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Curriculum Vitae

1. Name: Dr. Varun P. Gopi

2. Designation: Assistant Professor Grade-I (AGP-8000)
3. Office Address: Room 326, Department of ECE, NIT Tiruchirappalli-620015
4. Researcher ID: D-2131-2017
5. Scopus Author ID: 36537070400
6. ORCHID ID: 0000-0001-5593-3949
7. Telephone: +91-431-2504501 Extn (Optional):4491 Mobile (Optional): +919995114547
Email (Primary): varun@nitt.edu Email (Secondary): vpgcet@gmail.com
8. Field(s) of Specialization: Signal Processing, Medical Image Processing, Deep Learning, AI.,
Augmented Reality in Healthcare, IoT in Healthcare
9. Aadhaar No:
10. Date of Birth:
11. Employment Profile

Job Title Employer From To Pay Scale

Assistant National Institute of 28/05/18 Till date 101500-167400
Professor Technology Tiruchirappalli,
Tamilnadu
Assistant Government Engineering 11/11/13 25/05/18 15600-39100
Professor College Wayanad, Kerala (AGP-6000)

Assistant Amal Jyothi College of 01/01/10 31/05/10 8000-275-13500

Professor Engineering, Kanjirappally,
Kerala

Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School):

Examination Board / University Year Subjects

Ph.D. National Institute of Technology, 2014 Medical Image Processing
Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu
M. Tech. College of Engineering 2009 Electronics & Communication
Trivandrum, University of Engineering (Specialization in
Kerala Signal Procesing)
B. Tech. Amal Jyothi College of 2007 Electronics & Communication
Engineering, Kanjirappally, Engineering
Mahatma Gandhi University
Kottayam

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12. Details of Major R&D Sponsored Projects

Status
Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Ongoing/
Completed
Development of Efficient CERD-APJAKTU 06-01-17 to 25-05- Completed
Algorithms for Detecting Eye Trivandrum, 18 (7.5 Lakhs)
Diseases Kerala
Developed Efficient Traffic VANDI
Monitoring Methods & Under Technologies PTE 01-12-18 to 30-11- Ongoing
Vehicle Scanning LTD, Singapore 21 (40 Lakhs)
Inspection System
Automated Prediction of Science and
Alzheimer’s disease from Optical Engineering Ongoing
Coherence Tomography Images Research Board 02-03-19 to 01-03- (19.48
of Retina using Artificial 22 Lakhs)
Intelligence
4D Trajectory based Air Traffic
Flow Management System Airport Authority
using System Wide Information of India 19-11-20 to 18-11- Ongoing
Management (4DADFMS) 21 (11.5 Lakhs)

13. PhDs Guidance

Name of the Title of PhD Thesis Role(Supe Year of

PhD Scholar rvisor/ Co- Award
Supervisor
)
Manu Raju Prediction of progression rate of Mild Cognitive Supervisor Ongoing
Impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease
Nija K. S. Localization and segmentation of Optic Disc, Supervisor Ongoing
Fovea and Blood Vessels for Detection of Eye
diseases
Gayathri S Development of efficient methodologies for Supervisor 2021
diabetic retinopathy detection and classification.
Sabi S. Development of efficient algorithms to segment Supervisor Ongoing
retinal OCT images
Harikrishnan P Developed efficient traffic monitoring methods Supervisor Ongoing
M and under vehicle scanning inspection system
Sunija A P Automated prediction of Alzheimer’s disease Supervisor Ongoing
from Optical Coherence Tomography Images of
Retina using Artificial Intelligence
Nisha J S Capsule Endoscopic image enhancement Supervisor Ongoing
and abnormality detection
R. Shalini Segmentation and localization of optic disc and Supervisor Ongoing
Fovea from diabetic retinopathy image
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Arun P. S Development of Algorithms for denoising OCT Supervisor Ongoing

Images

14. Established R&D Collaboration Abroad

1. Dr. Khan A. Wahid, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,

University of Saskatchewan, Canada
2. Dr. Issac Niwas S, Research Manager, Emirates Advanced Research & Technology
Holding (EARTH), Abudabi, UAE.
3. Dr. T. Kirubarajan, Professor and Distinguished Engineering Professor, Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department (ITB-A112), McMaster University, Canada
4. Lyudmila Mihaylova, Professor of Signal Processing and Control, Department of
Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK
5. Dr. Ebrahim Bedeer Muhamed, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
6. Dr. Mak Sharma, Professor in Computer Science Education. Centre Lead, Cloud
Computing, Birmingham City University, UK

15. Established R&D Collaboration-National

1. Wangchuk Doma, Ophthalmologist/Eye Surgeon, Venu Eye Institute and Research

Centre, New Delhi 110017, India
16. Awards, Associateships etc.

Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization

2012 Best Paper Award International Conference on
Information Processing (ICIP)
2017 Researcher of the Year 2016 CERD-APJAKTU, Kerala

17. Fellowships

Year of Name of the Fellowship Awarding From To

Award Organization (Month/Year) (Month/Year)
2012 Canadian Commonwealth Government February 2012 July 2012
Scholarship of Canada
2010 Research Fellowship MHRD August 2010 October 2013
2007 Gate Fellowship MHRD October 2007 October 2009

18. Books & Monographs

Author(s) Title of Book/Monograph Name of Year of

Publishers Publication
Dr. V Suresh Babu, Basics of Electronics Engineering OWL Publishers 2015
Dr. Varun P. Gopi
Dr. V Suresh Babu, Introduction to Electronics OWL Publishers 2015
Dr. Varun P. Gopi Engineering

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Book Chapters:

1. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Issac Niwas S. (2012) Capsule Endoscopic Colour

Image Denoising Using Complex Wavelet Transform. In: Venugopal K.R., Patnaik
L.M. (eds) Wireless Networks and Computational Intelligence. ICIP 2012.
Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 292. Springer, Berlin,
Heidelberg
2. Athira K Brijmohan K Varun P. Gopi Riyas K K Garnet Wilson Swetha T. (2018) A
Review on the methods of Despeckling of Optical Coherence Tomography.
Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology for Society, Energy
and Environment: Proceedings of the International Conference in Emerging
Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology (ICETEST 2018), January 18-20,
2018, Thrissur, Kerala, India, CRC Press.
3. Varun P. Gopi, Brain tissue Segmentation to detect Schizophrenia in Gray Matter
Using MR Images, Handbook of Decision Support Systems for Neurological
Disorders, First Edition, pp. 21-32, 2021.
4. Strivathsa Ramamoorthy, Varun P. Gopi, Breast Ultrasound Image Processing,
Handbook of Research on Deep Learning-Based Image Analysis Under
Constrained and Unconstrained Environments, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 44-69.
5. Swatthi Vijay Sanker, Nivetha B, Ramya Sri Bilakani, Anju Thomas, Varun P Gopi
and Palanisamy P, Emotion Recognition based Music Therapy System using
Electroencephalography Signals, Edge-of-Things in Personalized Healthcare
Support Systems: Concepts, Practices, and Applications, Elsevier, in press.
6. Avinash A, Biju P, Prapu Premanath, Anju Thomas and Varun P Gopi, An improved
Method for Automated detection of Microaneurysm in Retinal Fundus Images, Edge-
of-Things in Personalized Healthcare Support Systems: Concepts, Practices, and
Applications, Elsevier, in press.
7. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P M and Varun P Gopi, FunNet: A deep learning
network for the detection of Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Edge-of-Things in
Personalized Healthcare Support Systems: Concepts, Practices, and
Applications, Elsevier, in press.

19. Membership of Learned Societies

Type of Membership (Ordinary Organization Membership No. with

Member/ Honorary Member / Life date
Member )
Professional Member IEEE 94396556
Member & Chartered Engineer IEI M-162140-2

20. Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University

Position Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution From To

Advisor Music Club, NITT 1 June 2018 Till date
Staff Advisor-PG Department of ECE 01-01-2019 Till Date
Time Table Department of ECE 01-01-2019 Till Date
Coordinator
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21. Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the University

Position Institution From To

Member-Academic Council Government Engineering College 2015 2016
Wayanad
Placement Officer Government Engineering College 2014 2018
Wayanad
IEEE Student Branch Government Engineering College 2014 2016
Counsellor Wayanad

22. Details of Academic Work

(i) Curriculum Development

Position Institution
Curriculum Committee Member for APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University
B-Tech Applied Electronics and (APJAKTU)
Instrumentation
Member of the PG Board of studies Kannur University, Kerala
B-Tech Question paper setting expert APJ Abdul Kalam Kerala Technological University
committee member (APJAKTU)
PG-Staff Advisor Government Engineering College Wayanad

(ii) Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels

Undergraduate Subjects Post Graduate Subjects

Solid State Devices Array Signal Processing
DSP for Medical Image Processing Multirate Signal Processing
Digital Image Processing Research Methodology
Signal & Systems Advanced DSP
Analog Integrated Circuits Linear Algebra for Signal Processing
Digital Signal Processing Wavelet Signal Processing

(iii)Projects guided at Postgraduate level

Sl. Project Title Student Name Year of

No. Completi
on
1 Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform Based Wireless Aswani Arayakandy 2014
Capsule Endoscopic Image Enhancement.
2 Bleeding Detection in Wireless Capsule Endoscopic Mekha Mathew 2014
Images.
3 Ulcer Detection In Wireless Capsule Endoscopic Images. Nimisha Elsa Koshy 2014
4 Automated Colon Cancer Detection Using Hybrid Model. Beema Akbar 2014
5 Restoration of Faded Mural Images by Image Processing Ajay Sagar G. S. 2015
Technique.
6 Modified Brain MRI Segmentation to Detect Atrophic Beejesh A. G. 2015
Disease.

