Poonguzhali Elangovan
Email: epoonguzhali3@gmail.com
Mob: +91-9940204050
Personal Information:
Nationality: Indian
Permanent Address: Dr. E. Poonguzhali,
D/o Mr. R. Elangovan,
No.17, Vettaikaran Street,,
Kovilpathu, Karaikal, PIN-609605
Dr. Poonguzhali Elangovan
Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D. (2022), Electronics and Communication Engineering
National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal, India
MTech (2004), Power Electronics and Drives
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu,India
BE (2002), Electronics and Communication Engineering
Institute of Road and Transport Technology, Erode, Tamilnadu, India
HSC (1998), (Physics-Chemistry-Mathematics-Biology)
Board of Higher Secondary Education Tamilnadu, India.
SSLC (1996)
Board of Secondary Education Tamilnadu, India
Research Details:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=3K447EkAAAAJ
Orchid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9628-7090
Scopus Author ID: 57210075002
IRINS (Govt. of India): 167680
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Poonguzhali_Elangovan2
Area of Research: Medical Image Processing, Machine Learning
Area of Interest: Deep Learning
Publications:
Journals (Total Nos.: 11):
D. Vijayalakshmi, Poonguzhali Elangovan, T. Sandhya Kumari, and Malaya Kumar Nath, "Optimized multi-scale framework for image enhancement using spatial information-based histogram equalization", The Imaging Science Journal, 1–28. May 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/13682199.2024.2343979
D. Vijayalakshmi, Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, " Methodology for Improving Deep Learning-based Classification for CT scan Covid-19 Images", Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis, and Communications, World Scientific Publishing Company, March 2024. (SCI, IF-0.9) https://doi.org/10.4015/S101623722450008X
Poonguzhali Elangovan, D. Vijayalakshmi, and Malaya Kumar Nath, " COVID-19Net: An Effective and Robust Approach for Covid-19 Detection Using Ensemble of ConvNet-24 and Customized Pre-trained Models", Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, Springer, December 2023. (SCI, IF-2.31) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00034-023-02564-3
Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, "En-ConvNet: A Novel Approach for Glaucoma Detection from fundus images using Ensemble of Deep Convolutional Neural Networks", International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 2034-2048, November 2022. (SCI, IF- 3.3) https://doi.org/10.1002/ima.22761
Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, "A novel shallow ConvNet-18 for malaria parasite detection in thin blood smear images", SN Computer Science, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 1-11, July 2021, indexed in ACM Digital Library, Scopus. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00763-w
Poonguzhali Elangovan, D. Vijayalakshmi, and Malaya Kumar Nath, "Detection of glaucoma from fundus image using pre-trained Densenet201 model", Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics (IJRSP), NiScPR-CSIR, vol. 50, no. 1, pp.33-39, March 2021, indexed in Scopus. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58080
D. Vijayalakshmi, Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, "Renyi entropy-based bi-histogram equalization for contrast enhancement of MRI brain images", Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics (IJRSP), NiScPR-CSIR, vol. 50, no. 1, pp.5-11, March 2021, indexed in Scopus. http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58085
Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, “Glaucoma assessment from color fundus images using convolutional neural network”, International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology, vol. 31, no. 02, pp. 955-971, September 2021, indexed in (SCI, IF- 3.3). https://doi.org/10.1002/ima.22494
Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, “A review: person identification using retinal fundus images”, International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications, vol. 65, no. 4, September 2019, pp. 585-596, indexed in ESCI and Scopus. https://doi.org/10.24425/ijet.2019.129817
G. Ravichandran, Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, ”Diagnosis of retinitis pigmentosa from retinal images”, International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications, vol.65, Issue 3, August 2019, pp. 519-525, indexed in ESCI and Scopus. https://doi.org/10.24425/ijet.2019.129808
Mithun Kumar Kar, G. Ravichandran, Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, “Analysis of diagnostic features from fundus image using multiscale wavelet decomposition”, ICIC Express Letters Part B: Applications, vol 10, no. 2, February 2019, pp.175-184, indexed in Scopus. https://doi.org/10.24507/icicelb.10.02.175
Conferences (Total Nos.: 04):
Poonguzhali Elangovan and Malaya Kumar Nath. "Performance analysis of optimizers for glaucoma diagnosis from fundus images using transfer learning", Machine learning, Deep learning, and Computational Intelligence for Wireless Networks (MDCWC2020), October 2020 - Published in Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, vol. 749, May 2021, pp. 507-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0289-4_37
Poonguzhali Elangovan, Malaya Kumar Nath, and Madhusudan Mishra, "Statistical parameters for glaucoma detection from color fundus images", Third International Conference on Computing and Network Communications (CoCoNet’19) December 2019– Published in Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier, vol. 171, June 2020, pp. 2675-2683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2020.04.290
Poonguzhali Elangovan, Giritharan Ravichandran, Malaya Kumar Nath, and Om Prakash Acharya, "Review on localization of optic disc in retinal fundus image", IEEE International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, Signal Processing and Communication (AESPC2018), October 2018 (Published in IEEE March 2020), KIIT Bhubaneswar, India. https://doi.org/10.1109/AESPC44649.2018.9033304
D. Vijayalakshmi, Poonguzhali Elangovan, and Malaya Kumar Nath, " Multiscale based Joint Histogram Equalization for Nearly Invisible Natural Images", Third National Conference on Communication Systems (NCOCS-2021), December 2021.
Book Chapter (Total Nos.: 02):
Poonguzhali Elangovan, D. Vijayalakshmi, and Malaya Kumar Nath, “ An improved approach for classification of glaucoma stages from color fundus images using Efficientnet-b0 convolutional neural network and recurrent neural network', Computational Methods and Deep Learning for Ophthalmology, Academic Press, March 2023, pp. 89-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95415-0.00003-6
Poonguzhali Elangovan and Malaya Kumar Nath, " Towards Robust Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease using Ensemble of Convolutional Neural Network and Vision Transformer", Handbook of AI-Based Models in Healthcare and Medicine, Taylor and Francis Group, December 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003363361-9
Awards:
Recipient of Best Research Award in the year 2020 by ScienceFather, an International Research Awards on New Science Inventions.
Professional Services (Reviewer):
Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Engineering Reports
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Scientific Reports
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
Professional Body Member:
IEEE Member- 96275345, Region: R10 -Asia and Pacific, Section: Madras Section
Certified Courses:
AI for Medical Diagnosis, completed on 04.03.2021 - An online course offered by deeplearning.ai and offered through Coursera.
Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization, completed on 14.06.2020 - An online course offered by deeplearning.ai and offered through Coursera.
Neural Networks and Deep Learning, completed on 16.05.2020 - An online course offered by deeplearning.ai and offered through Coursera.
Machine Learning, completed on 12-09-2018 - An online course offered by Standford University and offered through Coursera.
Optical Coherence Tomography in Glaucoma, completed on 06-04-2019 - An online course offered by World Glaucoma Association.
Clinical Examination of the Optic nerve, completed on 16-03-2019 - An online course offered by World Glaucoma Association
Training Programmes and Workshops:
Winter School on "Advances in Deep Learning for Multimedia Signal Processing", jointly organized by IEEE Signal Processing Society GS, IEEE Computer Society GS, and IEEE Geoscience Sensing Society GS from 03-03-2022 to 05-03-2022.
Short term course on "Emerging Topics on Instrumentation, Electronics, and Communications", organized by Department of ECE, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Madanapalle from 27-10-2021 to 31-10-2021.
Workshop on "Artificial Intelligent Techniques to Address Societal Challenges", jointly organized by IEEE India Council Educational Activities Committee in Association with IEEE Madras Section, Pune Section, Educational Society, Hyderabad Section and YP, Madras Section from 01-10-2021 to 03-10-2021.
Faculty development programme on "Artificial Intelligence in Revolutionizing Healthcare", organized by ATAL at National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal from 19-07-2021 to 23-07-2021.
Webinar on "Computer Aided Diagnosis of Medical Images using Deep Learning", organized by Signal Processing Group of ECE Department, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Avadi on 31-05-2021.
Faculty development programme on "Machine Learning for Computer Vision", jointly organized by Electronics and ICT Academics at IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, MNIT Jaipur, PDPM IITDM Jabalpur from 01-02-2021 to 12-02-2021.
Short term course on "Research Opportunities in Bio-medical Engineering: Theory to Device (ROBIE)", organized by Indian Institue of Information Technology, Design, and Manufacturing (IITDM), Kancheepuram from 08-01-2021 to 12-01-2021.
Webinar on "Current Trends in Medical Image Analysis", jointly organized by IEEE EMBS Madras Section in Association with PSG Tech EMBS SB Chapter & Biomedical Engineering Association at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore on 26-12-2020.
Faculty development programme on "Deep Learning Networks and Applications", organized by IEEE Madras Section 26-08-2020 to 29-08-2020.
Faculty development programme on "Advanced Communication System Design and Simulations", organized by Department of ECE, National Institute of Technology Puducherry, Karaikal from 17-08-2020 to 25-08-2020.
Webinar on "Lung Ultrasound Imaging for Covid-19: From Physics to Neural Network", organized by IEEE at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli on 15-08-2020.
Webinar on "Insights to Machine Learning", organized by SCAD College of Engineering and Technology, Tirunelveli on 26-05-2020.
Workshop on "ML and AI using Covid-19 Virus Data Analysis", jointly organized by IIT Roorkee and Finland Labs from 29-04-2020 to 30-04-2020.
Experience:
Faculty on Contract, Department of ECE, NIT Puducherry, Karaikal, India.
(i) 22.02.2013 - 10.07.2103
(ii) 15.07.2013 - 16.12.2013
(iii) 26.12.2013 - 26.05.2014
(iv) 10.07.2014 - 17-12-2014
(v) 11.07.2016 - 07.12.2016
(vi) 26.12.2016 -16.05.2017
Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), Department of Information Technology, Valliammai Engineering College, Chennai (10.12.2008 - 21.02.2013).
Lecturer, Department of ECE, R.M.K Engineering College, Chennai (26.06.2006 - 02.05.2008)
Lecturer, Department of ECE, V.L.B Engineering College, Coimbatore (07.06.2004 - 31.05.2006)
Subjects Handled at NIT Puducherry:
Theory: Laboratory:
Semiconductor Physics and Devices 1. Digital Electronics Lab
Digital Signal Processing 2. Microprocessor Lab
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers 3. Microwave Lab
Digital Signal Processor
Advanced Microprocessors
Embedded System
Fiber Optic Communication
Subjects Handled at Other Colleges:
Theory: Laboratory:
Microprocessors and Microcontrollers 1. Digital Electronics Lab
Digital Principles and System Design 2. Microprocessor Lab
Embedded System Design 3. Embedded System Design Lab
Electron Devices 4. Communication System Lab
Signals and Systems 5. Digital Signal Processing Lab
Digital Signal Processing 6. Electronics Circuits-II and Simulation Lab
Transmission Lines and Networks 7. Engineering Practice Lab
Industrial Electronics
Electronic Circuits