CURRICULUM VITAE

Ravi Kumar Assistant Professor

Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering

Thapar University, Patiala, 147004, Punjab, India

E-mail: ,

Ph:+91-175-2393021, Mobile: +91-8437166952,

Fax: +91-01751-2364498,2393005

Areas of Interest

Bio-inspired Techniques and Intelligent Systems: Algorithms, applications and implementation of ArtificialNeural Networks (ANN), Fuzzy Logic, Data mining, Optimization, Pattern recognition, Design and development ofElectronic Nose (ENOSE) based on sensor arrays, Biologically inspired techniques for sensor array signal processing and data analysis.

Semiconductor Devices and Microsensors: Design, fabrication and characterization of thick film tin oxide based integrated sensor arrays for chemical sensing applications.

Microelectronics: Digital and Analog VLSI design, Low power VLSI design, Design and Fabrication of Hybrid ICs.

Signal Processing: Wavelet analysis, VLSI Signal Processing, Image processing.

Education

Ph.D. (Aug. 2007-Jan 2011) Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology BanarasHinduUniversity, Varanasi, India

Course Work-19 Credits (CGPA-8.11)

ThesisTitle: Application of Soft Computational Techniques

for Identification/Quantification of Gases/OdorsUsing

Responses of Tin Oxide Based Sensor Arrays

Supervisor: Prof. V.N. Mishra, Co-Supervisors: Dr. R. Dwivedi, Prof. R.R. Das

B.E. (2007) Electronics Engineering,Institute of Engineering,

Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India (CGPA-8.0)

Employment History

May 2011-Present Assistant Professor at Dept. of Electronics & Comm. Eng.,

Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India

June, 09-January 2011 UGC Senior Research Fellow,Centre for Research in

Microelectronics(CRME), Indian Institute of Technology, BanarasHinduUniversity, Varanasi, India

Aug, 07-June, 09 UGC Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Research in

Microelectronics(CRME), Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras HinduUniversity, Varanasi, India

Technical Expertise

Circuit Design and Simulation Tools/Languages: ORCAD P-Spice, Cadence, Xilinx, VHDL, Verilog HDL

Programming Languages and Platforms:MATLAB/SIMULINK,Turbo C, Turbo C++,

Neural Ware, Solar Pro

Semiconductor and IC Technology: Thick Film Screen Printing, Vacuum Deposition, Plasma Cleaning, Oxidation Furnace, Diffusion Furnace, Mask Aligner, Photoresist Spinner.

High Resolution Imaging Techniques: XRD, SEM

Device Characterization: Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer

Publications

Journals: 09, Conferences:05

Journals

1. Ravi Kumar,Game Theoretic Pattern Analysis for Identification of Odors/Gases Using

Response of a Poorly Selective Sensor Array, IEEE Sensors Journal (In Press)

2. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, Simultaneous Identification and

Quantification of Odors/Gases Using a Fuzzy Entropy Based Neuro-Wavelet Identifier-

Cum-Quantifier and Dynamic Response of Oxygen-Plasma Treated Thick Film Tin Oxide

Sensor Array, IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, issue 7, pp. 1548-1555

3. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, Wavelet Coefficient Trained Neural

Network Classifier for Improvement in Qualitative Classification Performance of Oxygen-

Plasma Treated Thick Film Tin Oxide Sensor Array Exposed to Different Odors/gases,

IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, issue 4, pp. 1013-1018

4. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, A Neuro Fuzzy Classifier cum

Quantifier for qualitative and quantitative analysis of Individual Odor Using Responses of

Thick-Film Tin-Oxide Sensors, IEEE Sensors Journal,Vol.10, Issue 9, September 2010,

pp.1461-1468

5. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, A Radial Basis Function Neural

Network Classifier for the Discrimination of Individual Odor Using Responses of Thick-

Film Tin-Oxide Sensors, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol.9, Issue 10, October 2009, pp.