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7 A Novel Method for Bleeding Detection in Wireless Dilna C. 2015

Capsule Endoscopic Images.
8 Identification of Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants by Image Manojkumar P. 2015
Processing of Leaf Samples.
9 Novel Method for Fog Removal using Image Processing. Nimisha Rajan 2015
10 Analog CMOS Implementation of FFT using cascode Reshma P. G. 2015
current mirror.
11 Generalization of Various Transforms Used for Digital Resmi Raveendran 2015
Signal Processing.
12 Compressed sensing image reconstruction based on Nija K. S. 2015
wavelet and shearlet transform.
13 Detection of Alzheimer Disease In Brain Magnetic Aswathy P. 2016
Resonance Images.
14 Bleeding Detection in Endoscopic Images. Mazeera Moidu 2016
15 Early Detection of Esophageal Cancer From Endoscopic Nidhisha K. M. 2016
Images Using Complex Wavelet Transform and Fractal
Dimension.
16 CT Image Denoising Using Edge Adaptive Total Silpa Sivan 2016
Variation And Augmented Lagrangian Method
17 Image Restoration Using Blind In-painting. Sreya Ramesh 2016
18 Early Detection of Schizophrenia Using MR Images. Liji C. V. 2016
19 Glaucoma Detection and Classification using Digital Kausu T. R. 2016
Fundus Images.
20 Hybrid Regularization Based Edge Preserving Image Anusha T. S. 2016
Reconstruction.
21 Design of Reconfigurable Transform for Signal Anupama C. P. 2016
Processing.
22 Development of an efficient algorithm for Medicinal Plant Surya C. M. 2016
Identification.
23 Carrier Frequency Offset Compensation in Uplink Fasna K. K. 2016
OFDMA.
24 Development of an Efficient Method for Deconvolution of Prapu P. 2017
Micro OCT Images
25 PCA Based Localization Approach for Segmentation of Anjali M. S. 2017
Optic Disc
26 Acceleration Vibration Signal Processing for Road Harikrishnan P. M. 2017
Surface Monitoring
27 Biometric Identification using Dorsal Hand Veins Nadiya K. 2017
28 Detection of Macular Edema and Central Serous Jemshi K. M. 2017
Retinopathy from OCT Images
29 Automatic Detection of Microaneurysm in Retinal Fundus Avinash A. 2017
Images
30 Speckle Noise Reduction Methods for Retinal OCT Nidhin N. K. 2018
Images
31 Automatic Detection of Lesion in Retinal Fundus Images Santhikumar K. 2018
32 Sparsity Based Approach for Accurate Heart Rate Anju Thomas 2018
Monitoring During Physical Exercises from PPG Signals
33 Prediction of Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Sudila T. V. 2018
Disease Using Structural MRI
34 Sparse signal processing based ECG denoising Hanima Kannan 2018

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35 Development of an efficient method for colour image Aiswarya Suresh 2018

restoration
36 Development of efficient algorithms to segment Maniyar Shubham 2020
retinal OCT images
37 Image Stitching Algorithm For Large Parallax V Bhargava Krishna 2021
38 Hardware Implementation of Edge Detection Kinshuk 2021
Algorithm for Low Power and High Speed

(iv) Other contribution(s)

Position Institution
PG-Staff Advisor Government Engineering College Wayanad
Department Time Table Co-ordinator Government Engineering College Wayanad
Lab in Charge-Bio signal Lab, PG Government Engineering College Wayanad
Research Lab, VLSI Lab

23. Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc.

(mentioning the role)

Date Title of Level of Event Role Event Organized Venue

(s) Activity by
01-03- 4th National LBS College of LBS College of
2017 conference on Engineering, Engineering,
Recent National Speaker Kasargod, Kasargod,
Advances in Kerala Kerala
Engineering
and
Technology
1-2 4th National LBS College of LBS College of
March conference on Engineering, Engineering,
2017 Recent National Chair Kasargod, Kasargod,
Advances in Kerala Kerala
Engineering
and
Technology
International Government Government
29-30 Conference on Engineering Engineering
Septem information International Chair College Barton College Barton
ber systems, Hill, Hill,
2016 Energy, Trivandrum, Trivandrum,
Environment Kerala Kerala
and Safety-
Emerging
Scenarios
19-20 5th National Government Government
August Conference on Engineering Engineering
2016 Emerging National Chair College Barton College Barton
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Technologies Hill, Hill,

Trivandrum, Trivandrum,
Kerala Kerala
09-11 International Government Government
Decem Conference on Engineering Engineering
ber Emerging International Chair College College
2015 Trends in Thrissur, Kerala, Thrissur,
Engineering, Kerala,
Science and
Technology
11-12 16th National College of College of
Septem Conference on Engineering Engineering
ber Technological National Chair Trivandrum, Trivandrum,
2015 Trends Thiruvananthap Thiruvananthap
uram, Kerala uram, Kerala

