Rakesh Kumar Mishra
  Sr. Project Associate

  Geoinformatics LAB
  Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
  Kanpur-208 016, UP, INDIA.
  E-mail:
rkmishra AT iitk.ac.in
  Alternate E-mail: rkmishra.iitk AT gmail.com
  URL:
http://rkmishra.iitk.googlepages.com/

   
 

Qualification:  Master of Computer Application (U P Technical University, Lucknow, INDIA).

Specialization: Software engineering, Advanced database concepts, Compiler design.

Area of Interest: Object-oriented software engineering, simulator development, software development for LiDAR data processing, software development for image processing, database management system.

Programming languages: JAVA, C, C++, Visual Basic.

DBMS Packages: Oracle, MS Access.

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Solaris.

Web Designing: HTML, Javascript, PHP.

Mathematical Software: MATLAB.

LiDAR data processing software: Terrascan, Polyworks.
 
Professional Projects:

1. Airborne Altimetric LiDAR Simulator (LIMULATOR) using  JAVA (IIT Kanpur).
   
(Limulator2.0, the latest version has won the Silver Medal prize at CATCON5 during ISPRS Congress-2008,
     Beijing. The prize
includes $US 750 and a certificate for commendation)

2. LAS Converter (ASPRS LiDAR data exchange format standard)  using JAVA (IIT Kanpur).

Academic
Projects:

1
. Multispectral Image Classification System using JAVA (Department of Space, Govt. of
    India, IIRS, Dehradun).     

2. Software for Gorakhpur Railway hospital( OPD) using Visual Basic and MS Access. (Railway
    Hospital, Gorakhpur).

3. IIRS E-Telephone Directory using JAVA and Oracle (Department of Space, Govt. of
    India, IIRS, Dehradun).

4. Library Management System using C (B.H.E.L., Haridwar).                             

Publications: 

1. Lohani, B., Mishra, R. K., Biswas Susham., 2008, Limulator2.0: A simulator for LiDAR Education, The XXI Congress The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 3-11 July 2008 Beijing, China.

2. Lohani, B., Mishra, R. K., Biswas Susham., 2008, Development of airborne altimetric LiDAR simulator and its evaluation, The XXI Congress The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 3-11 July 2008 Beijing, China.

3. Mishra, R. K., Lohani, B.,2007, An object-oriented software development approach to design simulator for airborne altimetric LiDAR, National conference on "Emerging Trends in Information Technology" 2007, SGITS Indore, INDIA, December 18-20, 2007.

4. Mishra, R. K., Lohani, B.,2007, The reality behind a LiDAR simulator, Geospatial Today, November, 2007, pp 45-49.

5. Mishra, R. K., Lohani, B.,2007, Object-oriented software engineering for designing an aerial survey LiDAR, Spatial India 2007-IT and GIS strategy for infrastructure, Jaipur, INDIA, October 25-26, 2007.

6. Lohani, B., Mishra, R. K., 2007, Generating LiDAR data in laboratory: LiDAR simulator, International Archive of Photogrammetry , and Remote Sensing XXXVI(3)W52 of Laser Scanning 2007 and SilviLaser 2007, Espoo, Finland, September 12-14.

7.  Lohani, B., Mishra, R. K.,2007, Modeling airborne altimetric LiDAR system to simulate data capture process, Proc. Of GI Forum International Conference, 3-6 July, 2007, Salzburg, Austria. (Poster rated among 10 best papers).

8. Lohani, B., Reddy, P., and Mishra, R. K.,2006, Airborne Altimetric LiDAR Simulator: An education tool, International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Science, XXXVI(6), Tokyo, Japan.

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