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Dr. APARNA AKULA

Sr. Principal Scientist, Centre of Excellence for Intelligent Sensors and Systems (ISenS)

Computer Vision, Computational Photography, Signal & Image Processing, Machine Intelligence

Current Work Area

My research interests are in Computer Vision, Signal & Image Processing, Machine Intelligence and Multi Sensor Data Fusion, with main focus on detection and recognition applications using sensors like infrared and EO imagers, seismic and acoustic sensors spanning across diverse application areas like perimeter monitoring, vision enhancement, medical, structural health monitoring and related fields.
1. OMEGA - Inferential Imaging – Photo, Acoustic, Seismic and Bio-Mimetic

Automatic Target Recognition (ATR): It is the field of science to detect, track, classify targets from video and signal streams. Monitoring of moving vehicles and humans is a critical component used in many computer vision applications like surveillance, remote sensing, and traffic monitoring, intelligent transportation systems, human identification, robotics, rescue operations and strategic applications. The overall goal of ATR is to analyse the multi-sensing modalities and data fusion to detect, classify and recognize target signatures automatically using Seismic, Acoustic, Passive Infrared (PIR), Visual and Thermal Imaging sensors to accomplish the goal.

2. I-HEAL - Innovative technologies for health assessment and damage mitigation of structures
Image and signal processing & Artificial Intelligence techniques for damage/defect identification.
• Active Infrared thermography for sub-surface defect detection
• Vibration sensors for monitoring of stress, displacement, etc.

3. Automatic 3D Rice Classification Using Camera/Flat-Bed Scanner and Image Processing
Classification of rice kernels using digital image analysis. Rice kernels are classified into 10 numbers of Refractions (Sound, Big Broken, Small Broken, Chalky, Discolored, Damaged, Red, Admixture, Organic, Inorganic) using both the top and bottom surface images of rice kernels acquired using flat-bed scanner/camera.

4. Autonomous Under water Vehicle (UnWar) – Vision system module
Algorithms for image enhancement, interpretation and analysis of underwater images for recognition of objects, structures, marine life, etc.

5. Advanced Instrumentation Solutions for Health Care and Agro Based Solutions (ASHA)
Non-invasive and non-destructive techniques and technologies for quantification of Seed Quality
• Thermal infrared imaging based seed quality analysis

Qualification

• B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Warangal in 2008,
• M.Tech in Advanced Instrumentation Engineering from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) in 2011.

R&D Interest

• Computer Vision
• Infrared Imaging
• Computational Imaging
• Signal Processing
• Machine Intelligence
• Multi sensor data fusion

Research Publications

1. DWIVEDI SHALINI, AKULA APARNA, PECHT MICHAEL. Predictive analytics for prolonging lithium-ion battery lifespan through informed storage conditions. Energy. 01-11-2024, 308, 133052
2. DWIVEDI SHALINI, AKULA APARNA. Comprehensive Analysis of Charging Profile Dynamics for Lithium-ion Battery Capacity Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 29-10-2024, , 1-9
3. PARIHAR DAVINDER SINGH, GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Variational Mode Decomposition of Seismic Signals for Detection of Moving Elephants. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 27-05-2022, 71, 1-8
4. PARIHAR DAVINDER SINGH, GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Seismic signal analysis for the characterisation of elephant movements in a forest environment. Ecological Informatics. 01-09-2021, 64, 101329
5. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Probability of Detecting the Deep Defects in Steel Sample Using Frequency Modulated Independent Component Thermography. IEEE Sensors Journal. 15-05-2021, 21(10), 11244 - 11252
6. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Probability of detection of deep defectsin steel samples using Barker codedindependent component. Electronics Letters. 17-09-2020, 56(19), 1005–1007
7. GHOSH RIPUL, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Performance evaluation of a real-time seismic detection system based on CFAR detectors. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-04-2020, 20(7), 3678 - 3686
8. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Defect detection capabilities of independent component analysis for Barker coded thermal wave imaging. Infrared Physics & Technology. 01-01-2020, 104, 103118
9. AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. WignerMSER: Pseudo-Wigner Distribution Enriched MSER Feature Detector for Object Recognition in Thermal Infrared Images. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-06-2019, 19(11), 4221 - 4228
10. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. An independent component analysis based approach for frequency modulated thermal wave imaging for subsurface defect detection in steel sample. Infrared Physics & Technology. 01-05-2019, 98, 45-54
11. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Barker Coded Thermal Wave Imaging for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Steel Material. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23-10-2018, , 1-1
12. AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL. Deep learning approach for human action recognition in infrared images. Cognitive Systems Research. 01-08-2018, 50, 146-154
13. GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Time–frequency analysis based robust vehicle detection using seismic sensor. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 23-06-2015, 346, 424–434
14. TEWARY SUMAN, AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Hybrid multi-resolution detection of moving targets in infrared imagery. Infrared Physics & Technology. 03-11-2014, 67, 173-183
15. AKULA APARNA, KHANNA NIDHI, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, DAS AMITAVA, SARDANA H K. Adaptive contour-based statistical background subtraction method for moving target detection in infrared video sequences. Infrared Physics & Technology. 03-03-2014, 63, 103–109
16. PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, MONDAL SAMIR K, KUMAR RAJ, AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR. Optical fiber antenna generating spiral beam shapes. Applied Physics Letters. 23-01-2014, 104, 031105
17. AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Moving target detection in thermal infrared imagery using spatiotemporal information. Journal of the Optical Society of America A . 01-08-2013, 30(8), 1492-1501