15th National College of College of

22-23 Conference on Engineering Engineering
August Technological National Chair Trivandrum, Trivandrum,
2015 Trends Thiruvananthap Thiruvananthap
uram, Kerala uram, Kerala
26-28 GECian Government Government
March National Engineering Engineering
2014 Conference on National Chair College Idukki College Idukki
Communicatio ,Kerala ,Kerala
n & Signal
Processing
28 STTP on
Novem Matlab and its National Participant NITTTR, NITTTR,
ber-2 Hardware Chandigarh Chandigarh
Decem Interface
ber
2016
30 Pedagogical
June-2 Training National Participant TLC, IIT IIT Madras
July Madras
2016
25-27 Medical
March Imaging:
2016 Techniques & National Participant IIT Delhi IIT Delhi
Image
Processing
Workshop
15-17 3rd National
Decem Knowledge
ber Network National Participant NKN IIT Guwahati
2014 (NKN)
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National
Workshop
10-15 Workshop on
Novem Fire Safety and
ber Rescue Government Government
2014 Operations in Local Participant Engineering Engineering
Industry and College College
Organizations Wayanad Wayanad
on
Emergency
13-18 Pedagogical
Octobe training in
r 2014 Engineering Government Government
Education Local Participant Engineering Engineering
College College
Wayanad Wayanad
31 Workshop on
March- Strategic
1 April Planning and Government Government
2014 Institutional Local Participant Engineering Engineering
Governance College College
Wayanad Wayanad
10-14 STTP on
March Hybrid National Participant Government Government
2014 Renewable Engineering Engineering
Energy sources College College
and Systems Wayanad Wayanad
15-17 Research
Januar Methodology Government Government
y 2014 and Intellectual Local Participant Engineering Engineering
Property College College
Rights Wayanad Wayanad

24. Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/

Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor)

Title of Activity Level of Date (s) Role Venue

Event
(International/
National/
Local)
Conference National 26-28 May Organizing Government
2016. Secretary Engineering
College
Wayanad
STTP on Electronics in National 22-27 Government
Medical Diagnosis September Coordinator Engineering
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2014 College
Wayanad
STTP on Hybrid Government
Renewable Energy National 10-14 Co-coordinator Engineering
sources and Systems March 2014 College
Wayanad
Government
FDP on Introduction to Local 30-03-15 to Coordinator Engineering
Verilog & VHDL 31-03-15 College
Programming Wayanad
Government
FDP on Latest Trends in Local 20-04-15 to Coordinator Engineering
Embedded System 25-04-15 College
Designing Wayanad
FDP on Estimation and Government
Detection Theory Local 13-10-2015 Coordinator Engineering
to College
14-10-2015 Wayanad
Government
FDP on Optical Signal Local 28-10-2015 Coordinator Engineering
Processing to College
30-10-2015 Wayanad
FDP Programme 26-02-2016 Government
workshop on ARM Local to Coordinator Engineering
processor and Arduino College
28-02-2016 Wayanad

FDP program for 4-03-2016 Government

Antenna designing using Local to Coordinator Engineering
HFSS College
6-03-2016 Wayanad

FDP on safety measures Government

and Precautions to be Local 28-03-2016 Coordinator Engineering
taken in Laboratory to College
31-03-2016 Wayanad

25. Invited Talks delivered

Topic Date Inviting Organization

Sparsity in Signal Processing 17-03-2014 Government Engineering College Calicut
MATLAB: Concept and 12-02-2015 Younus College of Engineering, Kollam
Programming Kerala
Research Methodology 26-01-2015 Government Engineering College Calicut,
Kerala
Sparsity in Signal Processing 18-08-2015 Government Engineering College Kannur,

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Kerala
Compressed Sensing 23-09-2015 College of Engineering Thalassery, Kerala
Data Mining With MATLAB 18-08-2016 Government Engineering College
Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad, Kerala
Application of Signal 24-11-2016 College of Engineering Kidangoor, Kerala
Processing
Medical Image Processing 03-02-2017 Government Engineering College
Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad
Image Processing in Medical 21-02-2017 Government Engineering College
Field Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad, Kerala
Sparse Signal Processing 01-03-2017 LBS College of Engineering, Kasargod,
Kerala
Mathematical Modelling in 21-09-2017 Mahendra College of Engineering, Salem,
Medical Diagnosis Tamilnadu
Introduction to Electronics 23-10-2018 Kalasalingam University Madurai
Circuits
Medical Image Processing 01-01-2019 Rajadhani College of Engg. Trivandrum
Recent Trends in Biomedical 24-06-2019 CSE Department, TKM College of
Image Processing Engineering
Deep Learning in Medical 22-08-2019 to SRM University Chennai
Image Processing and 23-08-2019
Analysis
Research Avenues in Signal 19-09-2019 Sree Chitra Thirunal College of
Processing Engineering, Trivandrum
Agriculture Intelligence 09-03-20 NSN Engineering College Karur
Exploring the Nuances of 15-07-20 Karunya University Coimbatore
Deep Learning for Research
Applications-A Deeper
Experience
Artificial Intelligence in 19-07-20 Kumaraguru College of Technology,
Healthcare Coimbatore
Machine learning Algorithms 04-08-20 Velalar College of engineering &
for medical image processing technology, Erode
Machine Learning & Deep 15-06-20 Sahrdaya College of engineering, Kerala
Learning
Introduction to Artificial 22-09-20 NIT Puducherry
Intelligence
Overview of Deep Learning 28-10-20 Sreenivasa Institute of Technology and
and its Applications in Management Studies
healthcare
Implementation of Medical 07-11-20 Saveetha Engineering College Chennai
image Processing Using
Advanced Green Computing
Technology
Internet of Medical Things 23-11-20 IIIT Trichy
Deep Learning For Medical 07-12-20 Velammal Institute of technology, Chennai

