Ayesha Choudhary
Ph.D.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Email: ayesha AT cse.iitd.ernet.in
Thesis Title: "Automated Analysis of Surveillance Videos"
Advisors: Prof. Subhashis Banerjee and Prof. Santanu Chaudhury
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Image Processing, Linear Algebra, Computer Graphics
Publications
- " Discovering Activities and Their Temporal Significance", Ayesha Choudhary, Tanveer A. Faruquie, Subhashis Banerjee and Santanu Chaudhury. In Proceedings of the Ninth IEEE International Confernece on Advanced Video and Signal-Based Surveillance, Beijing, China, September 2012.
- Book Chapter
"Clustering for Multi-perspective Video Analytics: A Soft Computing based Approach", Ayesha Choudhary, Santanu Chaudhury and Subhashis Banerjee. (Eds. Shankar K. Pal, Alfredo Petrosino and Lucia Maddalena) published by Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, Talor & Francis Group, January 2012.
- "Distributed Framework for Composite Event Recognition in a Calibrated Pan-Tilt Camera Network", Ayesha Choudhary, Santanu Chaudhury and Subhashis Banerjee. In Proceedings of the Seventh Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing, Chennai, December 2010. (pdf)
- "Distributed Calibration of a Pan-Tilt Camera Network using Multi-layered Belief Propagation", Ayesha Choudhary, Gaurav Sharma, Santanu Chaudhury and Subhashis Banerjee. In Proceedings of the First IEEE Workshop on Camera Networks, in conjuntion with the Twenty third IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2010), San Francisco, USA, June 2010. (pdf)
- "A Framework for Analysis of Surveillance Videos", Ayesha Choudhary, Santanu Chaudhury and Subhashis Banerjee. In Proceedings of the Sixth Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP 2008). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, pages 344-351, Bhubhaneshwar, India, December 2008. (pdf)
- "Unusual Activity Analysis using Video Epitomes and pLSA", Ayesha Choudhary, Manish Pal, Subhashis Banerjee and Santanu Chaudhury. In Proceedings of the Sixth Indian Conference on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP 2008). IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, pages 390-397, Bhubhaneshwar, India.(pdf)
- "Unusual Activity Analysis in Video Sequences", Ayesha Choudhary, Santanu Chaudhury and Subhashis Banerjee. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets, Data Mining and Granular Computing (RSFDGrC 2007). A. An, J. Stefanowski, S. Ramanna, C. J. Butz, W. Pedrycz, and G. Wang, Eds. Lecture Notes In Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4482. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pages 443-450, Toronto, Canada, May 2007. (pdf)
Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering, March 2011.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
- C.G.P.A (Pre Ph.D.) : 9.0/10.0
- Thesis Title: Automated Analysis of Surveillance Videos
- Advisors: Prof. Subhashis Banerjee (Dept. of Comp. Sc. and Engg.) and Prof. Santanu Chaudhury (Dept. of Elect. Engg.)
M.Tech., Computer Applicationsg, December 2001.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
- C.G.P.A : 8.579/10.0
- Project Title: Computation of Euclidean Parameters from Projective Reconstruction
- Advisors: Prof. J. B. Srivastava (Dept. of Mathematics) and Prof. Subhashis Banerjee (Dept. of Comp. Sc. and Engg.)
M.Sc. Mathematics, May 2000.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
- CGPA: 9.032/10.0
- Project Topic: Linear Programming and Matrix Games in Fuzzy Environment
- Advisors: Prof. Suresh Chandra (Dept. of Mathmatics) and Dr. Wagish Shukla (Dept. of Mathmatics)
B.A. (Honors) Mathematics, July 1998.
Delhi University, New Delhi, India
Work Experience
- January 2011 - To Present
Position: Research Associate
Project Title: "Immersive Environments for Tele-operations"
Project P.I.: Prof. Prem Kumar Kalra
Funding Agency: BARC, India.
- April 2009 - December 2010
Position: Project Scientist
Project Title: "Visual Enhancement, Manipulation and Re-targetting of Videos"
Project P.I.: Prof. Subhashis Banerjee
Funding Agency: Naval Research Board, India.
- October 2008 - March 2009
Position: Project Scientist
Project Title: "TCS Media Lab at IIT Delhi (Visual Surveillance)"
Project P.I.: Prof. Subhashis Banerjee
Funding Agency: Tata Consultancy Services (Research), India.
- February 2002 - August 2002
Position: Associate, Technology
Employer: Sapient Corporation Pvt. Ltd.