1. DWIVEDI SHALINI, AKULA APARNA, PECHT MICHAEL. Predictive analytics for prolonging lithium-ion battery lifespan through informed storage conditions. Energy. 01-11-2024, 308, 133052

2. DWIVEDI SHALINI, AKULA APARNA. Comprehensive Analysis of Charging Profile Dynamics for Lithium-ion Battery Capacity Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 29-10-2024, , 1-9

3. PARIHAR DAVINDER SINGH, GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Variational Mode Decomposition of Seismic Signals for Detection of Moving Elephants. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 27-05-2022, 71, 1-8

4. PARIHAR DAVINDER SINGH, GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Seismic signal analysis for the characterisation of elephant movements in a forest environment. Ecological Informatics. 01-09-2021, 64, 101329

5. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Probability of Detecting the Deep Defects in Steel Sample Using Frequency Modulated Independent Component Thermography. IEEE Sensors Journal. 15-05-2021, 21(10), 11244 - 11252

6. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Probability of detection of deep defectsin steel samples using Barker codedindependent component. Electronics Letters. 17-09-2020, 56(19), 1005–1007

7. GHOSH RIPUL, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Performance evaluation of a real-time seismic detection system based on CFAR detectors. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-04-2020, 20(7), 3678 - 3686

8. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Defect detection capabilities of independent component analysis for Barker coded thermal wave imaging. Infrared Physics & Technology. 01-01-2020, 104, 103118

9. AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. WignerMSER: Pseudo-Wigner Distribution Enriched MSER Feature Detector for Object Recognition in Thermal Infrared Images. IEEE Sensors Journal. 01-06-2019, 19(11), 4221 - 4228

10. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. An independent component analysis based approach for frequency modulated thermal wave imaging for subsurface defect detection in steel sample. Infrared Physics & Technology. 01-05-2019, 98, 45-54

11. AHMAD JAVED, AKULA APARNA, MULAVEESALA RAVIBABU, SARDANA H K. Barker Coded Thermal Wave Imaging for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Steel Material. IEEE Sensors Journal. 23-10-2018, , 1-1

12. AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL. Deep learning approach for human action recognition in infrared images. Cognitive Systems Research. 01-08-2018, 50, 146-154

13. GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Time–frequency analysis based robust vehicle detection using seismic sensor. Journal of Sound and Vibration. 23-06-2015, 346, 424–434

14. TEWARY SUMAN, AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Hybrid multi-resolution detection of moving targets in infrared imagery. Infrared Physics & Technology. 03-11-2014, 67, 173-183

15. AKULA APARNA, KHANNA NIDHI, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, DAS AMITAVA, SARDANA H K. Adaptive contour-based statistical background subtraction method for moving target detection in infrared video sequences. Infrared Physics & Technology. 03-03-2014, 63, 103–109

16. PAL SUDIPTA SARKAR, MONDAL SAMIR K, KUMAR RAJ, AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, BHATNAGAR RANDHIR. Optical fiber antenna generating spiral beam shapes. Applied Physics Letters. 23-01-2014, 104, 031105

17. AKULA APARNA, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K. Moving target detection in thermal infrared imagery using spatiotemporal information. Journal of the Optical Society of America A . 01-08-2013, 30(8), 1492-1501

Patents

Patent(s) Filed
1. AN EMISSIVITY VARYING SHEET TO COVER AN OBJECT Country Filed: INDIA Application Number: 202511014356 Date of Filing: 19-02-2025 Inventor(s): BHATNAGAR SAURABH, SHABIH SHAHZEB, SINGH AVDHESH PRATAP, AKULA APARNA, YADAV AJAY, DAS SUPANKAR, GHOSH RIPUL, GARG HARRY, SINGH MANJEET, SHARMA JATIN, GULERIA NEERAJ
2. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST Country Filed: LK Application Number: LK/P/21094 Date of Filing: 06-05-2020 Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA
3. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST Country Filed: BD Application Number: 319/2018 Date of Filing: 27-11-2018 Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA
4. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST Country Filed: WO Application Number: PCT/IN2018/050786 Date of Filing: 26-11-2018 Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA
5. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST Country Filed: IN Application Number: 201711042427 Date of Filing: 27-11-2017 Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA
6. INTERNET OF THINGS BASED CLIENT-SPECIFIC MULTILEVEL EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY DISSEMINATOR Country Filed: IN Application Number: 201611030063 Date of Filing: 02-09-2016 Inventor(s): SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, GAURAV ASHISH, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K, AKULA APARNA, GOAP AMARENDRA