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Image Analysis

26. Academic Foreign Visits

Country Duration of Visit Programme

Canada 6 Months Graduate Student Exchange Programme
Malaysia 5 Days International Conference

27. Research Publications

International Journals

1. Deepudev Sahadevan, Palanisamy P., Varun P. Gopi, Manjunath K. Nelli,

Predictability improvement of Scheduled Flights Departure Time Variation using
Supervised Machine Learning, International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics,
and Aerospace, vol. 8, issue 2, pp. 9, 2021.
2. Deepudev Sahadevan, Palanisamy P., Varun P. Gopi, Adithya K. Krishna, G. Siva
Kumar, A Machine Learning based approach to Predict Random Variation in
Scheduled Flights Landing Time, International Journal of Sustainable Aviation,
Accepted.
3. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P. M., Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, A Novel
Multiscale and Multipath Convolutional Neural Network based Age-related Macular
Degeneration Detection using OCT images, Elsevier Computer Methods and
Programs in Biomedicine, Accepted.
4. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P. M., Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, An Automated
Method to Detect Age-Related Macular Degeneration from Optical Coherence
Tomographic Images, Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and
Communications, pp. 2150036, 2021.
5. Sabi S., Varun P Gopi, Anoop Raj J. R., Detection of Age-Related Macular
Degeneration from Oct Images Using Double Scale CNN Architecture, Biomedical
Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications, pp. 2150029, 2021.
6. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P. M., Adithya K. Krishna, Varun P. Gopi, P
Palanisamy, Automated detection of Age-related Macular Degeneration from OCT
images using multipath CNN, Journal of Computing Science and Engineering,
15(1), pp. 34-46, 2021.
7. Gayathri S., Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Diabetic Retinopathy Classification
Based on Multipath CNN and Machine Learning Classifiers, Journal of Physical &
Engineering Sciences in Medicine, pp. 1-15, 2021.
8. Dharanya V, Varun P Gopi, Alex Noel Joseph Raj, Facial Expression Recognition
through person-wise regeneration of expressions using Auxiliary Classifier
Generative Adversarial Network (AC-GAN) based model, Elsevier Journal of
Visual Communication and Image Representation, 77, pp. 103110, 2021.
9. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P. M., Adithya K. Krishna, Varun P. Gopi, P
Palanisamy, A Novel Multiscale Convolutional Neural Network based Age-related

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Macular Degeneration Detection using OCT images, Elsevier Journal of Biomedical

