Dr Siddheswar Ray - Researcher Profile

Biography

Dr Sid Ray is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology. Sid has been with the Monash University, Clayton Campus since September 1990. He joined the Department of Computer Science, Monash University as a Lecturer and, subsequently, was promoted to a Senior Lecturer position.

He received his PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from the Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, University of London, in 1985. He is a recipient of the Commonwealth PhD Scholarship, UK and the Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholarship, USA. He has been a Senior Member of the IEEE since 1989.

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Research & Supervision Interests

Pattern Recognition; Image Processing and Analysis; Cluster Analysis of Data; Image Segmentation; Information and Image Retrieva; Information Theory; Data and Image Compression; Data Mining; Biometrics; Soft Computing; Statistical and Fuzzy Mathematical Methods; Biomedical and Other Applications.

Keywords

Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing, Neural, Evolutionary and Fuzzy Computation, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

Qualifications

PHD AND DIC (DIPLOMA OF IMPERIAL COLLEGE)

Institution: London

Year awarded: 1985

Publications

Books

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Lee, R.Y. (eds), 2011, Proceedings of the 12th ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Artificial Intelligence, Networking and Parallel/Distributed Computing, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA.

Lee, R.Y., Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Lee, T. (eds), 2007, Proceedings of the 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA.

Turi, R.H., Ray, S., 2000, Determination of the Number of Clusters in Colour Image Segmentation, SCSSE Monash University, Clayton Vic Australia.

Turi, R.H., Ray, S., 1997, Clustering-based colour image segmentation using inter-cluster distance, Dept Computer Science, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Ray, S., Shakya, R., Srinivasan, B., 1997, New approaches to image segmentation based on probabilistic distance criteria, Dept Computer Science, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia.

Journal Articles

Das, G., Ray, S., 2009, A compact feature representation and feature re-weighting in content-based image retrieval, Computer Systems Science and Engineering [P], vol 24, issue 2, CRL Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 47-57.

Das, G., Ray, S., 2008, Relevance feedback strategies in content-based image retrieval, ACIS International Journal of Computer and Information Science, vol 9, issue 3, The International Association for Computer and Information Science (ACIS), Mt Pleasant MI USA, pp. 60-69.

Thiruvady, D.R., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Egan, G.F., Ray, S., Sritharan, A., Farrow, M.A., Churchyard, A.J., Chua, P., Bradshaw, J.L., Brawn, T., Cunnington, R., 2007, Functional connectivity of the prefrontal cortex in Huntington's disease, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, vol 78, BMJ Publishing Group, London England, pp. 127-133.

Conference Proceedings

Cheong, M., Ray, S., Green, D.G., 2012, Interpreting the 2011 London riots from Twitter metadata, Proceedings of the 2012 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 27 November 2012 to 29 November 2012, IEEE, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 915-920.

Cheong, M., Ray, S., Green, D.G., 2012, Large-scale socio-demographic pattern discovery on microblog metadata, Proceedings of the 2012 12th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, 27 November 2012 to 29 November 2012, IEEE, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 909-914.

Mahadeo, N.K., Paplinski, A.P., Ray, S., 2012, Model-based pupil and iris localization, 2012 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, 10 June 2012 to 15 June 2012, IEEE, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 1427-1433.

Das, G., Ray, S., 2007, A comparison of relevance feedback strategies in CBIR, Proceedings of the 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, 11 July 2007 to 13 July 2007, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA, pp. 100-105.

Youssif, A.A.A., Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Nafaa, H.Y., 2007, Fingerprint recognition system using hybrid matching techniques, Proceedings of the 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, 11 July 2007 to 13 July 2007, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA, pp. 234-240.

Das, G., Ray, S., 2007, Instance-based relevance feedback using cluster density, Proceedings of the Ninth IASTED International Conference Signal and Image Processing, 20 August 2007 to 22 August 2007, ACTA Press, Anaheim CA USA, pp. 190-195.

Das, G., Ray, S., 2007, Performance of a compact feature vector in content-based image retrieval, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications, 8 March 2007 to 11 March 2007, INSTICC, Setubal Portugal, pp. 241-246.

Das, G., Ray, S., 2006, Effect of finite sample size in Content-Based Image Retrieval, Proceedings of the IEEE international conference on video and signal based surveillance 2006 (AVSS 2006), 22 November 2006 to 24 November 2006, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA, pp. 1-6.

