Email : alim.sheikh16@gmail.com

Address : Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Aliah University, New Town Campus, IIA/27 New Town, Kolkata-700156, India (Right Block, 4th Floor)

Phone : (033) 23416570

Room No : 4th Floor, Right Wings

Joined : 5th October, 2009

Prof. Sheikh is Assistant Professor in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Aliah University. He received his B. Tech from University of Kalyani and M. Tech from Jadavpur University of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering in 2004 and 2008 respectively, and pursuing his doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India.

Prof Sheikh's current research interests are in the areas of Image Processing and Computer Vision,  Image processing of remote sensing images, with focusing on Man-made objects object extraction and change detection from aerial/satellite images and laser scanning (LiDAR) data. Robotics and Real-time application modeling with TI DSP’s is another area he is working on.

Education

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Aliah University, Govt. of West Bengal, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91, India (from 5^th October, 2009 to till date)
• Lecturer, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering (Now Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science), India
• Project Assistant at Jadavpur University on the research project entitled “Nano Device Modeling Based on Soft Computing Tools” under the UGC scheme ‘University with potential of Excellence’ from 16^th November, 2004 to 31^st August, 2005.

Field of Specialization

Robotics & Automation; Digital Signal and Image Processing

Courses Taught/Teaching

B. Tech

Digital Signal Processing, Digital Image Processing, Soft Computing, Microprocessors & Microcontroller, Digital Electronics, Basic Electronics, Analog Electronics, Communication Systems, Electronic System Design.

M. Tech

Advanced Digital Signal processing

Adaptive Signal Processing

Research Area

Prof Sheikh's current research interests are in the areas of Digital Signal processing; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Image processing of remote sensing images, with focusing on Man-made objects object extraction and change detection from aerial/satellite images and laser scanning (LiDAR) data. Robotics and Real-time application modeling with TI DSP’s is another area he is working on.

Experience

• Assistant Professor, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Aliah University, Govt. of West Bengal, Salt Lake, Kolkata-91, India (from 5^th October, 2009 to till date)
• Lecturer, Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology and Marine Engineering (Now Neotia Institute of Technology Management and Science), India
• Project Assistant at Jadavpur University on the research project entitled “Nano Device Modeling Based on Soft Computing Tools” under the UGC scheme ‘University with potential of Excellence’ from 16^th November, 2004 to 31^st August, 2005.

Conference Papers Published

1. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, Alok Kole, Tanmoy Maity “Traffic Sign Detection and Classification using Colour Feature and Neural Network,” in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Control, Power and Instrumentation (ICICPI 2016), DOI: 10.1109/ICICPI.2016.7859723, ISBN: 978-1-5090-2638-8, 21-23 Oct, 2016, RCCIIT, Kolkata India.
2. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, S. Mukhopadhyay, “Noise Tolerant Classification of Aerial Images into Manmade Structures and Natural-Scene Images based on Statistical Dispersion Measures”, INDICON, 2012 Annual IEEE Conference, DOI 10.1109/INDCON.2012.6420699,  ISBN: 978-1-4673-2270-6, 07-09 December, 2012, Kochi, Kerala, India
3. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, S. Mukhopadhyay “A Noise-Tolerant Framework for Aerial Images Classification Based on Gabor Energy Feature”, 5^th International conference on Computers and Devices for Communication (CODEC), 2012 , DOI: 10.1109/CODEC.2012.6509347 , ISBN: 978-1-4673-2619-3, pp. 1-4, Kolkata, India
4. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, "A Novel Self-Assessed Approach for Classification of Manmade Objects and Natural Scene Images from Aerial Images", Proceedings of India Conference (INDICON), 2011 Annual IEEE, DOI: 10.1109/INDCON.2011.6139328 , ISBN: 978-1-4577-1110-7 pp. 1-7, 16-17 December, 2011 at Hyderabad, India.
5. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, Md. Sk Obaidullah and K. Roy: “Techniques for Script and Language Identification from Indian Multi-Script Multilingual Printed/Handwritten Document Images: A Survey”, Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Systems & Data Processing (ICISD 2011) 24 - 25 January, ISBN: 978-1-6123-3002-0, Gujarat, India, pp. 238-243.
6. Sk Md Obaidullah, Abdul Alim Sheikh, "Busy Zone Detection from Handwritten Offline Documents", in International Conference on Advanced Computing & Communication Technologies, (ACCT-11), ISBN: 978-981-08-7932-7 on January 20-22, 2011 at Rohtak, Haryana.
7. P. C. Pradhan, A. Ghosh, Md. A.A.Sheikh, S. K. Sarkar, Samir K.Sarkar: “Influence of Wave Function Modulation on the High Frequency Response of Two Dimensional Hot Electrons in Quantum Wells of Polar Semiconductor”., National Conference on Physics of Electronic material and devices, PEMD-2005,  pp. 11-12, P.G. Dept. of phys., Sambalpur University, Feb 10-12, 2005.
8. A. K. Biswas, A. A. Sheikh, Samir. K. Sarkar, M.K. Naskar, S.K. Sarkar and S.Sinha Chowdhury: “Nano and Giga challenges in microelectronics for high density integrated circuits”, National Conference on Nano-Science and Technology, Dept. of ETCE, Jadavpur University, Jan 21, 2005.
9. A. A. Sheikh, A. K. Biswas, S. K. Sarkar and P. C. Pradhan: “Single Electron Device based logic verification and equivalence checking of a combinational circuit”, National Conference, MITDISC-2005, MIT, Karnataka.

