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Dr. Latha Parameswaran

Honorary Distinguished Professor, School of Computing, Coimbatore

Qualification: MCA, Ph.D
p_latha@cb.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Image Mining, Image Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Security, Theoretical Computer Science

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Born, brought up and settled as Coimbatorean, Dr. Latha Parameswaran joined the School of Computing, Coimbatore campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidhyapeetham in 1999. She is currently the professor and Chairperson of the School of Computing, Coimbatore. She was in the software industry for ten years prior to joining Amrita. She completed her Master’s Degree from PSG College of Technology and her  Ph. D. from Bharathiar University. Her Ph.D. thesis titled “Digital Watermarking for Image Security” was highly commended by the experts. Her areas of research include Image Processing, Information Retrieval, Image Mining, Information Security and Theoretical Computer Science.

She has published papers in international journals and at conferences where she has won several Best Paper Awards.  She has also authored a chapter in a book published by the Idea Group.

In addition to teaching and serving as Chair of the CSE department, she is currently guiding  Ph. D. research scholars in Amrita, Bharathiar and Anna Universities. She is in the doctoral committee for many Ph. D. scholars in various Universities. She is also a member in Board of Studies at various premier academic institutions in India. She also holds positions in academic council in premier institutions. She is in the faculty recruitment board, faculty appraisal committee, funded project review committee, recommendations for infrastructure setting up committee at various institutions.

She also works on projects funded by DST. Her Special Interests include encouraging more and more women in to work in Engineering, Technology and Computing.  Also she conducts workshops for school children in the classes 8-12 to encourage them to pursue computer science as their field of study. In connection with this she has conducted two conferences on Women in Computing at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham in 2010 and 2013. The next in this series is planned in 2016.

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2022

An automated vision-based algorithm for out of context detection in images

Cite this Research Publication : Karthika, R., Parameswaran, L., An automated vision-based algorithm for out of context detection in images, International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 1-8

Year : 2022

A Novel Convolutional Neural Network Based Architecture for Object Detection and Recognition with an Application to Traffic Sign Recognition from Road Scenes

Cite this Research Publication : Karthika, R. and Parameswaran, L., 2022. A Novel Convolutional Neural Network Based Architecture for Object Detection and Recognition with an Application to Traffic Sign Recognition from Road Scenes. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, 32(2), pp.351-362.

Publisher : Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis

Year : 2018

A Computer Vision Based Approach for Object Recognition in Smart Buildings

Cite this Research Publication : K. Kumar D, Parameswaran, L., and Thangavel, S. Kumar, “A Computer Vision Based Approach for Object Recognition in Smart Buildings”, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference On Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing, 2018.

Publisher : Proceedings of 2nd International Conference On Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing.

Year : 2018

Visual-based change detection in scene regions using statistical-based approaches

Cite this Research Publication : Bagyammal T., Dr. Latha Parameswaran, and Vaiapury, K., “Visual-based Change Detection in Scene Regions using Statistical-based Approaches”, Journal of Electronic Imaging, vol. 27, pp. 1 – 11, 2018.

Publisher : Journal of Electronic Imaging

Year : 2018

Vision based algorithm for people counting using deep learning

Cite this Research Publication : M. Padmashini, Manjusha R., and Dr. Latha Parameswaran, “Vision Based Algorithm for People Counting using Deep Learning”, International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE), vol. 7, pp. 74-80, 2018.

Publisher : International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE)

Year : 2015

Performance Evaluation of Topic Modelling Algorithms with an application of Q A Dataset

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Year : 2015

Performance Evaluation of Algorithms for Expert finding on an Open Email dataset

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Year : 2015

A survey on context based image annotation techniques

Cite this Research Publication : S. L. Nair, Manjusha R., and Dr. Latha Parameswaran, “A survey on context based image annotation techniques”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, vol. 10, pp. 29845-29856, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Research India Publications

Year : 2015

Comparision of image classification methods on event data

Cite this Research Publication : C. K. Kumar, Manjusha R., and Parameswaran, L., “Comparision of image classification methods on event data”, vol. 10, pp. 29631 - 29640, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Year : 2014

Image Reconstruction from 2D stack of MRI/CT to 3D using Shapelets

Publisher : International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET)

Year : 2013

Slantlet Transform and Phase Congruency based Image Compression

Publisher : International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), Proceedings on Amrita International Conference of Women in Computing - 2013

Year : 2013

A Computationally Efficient Edge Preserving MRI-CT Image Fusion Technique using Complex Wavelet Transform and Phase Congruency Fusion Rule

Publisher : European journal of Scientific Research

Year : 2013

An Image Fusion Technique Using Slantlet Transform and Phase Congruency for MRI/CT

Publisher : International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

Year : 2011

Coupled beam propagation through photorefractive media

Cite this Research Publication : Lad Parameswar, Sreelatha, K. Sb, and Joseph, K. Bcd d, “Coupled beam propagation through photorefractive media”, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, vol. 20, pp. 99-107, 2011.