Patent(s) Filed

1. AN EMISSIVITY VARYING SHEET TO COVER AN OBJECT
Country Filed: INDIA
Application Number: 202511014356 Date of Filing: 19-02-2025
Inventor(s): BHATNAGAR SAURABH, SHABIH SHAHZEB, SINGH AVDHESH PRATAP, AKULA APARNA, YADAV AJAY, DAS SUPANKAR, GHOSH RIPUL, GARG HARRY, SINGH MANJEET, SHARMA JATIN, GULERIA NEERAJ

2. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST
Country Filed: LK
Application Number: LK/P/21094 Date of Filing: 06-05-2020
Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

3. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST
Country Filed: BD
Application Number: 319/2018 Date of Filing: 27-11-2018
Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

4. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST
Country Filed: WO
Application Number: PCT/IN2018/050786 Date of Filing: 26-11-2018
Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

5. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST
Country Filed: IN
Application Number: 201711042427 Date of Filing: 27-11-2017
Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

6. INTERNET OF THINGS BASED CLIENT-SPECIFIC MULTILEVEL EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY DISSEMINATOR
Country Filed: IN
Application Number: 201611030063 Date of Filing: 02-09-2016
Inventor(s): SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, GAURAV ASHISH, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K, AKULA APARNA, GOAP AMARENDRA

Patent(s) Granted
1. INTERNET OF THINGS BASED CLIENT-SPECIFIC MULTILEVEL EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY DISSEMINATOR Country Granted: IN Patent Number: 541035 Date of Grant: 06-06-2024 Inventor(s): SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, GAURAV ASHISH, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K, AKULA APARNA, GOAP AMARENDRA
2. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST Country Granted: IN Patent Number: 507622 Date of Grant: 06-02-2024 Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA
3. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST Country Granted: BD Patent Number: 1006266 Date of Grant: 22-08-2021 Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

Patent(s) Granted

1. INTERNET OF THINGS BASED CLIENT-SPECIFIC MULTILEVEL EARTHQUAKE EMERGENCY DISSEMINATOR
Country Granted: IN
Patent Number: 541035 Date of Grant: 06-06-2024
Inventor(s): SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, GAURAV ASHISH, GHOSH RIPUL, KUMAR SATISH, SARDANA H K, AKULA APARNA, GOAP AMARENDRA

2. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST
Country Granted: IN
Patent Number: 507622 Date of Grant: 06-02-2024
Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

3. METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVITY RECORDING, VISUALISATION AND ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFIED SEGMENTS OF FOREST
Country Granted: BD
Patent Number: 1006266 Date of Grant: 22-08-2021
Inventor(s): GHOSH RIPUL, AKULA APARNA, SARKAR SIDDHARTHA, VAJPEYI ANIRUDH, SARDANA H K, KUMAR SATISH, GOAP AMARENDRA

Significant recognition: Awards, Honours and Fellowships

1. “CSIR Quick Hire Scientist Trainee Scholarship” for duration of two years (2009-2011).
2. "Best Paper Award” in student category for Aparna Akula et al., “Application of FLIR Systems in Aviation Industry”, at National level Symposium on New Horizons In Avionics Display Systems (NHADS) organised by CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh 23rd October 2010.
3. “Spot Award” for excellence of work at Computed Tomography division, Philips Healthcare, Bangalore.
4. “NIT Warangal Merit Scholarship” for three academic years.
5. "Best Outstanding B.Tech Project Award" by the Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Warangal.
6. Among the top 1.3% In All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) during the year 2004.

Other Information

Technology (Developed/Transfered/Commercialised) / Software Applications, Algorithms designed/developed/deployed and implemented

1. Pseudo Wigner Ville Distribution-Rényi Entropy based Robust Background Subtraction Algorithm for Moving Target Detection in Thermal Imagery
2. Adaptive contour-based statistical background subtraction method for moving target detection in infrared video sequences
3. Phase analysis in interferometry images
4. Techniques for subsurface defect detection using active thermography
• Correlation based Pulse compression approach
• Hilbert transform based Pulse compression approach

Project(s) Ongoing

Project(s) Completed

1. Radiometric Image Analysis of Marine Platforms using Infrared Thermography Project Number: GAP0340 Project Investigator: APARNA AKULA

1. Radiometric Image Analysis of Marine Platforms using Infrared Thermography
Project Number: GAP0340 Project Investigator: APARNA AKULA

Contact

Email:

aparna[dot]akula[dot]csio[at]csir[dot]res[dot]in

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