Name:       Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya
Contact:   Off: 2449828
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                   Email: mb@iiitm.ac.in
Areas of Interest: Pattern Recognisation,
                               Computer Vision & Graphics,
                                Soft Computing, Artificial Neural Net,
                              Artificial Intelligence


Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya

Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor in ICT Department of the institute. She had her B.Tech and M.Tech degree from the institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University. She worked as a research scientist at Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta from 1995 till 2000 Calcutta and got her Ph.D degree on medical image processing in 2001.

Her area of specialization is based on Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Soft Computing. She works in the area of Multimodal Medical Image Analysis, Medical Image Fusion, Image Registration, Mammographic Image Analysis, Classification of Tumor / Cancer Lesion in CNS, Study of Bone Degeneracy.

She was an Assistant Professor of Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad and Reader in School of IT of W.B. University of Technology. She was recipient of Frank George award for her paper entitled - Cybernetic Approach To Medical Technology : Application To Cancer Screening And Other Diagnostics' WOSC – The World Organization Of Systems & Cybernetics, UK. She has published more than 45 papers in International journals and conference proceedings and two book chapters. She is a selected member of Irish Pattern Recognition and Classification Society, 2006, UK and member of International Association of Pattern recognition (IAPR) and coordinating member of National Brain Research Centre (NBRC). Recently she was an invited Speaker in the third Intl. Conference of Applied Mathematics. Aug. 2006. Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She has delivered lecture at IEEE MIC –NSS-07 at Hawaii, USA. She is Editorial Board Member for International J of Soft Computing and Bioinformatics, 2008. She is reviewer of IEEE transactions under EMBC. She has executed Govt. funded project from DST and DIT .


Awards and Professional Recognition

National Scholarship (1979 -1984) on the basis of Secondary Exam. Results Chameli Basu Award for highest proficiency in Physics (Hons) Part I exam from the Bethune College Committee , Calcutta University, 1983
National Scholarship (1985) on the basis of B.Sc Physics Honours Results Frank George Awards UK (2000) for the paper ‘Cybernetic Approach To Medical Technology : Application To Cancer Screening And Other Diagnostics’ WOSC – The World Organisation Of Systems & Cybernetics) UK, the millennium volume of ‘Kybernetes’, the International Journal of Systems & Cybernetics, August 2000.
Selected Member of Irish Pattern Recognition and Classification Society, 2006, UK (Member body of International Association of Pattern Recognition and affiliated to International Federation of Classification Societies IFCS)
Reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society
Invited to deliver lecture in the seminar on ‘Computers in Medical Technology’ Birla industrial Museum and Science Association of Bengal , 1998
Topic of the lecture : Cancer Screening Using Image Analysis
Invited Lecture on ‘Bioinformatics and its prospects in India’ organized by Institution of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineers (IETE,) 12-13March 2004.
Topic of the lecture : Development of Intelligent System for Diagnosis of Diseases Using Different Modality Imaging : A Challenge in Medical Technology.
Invitation from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati (Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India) for the workshop on ‘Recent Trends and New Directions of Research in Cybernetics and Systems Theory’ to deliver two lectures, January 2004
Topic of the lecture : Knowledge Based Approach to Medical Image Processing
Invited Speaker in the third Intl. Conference of Applied Mathematics 12th Aug. -18th Aug. 2006. Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Invitation received to deliver an invited lecture in the 4th Intl. conference of Applied Mathematics 2007, Bulgaria
Deliver lecture in the IEEE MIC-NSS conf. (29th Oct-3rd Nov. 2007) Hawii, Honolulu, 2007
Session Chair in the Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Pune 17th -19th Dec. 2007 Name of the session: Classification and Pattern Recognition
Editorial Board Member for International J of Soft Computing and Bioinformatics, 2008

Sponsored Project

1. Principal Investigator : Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya
Name of the project : Development of PC Based Software for Conventional X-ray Image Enhancement Using Image Processing Techniques
Sponsor : Dept. of Science and Technology ( Ministry of Science and Technology , Govt. of India)

2. Principal Investigator: Dr. Mahua Bhattacharya
Digital Watermarking of Videos
Sponsor : Dept. of IT( Ministry of Information Technology , Govt. of India)

Some Important Publication

1. M. Bhattacharya, D. Dutta Majumder “Knowledge Based Approach to Medical Image Processing” in ‘Pattern Directed Information Analysis(Algorithms, Architecture & Applications , publisher : New Age Wiely, 2008. (in press)