1254-1261

6. R. Prasad, R. Kumar, D. Singh, A Radial Basis Function Approach to Retrieve Soil

Moisture and Crop Variables from X-Band Scatterometer Observations, Progress in

Electromagnetic Research B, Vol. 12, 2009, pp. 201-217

7. Somesh Kumar, Ravi Kumar, A 1.8V and 2GHz Inductively Degenerated CMOS Low

Noise Amplifier, International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer

Technology (IJECCT), Vol. 2, Issue 4, July 2012, pp. 150-154

8. Akash Agrawal, Ravi Kumar*,Amit Kumar Kohli, R. Dwivedi, Performance Comparison

of PCA and ICA Pre-processors inIdentification of Individual Gases Using Response of a

PoorlySelective Solid-state Sensor Array, Sensors & Transducers Journal, Vol. 145,

Issue 10, October 2012, pp. 191-202

9. Rajveer Singh, Divneet Singh Kapoor, Ravi Kumar, Amit Kumar Kohli, Characterization

of Shape Curving Effects on Multi-Band Fractal Antenna Design, International Journal

of Computational Engineering & Management (IJCEM), Vol. 15 Issue 6, November

2012, pp. 44-48

Conferences

  1. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V. N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, A Fuzzy Entropy Based Neural Network Classifier for Odor Identification of Alcohols and Alcoholic Beverages Using Thick Film Tin Oxide Sensor Array, In Proceedings, 9th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors (IEEE Sensors 2010), Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 1-4 November 2010
  1. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, A Fuzzy-Entropy Based Approach for Improving the Performance of an Electronic-Nose, In Proceedings, National Conference on High Performance Computing and Applications (HPCA)-2010, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 8-11 February 2010

3. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, A Probabilistic Neural Network

model for the Electronic Sniffing of Wines, In Proceedings, National Conference on

High Performance Computing and Applications (HPCA)-2009, Banaras Hindu

University, Varanasi, India, 9-12 February 2009

4. Ravi Kumar, R.R. Das, V.N. Mishra, R. Dwivedi, A Fuzzy Logic Based Neural

Network Classifier for Qualitative Classification of Odors/Gases, In Proceedings,

International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electronic and Photonic Devices and

Systems -2009, Dept. of Electronics Eng., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India,

22-24 December 2009, pp. 188-191

5. Ravi Kumar, An Intelligent E-Nose System For Discrimination of Alcoholic Odorants

In Proceedings ‘I-Society 2012’ at GKU, Talwandi Saboo Bathinda ,Punjab, India,

July 20, 2012

Book Chapter:

  • Book Title: “Sensor Array”; Chapter Title: “Neuro-Fuzzy Classifiers/Quantifiers for E-nose Applications”

Publisher: “In Tech Open Access Publishers, Croatia; ISBN 979-953-307-351-3

Review Assignments

  • Reviewer for IEEE Sensors Journal(2010), Manuscript Type (Sensors Letters)
  • Reviewer for JETR (Manuscript no. 10-053) 2011

Thesis Supervision

Sr. No. / Name of Student / Title of Thesis / Degree / Date of Completion
1. / Somesh Kumar / CMOS Low Noise RF Amplifier Design and Parameter Estimation Using ANN / M.Tech (VLSI Design and CAD) / 25/06/2012
2. / Nitin Gupta / Design and Analysis of Low Power SRAM / M.Tech (VLSI Design and CAD) / 25/06/2012
3. / Mohit Joshi / Implementation of an Integrated Artificial Neural Network Trained With Back Propagation Algorithm / M.Tech (VLSI Design and CAD) / 25/06/2012

Courses Taught:(i) Information Theory and Coding (B.E. 5th Semester, July-Dec 2011)

(ii) HDL Based Digital Design (B.E. 8th Semester, January-June 2012)

(iii)Circuit Theory (B.E. 4th Semester, January-June 2012)

(iv) Information and Coding Theory (M.E. 1st Semester, July-Dec 2012)

(v) Random Variables & Stochastic Processes (M.E. 1st Semester, July- Dec 2012)

(vi) Soft Computing (M.E. 2nd Semester, January-June 2013)

(vii) VLSI Digital Signal Processing (M.E. 2nd Semester, January- June 2013)

Other Activities

  • Authoring a book on soft computing
  • Member IEEE, Membership no. 92142798
  • MemberIEEE Communication Society.

References

1. Prof. R. R. Das, Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India, Tel: +91-542-2310410,

Fax: +91-542-2366758, E-mail: . ,

2. Dr. Arvind K. Srivastava, Principal Scientist, Nano Sonix Inc., 8025, Lamon Ave., Suite

010, Skokie, IL, 60077, USA, Tel: +847-556-2268, E-mail:

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3. Prof. K.K. Shukla, Ex-Head, Department of Computer Engineering, Indian Institute of

Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India, Tel:+91-542-230-7056,

Fax:+91-542-2366758, E-mail:

4. Prof. V.N. Mishra, Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India, Tel: +91-

542-2314277, Fax: +91-542-2366758, E-mail:

5. Dr. R. Dwivedi, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics Engineering, Indian

Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India, Tel: +91-

542-2575979, Fax: +91-542-2366758, E-mail: