RITUJOY BISWAS +91 9760158340 ⋄ IIT Jammu ritujoybiswas1996@gmail.com ⋄ LinkedIn ⋄ Webpage EDUCATION Ph.D. in Signal Processing , Dept. of EE, IIT Jammu. (CGPA: 8.88/10) Jan 2024 • Thesis: “Speech Intelligibility Improvement through Optimized Voice Transformation in Transfer Learning Framework”. • Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Karan Nathwani B.Tech , Dept. of ECE, Graphic Era Deemed-to-be University. (CGPA: 8.97/10) 2019 SKILLS & PROFICIENCIES Technical Skills Speech Intelligibility Improvement, Natural Language Processing. Coding Python, C, C++, Data Structures, Assembly(8085 & 8086). Simulation App Designer(MATLAB), Simulink, OrCad, ISIS Proteus. AI Frameworks TensorFlow, MATLAB Machine & Deep Learning Tools. Soft Skills Collaborative Research, Manuscript Preparation, Grant Writing, Public Speaking. ACHIEVEMENTS • Shortlisted as one of the top 10 finalists for the 3-minute thesis competition at EUSIPCO 2023 in Helsinki. • Secured international travel grants from 2 separate government agencies - SERB & CSIR • Selected for the prestigious Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research , SERB-FICCI • Awarded 1 st prize for Best Application Proposal , Workshop on Social Relevance of Research , IIT Jammu. • Published in 3 renowned International Journals and 4 Flagship Conferences - Google Scholar COLLABORATIONS • Joint Project: Speech intelligibility improvement, in collaboration with Dr. Vinayak Abrol at IIIT Delhi • Student Consultant: Audio classification for in-car applications, in association with Dr. Guruprasad Seshadri at NXP Semiconductors • Joint Project: Microphone localization in a single-microphone setup, in collaboration with Dr. Sunil Kumar Koparappu at TCS Research TECHNICAL PROJECTS • Intelligibility Improvement of Speech in Realistic Noisy Environments Developed optimized voice transformation techniques to improve speech intelligibility by up to 48% in highly degrading realistic noises. • Microphone Position Estimation According to Room Acoustics: Training lightweight ANNs on Raspberry- Pi, for predicting microphone location inside a room with a correlation > 0 9 to high intelligibility. • Na ̈ ıve Bayes Language Classifier using Speech Spectral Features: Built and trained a Na ̈ ıve Bayes classifier from scratch using extracted spectral features to recognize a particular language with 99.97% accuracy. • Channel Modelling for a BAN using Molecular Communication: Application of molecular communica- tion to model the pathology of Diabetes Mellitus Type-2 for applications in targeted drug delivery mechanisms. • Text Compression via Adaptive Huffman Technique: Designed a code for compression of textual data by accounting for the entropy of the characters already encountered with compression efficiency as high as 72%. • Management of Incoming Satellite receiver Data for the GAGAN project, ISRO: Automated the organization of incoming data with real-time calculations to estimate elevation angles of transmitting satellites. COMPETENCY CERTIFICATIONS & WORKSHOPS • Brief Course on Speech and Audio Processing , Global Initiative of Academic Network, IIT Dharwad • Industry-Academia Conclave , IIT Jammu • Brief Course on Fundamentals of Accelerated Data Science with RAPIDS , NVIDIA DLI • Brief Course on Deep Learning-Based Speech Processing Techniques for Smart Health & Educa- tion Systems - Concepts, Recent Trends & Challenges , Technology Innovation Hub, IIT Patna • Workshop on AI in Healthcare , Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Jammu & IIT Kanpur • Course on the Basics of Remote Sensing, GIS and GNSS , Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO INTERNSHIPS • Summer Intern at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Haridwar . Studied the Computerised Numerical Control Machine Maintenance Section.[June 2018 - July 2018] • Vocational Trainee at Bharat Electronics Limited, Kotdwara Training at the Assembly Line with prime emphasis on Surface Mounting Technology and SMT Machines. [June 2017 - July 2017] PUBLICATIONS (GOOGLE SCHOLAR) Journals • “Statistically Guided Near-End Speech Intelligibility Improvement through Voice Transformation and Transfer Learning” in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Audio, Speech, and Language Processing, (2024). • “Optimal Speech Intelligibility Improvement for Varying Car Noise Characteristics” in Journal of Signal Pro- cessing Systems, Springer-Nature (2022). • “Optimal Near-end Speech Intelligibility Improvement using CLPSO-based Voice Transformation in Realistic Noisy Environments” in Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Springer-Nature (2022). Conferences • “Near-end Intelligibility Improvement Through Voice Transformation in Transfer Learning Framework” in Eu- ropean Signal Processing Conference, EURASIP (2023). • “Bypassing Optimization Complexity through Transfer Learning & Deep Neural Nets for Speech Intelligibility Improvement” in International Conference on Natural Language Processing, NLPAI (2022). • “Speech Intelligibility Enhancement using an Optimal Formant Shifting Approach” in International Symposium on Image and Signal Processing and Analysis, IEEE (2021). • “Transfer Learning for Speech Intelligibility Improvement in Noisy Environments” in INTERSPEECH, ISCA (2021). • “Variation in Extinction Cross Section of Rain Drops with Temperature” in International Conference on Emerg- ing Trends in Communication Technologies, IEEE (2016). • Frequency Scaling of Slant Path Rain Attenuation for Fade Mitigation in Satellite Communication in Interna- tional Conference on Emerging Trends in Communication Technologies, IEEE (2016). EXTRA-CIRRICULARS • Swimming • Table Tennis • Violin • Novels • Video Games REFEREES • Dr. Karan Nathwani , Thesis Supervisor , IIT Jammu karan.nathwani@iitjammu.ac.in • Dr. Vinayak Abrol , Assistant Professor , IIIT Delhi abrol@iiitd.ac.in