Dr Nayana B R

Dr. Nayana B R

Associate Professor

Passionate teacher and researcher with expertise in Machine Learning and Signal Processing domain like Pattern Recognition, Statistical Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Detection and Estimation, Modern Spectral Analysis, Audio Signal Processing, Data Compression, Computer Vision, Advanced Medical Image Processing, Deep Learning.

Highlights:

  1. Demonstrated a novel methodology to extract frequency domain features directly from time domain evolutionary algorithms for feature selection
  2. Developed and demonstrated several mini projects on signal processing
  3. Demonstrated implementation of two different inverse intersetellar model on pulsar data for de-dispersion at Raman Research Institute

Qualifications

  • B.E., Electrical and Electronics Engineering

    Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology (VTU)

  • M.Tech, Signal Processing

    S.J.C Institute of Technology (VTU)

  • PhD, Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence Application

    Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT, Vellore)

Experience

Total Years of Experience: 12years

Training Experience

  • J2EE‑1 from APTECH Education Center
  • Attained NPTEL certifications Medical Image Processing, Introduction to Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence: search methods for problem solving, Deep Learning, Biomedical Signal Processing and many more.
  • Attended ATAL FDP on AI in Biomedical Engineering”

National Conference Papers

  • Comparison of Digital Signal Processing Algorithms for Radio Pulsar Data De-Dispersion at Higher Time Resolutions International Conference on ATRPD
  • Study of Pulsars at ultra-high time resolution National Conference ICON-RF 2012
  • Detection and study of Pulsars at ultra-high time resolution National Conference on Signal Processing & Communication”

International Conference Papers

  • B. R. Nayana and P. Geethanjali, A low-cost laboratory based research platform for mechanical faults diagnosis of Induction Motor using FFT,” 2017 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i‑PACT), Vellore, India, 2017, pp. 1 – 5, doi: 10.1109/IPACT.2017.8245028.
  • Nayana. BR and P. Geethanjali, Feature Extraction for Bearing Fault Diagnosis in Noisy Environment: A Study,” 2019 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i‑PACT), Vellore, India, 2019, pp. 1 – 5, doi: 10.1109/i‑PACT44901.2019.8960103.
  • B. R. Nayana and P. Geethanjali, Study of Effective Feature Combination for Fault Diagnosis of Bearings in Motors,” 2020 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Sustainable Systems (ICISS), Thoothukudi, India, 2020, pp. 1541 – 1546, doi: 10.1109/ICISS49785.2020.9316038.
  • Nayana. B R and G. P, A Study on Pattern Analysis of Extracted Features from Bearing Fault Vibration Signals,” 2021 Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i‑PACT), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2021, pp. 1 – 6, doi: 10.1109/i‑PACT52855.2021.9696973.
  • Nayana B R et al Hybrid Machine Learning Model Using Particle Swarm Optimization for Effectual Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease from Handwriting,” 2022 4th International Conference on Circuits, Control, Communication and Computing (I4C), Bangalore, India, 2022, pp. 491 – 495, doi: 10.1109/I4C57141.2022.10057948.
  • Nayana. B R, Y. Raju N R and A. S. Velidi, Low-cost Smart Glasses for People with Visual Impairments,” 2023 International Conference on Advances in Electronics, Communication, Computing and Intelligent Information Systems (ICAECIS), Bangalore, India, 2023, pp. 173 – 176, doi: 10.1109/ICAECIS58353.2023.10170565.

International Journal Papers

  • B. R. Nayana and others Computational intelligence for early detection of infertility in women” in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Volume 127, Part B,2024,107400, doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​1​6​/​j​.​e​n​g​a​p​p​a​i​.​2​0​2​3​.​1​07400.
  • Nayana B. R. & Geethanjali P. (2023) Bearing Fault Detection: Feature Selection Algorithm Efficacy Study, IETE Journal of Research, DOI: 10.1080/03772063.2023.2248944
  • B. R. Nayana and P. Geethanjali, Analysis of Statistical Time-Domain Features Effectiveness in Identification of Bearing Faults From Vibration Signal,” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 5618 – 5625, 1 Sept.1, 2017, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2727638.
  • B. R. Nayana and P. Geethanjali, Improved Identification of Various Conditions of Induction Motor Bearing Faults,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 1908 – 1919, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/TIM.2019.2917981.
  • Nayana B R and Geethanjali P 2018 Effective time domain features for identification of bearing fault using LDA and NB classifiers Int. J. Mech. Product Eng. Res. Dev. 8 1135 – 50
  • Nayana, B.R. and Geethanjali, P., 2018. Identification of bearing faults using statistical time domain features and fused time-domain descriptor features. J Advan Res Dynam Control Syst, 10(3).
  • Severity Identification and multi-Fault Classification of Roller Bearings, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics. volume 119, issue 14, pages 221 – 229 2018.

Books / Chapter Published

  • Nayana, B.R. (2023) et al. Identification and Validation of Prominent Features for Predicting Mortality in Heart Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction Using Machine Learning. In: Namrata, K., Priyadarshi, N., Bansal, R.C., Kumar, J. (eds) Smart Energy and Advancement in Power Technologies. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 927. Springer, Singapore. https://​doi​.org/​1​0​.​1​0​0​7/978 – 981-19 – 4975-3_26

  • 1st prize for paper presentation of Detection of Pulsars at ultra-high time resolution” at KSHTHIJA-2012 National Level Symposium
  • Best paper award for the paper entitled Comparison of Digital Signal Processing Algorithms for Radio Pulsar Data De-Dispersion at Higher Time Resolutions” in International Conference on ATRPD
  • NPTEL Star” — NPTEL BELIEVERS”
  • NPTEL Star” — NPTEL ENTHUSIASTS”
  • NPTEL Star” — NPTEL DISCIPLINE STARS”
  • NPTEL Domain Scholar — Artificial Intelligence
  • Topper in NPTEL Introduction to ML by Prof Balaram

  • IEEE

    Member

  • SAE India

    Member