Harbinder Singh received his B.Tech. degree in electronics and communication engineering from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India. M.Tech degree in electronics and communication engineering from Punjab Technical University, Punjab. In 2016, he has completed his Ph.D. degree in computer vision from Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, India. Since June 2023, he has been working as a senior researcher with the VISILAB Research Group at UCLM, Ciudad Real, Spain. He is working on a research project titled "A network of excellence for distributed, trustworthy, efficient and scalable Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Edge, framed in the Computer Vision" funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 101120726. In 2022, he has served as visiting scholar at the Institute of Information Theory and Automation (UTIA), Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. His research interests are generative AI, diffusion models, Large Language Models (LLM), adversarial examples detection in deep neural networks, anomaly detection, human pose estimation, and image fusion.

Official Website (VISILAB Group): https://visilab.etsii.uclm.es/?page_id=440 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=iSrdTK4AAAAJ 

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harbinder_Singh 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-harbinder-singh-612888a7/ 

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9713-6048 

Figshare: https://figshare.com/authors/Harbinder_Singh/8579343 

Github: https://github.com/Harbinder-fusion 

Scopus Author ID: 56423891600 

Researcher ID: I-2870-2018 

Total Experience-20.1 years:

Current Position (Experience-2 years +....)

• Senior Researcher in AI,  VISILAB, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Ciudad Real, Spain (From 12 June, 2023 to Till date ).  

Previous Position (Experience-17.83 years)

• Professor,  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC), Landran, India (From 25 January, 2021 to 11 June, 2023, 2.38 Years ).

• Associate Dean Research, Department of Research, Innovations, Sponsored Projects & Entrepreneurship (RISE), CGC Landran, Mohali. (From 25 January, 2021 to 11 June, 2023, 2.38 Years). 

• CEO ACIC RISE Association, Incubation Center, Supported by AIM NITI Aayog, Govt. of India (From 12-03-2022 to 31-03-2023, 1.05 Years).

• Visiting Research Scholar, Image Processing Department, Institute of Information Theory and Automation (UTIA), Public Non-university Research Institution, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic, Prague. (From 18-09-2022 to 02-10-2022)

• Associate Professor and Researcher,  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,  RISE Department, Chandigarh Engineering College (CEC), Landran, India (From 01 April, 2016 to 24 January, 2021, 4.81 Years). 

• Assistant Professor,  Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology (BUEST), Baddi, India (From 12 August, 2005 to  31 March, 2016, 10.64 Years).

Education

• Ph.D. from Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan (H.P.), 2016. 

Thesis Title:- Detail Enhanced Multi-Exposure Image Fusion Based on Edge Preserving Filters.

•  M.Tech. ECE from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar (PB.), 2006.

Thesis Title:- Study and Implementation of Digital Filters for Multi-rate Digital Signal Processing

• B.Tech. ECE from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla (H.P.), 2003 .

• 3-year diploma (Hons.) ECE from Punjab State Board of Technical Education, Mohali (PB.), 2000.

Skills

• Python:  MediaPipe,  Adversarial Robustness Toolbox (ART), Cleverhans, TensorFlow, PyTorch

• MATLAB

• Fijji Tool/ImageJ

• FLIR Tool

• Photomatrix 

• LATEX

• LABVIEW

Professional Assignments 

• Resource person for expert lecture on "IMAGE PROCESSING FOR UAV – IMAGE STITCHING, IMAGE FUSION" during Online training programme on UAVs (Nov 8-12, 2021), course organized by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali, on November 10, 2021. 

• Resource person for expert lecture on "INGREDIENTS TO TECH STARTUPS AND ROLE OF INCUBATOR IN SUPPORTING TECH STARTUPS" during eITEC Online Course on Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Oct 25-29, 2021), course organized by Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali and sponsored by MEA, Govt. of India, on October 28, 2021. 

• Resource person for expert lecture on "HOW DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING CAN HELP TO FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19 PANDEMIC" during 67th IETE Foundation Day Celebration at IETE Chandigarh Centre, on November 02, 2020.

• Resource person for Expert lecture on "VIDEO STANDARDS AND COMPRESSION FUNDAMENTALS" during World Standards Day organized by Bureau of Indian Standards at Hotel Shivalikview Chandigarh on October 14, 2019.

•  Resource person for the FDP on "SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATIONS" during faculty development program, at Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, Mohali, Punjab on July 02, 2018.

