Pradipta Biswas , Assistant Professor Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing AND Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore Email: [email protected] Personal Website: https://cambum.net/ Lab Website: https://cambum.net/I3D.htm ________________________________________________________________________ Areas of Interest Intelligent User Interfaces, Multimodal Interaction, Cognitive Psychology, Inclusive Design Professional Chronology • 2020: Associate faculty at the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical System and Department Curriculum Committee member of IISc-Hindustan Aeronautic Ltd Skill Development Centre • 2018: Co-Chair of Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility (IRG- AVA) at International Telecommunication Union (ITU), liaison officer to JCA-AHF • 2016: Joined Indian Institute of Science as an Assistant Professor • 2014: Promoted Senior Research Associate at Cambridge University Engineering Department • 2013: Fellow at Wolfson College, joined British AeroSpace Systems EvoHMI project • 2012: Vice-chairman at International Telecommunication Union (ITU), joined EPSRC-DST IUATC project, visiting faculty at IIT, Mandi • 2011: Research Associate in Trinity Hall, Member of British Computer Society, WG Coordinator at ITU • 2010: Joined EU GUIDE project as a Research Associate, Associate Fellow at Higher Education Academy and Royal Society of Medicine Research Students (Primary Supervisor) 1. Gowdham Prabhakar, Graduated with PhD, now PostDoc at UCL, UK 2. JeevithaShree DV, Submitted PhD dissertation in July 2020 3. Archana Hebbar (Senior Scientist, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories ) 4. Nrusingh Dash (Senior Engineer, Harman ) 5. Ananthram Rao (Senior Engineer, Faurecia ) 6. Vinay Krishna Sharma ( Bosch Fellow, formerly at Cognizant) 7. LRD Murthy, BTech (formerly at Tata Elxsi) 8. Somnath Arjun 9. Naveen Talwar 10. Ajay Kumar Sandula 11. Subin Raj Doctoral Committee Member • Indian Air Force Wg Cdr M Dilli Babu (CSIR NAL) Page 1 of 18 Education 1. Ph. D. (2006 – 2010) in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Trinity College . Thesis Title: Inclusive User Modelling 2. M. Tech. (2004-2006) in Information Technology from Indian Institute of Technology , Kharagpur, India with a CGPA of 9.66/10 (Got 2 nd rank in a class of 13 students) Thesis Title: Design of Adaptable Interfaces for Motor Impaired Users 3. B. Tech. (2000-2004) in Information Technology from University of Kalyani , India with First Class honours (Got 1 st rank in a class of 66 students) Thesis Title: Remote Monitoring of Home Gadgets Projects Involved 1. Human Factor Engineering Studies in Gaganyaan (Human Space Flight) Program, I ndian Space Research Organization (ISRO) (Principal Investigator) 2. Privacy Respecting AR/VR Enabling Differently-Abled in Multi-Cultural Society, Facebook Reality Labs, USA (2021-2022) (Principal Investigator) 3. Mixer ML/AI -FCM IISc, Faurecia Services Groupe, France (2020-2021) (Principal Investigator) 4. Study Project on Advanced HMI Systems, Aeronautical Development Agency , MoD, India (2019-2020) (Principal Investigator) 5. Intelligent Dashboard Control System(IDCS), Distraction and Cognitive Load Detection (2018- 2022), Faurecia Service Group, France (Principal Investigator) 6. Interactive AR/VR digital twin for navigation and monitoring of office spaces, British Telecom , UK part of BTIRC (2020-2022) (Principal Investigator) 7. Smart Sensor Dashboard, Department of Heavy Industries, Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) (2019-2020) (Principal Investigator) 8. Multimodal CoBot, Department of Heavy Industries, Common Engineering Facility Centre (CEFC) (2019-2020) (Principal Investigator) 9. Gaze Controlled Applications for eInclusion of users with SSMI, Microsoft Research (Principal Investigator) 10. Social Networking Application for Children with Severe Speech and Motor Impairment (SSMI), Microsoft AI for Accessibility Grant (Principal Investigator) 11. DST DUO Fellowship with University of Barcelona , Spain (2020) 12. Cognitive Load Detection of Driver and Passengers in Autonomous Vehicle, Wipro Limited, part of WIRIN (2018-2019) (Principal Investigator) 13. Validation of movement angles of a cricket bat through IMU and vision based sensors, Quick Logi Technologies India Pvt. Ltd. (Principal Investigator) 14. Cognitive and Auditory Rehabilitation for Elderly, Department of BioTechnology (DBT, Govt of India) (2018-2021) (Principal Investigator) 15. IT4All, DST SERB Early Career Fellowship , Govt. of India (2017-2020) (Principal Investigator) 16. Reducing pilots’ cognitive load by facilitating human machine interaction in military aviation environment by Aeronautical Research and Development Board, MoD, India (2017-2019) (Principal Investigator) 17. A Smart Manufacturing Test Bed for Biomedical Devices by Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems (2016-2019) (Co - Principal Investigator) Page 2 of 18 18. Evolutionary Human-Machine Interfaces (Evo-HMI) funded by the British Aerospace Systems (2013 - 2015) (Senior Research Associate) 19. MATSA project funded by Jaguar Land Rover (2015 – 2016) (Senior Research Associate) 20. India-UK Advanced Technology Centre of Excellence (IUATC), funded by UK EPSRC (2012 - 2015) (Senior Research Associate) 21. Gentle User Interfaces for Elderly (GUIDE), funded by the European Commission (2010-13) (Research Associate) Research Contribution Invented Intelligent Eye Gaze Controlled Head Up Display for automotive and aviation environment Invented Inclusive User Model that simulates perception, cognition and motor action and personalize electronic user interfaces for people with a wide range of physical and cognitive abilities. Designed and developed intelligent multimodal interaction techniques involving eye-gaze, head and hand movement of users. Contributed to a set of ITU-T reports promoting accessibility and usability of electronic user interfaces. Professional Activities 1. Member of UKRI International Development Peer Review College 2. Departmental Curriculum Committee member for Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Skill Development Centre and Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems 3. Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, member of Governing Body Council, Fellowship and Membership Committee and Captain of Wolfson College Cricket club 4. Co- Chairman at International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T, Telecom branch of UNO) Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility (IRG-AVA), Vice Chairman at Focus Group on Smart TV and Working Group Coordinator at ITU-T Focus Group on Audio Visual Media Accessibility 5. Member of Advisory Board of EU Prosperty4All project 6. Associate Fellow at the Royal Society of Medicine 7. Post Doctoral Research Associate at Trinity Hall 8. Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, India 9. Guest Lecturer at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India 10. Member of European Union Task Force on Standardizing User Models 11. Organizing Committee Member of British Computer Society Conference on Digital Accessibility in Higher and Further Education 12. Program Committee Member of a. International Conference on User Modelling, Adaptation and Personalization ( UMAP 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021 ) b. ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces ( IUI 2012, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2021 ) c. The 1st IEEE International Workshop on User Centered Design and Adaptive Systems ( UCDAS 2014 ) Page 3 of 18 d. International Conference on Creative Content Technologies ( CONTENT 2009, 2010) 13. Reviewer for a. UK Research Council b. Canada Innovation Fund c. U.S. Department of Education , Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services d. DST Technology Development Board e. Rapporteur at UK ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council) f. Artificial Intelligence in Engineering Design – Cambridge University Press g. International Journal of Human Computer Studies h. International Journal of Human Computer Interaction i. IEEE Transaction on Speech Technology j. Universal Access in the Information Society k. IEEE Transaction on Biomedical Engineering l. IEEE Transaction on Vehicular Technology m. IEEE Transaction on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering n. IEEE Signal Processing: Image Communication o. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia p. PlosOne q. Journal of Assistive Technologies r. ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ( CHI ) s. ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology ( UIST ) t. Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (CWUAAT 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) u. International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces and Workshop on Machine Learning for Multi-modal Interaction ( ICMI-MLMI 09 ) v. British Computer Society Conference on Human-Computer Interaction ( HCI 09 ) w. ACM International Conference on Graphics Interaction ( GI 08 ), x. International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI 08 ) 14. Senior Treasurer at the Cambridge University Revolver and Pistol Club (CURPC) 15. Peer Supporter at Trinity College during 2008-09 and Publicity Officer of Cambridge university Peer Supporter team after undergoing a course at the University of Cambridge Counselling Service. 16. Technology Officer at the Scholars’ council of Gates Cambridge Trust during 2008-09. Scholarships • Scholarship from Eddington and Rouse Ball Research Fund of Trinity College, University of Cambridge. • Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2006 from Gates Cambridge Trust. • Overseas Research