Bio-sketch
Dr. Ankur Gupta received his B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science & Engineering from Gautam Buddh Technical University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, Hmiachal Pradesh, and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Uttarakahnd, India in 2010, 2015, and 2021, respectively. He worked as as Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, at UPES Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India and Thapar Institute of Engieneering and Technology Patiala, Punjab, India from 2021 to 2023. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi. He is also a Deputy Coordinator in Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at NSUT, Delhi. He was a visiting scientist at the Next Generation Computing Lab, Ritsumeikan University, Japan, as part of a DST-JSPS bilateral research initiative during October 2025. He was a visiting researcher at Oulu University, Finland during November 2025. His research interest includes lab-on-a-chip, microfluidic biochip heuristics and algorithms, Medical Imaging and cyber-physical systems.
He currently leads multiple government-funded research projects in collaboration with DST and SERB, focusing on programmable microfluidic biochips, and cyber-physical systems.
He has been reviewer in peer-reviewed journals as IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), Applied Intelligence, IEEE Access. He has also been reviewer in international conferences as DATE 2025, ML4H 2025, MICCAI 2025, CVIP 2025, CVIP 2024, ICMLDE 2023, ICONIP 2022, ICMLDE 2022, CVIP 2021, HiPC-SRS9 2016. He has been Session Chair in International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Engineering (ICMLDE) 2023 held in UPES, Dehradun, INDIA, November 23-24, 2023 and The 26th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies (SASIMI) held in Nara, JAPAN, October 09-10, 2025. He has been Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in 17th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks held in National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa, INDIA, December 20-21, 2025.
Research Interests
Lab-on-a-chip, Microfluidics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, Intelligent Transportation Systems
Honors & Awards
❏ Received top performing badge in validation phase at leaderboard and 3rd place in testing phase at Final-round as the mentor for the team Nexus in the Brain Tumor Segmentation Lighthouse Challenge (BraTS) 2025 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2025 Conference held in Daejeon, Republic of Korea, South Korea on September 23-27, 2025.
❏ Invited Judge at Delhi Innovate4Humanity Hackathon under DELHI AI4HUMANITY SUMMIT 2025, organized by Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Incubation and Innovation Foundation (NSUT-IIF) in collaboration with Embassy of Israel in India on April 02, 2025.
❏ Invited Speaker as member of Panel Discussion at Summit Inauguration of DELHI AI4HUMANITY SUMMIT 2025 organized by Netaji Subhas University of Technology, Incubation and Innovation Foundation (NSUT-IIF) in collaboration with Embassy of Israel in India on February 19, 2025. Reference: https://ai4humanitydelhi.in/.
❏ Received 1st rank in validation phase and 3rd position in testing phase at finals as the mentor for the team Devaratha in the Brain Tumor Segmentation Pathology Challenge (BraTS) 2024 held in conjunction with MICCAI 2024 Conference held in Marrakesh, MOROCCO on October 10, 2024.
❏ Received 6th rank among 150+ teams for the team Taaldhwaj in the Capsule Vision 2024 Challenge organized by MISAHUB in conjunction with Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP) 2024 held at IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai, INDIA from December 19-21, 2024.
❏ Member, Organizing Committee, Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2019 organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee during Feb 02 - 03, 2019.
Abroad Visit(s)
❏ As Visiting Researcher, visited research unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland of Prof. Mariella Särestöniemi under 6G Enabling Sustainable Society (6GESS) and DigiHealth Visitor Program funded by 6GESS flagship in Nov 02 – 30, 2025.
❏ As Visiting Scientist, visited Next Generation Computing (NGC) Lab, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, Japan of Prof. Shigeru Yamashita on a joint bilateral research project funded by DST-JSPS in Oct 01 – 15, 2025.
❏ As Visiting Scientist, attended Next Generation Computing (NGC) Lab, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan and worked with Prof. Shigeru Yamashita on a joint bilateral research project funded by DST-JSPS (PI: Dr. Sudip Roy) in Nov 2017 - Dec 2017.
List of Representative Publications
A. Referred International Journal Papers:
1. Koki Suzuki, Shigeru Yamashita, Hiroyuki Tomiyama and Ankur Gupta, “Considering the Node Level in Error Correction for DMFBs,” Micromachines, 2025, 16, 1013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16091013.