•  Resource person for the workshop on "SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATIONS USING MATLAB" during International Conference on Speech, Image, Biomedical and Information Processing (SIBIP-2012), at Chitkara University, Chandigarh, Punjab on November 02, 2012.

Workshops/FDPs Attended

1. One week short term AICTE recognized (organized by NITTTR Chandigarh) course on "EMBEDDED SYSTEMS THROUGH ICT" at Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali, Punjab, November 26-31, 2018.

2. Two days workshop on "EMBEDDED AND DSP PROCESSORS" by TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, at Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali, Punjab, January 20-21, 2017.

3. Six day FDP on "SIGNAL PROCESSING AND ITS APPLICATIONS" at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, H.P, January 13-18, 2016.

4. Twelve day FDP on EMERGING IDEAS FOR TEACHING PEDAGOGY FOR INDUSTRY INTERACTION INTERFACE organized by Chandigarh Business School of Administration, Landra from June 27-July 8, 2016.

5. Three day workshop on HUMAN VALUES AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, Solan, H.P, February 15-17, 2016.

6. Three day workshop on SOFT COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, H.P., Solan, September 21-23, 2015.

7. Two day workshop on "NETWORK SIMULATOR (ns-2)" at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, H.P, July 09-10, 2012.

8. Two day workshop on "LABVIEW" at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, H.P, February 17-18, 2011.

9. One day workshop on COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS AND C PROGRAMING at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, H.P., Solan, August 06, 2010.

10. UGC sponsored Three weeks workshop on "ADVANCE SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS  COMMUNICATION" at Thapar University (TIET), Patiala, December, 04-23, 2006.

11. One day workshop on ADVANCED DEVELOPER TECHNOLOGIES at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, H.P., Solan, June 02, 2009.

12. One day workshop on Oracle Technologies at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, H.P., Solan, October 16, 2007.

13. Two day short term course on "DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: FUNDAMENTALS, ALGORITHMS AND APPLICATION" at Thapar University (TIET), Patiala, March 03-04, 2005.

Administrative Work

1. Guest Editor, Journal of Imaging (MDPI):  Special issue on Object Detection in Video Surveillance Systems  

2. Associate Dean Research and Development, Department of Research, Innovations, Sponsored Projects & Entrepreneurship (RISE), CGC Landran, Mohali. 

3. CEO ACIC RISE Association, Incubation Centre, Supported by AIM NITI Aayog, Govt. of India.

4. Member Technical/Review Program Committee, International Conference on Innovations in Communication Computing and Sciences 26-27 July, 2019, CGC, Landran, India.

5.  Member Technical Program Committee, International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning methods for Human Centric Systems NOVEMBER 5 - 9, 2018, MOSCOW, RUSSIA.

6.  Nodal officer, PTU examination December, 2017.

7.  Nodal officer for, ALL INDIA SURVEY ON HIGHER EDUCATION (AICTE) at Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, HP, Solan for session 2015-2016.

8.  In-charge: Laboratories, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, August 2005-March 2016, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, HP, Solan.

9.  Coordinator, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, August 2015-March 2016, Baddi University of Emerging Sciences and Technology, Baddi, HP, Solan.

10.  Member Board of Studies-2014 (B.Tech. and M.Tech. ECE course), BUEST, Baddi, Solan, H.P.

11.  Member Board of Studies-2015 (B.Tech. and M.Tech. ECE course), BUEST, Baddi, Solan, H.P.

12.  Coordinator, M. Tech. ECE (Modular course), BUEST, Baddi, Solan, H.P.

13.  Member Organizing Committee, RIEECE-2015, BUEST, Baddi, Solan, H.P.

14.  Member Technical Program Committee, IEEE, ISPCC-2015, JUIT, Solan, H.P.

15.  Member Technical Program Committee, IEEE, ISPCC-2013, JUIT, Solan, H.P.

16.  Member Technical Program Committee, IEEE, ISPCC-2012, JUIT, Solan, H.P.

17.  Session Chair, National conference on Technology and Environment, IEET, Baddi, 2008.

18.  Member Organizing Committee, National conference on technology and environment, IEET, Baddi, 2008.

Awards

• Award of Excellence: Teachers Day at CEC, Landran, Mohali (PB.), 2019. 

Membership of Professional Bodies

• Life time membership of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE) 

Journal Review

• IET Image Processing

•  IEEE Transaction on Cybernetics

•  IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

•  Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ)

•  Journal of Optical Communications, Elsevier

•  Global Journals Inc. (US)