Senior Research Fellow, DST, Govt. of India

Languages: Python, MATLAB, C, C++, Java, Rust, PHP, HTML

Frameworks: Keras, Tensorflow

Github Stars: 147 stars

Google Scholar Citations: 23 Citations

Education

Degree	Institution	Year	Grade/Percentage
Ph.D, CS	NIT Rourkela	2020-Continuing	8.83
M.Phil, CS	Sambalpur University	2018-19	8.9
M.Sc, CS	Sambalpur University	2016-18	9.2
B.Sc, CS	GM College, Sambalpur	2013-16	88.75
12th, Sci	Panchayat Junior College	2011-13	72.50
10th	Sarsara High School	2011	81.12

Publications

Journals

• S. K. Panda and P. K. Sa, “A Thermal-Aware Multi-Sensor Framework for Low-Light Image Enhancement,” in IEEE Sensors Journal. (Under Review)
• S. K. Panda and P. K. Sa, “Exposure Calibration Network with Graph Convolution for Low-Light Image Enhancement,” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 24, pp. 41971-41980. [Paper]
• S. K. Panda and P. K. Sa, “Integrating Graph Convolution Into a Deep Multilayer Framework for Low-Light Image Enhancement,” in IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1-4, May 2024, Art no. 7002404, doi: 10.1109/LSENS.2024.3380889. [Paper] [Code]
• S. K. Panda and C. S. Panda, “A Review on Image Classification Using Bag of Features Approach”, International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 6, pp. 538–542, Jun. 2019. [Paper]

Conferences

• S. Ghosh, S. K. Panda, M. K. Bishwal and P. K. Sa. “Transformer-Based Model for Building Classification Under Diverse Lighting Conditions.” 6th IEEE International Conference on Innovative Trends in Information Technology (ICITIIT 2025), IIIT Kottayam. ( Accepted and Presented)
• S. K. Panda and P. K. Sa, “A Deep Retinex-based Model for Enhancing Low-Light Images Captured from UAV,” in 6th International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICCIS 2024), MANIT Bhopal, November 08-09, 2024. ( Accepted and Presented)
• S. K. Panda, D. Nayak, and P. K. Sa, “MCCNet: A multi-scale cross connection network for low-light image enhancement,” in Computer Vision and Image Processing. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024, pp. 488–499. [Paper] [Code]

Projects

• Web-Based Framework for Public Health Engineering Organisation (MSc Project done at NIC, BBSR)

Achievements

• 1st Position in MPhil Computer Science, Sambalpur University.
• 1st Position in MSc Computer Science, Sambalpur University.
• AIR<1000 in DST INSPIRE fellowship, Govt. of India
• Medhabruti scholarship by Govt of Odisha (2011-2018).

Invited as Speakers/ Resource Person

• Invited as a resource person to present a talk during the “Machine Learning” workshop organized by Sambalpur University, Jyotivihar, Burla (2024).
  
• Invited as resource persons for a 3-day workshop on “MATLAB and its applications in mathematics” sponsored by OHEPEE-IDP was organized by North Odisha University (now Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanjadeo University). (2024).
  
• Guest Speaker in IEEE GRSS Summer School on “Digital Agricultural Technologies (DATs)” held at Hyatt Hyderabad Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana (2023).
  
• Invited as a Resource Person in the Awareness program on Cybercrime held at Deepika English Medium School Rourkela (2023).
  
• Invited as a resource person to present a talk during the “MATLAB for Beginners” workshop organized by Fakir Mohan University, Balasore (2023).
• Session manager in IEEE INGARSS Conference (2021).
• Invited Speaker in IEEE WIE and SSGMCE Students Branch Webinar on the topic “Application of Machine Learning in Biometric Security Systems (2021)”.

Reviewer for Journal/ Conference

Journals

• Springer Nature Applied Intelligence
• IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.
• IEEE Sensors Letters
• IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics.
• IGI Global Book named “Advances in Neuroscience, Neuropsychiatry, and Neurology” (2023).

Conferences

• 3rd IEEE International Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI-2025), organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at ABV-IIITM Gwalior, India (2025).
• 8th IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Control and Computer Engineering (InECCE 2025), organized by the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS), Malaysia Section Chapter (2025).
• 8th IEEE Conference on Information Communication Technology, organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj UP India (2024).
• IEEE International Conference on Vehicular Technology and Transportation System (ICVTTS), organized by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS), Bangalore, India (2024).
• 2nd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication, Power & Embedded Systems, organized by Centurion University of Technology and Management, Parlakhemundi , Odisha, India (2024).
• 7th International Conference on Recent Trends in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition, organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhopal, India (2024).
• IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy, organized by the Department of ECE, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India (2024).
• 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence (IEEE CVMI), organized by the IIIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, India (2024).
• 4th IEEE International Conference on “Advancement in Electronics & Communication Engineering” (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UP Section), organized by the Department of ECE and CSE, R.K.G.I.T, Ghaziabad, U.P., India (2024).
• 3rd IEEE International Conference on “Advancement in Electronics & Communication Engineering” (Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UP Section), organized by the Department of ECE and CSE, R.K.G.I.T, Ghaziabad, U.P., India (2023).
• 4th IEEE International Conference on “Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems” organized by Dept. Of CSE, Sharda School of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh (2023).