Das, G., Ray, S., Wilson, C.C., 2006, Feature re-weighting in Content-Based Image Retrieval, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Image and Video Retrieval (CIVR 2006), 13 July 2006 to 15 July 2006, Springer-Verlag, Germany, pp. 193-200.

Das, G., Ray, S., 2005, A compact feature representation and image indexing in content-based image retrieval, Proceedings of Image and Vision Computing New Zealand 2005 Conference, 28 November 2005 to 29 November 2005, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Otago, Dunedin NZ, pp. 387-391.

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Pham, T., 2005, A comparative study of PSNR and BIM in measuring the quality of transform coded images, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications (ADCOM 2005), 14 December 2005 to 17 December 2005, Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi India, pp. 29-34.

Youssif, A.A., Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., 2005, Computer aided analysis of dental radiographic images, Proceedings of the Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications, 06 December 2005 to 08 December 2005, IEEE Computer Society, Los Alamitos CA USA, pp. 292-298.

Alam, M.J., Ray, S., Hama, H., 2005, Isolation of lung cancer from inflammation, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence (PReMI 2005), 20 December 2005 to 22 December 2005, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Germany, pp. 465-470.

Sak, M., Dowe, D.L., Ray, S., 2005, Minimum message length moving average time series data mining, Proceedings of the 2005 ICSC Congress on Computational Intelligence: Methods and Applications, 15 December 2005 to 17 December 2005, IEEE, Piscataway NJ USA, pp. 1-6.

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Pham, T., 2004, Block identification for reducing blocking artefact in MPEG-1 video coded images using statistical Iiference and performance measurement Using Block Impairment Metric (BIM), Proceedings of the ISCA 17th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, 17 November 2004 to 19 November 2004, International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), Cary USA, pp. 143-147.

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Pham, T., 2004, Performance of statistical inference for block classification in reducing blocking artefact in video coded images, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications, 27 December 2004 to 29 December 2004, Future Technology Academy, Egypt, pp. 1-4.

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Pham, T., 2003, Block identification using entropic method for reducing blocking artefacts in block based transform coded images, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications, 05 June 2003 to 07 June 2003, Payne, ARGENTINA, pp. 454-457.

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Pham, T., 2003, Reducing blocking artefacts in MPEG video coded images using entropic methods, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition, 10 December 2003 to 13 December 2003, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi India, pp. 213-216.

Chowdhury, M.U., Ray, S., Pham, T., 2002, A new approach for reducing blocking artefacts using linear filter for block based transform coded images, Proceedings of the ACIS International Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications (CSITeA'02), 06/06/2002 to 08/06/2002, International Association for Computer and Information Science, Mount Pleasant USA, pp. 145-148.

Hore, E.S., Ray, S., 2002, A sum-result indexing algorithm for feature combining in content-based image retrieval, Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, 12 August 2002 to 14 August 2002, ACTA Press, Anaheim USA, pp. 283-287.

Wilson, C., Srinivasan, B., Ray, S., 2002, Visual information retrieval via a Bayesian belief network framework, Recent Advances in Computing and Communications: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communications, 16 December 2001to 19 December 2001, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi INDIA, pp. 129-132.

Tran, M., Ray, S., Le, P.D., 2001, A proposed alternative for a layer 2 of neocognitron, Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing: Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference (VIIP 2001), 03 September 2001 to 05 September 2001, ACTA Press, CA USA, pp. 554-559.

Kulkarni, S., Srinivasan, B., Ray, S., 2000, A Low-Dimensional Hybrid Model for Content-Based Image Retrieval, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference, Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2000), Nevada USA, 19-23 November 2000, IASTED/ACTA Press, CA USA, pp. 18-21.

Turi, R.H., Ray, S., 2000, An Application of Clustering in Colour Image Segmentation, Sixth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision Conference Proceedings (ICARCV 2000), Marina Mandarin SINGAPORE, 5-8 December 2000, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Tran, V.N., Ray, S., 2000, An Attempt to Analyse Neocognitron's Filters, 4th International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition and Digital Techniques (ICAPRDT'99), Calcutta INDIA, 27-29 December 1999, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi India, pp. 357-361.

Tran, V.N., Ray, S., 2000, Analysis of Filter Layer 2 in Neocognitron, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (SIP 2000), Nevada USA, 19-23 November 2000, IASTED/ACTA Press, CA USA, pp. 439-444.