Signal processing & Control, Vol. 67, 102538, 2021.
10. Harikrishnan P. M., Anju Thomas, Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid,
Inception Single Shot Multi-Box Detector with Affinity Propagation Clustering and
their Application in Multi-Class Vehicle Counting, Springer Journal of Applied
Intelligence, pp. 1-16, 2021.
11. Harikrishnan P. M, Anju Thomas, Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, Fast Approach for
Moving Vehicle Localization and Bounding Box Estimation in Highway Traffic
Videos Springer Signal, Image and Video Processing, pp. 1-8, 2021.
12. Deepudev Sahadevan, Palanisamy P., Varun P. Gopi, Manjunath K. Nelli Mr, and
Asok kumar K, Prediction of Gate in Time of Scheduled Flights and Schedule
Conformance using Machine Learning-based Algorithms, International Journal of
Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 7(4), pp. 1-18, 2020.
13. Sunija A. P., Saikat Kar, Gayathri S, Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, OctNET: A
Lightweight CNN for Retinal Disease Classification from Optical Coherence
Tomography Images”, Elsevier Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine,
pp. 105877, 2020.
14. Anju Thomas, Sunija A. P., Srikkanth Ramachandran, Rajiv Ramachandran, Rigved
Manoj, Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, RPE layer detection and baseline estimation
using statistical methods and randomization for classification of AMD from retinal
OCT”, Elsevier Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, pp. 105822,
2020.
15. Gayathri S, Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, A Lightweight CNN for Diabetic
Retinopathy Classification from fundus Images”, Elsevier Journal of Biomedical
Signal processing & Control, 62, pp. 102-115, 2020.
16. Harikrishnan P. M., Anju Thomas, Nisha J. S., Varun P. Gopi, P Palanisamy, “Pixel
Matching Search Algorithm for Counting Moving Vehicle in Highway Traffic
Videos” Springer Journal of Multimedia Tools & Applications, pp. 1-20, 2020.
17. Manu Raju, Varun P. Gopi, Anitha V. S., “Multi-class Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s
disease using cascaded Three Dimensional-Convolutional Neural Network”,
Springer Journal of Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, pp. 1-10, 2020.
18. Gopinath Palanisamy, Natarajan B. Shankar, Palanisamy Ponnusamy, Varun P.
Gopi, “A hybrid feature preservation technique based on luminosity and edge-based
contrast enhancement in color fundus images,” Elsevier Journal of Biocybernetics
and Biomedical engineering, 2020.
19. Gayathri S., Adithya K, Krishna, Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Automated binary
and multiclass classification of Diabetic Retinopathy using Haralick and
Multiresolution Features, IEEE Access, 8, pp. 57497-57504, 2020.
20. Gayathri S., Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Automated classification of Diabetic
Retinopathy through Reliable Feature Selection, Journal of Physical & Engineering
Sciences in Medicine, 43(3), pp. 927-945, 2020.
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21. Nija K. S., Anupama C. P., Varun P. Gopi, Anitha V. S., Automated Segmentation
of Optic Disc using Statistical Region Merging and Morphological Operations,
Journal of Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 43(3), pp. 857-869, 2020
22. Deepudev S, Palanisamy P, Varun P Gopi and Manjunath K Nelli, Performance
improvement of air traffic flow management ground delay program using machine-
learning and mixed integer linear programming-based algorithm, International
Journal on Emerging Technologies, Volume 11, Year 2020, Pages 1071-1081.
23. Gopinath Palanisamy, Palanisamy Ponnusamy, Varun P. Gopi, “An improved
luminosity and contrast enhancement framework for feature preservation in colour
fundus images,” Springer Journal of Signal, Image and Video Processing, vol. 13,
pp 719–726, June 2019.
24. Soumya R, V. Sureh Babu, Varun P. Gopi, Magnitude Comparator Realization using
Threshold Logic, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering,
Volume-8 Issue-3, September 2019.
25. Anju Thomas, Varun P. Gopi., “Accurate Heart Rate Monitoring Method During
Physical Exercise from Photoplethysmography Signal,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol.
19, pp. 2298 – 2304, 2019.
26. Beejesh A. G., Varun P. Gopi, Jude Hemanth, Brain MR Kurtosis Imaging Study:
Contrasting Gray and White Matter, Elsevier Journal of Cognitive Systems
Research, Vo. 55, pp. 135-145, 2019
27. Jemshi K. M., Varun P. Gopi, Issac Niwas S., “Development of an Efficient
Algorithm for the Detection of Macular Edema from Optical Coherence Tomography
Images,” Springer Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, pp. 1-9,
2018.
28. Kausu T. R, Varun P. Gopi, Khan A. Wahid, Wangchuk Doma, S. Issac Niwas,
“Combination of Clinical and Multiresolution Features for Glaucoma detection and
its classification using Fundus Images,” Elsevier Journal of Biocybernetics and
Biomedical engineering, vol. 38, pp. 329-341, 2018.
29. Harikrishnan P M, Varun P Gopi, IOT based Road Pothole and Hump Identification
using Ultrasound Waves, Journal of Computer Engineering, PP 13-18, 2017.
30. Varun P. Gopi, Anjali M. S., Issac Niwas S., “PCA Based Localization Approach for
Segmentation of Optic Disc,” Springer Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology
and Surgery, 12(12), pp. 2195-2204, 2017.
31. Harikrishnan P. M., Varun P. Gopi., “Vehicle Vibration Signal Processing for Road
Surface Monitoring,” IEEE-Sensor Journal, vol.17, issue 16, pp. 5192-5197, 2017.
32. Reshma P.G., Varun P. Gopi, V. Suresh Babu, Khan A. Wahid., “Analog CMOS
implementation of FFT using Cascode current mirror”, Elsevier Microelectronics
Journal, vol. 60, pp. 30-37, February 2017.
33. Seyed Ali Melli, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn, David M.L. Cooper and Varun P.
Gopi., “A sparsity-based iterative algorithm for reconstruction of Micro-CT images

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from highly undersampled projection datasets obtained with a synchrotron X-ray

source”, Review of Scientific Instruments, 87,123701, 2016.
34. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn, David Cooper.,
“Iterative Computed Tomography Reconstruction from Sparse-View Data”, Journal
of Medical Imaging Health Informatics, vol. 6, pp.1−13, 2016.
35. Varun P. Gopi, V. Suresh Babu, Haseena P. S., M. R. Baiju., “A Floating Gate
MOSFET Based Novel Programmable Current Reference”, International Journal of
Electrical, Robotics, Electronics and Communications Engineering, vol. 8, no. 6,
2014.
36. Varun P. Gopi, Dilna C., V. Suresh Babu., “Image Resolution Enhancement Using
Undecimated Double Density Wavelet Transform”, Signal Processing: An
International Journal (SPIJ), vol. 8, issue. -4, 2014.
37. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn., “Multiple
regularization based MRI reconstruction”, Elsevier Signal Processing, vol. 103, pp.
103-113, 2014.
38. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn., “MR Image
Reconstruction Based on nonlocal total variation and Framelets using Split Bregman
method”, Springer Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 9,
issues -3, pp. 459-472, 2014.
39. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn, David Cooper., “Micro-
CT Image Reconstruction Based on Alternating Direction Augmented Lagrangian
method and Total Variation,”, Elsevier Journal of Computerized Medical Imaging
and Graphics, vol. 37, issue-7-8, pp. 419-429, 2013.
40. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn., “MR Image
Reconstruction Based on Iterative Split Bregman algorithm and nonlocal total
variation”, Journal of Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine,
vol. 2013, 2013.
41. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy., “Capsule Endoscopic Image Denoising Based on
Double density dual tree complex wavelet Transform”, International Journal of
Imaging and Robotics, vol. 9, Issue 1, 2012.

