Research groups and thrust areas

Focused communities for
collaborative research.

The School organises faculty research interests into five groups aligned with academic development, emerging technologies and industry needs.

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Organised research

Shared interests.
Coordinated activity.

Research and development activities are structured around faculty expertise and areas of common interest. The groups create a practical framework for collaboration, scholarly output, project development and academic interaction.

Each group has a coordinator and co-coordinators who support the organisation of research-related activity within its broad domain.

01
SSN
Smart Secure & Network Group

Secure, connected and
trusted digital systems.

The group covers networking, cybersecurity, blockchain, Internet of Things and other related topics involving connected infrastructure and secure information exchange.

Networking Cybersecurity Blockchain Internet of Things Secure Systems
Group leadership
Coordinator Prof. Niranjan K. Ray
Co-coordinator Prof. Ajit Kumar Pasayat
Co-coordinator Prof. Partha Pratim Sarangi
02
ML
Machine Learning Group

Intelligent methods for
learning and decision-making.

The group covers artificial intelligence, machine learning and related areas of computational intelligence, prediction, reasoning and automation.

Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Deep Learning Computational Intelligence Intelligent Automation
Group leadership
Coordinator Prof. Satyananda Champati Rai
Co-coordinator Prof. Nibedan Panda
Co-coordinator Prof. Santwana Sagnika
03
CDS
Cognitive Data Science Group

Understanding data,
language, vision and cognition.

The group covers data science, big data, natural-language processing, cognitive science, computer vision and other related topics.

Data Science Big Data Natural-language Processing Cognitive Science Computer Vision
Group leadership
Coordinator Prof. Ambika Prasad Mishra
Co-coordinator Prof. Mainak Bandyopadhyay
Co-coordinator Prof. Sricheta Parui
04
DC
Distributed Computing Group

Computing across cloud,
edge and emerging architectures.

The group covers cloud computing, fog computing, edge computing, quantum computing and other related distributed-computing topics.

Cloud Computing Fog Computing Edge Computing Quantum Computing Distributed Systems
Group leadership
Coordinator Prof. Anjan Bandyopadhyay
Co-coordinator Prof. Vijay Kumar Meena
Co-coordinator Prof. Dayal Kumar Behera
05
SSD
Software System Design Group

Designing reliable and
effective software systems.

The group covers software engineering, web design and other related areas concerned with the analysis, design and development of software systems.

Software Engineering Web Design Software Architecture System Design Software Quality
Group leadership
Coordinator Prof. Jagannath Singh
Co-coordinator Prof. Saurabh Bilgaiyan
Co-coordinator Prof. Raghunath Dey
Shared objectives

A common framework for
research activity.

The groups support scholarly output, proposal development, expert interaction, advanced training and collaboration.

01

Research Publications

Encouraging the preparation and publication of research papers and other scholarly output.

02

Funding Proposals

Developing proposals for suitable funding agencies and research-support programmes.

03

Expert Interaction

Inviting experts from academia and industry to contribute specialised knowledge and perspective.

04

Workshops & FDPs

Conducting advanced workshops and faculty-development programmes in relevant domains.

05

Research Collaboration

Building academic and industry relationships for joint research and knowledge exchange.

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