Publisher : Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Year : 2008

Content-based watermarking for image authentication using independent component analysis

Publisher : Informatica (Ljubljana)

Year : 2007

A semi-fragile image watermarking using wavelet inter-coefficient relations

Publisher : International Journal of Information Security Privacy

Year : 2007

A Content Based Image Watermarking Scheme Resilient to Geometric Attacks

Publisher : International Journal of Computer Science

Year : 2006

A robust image watermarking scheme using image moment normalization

Publisher : Transactions on Engineering, Computing and Technology, World Enformatika Society

Conference Paper

Year : 2018

Computer Vision based Asset Surveillance for Smart Buildings

Cite this Research Publication : K. S. Gautam, Parameswaran, L., and Thangavel, S. Kumar, “Computer Vision based Asset Surveillance for Smart Buildings”, in Proceedings of the first international conference on Intelligent Computing, 2018.


Publisher : Proceedings of the first international conference on Intelligent Computing .

Year : 2018

A Cascade Color Image Retrieval Framework for Image Retrieval

Cite this Research Publication : K. S. Gautam, Parameswaran, L., and Thangavel, S. Kumar, “A Cascade Color Image Retrieval Framework for Image Retrieval”, in Proceedings of 2nd International Conference On Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing, 2018.

Publisher : Proceedings of 2nd International Conference On Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing .

Year : 2011

Image Fusion Technique using Curvelet Transform

Cite this Research Publication : L. Parameswaran and , “Image Fusion Technique using Curvelet Transform”, in International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering, 2011.

Publisher : International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2021

A Mobile-Based Framework for Detecting Objects Using SSD-MobileNet in Indoor Environment

Cite this Research Publication : K. K. R. Sanj Kumar, Subramani, G., Dr. Senthil Kumar T., and Parameswaran, L., “A Mobile-Based Framework for Detecting Objects Using SSD-MobileNet in Indoor Environment”, Intelligence in Big Data Technologies–-Beyond the Hype, vol. 1167. Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 65-76, 2021.

Publisher : Intelligence in Big Data Technologies–-Beyond the Hype, vol. 1167. Springer Singapore,

Year : 2021

A New Approach for Fire Pixel Detection in Building Environment Using Vision Sensor

Cite this Research Publication : P. Sridhar, Dr. Senthil Kumar T., and Parameswaran, L., “A New Approach for Fire Pixel Detection in Building Environment Using Vision Sensor”, Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision, vol. 1189. Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 392-400, 2021.

Publisher : Innovations in Computational Intelligence and Computer Vision

Year : 2019

Design of an image skeletonization based algorithm for overcrowd detection in smart building

Cite this Research Publication : Manjusha R. and Dr. Latha Parameswaran, “Design of an image skeletonization based algorithm for overcrowd detection in smart building”, Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol. 30. Springer Netherlands, pp. 615-629, 2019.

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics

Year : 2018

Classification of High Resolution Remote Sensing Images using Deep Learning Techniques

Cite this Research Publication : Alias, B., Karthika, R., Parameswaran, L.,Classification of High Resolution Remote Sensing Images using Deep Learning Techniques, 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2018, 30 November 2018, Article number 8554605, Pages 1196-1202

Publisher : 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI)

Year : 2018

Kernel Based Approaches for Context Based Image Annotatıon

Cite this Research Publication : S. L. Nair, Manjusha R., and Dr. Latha Parameswaran, “Kernel Based Approaches for Context Based Image Annotatıon”, Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing. Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2018.

Publisher : Computational Vision and Bio Inspired Computing, Springer International Publishing

Year : 2017

Teaching computational thinking to entry-level undergraduate engineering students at Amrita

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Shyamala C. K., Dr. Shunmuga Velayutham C., and Dr. Latha Parameswaran, “Teaching computational thinking to entry-level undergraduate engineering students at Amrita”, IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON. IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1731-1734, 2017.

Publisher : IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON, IEEE Computer Society

Year : 2017

A comprehensive study of text classification algorithms

Publisher : 2017 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI)

Year : 2016

Scene understanding in images

Cite this Research Publication : S. Athira, Manjusha R., and Dr. Latha Parameswaran, “Scene understanding in images”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 530. pp. 261-271, 2016.

Publisher : Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing.