International Conferences

1. Srikrishna Sowrirajan, Aswin Gururaj Prakash, Naven S R, Varun P Gopi and

Deivalakshmi S, Person Detection, Tracking and Following in a Differential Drive
Mobile Robot, International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, in press.
2. Nija K S., Varun P Gopi, Anitha V S, A Neural Network Based Optic Disc
Segmentation, IEEE Sixth International Conference on Wireless
Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET), pp. 297-302,
2021.
3. Manu Raju., Varun P Gopi, Anitha V S, Multi-class Classification of Alzheimer's
Disease using 3DCNN Features and Multilayer Perceptron, IEEE Sixth
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International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and

Networking (WiSPNET), pp. 368-373, 2021.
4. Manu Raju, Sudila T. V, Varun P. Gopi, Anitha V. S., Classification of Mild
Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease from Magnetic Resonance Images
using Deep Learning, 5th IEEE International conference on recent trends in
electronics, information & communication technology, pp. 52-57, 2020.
5. Nadiya K., Varun P. Gopi, Dorsal Hand Vein Biometric Recognition Based on
Orientation of Local Binary Pattern, IEEE HYDCON 2020: International
Conference on engineering in 4th Industrial Revolution, pp. 1-6, 2020.
6. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P. M., Varun P. Gopi and Palanisamy P., Moving
Vehicle Candidate Recognition and Classification Using Inception-ResNet-v2,
COMPSAC 2020: International Computer Software and Applications
Conference, pp. 467-472, 2020.
7. Anju Thomas, Harikrishnan P. M., Nisha J. S., Varun P. Gopi and Palanisamy P.,
Pothole and Speed Bump Classification Using a 5-Layer Simple Convolutional
Neural Network, International Conference on Recent Trends in Machine
Learning, IOT, Smart Cities & Applications (ICMISC 2020), pp. 491-499, 2021.
8. Deepudev S, Palanisamy P, Varun P Gopi and Manjunath K Nelli, A Machine
Learning based approach for prediction of actual landing time of scheduled flights,
International Conference on Recent Trends in Machine Learning, IOT, Smart
Cities & Applications (ICMISC 2020), pp. 755-766, 2021.
9. Nija K. S., Anitha V. S., Varun P. Gopi, An Automated method of Optic Disc
Detection from Retinal Fundus Images, 2019 International Conference on
contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), pp. 111-116, 2019.
10. Gopinath Palanisamy, Palanisamy Ponnusamy, Varun P. Gopi, “An Adaptive
Enhancement method for Low Contrast Color Retinal Images based on Structural
Similarity”, IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems in Digital
Enterprise Technology (ICCSDET-2018), pp. 1-4, 2018.
11. Manojkumar P., Surya C. M., Varun P. Gopi, “Identification of Ayurvedic
Medicinal Plants by Image Processing of Leaf Samples”, 2017 Third IEEE
International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and
Communication Networks, pp. 1-7, 3-5 Nov. 2017.
12. Fasna K. K, Varun P. Gopi, “Low-Complexity CFO Compensation Technique for
Uplink OFDMA” International conference on signal processing, communication
Power and embedded systems (SCOPES-16), pp. 1-6, 3-5 Oct. 2016.
13. Reeha K.R., Shailaja K., Varun P. Gopi., “Undecimated Complex Wavelet
Transform based Bleeding Detection for Endoscopic Images,” International
Conference on Cognitive Computing and Information Processing 2016 (CCIP
16), pp. 1-6, 12-13 Aug. 2016.

