Computer Science And Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Surmila Thokchom
Ph.D(NIT Meghalaya)

E-mail:
hod.cse@nitm.ac.in

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Dr. Soumen Moulik Assistant Professor

Ph.D, IIT Kharagpur, India

smoulik@nitm.ac.in
9485185997
https://nitmeghalaya.irins.org/profile/101576

Research Interest

Wireless Personal/Body Area Networks (MAC of IEEE 802.15.4, IEEE 802.15.6), Wireless Sensor Networks, Internet of Things, Machine Learning

Education Qualification

Ph.D, IIT Kharagpur, India

Work Experience

  • Assistant Professor Grade-II (PL 11) at NIT Meghalaya (September 2019 - Present)
  • Assistant Professor Grade-II (PL 10) at NIT Meghalaya (December 2017 - September 2019)
  • Senior Research Fellow (SRF) at SRIC, IIT Kharagpur (April 2015 - November 2016)
  • Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at SRIC, IIT Kharagpur (April 2013 - March 2015)
  • Systems Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services (September 2010 - March 2013)

Educational Qualifications

  • Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur (2013 - 2017)
  • B.Tech from Institute of Engineering and Management (2006 - 2010)
  • Higher Secondary from Hooghly Collegiate School (2006)
  • Secondary from Hooghly Collegiate School (2004)

Publications

International Journals:

  1. Kaushik Ray, Soumen Moulik, "i-DSME: An industrial-DSME MAC protocol for smart factory automation", Elsevier Internet of Things, Vol. 23, No. 100859, October 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.iot.2023.100859. [Present IF: 5.9 | SCIE | Q1 in 2022]
  2. Kamal Das, Rajarshi Ray, Soumen Moulik, "Optimal Relaying Nodes Selection for IEEE 802.15.6-based Two-hop Star Topology WBAN", Elsevier Internet of Things, Vol. 22, No. 100740, July 2023, DOI: 10.1016/j.iot.2023.100740. [Present IF: 5.9 | SCIE | Q1 in 2022]
  3. Kaushik Ray, Vipin Pal, Gaurav Singal, Soumen Moulik, "Fuzzy-MAC: An FIS-based MAC Protocol for a Multi-constrained Traffic in Wireless Body Area Network", Elsevier Computer Communications, Vol. 195, No. 1, pp. 451-462, September 2022, DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2022.09.013. [Present IF: 6 | SCIE | Q1 in 2022]
  4. Utkarsh Saxena, Soumen Moulik, Soumya Ranjan Nayak, Thomas Hanne, Diptendu Sinha Roy, "Ensemble-Based Machine Learning for Predicting Sudden Human Fall Using Health Data", Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, Volume 2021, Article ID 8608630, pp. 1-12, November 2021. DOI: 10.1155/2021/8608630. [SCIE | Q2 in 2021]
  5. Kamal Das, Soumen Moulik, “BOSS: Bargaining-based Optimal Slot Sharing in IEEE 802.15.6-based Wireless Body Area Networks”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 2945 - 2953, October 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3122819. [Present IF: 10.6 | SCIE | Q1 in 2021]
  6. Kamal Das, Soumen Moulik, Chih-Yung Chang, “Priority-based dedicated slot allocation in IEEE 802.15.6 MAC with dynamic superframe structure”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 4497 - 4506, August 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2021.3104800. [Present IF: 10.6 | SCIE | Q1 in 2021]
  7. Nurul Amin Choudhury, Soumen Moulik, Diptendu Sinha Roy, “Physique-based Human Activity Recognition using Ensemble Learning and Smartphone Sensors”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 21, No. 15, pp. 16852 - 16860, April 2021. DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3077563. [Present IF: 4.3 | SCIE | Q1 in 2021]
  8. Pynbianglut Hadem, Dilip Kumar Saikia, Soumen Moulik, “An SDN-based Intrusion Detection System using SVM with Selective Logging for IP Traceback”, Elsevier Computer Networks, May 2021, Vol. 191, No. 108015, pp. 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2021.108015. [Present IF: 5.6 | SCIE | Q1 in 2021]
  9. Pynbianglut Hadem, Dilip Kumar Saikia, Soumen Moulik, “I-SMITE: An IP Traceback Mechanism for Inter-AS SDN Networks with BGP”, Inderscience International Journal of Security and Networks, September 2021, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 163-173. DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2020.10036629. [Scopus | Q3 in 2021]
  10. Soumen Moulik and Shubhankar Majumdar, “FallSense: An automatic fall detection and alarm generation system in IoT-enabled environment”, IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 19, no. 19, pp. 8452-8459, November 2018, DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2018.2880739. [Present IF: 4.3 | SCIE | Q1 in 2018]
  11. Soumen Moulik, Sudip Misra, and Chandan Chakraborty, “Performance Evaluation and Delay-Power Trade-off Analysis of ZigBee Protocol”, IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 404-416, May 2018, DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2018.2836456. [Present IF: 7.9 | SCIE | Q1 in 2018]
  12. Soumen Moulik, Sudip Misra, and Debayan Das, “AT-MAC: Adaptive MAC-frame Payload Tuning for Reliable Communication in Wireless Body Area Networks”, IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1516-1529, Aug 2016, DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2016.2598166. [Present IF: 7.9 | SCIE | Q1 in 2016]
  13. Soumen Moulik, Sudip Misra and Abhishek Gaurav, “Cost-Effective Mapping between Wireless Body Area Networks and Cloud Service Providers Based on Multi-Stage Bargaining”, IEEE Transaction on Mobile Computing, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 1573-1586, May 2016, DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2016.2571286. [Present IF: 7.9 | SCIE  | Q1 in 2016]
  14. Soumen Moulik, Sudip Misra, and Mohammad. S. Obaidat, “SMART-EVAC: A Big Data-based Decision Making System for Emergency Evacuation”, IEEE Cloud Computing, Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 58-65, July 2015, DOI: 10.1109/MCC.2015.47. [Selected as Featured Article] [This Magazine ceased publication in 2018]
  15. Sudip Misra, Soumen Moulik, and Han Chieh Chao, “A Cooperative Bargaining Solution for Priority based Data-rate Tuning in a Wireless Body Area Network”, IEEE Transaction on Wireless Communication, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 2769-2777, Jan 2015, DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2015.2393303. [Present IF: 10.4 | SCIE | Q1 in 2015]

