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Abhijit Mitra
Abhijit Mitra
Dean R&D, Sir J C Bose School of Engineering , Kolkata
Regular Member
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Short Biography

After completing his PhD from IIT Kharagpur, Dr. Mitra served IIT Guwahati as a faculty member for nearly 8 years, till the end of 2011, and presently he is with Sir J C Bose School of Engineering, West Bengal, as a Senior Professor and Dean, R&D. His area of teaching and research expertise includes signal processing and wireless communication. Dr. Mitra has published nearly 125 peer reviewed journal and conference papers. He has also received a few national and international research awards, including URSI Young Scientist Award (Chicago, USA), INAE Summer Fellowship for Young Teachers (India) and N V Gadadhar Memorial Gold Medal (India). He was selected for DST Young Scientist Award Scheme through funded research project. He is a Fellow of IETE (India), a Senior Member of IEEE (USA) and an Associate of Indian Academy of Science. Dr. Mitra frequently visits different institutes in India for delivering popular talks in his expertise area. Presently, he serves as an Associate Editor of two journal papers. He has been a TPC member of many national and international conferences.

List of top 5 publications in the last 5 years

1) K. K. Sarma and A. Mitra, ``Estimation of MIMO Wireless Channels using Artificial Neural Networks,” in Cross-Disciplinary Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition: Advancing Technologies, 701 E, Chocolate Ave., Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global Publishers, 2012 [in press].

2) K. K. Sarma and A. Mitra, ``Modeling MIMO Channels using a Class of Complex Recurrent Neural Network Architectures,” Elsevier AEU Int. J. Electronics Communication, online published: 21.9.2011.

3) A. Mitra, ``Modified CMA-Based Blind Multiuser Equalizer with Decision Directed Scheme,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 428-429, March 2008.

4) A. Mitra, ``A Survey of Recent Patents on Radio Frequency Identification Systems And Applications,” Recent Patents on Electrical Engineering (Bentham Science, USA), vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 40-46, Jan. 2008 [Invited Paper].

5) A. Mitra, ``NLMS-Based Algorithm for Decision Feedback Equalisation,” IEE Electronics Letters, vol. 43, no. 25, pp. 69-70, Dec. 2007.

List of top 5 academic activities during the last 5 years

1) August 2011: organized IETE North-Eastern Zonal Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in ICT’, sponsored by IETE Guwahati Centre

2) January 2009: organized National Conference of Communication (NCC), sponsored by JTG and IIT Guwahati

3) September 2008: organized a QIP-STC on ‘Advanced Wireless Communication’, sponsored by QIP Cell, IIT Guwahati

4) November 2009: wrote an online book on ‘Lecture Notes on Mobile Communication’ for UG (senior year) and PG students, sponsored by IIT Guwahati

5) June-July 2008: visited CVPR Unit, ISI Kolkata with the ‘INAE Summer Fellowship for Young Teachers’, sponsored by INAE