2. D. Dutta Majumder & Mahua Bhattacharya, “Study on Mathematical Tools and Techniques for Medical Image analysis: A Bio Cybernetics Approach’ - Mathematical Models for Bioengineering and Probabilistic Systems”, pp : 54 – 101, Narosa Publishing House,2005

3. D.Dutta Majumder & Mahua Bhattacharya, “Cybernetic Approach To Medical Technology : Application To Cancer Screening And Other Diagnostics”, Millennium Volume of Kybernetes , International Journal of Systems & Cybernetes, MCB publications UK, Vol. 29 , number 7/8 , pp : 871-895, 2000 (Frank George Research award Winning Paper ).

4. D.Dutta Majumder & M. Bhattacharya, “A New Shape Based Technique For Classification and Registration : Application To Multimodal Medical Images”’, Int. Journal of Image Processing and Communication, No. 3-4, Vol.4. pp:45-70, 1999.

5. M. Bhattacharya & D.Dutta Majumder , “Registration of Multimodal Images of Alzheimer's Patient: A Shape Theoretic Approach” Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol –21, issue 6 –7 , pp: 531- 548, 2000.

6. D.Dutta Majumder & M. Bhattacharya, “A Shape Based Study of the Bone Erosion Process In Osteoporosis Using Radiological Images”, Int. Journal Image Processing and Communications , Vol 5, number 2, pp: 39-55, 1999.

7. D Dutta Majumder and M Bhattacharya, “A Multimodal Medical Image Processing System for Therapeutic Planning”, Society of Management Science and Applied Cybernetics, Jan.12-13, 1998. (SCIMA), SCIMA Vol 25, (Silver Jubilee Special Issue), pp:45-72.. 1998.

8. D.Dutta Majumder & M. Bhattacharya “Registration and Fusion of CT, T1 and T2 Weighted MR Images of Brain of Alzheimer's Patient”, Journal of Computer Science and Informatics, Computer Society of India, CSI, No. 3-4, Vol 4, pp: 12-22,1997.

9. M.Bhattacharya & D.Dutta Majumder, “Fusion of Multimodal medical Images Using Dempster Shafer Evidential Reasoning”, Fuzzy Set theory and Its Mathematical Aspects & Applications’, pp: 81 -86 , Allied Publishers, 2002.

10. M.Bhattacharya, “Development of Mathematical Model for Radiographic Image Analysis” International Journal of Computational and Numerical Analysis and Applications, Academic Publication (published) 2007.

11. A.Das & M. Bhattacharya, “FPGA based Embedded System For Medical Image Enhancement Technique Used in Mask Mode Radiography”, International Journal of Computers, Information Technology and Engineering, Vol 1, No.2 pp: 61 -69, December 2007.

12. D.Dutta Majumder & Mahua Bhattacharya “Cybernetic Approach To Medical Technology For Diagnosis and Therapy Planning”, Eleventh International Congress of Cybernetics and Systems organised by World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics, (WOSC) August, Brunel University, Uxbridge Middlesex, West London, UK 1999. pp : 103-109, Editor : Prof. R. Vallee, 1999.

13. D Dutta Majumder and M Bhattacharya, “Uncertainty Management in Multimodal Image Fusion System for Diagnosis and Therapy Planning”, International Conference. on Recent Advances in Statistics and Probability, (Indian Statistical Institute & Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability, Calcutta, Dec.29 - Jan 1,1997.

14. D.Dutta Majumder & M. Bhattacharya, “Soft Computing Methods for Uncertainty Management in Multimodal Image Registration and Fusion Problems”, Intl. Conf. of Information Sciences JCIS -98. October, in Proceedings, North Carolina, Duke University, USA, 1998.

15. D.Dutta Majumder and M Bhattacharya, “Multimodal Data Fusion for Alzheimer's Patients Using Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence'', 3rd Asian Fuzzy Systems Symposium 1998, Korea, Proceedings pp: 713-719, 1998.

16. M.Bhattacharya & D. Dutta Majumder “Multi Resolution Medical Image Registration using Mutual Information and Shape Theory”, Fourth International Conf. on advances in Pattern Recognition and Digital Techniques ICAPRDT ’99, Proceedings, pp:175-178, Dec 28-31, Narosa publishing , Delhi –London 1999.