International Conferences:

  1. Abisek Dahal, Abu motaleb Rony, and Soumen Moulik, "COVID-19 Detection from Chest X-ray Images using GBM and a Comparative Analysis of it", MIND 2023. (Accepted)
  2. Abisek Dahal, Oyshi Pronomy Sarker, Jahnavi Kashyap, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Sheli Sinha Chaudhuri, Soumen Moulik, "Detection and Classification of Waste Materials using Deep Learning Techniques", MIND 2023. (Accepted)
  3. Kaushik Ray, Soumen Moulik, "E2-DMAC: An Energy Efficient DSME MAC protocol for Wireless Cluster Tree Network", IEEE ANTS 2023. (Accepted)
  4. Mrinal Bisoi, Bunil Kumar Balabantaray, Soumen Moulik, "Human Activity Recognition Using CTAL Model", Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence: Proceedings of CVMI 2022, IIIT Allahabad, India, 12-13 August 2022. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-7867-8_28.
  5. Arindam Roy, Rohan Mukherjee, Soumen Moulik, Amitabha Chakraborty, "Human Fall Prediction Using Ensemble Learning Technique", IEEE ICCE-TW, Taipei, Taiwan, 6-8 July 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan55306.2022.9868977. 
  6. Mir Wajahat Hussain, Soumen Moulik, Diptendu Sinha Roy, "A Broadcast Based Link Discovery Scheme for Minimizing Messages in Software Defined Networks", IEEE Globecom Workshops, Madrid, Spain, 07-11 December 2021. DOI: 10.1109/GCWkshps52748.2021.9681933.
  7. Akash Panda, Rommel Chakravarty, Soumen Moulik, “Hand Gesture Recognition Using Flex Sensor and Machine Learning Algorithms”, IEEE IECBES, Langkawi, Malayasia, 01-03 March 2021. DOI: 10.1109/IECBES48179.2021.9398789.
  8. Arwatki Lyngdoh, Nurul Amin Choudhury, Soumen Moulik, “Diabetes Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms”, IEEE IECBES, Langkawi, Malayasia, 01-03 March 2021. DOI: 10.1109/IECBES48179.2021.9398759. 
  9. Kamal Das, Soumen Moulik, “PBCR: Parameter-based Backoff Counter Regulation in IEEE 802.15.6 CSMA/CA”, IEEE COMSNETS, Bangalore, India, 05-09 January 2021. DOI: 10.1109/COMSNETS51098.2021.9352747.
  10. Sanapala Rajesh, Nurul Amin Choudhury, Soumen Moulik, “Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Liver Cancer Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms”, IEEE INDICON, Delhi, India, 10-13 December 2020. DOI: 10.1109/INDICON49873.2020.9342443. 
  11. Ibashisha Marbaniang, Nurul Amin Choudhury, Soumen Moulik, “Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Prediction using Machine Learning Algorithms”, IEEE INDICON, Delhi, India, 10-13 December 2020. DOI: 10.1109/INDICON49873.2020.9342297.
  12. Soumen Moulik, Shubhankar Majumdar, Vipin Pal, Yogita, “Water Leakage Detection in Hilly Region PVC Pipes using Wireless Sensors and Machine Learning”, IEEE ICCE-TW, Taoyouan, Taiwan, 28-30 September 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan49838.2020.9258144.
  13. Kamal Das, Shubhankar Majumdar, Soumen Moulik, Mashiro Fujita, “Real-time Threshold-based Landslide Prediction System for Hilly Region using Wireless Sensor Networks”, IEEE ICCE-TW, Taoyouan, Taiwan, 28-30 September 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan49838.2020.9258181.
