Biography

 

Saroj K. Meher is an Associate Professor of the Systems Science and Informatics Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore Centre. He received an M.Sc. in Physics with an Electronics Specialization and a Ph.D. in Science from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, in 1997 and 2003, respectively.


He worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Research & Development Units of various Industries in India for about three years. He was awarded many times for his excellent contribution to various critical projects. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, in 2005-2006 and 2009-2010. He received the Sir J. C. Bose Memorial Award from the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers, India, in 2003 and the Orissa Young Scientist Award for Electronic Sciences & Technology research in 2003. He has been a Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of IETE since 2011 and 2023, respectively.


His research interests include image processing and analysis, remote sensing imagery, pattern recognition, granular computing, domain adaptation, and adversarial machine learning. He has contributed about 100 research articles to well-known and prestigious archival journals, internationally refereed conferences, and edited monograph volumes. Two granted patents also go to Dr. Saroj’s credit.

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