2. Ishita Harish, Saurav Mishra, Neha Bhadoria, Rithik Kumar, Madhav Arora, Syed Rameem Zahra, and Ankur Gupta, "CAVE-Net: Classifying Abnormalities in Video Capsule Endoscopy." arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.20231, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.20231.
3. Rithik Kumar, Vinit, Madhav Arora, Vansh Kakkar, Twinkle Dhingra, Syed Rameem Zahra, and Ankur Gupta, “GAF-Net: Classifying Glioblastoma Histopathology Images Using an Attention-based Feature-aware Framework,” BrainLes 2024. LNCS, 2024. [Under Publication]
4. Ankur Gupta, Rahul Kumar, Harkirat Singh Arora, and Balasubramanian Raman, “C-CADZ: Computational Intelligence System for Coronary Artery Disease Detection Using Z-Alizadeh Sani Dataset,” Applied Intelligence, Volume 52, Issue 3, pp. 2436–2464, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-021-02467-3. [IF: 5.019]
5. Rahul Kumar, Ankur Gupta, Harkirat Singh Arora, and Balasubramanian Raman, “IBRDM: An Intelligence Framework for Brain Tumor Classification Using Radiomics-and DWT Based Fusion,” ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (ToIT), Volume 22, Issue 1, pp. 1-30, 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3434775. [IF:3.989]
6. Rahul Kumar, Ankur Gupta, Harkirat Singh Arora, and Balasubramanian Raman, “CBSN: Comparative Measures of Normalization Techniques for Brain Tumor Segmentation Using SRCNet,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, Volume 81, pp. 13203-13235, 2022, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-021-10565-0. [IF: 2.577]
7. Ankur Gupta, Rahul Kumar, Harkirat Singh Arora, and Balasubramanian Raman, “MIFH: A Machine Intelligence Framework for Heart Disease Diagnosis”, IEEE Access, Volume 8, pp. 14659 - 14674, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2962755. [IF: 3.476]
8. Rahul Kumar, Ankur Gupta, Harkirat Singh Arora, Ganesh N.Pandian, and Balasubramanian Raman, "CGHF: A Computational Decision Support System for Glioma Classification Using Hybrid Radiomics-and Stationary Wavelet-Based Features," IEEE Access, Volume 8, pp. 79440 - 79458, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2989193. [IF: 3.476]
9. Nishant Kamal, Ankur Gupta, Ananya Singla, Shubham Tiwari, Sudip Roy, and Bhargab Bhattacharya, “Architectural Design of Flow-based Microfluidic Biochips for Multi-Target Dilution of Biochemical Fluid”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Volume 25, Issue 3, Article 25, pp. 1-34, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3357604. [IF:1.447]
10. Ankur Gupta, Juinn-Dar Huang, Shigeru Yamashita, and Sudip Roy, “Design Automation for Dilution of a Fluid using Programmable Microfluidic Device based Biochips”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Volume 24, Issue 2, Article 21, pp. 1-24, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3306492. [IF:1.447]
B. Referred International Conference Papers in Proceedings:
1. Issei Nakamura, Shigeru Yamashita, Hiroyuki Tomiyama and Ankur Gupta, “A Polynomial Time Routing Algorithm for MEDA Biochips based on Dijkstra’s Algorithm,” in Proc. of the 39th International Conference On VLSI Design (VLSID 2025), Pune, Maharashtra, India, 03 – 07 January 2026.
2. Ankur Gupta, Harkirat Singh Arora, Rahul Kumar and Balasubramanian Raman, “DMHZ: A Decision Support System based on Machine Computational Design for Heart Disease Diagnosis Using Z-Alizadeh Sani Dataset,” in Proc. of the 35th International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN 2021), Jeju Island, Korea (South), pp. 818-823, 13 - 16 January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOIN50884.2021.9333884.
3. Rahul Kumar, Ankur Gupta, Harkirat Singh Arora and Balasubramanian Raman, “GRGE: Detection of Gliomas Using Radiomics, GA Features and Extremely Randomized Trees,” in Proc. of the 35th International Conference on Information Networking (ICOIN 2021), Jeju Island, Korea (South), pp. 379-384, 13 - 16 January 2021, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICOIN50884.2021.9334021.