  14. Nurul Amin Choudhury, Soumen Moulik, Sanjay Choudhury, “Cloud-based Real-time and Remote Human Activity Recognition System using Wearable Sensors”, IEEE ICCE-TW, Taoyouan, Taiwan, 28-30 September 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan49838.2020.9258050. [Awarded 2nd Place in DEMO Paper Award]
  15. Utkarsh Saxena, Soumen Moulik, and Diptendu Sinha Roy, “Prediction of Syncope based on Physiological Data Analysis using Decision Tree Algorithm”, IEEE ICCE-TW, Taoyouan, Taiwan, 28-30 September 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ICCE-Taiwan49838.2020.9258169.
  16. Soumen Moulik, Debapratim Dey, Kaushik Ray, and Kamal Das, “Reliable Transmission of Critical Packets in IEEE 802.15.4-based Body Area Networks”, IEEE ANTS, Goa, India, 16-19 December 2019. DOI: 10.1109/ANTS47819.2019.9118022. [Qualis Rank: B4]
  17. Soumen Moulik, Kaushik Ray, “d-CARE: Context-Aware Regulation of Backoff Delay in Wireless Personal Area Networks”, IEEE TENCON, Kerala, India, 17-20 October 2019. DOI: 10.1109/TENCON.2019.8929352. [CORE Rank: C]
  18. Sathi Roy, Imraj Mallik, and Soumen Moulik, “PAG-MAC: Prioritized Allocation of GTSs in IEEE 802.15.4 MAC – A Dynamic Approach based on Analytical Hierarchy Processing”, IEEE INDICON, IIT Roorkee, 15-17 December 2017. DOI: 10.1109/INDICON.2017.8488030.
  19. Soumen Moulik, Sudip Misra, and Chandan Chakraborty, “CAPCoS: Context-aware PAN Coordinator Selection for Health Monitoring of Soldiers in Battlefield”, IEEE ANTS, Kolkata, 15-18 December 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ANTS.2015.7413650. [Qualis Rank: B4]
  20. Soumen Moulik, Sudip Misra, Chandan Chakraborty, and Mohammad. S. Obaidat, “Prioritized Payload Tuning Mechanism for Wireless Body Area Network-Based Healthcare Systems”, IEEE GLOBECOM, Austin, TX, USA, 08-12 December 2014. DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037166. [CORE Rank: B]


Book Chapters:

  1. Soumen Moulik, Amrit Raj, Arun Kumer Verma, “I-ACTIVE: A Low-Cost Efficient End-to-end Cyber-Physical System for Ubiquitous Human Activity Recognition in Real-time”, in Cyber-Physical Systems: Research Issues and Challenges, CRC Press, 2022.

Sponsored Projects

Sl. No.

Title

Role

Funding Agency

Amount

(in Rs.)

Duration

1.      

Design and Development of Intelligent Cyber Physical System for Prediction, Early Detection and Remote Monitoring of Alzheimer’s Disease in Real-Time using Bio?Multifunctional Smart Wearable Sensors

PI

DST-SERB (CRG)

77,64,000

Status: Approved; Waiting for sanction letter

2.      

Development of a Wearable Sensor-based Fall Detection System Using Learning Algorithms

PI

TEQIP-III

1,99,500

Nov. 2019 – Oct. 2021

3.      

Prediction, Detection and Monitoring System for Landslide in Hilly Region

Co-PI

DST (Indo-Japan)

6,26,000

Jun. 2019 – May 2021

4.      

Cloud- assisted Data Analytics based Real-Time Monitoring and Detection of Water Leakage in Transmission Pipelines using Wireless Sensor Network for Hilly Regions

Co-PI

MoEF&CC (NMHS Project)

44,70,880

Apr. 2018 – Mar. 2021

Students Supervised/Supervising

Ph.D.