17. Mahua Bhattacharya, “Development of Medical Expert System for Human Brain Understanding : Case Studies for Malignancy in CNS and Degeneracy for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Neuro Imaging” , 2003 International Symposium on ‘Building the Brain’ Dec. 15-18, 2003, National Brain Research Centre, New Delhi.

18. Mahua Bhattacharya, “Human Brain Understanding using Knowledge Based Approach : Degeneracy, Malignancy and Neuro Plasticity” accepted in proceedings in the International Conference on Computers and Devices for Communications, IEE, CODEC -04, ,January 1-3, 2004.

19. Mahua Bhattacharya, “A Study on Estimation of Degeneracy in Both Hard and Soft Tissue Region Using Medical Imaging”, in Proceedings XXVIIIth General Assembly of International Union of Radio Science (URSI, Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale UK– USA- FRANCE ): Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, India 23-29 October, 2005.

20. Mahua Bhattacharya, “New Mathematical Approaches to Study Abnormality in Both Hard and Soft Tissue Regions for Therapeutic Planning” (Invited Talk) Proceedings ‘Third International Conference of Applied Mathematics, Vol.3, pp: 293- 294, Plovdiv , Bulgaria, 12th August - 18th August , 2006.

21. Mahua Bhattacharya & A. Das, “Object Recognition Using Artificial Neural Network: Case Studies for Noisy and Noiseless Images” in proceedings, International conference on Machine Vision and Image Processing( IMVIP-06), Proceedings , pp:52 -59, 30th August-1st September, Ireland, Dublin University, UK , 2006.

22. Mahua Bhattacharya, “A Computer-Assisted Diagnostic Procedure For Digital Mammograms Using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Soft Computing” accepted IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, San Diego, California USA , 29th Oct -4th Nov , 2006.

23. M. Bhattacharya & A. Das, “FPGA Based Embedded System for Medical Image Enhancement Technique Used in Mask Mode Radiography” accepted in proceedings IEEE- LEOS( Laser & Electro optics) CODEC 2006; (Intl. Conf on Computers and Devices for Communications) December, pp: 735-738, 2006.

24. M. Bhattacharya and A. Das, “Fuzzy logic Based Segmentation of Microcalcification in Breast Using Digital Mammograms Considering Multiresolution” International Machine Vision and Image Processing Conference, NUI Maynooth, Co, Kildarem Ireland, UK, proceedings, pp: 98-105, IEEE Computer Society, 5 -7 Sept, 2007.

25. M. Bhattacharya, “Development for An Improved Pattern Recognition Scheme Using Genetic Algorithm Based Feature Selection: A Study on Soft Computing Approaches” 4th International Conference of Applied Mathematics & Computing , Plovdiv, Bulgaria, 12th – 18th Aug. proceedings FICAM, pp: 49 -50, 2007.

26. M. Bhattacharya & A.Das , “Discrimination for Malignant and Benign Masses in Breast Using Mammogram: A Study on Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Approaches” Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI), Pune 17 -19, proceedings, pp: 1007-1026, Decmber, 2007.

27. M. Bhattacharya & A.Das, “Multi Resolution Medical Image Registration Using Maximization of Mutual Information & Optimization by Genetic Algorithm” accepted IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference, Oct.28 –Nov.3, proceedings, Vol.4, pp: 2961 -2964 , Honolulu, Hawii, USA, 2007.

28 . M. Bhattacharya & A.Das, “Affine Registration by Intensity and Fuzzy Gradient Based Correlation Maximization” in proceedings IEEE 7th International conference on BioInformatics & BioEngineering, Oct 14 - 17, Harvard Medical College, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007

29. Soumya Kanti Bhattacharya & Mahua Bhattacharya, “ Classification and Detection of Skin-Cancer Using Self-Organizing Map” accepted for oral presentation and in proceedings : International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition (AIPR-08), 7th - 10th July, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2008.

30. M. Bhattacharya & A. Das, “Segmentation of Calcification in Breast Using Digital Mammogram: A Study on Fuzzy Logic and Region Growing Based Approaches” (communicated) 2008

31. A. Das & M. Bhattacharya, “Fuzzy Based Soft Computing Approaches for Mass Identification in Breast Using Digital Mammogram” (communicated ), 2008

32. M. Bhattacharya & A.Das , “ Brain Image Registration Using Mutual Information and Optimization by GA” (communicated), 2008.

33. A.Das & M.Bhattacharya, “Classification of Plant Diseases Based on Neuro-Fuzzy Approaches Using Textural & Color Based Features” (communicated), 2008.