4. Wei-Lun Huang, Ankur Gupta, Sudip Roy, Tsung-Yi Ho and Paul Pop, “Fast Architecture-Level Synthesis of Fault-Tolerant Flow-Based Microfluidic Biochips”, in Proc. of the IEEE Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Swisstech, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 1667-1672, March 27 - 31, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.23919/DATE.2017.7927262.
5. Satendra Kumar, Ankur Gupta, Sudip Roy and Bhargab B. Bhattacharya, “Design Automation of Multiple-Demand Mixture Preparation using a k-Array Rotary Mixer on Digital Microfluidic Biochip”, in Proc. of the 34th IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Phoenix, USA, pp. 273 - 280, October 3 - 5, 2016, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.2016.7753290.
C. Referred International Workshop Papers:
1. Issei Nakamura, Shigeru Yamashita, Hiroyuki Tomiyama, Ankur Gupta, “Speeding Up a Routing Method Considering Droplet Splitting on MEDA Biochips by Dijkstra’s Method”, in The 26th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies (SASIMI 2025), 2025.
2. Yash Gupta, Purrnima Singh, Syed Rameem Zahra, Ankur Gupta, Shigeru Yamashita, “Error Recovery in MEDA Biochips Using Deep Reinforcement Learning with Electrode Health Awareness”, in The 26th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies (SASIMI 2025), 2025.
3. Purrnima Singh, Yash Gupta, Syed Rameem Zahra, Ankur Gupta, Shigeru Yamashita, “AutoPre-ACM:Autoencoder Based Precision-Enhanced Anomaly Detection For Cyber-Physical Attacks in MEDA Biochips”, in The 26th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies (SASIMI 2025), 2025.
4. Satoru Maruyama, Ankur Gupta, Sudip Roy and Shigeru Yamashita, “Loading Reagents on Programmable Microfluidic Devices”, in The 21st Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies (SASIMI 2018), 2018. (Outstanding Paper Award)
D. Patent(s):
1. Divyanshu Singh, Anant Kumar, Prasad Shivaji Ambekar, and Ankur Gupta, “Hybrid Asynchronous Cryptographic System and Method for Securing Encrypted Connected Vehicles”, Provisional Patent Application No. 202511063035, Filing Date: 02 July 2025, Status: Patent Pending.
2. Yash Gupta and Ankur Gupta, “SmartMix: AI-based Pathfinding for Microfluidic Dilution on Programmable Microfluidic Devices (PMDs)”. Status: Patent Pending.
E. Books Edited:
1. Md Imran Hussain, Syed Rameem Zahra, Mir Shahnawaz Ahmad, Ankur Gupta, Shoumen Palit Austin Datta, The Dark Side of AI: Privacy Invasions and Data Vulnerabilities, 2025. CRC Press. (under publication)
F. Book Chapters:
1. Yash Gupta, Sameer Sethi, Kinshuk Kumar, Parisha Khurana and Ankur Gupta, FHO+: An Advanced Swarm Intelligence Technique Based on Fire Hawk Optimization, Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Mathematical Modeling and Optimization, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Sanoj Kumar, Deepika Saini (Editors), 2025. CRC Press. (under publication)
Technical Contribution
❏ Technical Program Committee (TPC) member in 17th IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks going to be held in National Institute of Technology (NIT) Goa, INDIA, December 20-21, 2025.
❏ Session Chair in The 26th Workshop on Synthesis And System Integration of Mixed Information technologies (SASIMI) held in Nara, JAPAN, October 09-10, 2025.
❏ Convener, One Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) titled, “AI in Medical Imaging (AIMI) 2025” held at Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi and organized by Electronics & ICT Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, on August 25-29, 2025.
❏ Coordinator, One Week Faculty Development Programme (FDP) titled, “AI Securities and Ethics Practices (AISEP) held at Netaji Subhas University of Technology (NSUT), New Delhi and organized by Electronics & ICT Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, on April 21-25, 2025.
❏ Session Chair in International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Engineering (ICMLDE) 2023 held in UPES, Dehradun, INDIA, November 23-24, 2023.
❏ Reviewer in peer-reviewed journals; IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), Applied Intelligence, IEEE Access
❏ Reviewer in international conferences; DATE 2025, ML4H 2025, MICCAI 2025, CVIP 2025, CVIP 2024, ICMLDE 2023, ICONIP 2022, ICMLDE 2022, CVIP 2021, HiPC-SRS9 2016