Mr. Asif Ahmed

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Electronics and Communication Engineering

Qualifications:

  • International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
    Post Graduate Diploma, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
    2019 - 2020
  • Great Lakes Institute of Management
    Deep Learning Certificate Program
    2019 - 2019
  • National Institute of Technology Durgapur
    M.Tech, Telecommunication Engineering
    2006 - 2008
  • University of Kalyani
    B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering
    1998 - 2002
  • D.A.V. Model School, Durgapur
    10+2, Science
    1996 - 1997

Summary

  • Asif began his career in teaching at Bengal College of Engineering & Technology, Durgapur and passionately nurtured his first batch of students exposing them into the fascinating field of Microelectronics.
  • He was selected to join the Special Manpower Development Project (SMDP-II) as a key Faculty at NIT Durgapur and was successful in collaborative fabrication of Biomedical Chip from Eastern Zone under the 'India Chip Program'.
  • Since 2012 he has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of ECE, North Eastern Hill University till date.
  • In his free time he is involved in actively mentoring his former students to suggest them appropriate career choices based on the skill sets they already have or suggest skill augmentation to achieve their desired goal.
  • Currently he is exploring Deep Learning use cases for Quantum Computing and Electronic Literature.

Experience

Assistant Professor
North-Eastern Hill University
Jul 2012 - Present (10 years 2 months +)
  • Mentors the B.Tech/M.Tech students to equip them with the latest industry ready skill sets.
  • Assists them in taking up innovative projects so that they can develop their ability to tackle complex problems.
Research Scholar
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Jul 2010 - Jul 2012 (2 years 1 month)
  • Worked on Automated CAD tool design for Analog Mixed Signal Circuits with a leading EDA Company.
  • His work was aimed at establishing/developing a Cross-Platform Simulation and Design Framework which will allow a combination of Top-Down as well as Bottom-Up Design principles for Mixed Signal Circuits and allow Hierarchical Design Space Exploration at various levels of abstraction which is a mix of Architectural /Block /Cell/Device Levels ultimately aimed at making quantified as well as quick decisions interactively.
Project Faculty in SMDP-II
NIT Durgapur 
Feb 2009 - Jul 2010 (1 year 6 months)
  • Had worked in the India Chip Program where we had designed a sub-module for the bio-pressure sensor chip.
  • Taped out the very first chip from NIT Durgapur in 2010 in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur.
Sr Lecturer
Bengal College of Engineering and Technology
Jan 2008 - Jan 2009 (1 year 1 month)
  • Teaching and Research
 
Lecturer
Bengal College of Engineering and Technology
Jul 2003 - Dec 2007 (4 years 6 months)
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Licenses & Certifications

  • Certified Deep Learning Practitioner - Great Lakes Institute of Management
    https://verify.greatlearning.in/PEZMQLVO
  • PGD ML and AI September 2019 Prep Course Completion Certificate - upGrad
    https://www.credential.net/9n7mngfe
  • ML C11 PGDML Course 1,2,3 LOA - upGrad
  • Dataquest Participation Certificate - upGrad
  • Data Visualization using Tableau - Great Learning
  • Tableau for Beginners - Great Learning
  • PG Diploma in Machine Learning & AI September 2019 - Course 4, 5 Letter Of Appreciation - International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
    https://sgq.io/8XuQ0Of
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence from IIIT Bangalore - International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
    https://www.credential.net/c9710731-4bc3-4955-bc55-2fc7a36089a7
  • Introduction to Hadoop - Great Learning
    https://olympus1.greatlearning.in/course_certificate/GOUJXAYP
  • Introduction to Programming Using Java - Great Learning
    https://olympus1.greatlearning.in/course_certificate/NBRXXYWK
  • Time Series Forecasting - upGrad
    https://www.credential.net/cb15ba0e-93b5-4e23-9fbe-7e4db5cc2d6d

Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Data Science • VLSI • Electromagnetics & Antenna Design • Analog • Mixed Signal • Simulations • Matlab • Machine Learning • MATLAB • Python (Programming Language)

Honors & Awards

  • GATE Fellowship - MHRD India
    Jul 2006
  • GATE Fellowship to pursue M.Tech course(June 2006- May 2008)
 

Publications

  • Fractal Dimension and Higher Order Statistics Based Features for Classification of Different Epileptic StatesFractal Dimension and Higher Order Statistics Based Features for Classification of Different Epileptic States, International Journal of Engineering and Techniques · Jan 11, 2017
  • Design of Discrete Phase-only Dual- beam Array Antennas with Minimum Dynamic Range RatioDesign of Discrete Phase-only Dual- beam Array Antennas with Minimum Dynamic Range RatioIEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference, University College of Science and Technology,Kolkata. · Dec 19, 2007