanding, promising, bright and passionate Students (3rd/4th, B.Tech.)
having secured CPI>=9.0 and interested in working for at least six months
or more for some long-term research project opportunities in the following areas:
1) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
2) Computer Vision
3) Autonomous Navigation and Localization
4) 3D Object reconstruction
Please note that:
a) Stipend (as per the guidelines of DoRD, IITK) and a Project completion
certificate will be offered to the Students upon their successfully
completing the assigned projects within the prescribe time frame.
b) Only students (3rd/4th, B.Tech.) having secured CPI>=9.0 and interested in
working for at least six months or more should only apply through the following link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdRP514Y8n1Z_EbMmPPkioeaS_6dwwlGyUCU2E1r5J3foj8Lg/viewform?usp=sf_link
The positions are limited and final selection will be done through the interview of shortlisted students.