  • Kaushik Ray - QoS Improvement of IEEE 802.15.4e Standard - Ongoing (since July 2019)
  • Kamal Das - Quality of Service Improvement in IEEE 802.15.6-based intra Wireless Body Area Network Communications - Completed (in June 2023)
  • Pynbianglut Hadem - Intrusion Detection and IP Traceback Schemes for Cybersecurity in Software Defined Networks - Completed (in Jan 2022)

M.Tech.

  • 2023 - Sanchiano Suja - Sentiment Analysis using Machine Learning
  • 2022 - Mrinal Bisoi - Human Activity Recognition using CTAL Model
  • 2021 - Nurul Amin Chowdhury - Physique-based Human Activity Recognition using Ensemble Learning and Smartphone Sensors
  • 2020 - Utkarsh Saxena - Prediction of Syncope with Machine Learning Techniques using Health Parameters
  • 2019 - Kaushik Ray - Context-Aware Regulation of Backoff Delay in Wireless Personal Area Networks
  • 2019 - Pintu Chauhan - Context-Aware Duty Cycle Optimization in IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol

B.Tech.

  • 2023 - Oyshi Pronomy Sarker and Jahnavi Kashyap - Waste Material Detection Using Deep Learning Techniques
  • 2023 - Dorababu Arigi and Pranav Pratap Singh - Enhanced Smart Irrigation System Using Tree Model
  • 2023 - Abu Motaleb Rony and Ram Singh - Detecting Covid-19 from Chest X-ray using CNN
  • 2023 - Jessy Neeharika Koduru and Prashant Kumar - Smart Safety Band using Internet of Things
  • 2022 - Vaibhab Kumar Ratnesh, Shivam Chaudhury - Classification of Lung Cancer using Machine Learning Algorithms and Dimensionality Reduction with Comparative Analysis
  • 2022 - Akash Gussain, Samuel Raj Srikakulapu - Real Time Hand Gesture Recognition for American Sign Language
  • 2022 - Kirla Durga Sarath Chandra, Siva Rajesh Paleti - Classification of Brain Stroke using Machine Learning Algorithms and Comparative Analysis of it
  • 2021 - Iba Marbaniang, All B Babu - Stress Detection Using Galvanic Skin Response Sensors
  • 2021 - Rommel Chowdhury, Akash Kumar Panda - Development of Hand Gesture Recognition System Using Flex and EMG Sensors
  • 2020 - Amrit Raj, Arun Kumar Verma - Human Activity Monitoring Using Wearable Sensors
  • 2019 - Debapratim Dey - Markov chain-based performance analysis of IEEE 802.15.4
  • 2019 - Sri Karan - Development of sensor-based prototype to detect human fall

Theory Courses and Labs Conducted/Conducting

  • Computer Networks (UG)
  • Computer Networks Lab (UG)
  • Principles of Programming Languages (UG)
  • Object Oriented Programming and Design (UG)
  • Object Oriented Programming and Design Lab (UG)
  • Database Systems Concepts (UG)
  • Advanced Network Programming Lab (PG)

Administrative Duties Performed/Performing

  • Warden, Polo Boys' Hostel (1st July 2019 – 30th June 2023)
  • Warden, Bamboo Hut Boys’ Hostel (1st July 2018 – 30th June 2019)
  • Member, Cultural Committee (10th August 2018 – Present)
  • Member, Website Committee (26th April 2018 – Present)
  • Coordinator, Department Ph.D. Activities (June 2018 – June 2019)
  • Faculty in-charge, IoT Club (June 2018 – June 2019)
  • Member, Cultural and Sports Committee for Institute Day 2019
  • Member, Cultural Sub-Committee for Convocation 2019
  • Coordinator, M.Tech Admission Team 2019
  • Member, CCMT 2019 M.Tech. Admission Committee
  • Member, ERP Committee (19th March 2019 – Present)
  • Faculty in-charge, Music Club (5th September 2019 – Present)
  • Member, Organizing Committee of Industry Academia Conclave (IAC) 2019
  • Convener, Transport Committee of Industry Academia Conclave (IAC) 2019
  • Coordinator, HACKATHON 2020
  • Faculty in-charge, Department Syllabus Committee (November 2019 – Present)
  • Member, Internal Quality Assurance Committee (IQAC) (1st July 2020 – Present)
  • Member, Intellectual Property Committee (IPC) (3rd December 2020 – Present)

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