Journal Papers Published

1. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, Alok Kole, Tanmoy Maity “Smooth Mobile Robot Path Planning in Static Environments using Genetic Algorithm and Radial Basis Function Neural Network” communicated in International Journal of Modelling and Simulation (SCOPUS Indexed).
2. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, Alok Kole, Tanmoy Maity “A Novel Framework for Building Change Detection using Remote Sensing Imagery” communicated in International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining. (SCOPUS Indexed).
3. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, Alok Kole, Tanmoy Maity “A Multi-level Approach for Change Detection of Buildings using Satellite Imagery” communicated in International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (SCI Indexed).
4. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, S. Mukhopadhyay  “Multistage Sub-Image Filtering Technique with Improved De-noising Feature for Road Detection in Disaster Management”,  International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 121 – No.22, July 2015  
5. Md A. Rahaman Laskar, Md. Abdul Alim sheikh, S. Safiur Rahaman,“ Detection and Implementation of Robust image Steganography by Using LSB Injection Technique,” Indian Science Cruiser, Institute of Science, Education & Culture (ISEC), Vol. 28, No. 5, September 2014, R.N. 44132/87, ISSN: 0970-4256.
6. Md. Abdul Alim Sheikh, S. Mukhopadhyay “Comparative Analysis of Noise Reduction Techniques For Image Enhancement”, International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, December 2013, Vol. 2 Issue 12, pp. 102-112.

MASTER Thesis Guidance

1. Automatic Building Extraction using Lidar Data and Remote Sensing Images (Ongoing)
2. Geospatial Object Classification from Remote Sensing Images (Ongoing)
3. Hand Gesture Recognition
4. Road Network Extraction from Satellite Imagery using image processing Technique.

Project Works

B. Tech Student Project Supervision

1. Vehicle logo recognition in traffic images using HOG features and SVM (Ongoing)
2. Traffic Sign Detection and Recognition
3. Comparative Analysis of Noise Reduction Techniques in Images Processing
4. Simulink Model Based Architecture Design of Adaptive Median Filter for Noise Removal
5. Metal detector Design
6. Microprocessor based traffic controller design according to the traffic density

Membership Of Learned Societies

• Associate Member of The Institute of Engineers (India)
• Member of International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
• Member of Singapore Institute of Electronics (SIE)

Orientation/Refresher/QIP CourseAttended/Organized

1. Participated in a UGC sponsored Refresher Course in VLSI Design and Nanotechnology: Issues and Challenges from 28/11/2016 to 17/12/2016 organized by HRDC-Jadavpur University.
2. Participated in 7-day Faculty Development Programme on Research methodology organized by Dept. of Management and Business Administration, Aliah University during 12-20 July 2016.
3. Participated in an Orientation Program at Jadavpur University from 15.6.2015 to 11.7.2015 organized by Jadavpur University- HRDC.
4. Participated in a Refresher Course in Information Technology organized by Dept. Of A.K. Caudhury School of Information Technology, University of Calcutta and UGC Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta during January 02-January 22, 2014.
5. Participated in workshop Application of Simulators in Photonics, Electronics and Communication Technology (DIT (Track t2) held during March 11-15, 2013 in Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta.
6. Participated in the Faculty Updation Training on “   Quick Development of Algorithm in Digital Signal Processing & Image Processing” organized by C-DAC, Kolkata as part of PREPARE FUTURE project, DIT, Government of India at C-DAC for a period of 2weeks starting from 04.01.2010 to 15.01.2010.
7. Participated in the “International Workshop on Spoken Language Prosody” organized by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Kolkata, India and Department of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Japan during 25-27 November, 2009 at C-DAC, Kolkata.
8. Attended the one day seminar on “Recent advances in Intelligent Computing” at Seacom Engineering College, Sankrail, Howrah on 8^th November.
9. Participated in the “IEEE One-Day Workshop on Managing Next Generation Networks (MNGN2006)” held on November 04, 2006 in the K. P. Basu Memorial Hall, Jadavpur University, India.
10. Participated in the workshop on “VLSI Laboratory Course” held at Asansol Engineering College under TEQIP on July 25 & 26, 2006.

Professional Society Activity

• Editorial Board Members of International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Management. (Peer Reviewed)
• PC member, reviewer at the International Conference on RADAR, Communication and Computing (ICRCC-12), technically sponsored by sponsored by IEEE Madras Section, CSIR, CSI and DRDO, Govt. of India, held at SKP Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India-606611 during December 21-22, 2012.
• Reviewer, Springer International Conference on Computing and Communication Systems, I3CS-2016 will be held at North eastern Hill University, Shillong, India.
• Reviewer at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Control, Power and Instrumentation (ICICPI 2016), 2016, RCCIIT, Kolkata India.

Other Notable Activities

1. Primarily responsible for teaching Electronics & Communication Engineering. Overall student development, research, projects with   students, mentoring students, etc.

2. Served as the Teacher-in Charge (TIC), Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering. As TIC, played key role in setting up labs, curriculum development, interaction with other faculty members of other university, arranging seminar, workshop etc.

3. Executed administrative functions in the faculty. 

4. Member of Anti-Ragging Committee 
5. Served as Asst. Coordinator of Students Affairs
6. Acted as Member of Examination Rule & Regulation committee
7. Acted as Member of Disciplinary/Unfair means committee
8. Was Member of University Routine Committee
9. External Examiner, Dept. of EE and ECE, RCCIIT for MAKAUT (Formerly known as WBUT) semester examination.