Wilson, C., Srinivasan, B., Ray, S., Indrawan, M., 2000, Colour Image Retrieval Using Bayesian Networks, 4th International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition and Digital Techniques (ICAPRDT'99), Calcutta INDIA, 27 - 29 December 1999, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi India, pp. 42-46.

Ray, S., Turi, R.H., 2000, Determination of Number of Clusters in K-Means Clustering and Application in Colour Image Segmentation, 4th International Conference on Advances in Pattern Recognition and Digital Techniques (ICAPRDT'99), Calcutta INDIA, 27-29 December 1999, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi India, pp. 137-143.

Tran, V.N., Ray, S., Pose, R.D., 2000, Neocognitron for Rotated Pattern Recognition, Proceedings of the ISCA 15th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications (ISCA 2000), Louisiana USA, 29-31 March 2000, The Int. Soc. for Computers & Their Applications, NC USA, pp. 211-214.

Ray, S., Shakya, R., Wilson, C., Srinivasan, B., 1999, On Image Thresholding by Entropic and Probabilistic Distance Criteria, Proc. of the IASTED International Conferences Signal and Image Processing (SIP'99), Nassau THE BAHAMAS, 18-21 October ,1999, IASTED/Acta Press, California USA, pp. 62-65.

Kulkarni, S., Srinivasan, B., Ramakrishna, M.V., Ray, S., 1998, A Transformational Approach to Image Retrieval, Proceedings of the IASTED Int. Conf. on Signal and Image Processing, Las Vegas USA, 28-31 October 1998, IASTED/ACTA Press, Calgary Canada, pp. 378-381.

Ray, S., 1998, Image Thresholding by Probabilistic Distance Criteria, Computers and Devices for Communications, Calcutta India, 14-17 January 1998, Allied Publishers Limited, New Delhi India, pp. 29-30.

Turi, R.H., Ray, S., 1998, K-means Clustering for Colour Image Segmentation with Automatic Detection of K, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Signal and Image Processing, Las Vegas USA, 28-31 October 1998, IASTED/ACTA Press, Calgary Canada, pp. 345-349.

Turi, R.H., Ray, S., 1997, Clustering-based colour image segmentation using inter-cluster distance, Australian Pattern Recognition Society (Victorian Branch) Conference Proceedings Image Analysis, Melbourne Australia, 3 October 1997, Depts Physics & Computer Science, Monash Uni, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 37-48.

Kulkarni, S., Srinivasan, B., Ray, S., 1997, Image classification based on functional analysis to achieve browsing levels, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Signal and Image Processing (SIP '97), New Orleans USA, 4-6 December 1997, IASTED/ACTA Press, Anaheim CA USA, pp. 285-290.

Ray, S., Shakya, R., Srinivasan, B., 1997, New approaches to image segmentation based on probabilistic distance criteria, Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Signal and Image Processing (SIP'97), New Orleans USA, 4-6 December 1997, IASTED/ACTA Press, Anaheim CA USA, pp. 459-464.

Teaching Commitment

Dr Siddheswar Ray is the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT;

 

• FIT1031 - Computers and networks
• FIT3036 - Computer science project 

 

Sid teaches the following units in the Faculty of IT;

• FIT1031 - Computers and networks
• FIT3036 - Computer science project
• FIT3081 - Image Processing
  
• FIT4008 - Reading Unit
  

 

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Inferring social behavior and interaction on Twitter by combining metadata about users & messages.

Supervisors:

Green, D (Joint), Ray, S (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Towards mainstream use of iris biometric.

Supervisors:

Paplinski, A (Main), Ray, S (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Das, G.

Program of Study:

Reduction of semantic gap in content-based image retrieval. (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Ray, S (Main), Wilson, C (Associate).

Student:

Thiruvady, D.

Program of Study:

Modeling Connectivity in the Brain: An Application in Huntington's Disease. (Masters) 2006.

Supervisors:

Ray, S (Joint-Co), Cunnington, R (Joint), Georgiou-Karistianis, N (Joint).

Student:

Turi, R.

Program of Study:

CLUSTERING-BASED COLOUR IMAGE SEGMENTATION. (PHD) 2001.

Supervisors:

Ray, S (Main).

Student:

Wilson, C.

Program of Study:

VISUAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL VIA INFERENCE NETWORKS. (PHD) 2002.

Supervisors:

Srinivasan, B (Main), Ray, S (Associate).