Education :

• Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea
• M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Seoul National University, South Korea
• B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Experience :

• Advanced research lab and Multimedia R&D group, Samsung Electronics, South Korea (2014~2021)
• ‘Intelligent scan’, an enhanced deep learning based biometric authentication via combining iris and face recognition together
• Developed anti-spoofing (advanced security) CNN models for face and fingerprint biometric solutions
• Activity detection from a video on mobile devices, stable GIF creation, image auto-categorization and auto-enhancement
• University of Alberta, Canada, research internship via Mitacs globalink

Brief Bio :

Dr. Tushar Sandhan received B.Tech degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from IIT Guwahati. He was recipient of the GSP-SNU scholarship & complete funding for postgraduate research program, through which he received MS degree and best MS thesis award in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Seoul National University, South Korea. Thereafter his Ph.D. thesis, “Constrained Optimization for Translucent Hindrance Removal from a Single Image”, was awarded the distinguished dissertation award from the Seoul National University, South Korea. Before joining IIT Kanpur, he was working at advanced research lab, multimedia R&D, Samsung Electronics HQ, South Korea for 5 years. He was recipient of IEI Young Engineers Award 2023, INAE Young Associate 2024 and inventor of more than 60 patents. He is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kanpur and his research interests include computer vision and machine learning.

Postal Address :

Dr. Tushar Sandhan, Office 408, ACES building, IIT Kanpur, Pin code 208016, Office Phone 0091-512-259-2240