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14. Dilna C., Varun P. Gopi., “A Novel Method for Bleeding Detection in Wireless
Capsule Endo- scopic Images,” 2015 International Conference on Computing and
Network Communications (CoCoNet), pp. 854-858, 16-19 Dec. 2015.
15. Beema Akbar, Varun P Gopi, V. Suresh Babu., “Colon cancer detection based on
structural and statistical pattern recognition”, IEEE International Conference on
Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS’15), pp. 1735 -1739, 26-27 Feb.
2015.
16. Nimisha Elsa Koshy, Varun P Gopi, “A new method for ulcer detection in
endoscopic images”, IEEE International Conference on Electronics and
Communication Systems (ICECS’15), pp. 1725-1729, 26-27 Feb. 2015.
17. Mekha Mathew, Varun P Gopi., “Transform based bleeding detection technique for
endo- scopic images”, IEEE International Conference on Electronics and
Communication Systems (ICECS’15), pp. 1730 - 1734, 26-27 Feb. 2015.
18. Aswani Arayakkandi, Varun P. Gopi., “Dual Tree Complex Wavelet Transform
Based Wireless Capsule Endoscopic Image Enhancement”, IEEE International
Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I-2014), SJCE
Mysore, Karnataka India.
19. Suraj Kumar Singh, Varun P. Gopi., “Image Security using DES and RNS with
Reversible Watermarking”, IEEE International Conference on Electronics and
Communication Systems (ICECS-2014), pp. 1-5, 2014.
20. Salini Thankachan, V. Suresh Babu, M. R. Baiju and Varun P. Gopi., “A Novel
Programmable Current Reference with FGMOSFETs”, Proceedings of the 2014
International Conference on Circuits, Systems and Control (CSPC’14), pp.
96−99, 2014.
21. Varun P. Gopi, Pavithran M., Nishanth T., Balaji S., Rajavelu V., P. Palanisamy., “A
novel Wavelet based denoising algorithm using level dependent thresholding”, IEEE
International Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems
(ICECS’14), pp. 1−6, 2014.
22. Varun P. Gopi, Fayiz T. K., P. Palanisamy., “Regularization Based CT Image
Recon- struction Using Algebraic Techniques”, IEEE International Conference on
Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS’14), pp. 1−3, 2014.
23. Varun P. Gopi, Pavithran M., Nishanth T., Balaji S., Rajavelu V., P. Palanisamy.,
“Undecimated Double Density Dual Tree Wavelet Transform Based Image Denoising
Using Subband Adaptive Thresholding”, IEEE International Conference on Issues
and Challenges in Intelligent Computing Techniques (ICICT’14), pp. 743−748,
2014.
24. Varun P. Gopi, Pavithran M., Nishanth T., Balaji S., Rajavelu V., P. Palanisamy.,
“Image denoising based on undecimated Double Density Dual Tree Wavelet
Transform and Modified Firm Shrinkage”, 2nd IEEE International Conference on
Advanced Computing, Networking and Security (ADCONS’13), pp. 68−73, 2014.

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25. Varun P. Gopi, Zangen Zhu, P. Palanisamy, Khan A. Wahid, Paul Babyn., “Iterative
method for CT image reconstruction from reduced number of projection views”, 26th
Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering
(CCECE’13), pp. 1−4, August 2013.
26. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy., “CT Image Reconstruction Based on Combination of
Iterative Reconstruction Technique and Total Variation”, IEEE International
Conference of Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern Recognition
(ICSIPR’13), pp. 49−52, April 2013.
27. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy, Issac Niwas S., “Capsule Endoscopic Colour Image
Denoising Using Complex Wavelet Transform”, Springer International Conference
on Information processing (ICIP), pp. 220−229, Aug. 2012.
28. Varun P. Gopi, P. Palanisamy., “Endoscopic image compression based on Double
Density Discrete Wavelet Transform and SPIHT coding”, IEEE International
Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering (ICCSCE), pp.
466−471, Nov. 2011.
29. Varun P. Gopi, V. Suresh Babu, M. R Baiju., “Scaling issues in IDDG FinFET at
Small Gate Length”, Proc. of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Information
Sciences and Interaction Sciences, Chengdu, China, pp. 683−687, June 2010.

National Conferences

1. Amrutha Ravi, Sreejith S., Varun P. Gopi., “MR Image Enhancement using Dual
Tree Complex Wavelet Transform”, National Conference on Systems Energy and
Environment (NCSEE), September 2015.
2. Varun P. Gopi, Fayiz T. K., “Total Variation Based CT Image Reconstruction using
Iterative Techniques”, Proc. of 4th National Technological Congress, Feb. 2014.
3. Suraj Kumar Singh, Varun P. Gopi., “Security of an Image using Reversible
Watermarking with RNS”, Proc. of 4th National Technological congress, Feb. 2014.
4. Varun P. Gopi, V. Suresh Babu, M. R Baiju., “Independently Driven Double gate
FinFET Scalable to 10 nm”, Proc. of 10th National Conference on Technological
Trends, pp. 319−324, Nov. 2009.

Reviewer in following Journals

1. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

2. IEEE Signal Processing Letters
3. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
4. IET Image Processing
5. Elsevier Biocybernetics & Biomedical engineering
6. Journal of Intelligent Systems
7. Journal of Inverse and Ill-Posed Problems
8. The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology

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9. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

10. IEEE Sensor Journal
11. IET Signal Processing
12. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
13. Elsevier Signal processing
14. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
15. Elsevier Microelectronics Journal
16. Inverse Problems in Science & Engineering
17. IETE Journal of Research
18. BioMedical Engineering OnLine
19. Springer Journal of Signal, Image and Video Processing
20. Elsevier Journal of Computers and Electrical Engineering
21. Elsevier Electrical & Computer Engineering
22. Elsevier Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation

LINKS

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