Year : 2016

Study of Gabor wavelet for face recognition invariant to pose and orientation

Cite this Research Publication : R. Karthika, Dr. Latha Parameswaran, B.K., P., and L.P., S., “Study of Gabor wavelet for face recognition invariant to pose and orientation”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing Systems, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 397. Springer Verlag, pp. 501-509, 2016.

Publisher : Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing Systems, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Year : 2014

A Novel Method for Vehicle Detection and Speed Estimation in Aerial Images

Publisher : International Conference on Signal and Speech Processing (ICSSP-14)

Year : 2013, 2014

A method for Image representation using Slantlet Transform and Phase Congruency

Publisher : Proceedings of ACM National Conference on Intelligent Computing

Year : 2013

Image fusion technique using DT-CWT

Publisher : Proceedings - 2013 IEEE International Multi Conference on Automation, Computing, Control, Communication and Compressed Sensing, iMac4s 2013

Year : 2013

A Hybrid Method for Object Identification and Event Detection in Video

Publisher : National Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG)

Year : 2013

Email Thread Word Cloud Generator

Publisher : Proceedings of Asian Summer School in Information Access (ASSIA 2013)

Year : 2013

Image representation method based on Complex Wavelet Transform and Phase Congruency, with Automatic Threshold Selection

Publisher : International Conference on Biology, Medical Physics, Medical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biomedical Engineering, BIOMED

Year : 2013, 2014

A method for Image representation using Slantlet Transform and Phase Congruency

Publisher : Proceedings of ACM National Conference on Intelligent Computing

Year : 2010

A study of reconstruction algorithms in computerized tomographic images

Cite this Research Publication : T. Arathi, Dr. Latha Parameswaran, and Dr. Soman K. P., “A study of reconstruction algorithms in computerized tomographic images”, Proceedings of the 1st Amrita ACM-W Celebration of Women in Computing in India, A2CWiC'10. ACM New York, NY, USA , Coimbatore, 2010.

Publisher : ACM New York, NY, USA

Year : 2008

Image Watermarking for Transaction Tracking and Copyright Protection using PCA

Publisher : Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Computational Science (ICRTCS – 2008)

Year : 2006

A semi fragile content-based image watermarking for authentication in spatial domain using discrete cosine transform

Publisher : IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing

Year : 2006

A Content Based Image Watermarking Scheme for Authentication using Quadtrees

Publisher : International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM 2006)

Year : 2005

Content dependent image signature for authentication using wavelets

Publisher : Proceedings of National Conference on Information Security

Year : 2004

Quadtrees-based image authentication

Publisher : Proceedings of National Workshop on Cryptology, Cryptology Research Society of India

Year : 2004

Image security using message authentication codes

Publisher : Proceedings of 4th National Conference on Advanced Computing

Year : 2004

Content-based image authentication scheme

Publisher : Proceedings of National Conference on Multimedia Technologies and Applications

Book Chapter

Year : 2021

An Algorithm Design for Anomaly Detection in Thermal Images

Cite this Research Publication : C. Mishra, Bagyammal T., and Parameswaran, L., “An Algorithm Design for Anomaly Detection in Thermal Images”, in Innovations in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, M. N. Favorskaya, Mekhilef, S., Pandey, R. Kumar, and Singh, N., Eds. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2021.

Publisher : Innovations in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Year : 2019

Vision-based algorithm for fire detection in smart buildings

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics

Year : 2019

Content-based image retrieval using hybrid feature extraction techniques

Cite this Research Publication : B. Akshaya, Sri, S., Sathish, A., Shobika, K., Karthika, R., and Parameswaran, L., “Content-Based Image Retrieval Using Hybrid Feature Extraction Techniques”, in Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, 2019, pp. 583-593.

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics

Year : 2018

Query by Example—Retrieval of Images using Object Segmentation and Distance Measure

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics

Year : 2018

An automated vision based change detection method for planogram compliance in retail stores

Cite this Research Publication : M. Muthugnanambika, Bagyammal T., Dr. Latha Parameswaran, and Vaiapury, K., “An automated vision based change detection method for planogram compliance in retail stores”, in Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics, vol. 28, Springer Netherlands, 2018, pp. 399-411.

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics

Year : 2018

An algorithm for text prediction using neural networks

Publisher : Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics

Year : 2010

Proceedings of the 1st Amrita ACM-W Celebration of Women in Computing in India, A2CWiC’10: Foreword

Publisher : Proceedings of the 1st Amrita ACM-W Celebration of Women in Computing in India, A2CWiC'10

Year : 2009

A content-based watermarking scheme for image authentication using discrete wavelet transform inter-coefficient relations

Publisher : Techniques and Applications for Advanced Information Privacy and Security: Emerging Organizational, Ethical, and Human Issues

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