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Doctoral Student
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Contact info
Email:
Office:
Geography-Geology Building, Room 313
Office Hours:
By appointment
Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/chintanmaniyar
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Research Interests:
- Optical/Radar Biophysical Modelling of Natural Resources
- Predictive Environmental Modelling using AI
- NLP and social media analysis within citizen science based environmental conservation projects
- Satellite Image Processing and Automatic Feature Extraction
- Open-source tools/algorithm development and deployment
CV:
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I am a tech-geek and an environmentalist, constantly looking for ways to harness technology and AI to contribute towards environment conservation and preservation. A computer scientist at heart, I am particularly interested in studying and monitoring water quality of inland and coastal waterbodies on a global scale. My current research includes:
- Estimating Sea Surface Salinity using Remote Sensing Data and Machine Learning Methods
- Continuous Water Quality Monitoring on a Global Level
Education
Education:
- PhD in Geography (Current)
University of Georgia- Area of focus: Remote Sensing and Geo-AI
- M.Tech in Remote Sensing & Geo-Information Sciences (2021)
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO- Specialization: Satellite Imagery Processing and Photogrammetry
- Thesis: Automated Feature Extraction from High Resolution Remotely Sensed Imagery using Object-based Fully Convolutional Networks and Cyclical Learning
- Advisor: Mrs. Minakshi Kumar, IIRS-ISRO
- B.Tech in Computer Engineering (2019)
Charotar University of Science and Technology- Electives: Digital Image Processing and Artificial Intelligence
- Thesis: Text Classification and Context Mining for Document Summarization using Weakly Supervised Techniques
- Advisor: Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, IIT-Bombay
Of Note
Of note:
Best Paper Awards:
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, M. “Deep Learning based Improved Automatic Building Extraction from Open Source High Resolution UAV Imagery” 2nd International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems in Geomatics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Virtual, April 2021
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, A., Mishra, D.R., “Web-based Interactive Approach for Continuous Monitoring of Indian Inland and Estuarine Waters for Harmful Algal Blooms.” National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring and Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG), Virtual, December 2020
Industry Appreciation Award from Hexagon Geospatial:
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, A., Mishra, D.R., 2020. “Cloud Based Approach for Continuous Monitoring and Assessment of Indian Inland and Estuarine Water Environments using Sentinel-3 OLCI data”. Indian Society of Remote Sensing: National Seminar, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
Course Instruction
Courses Regularly Taught:
Research
Selected Publications:
- Peer-reviewed Articles
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, A. & Mishra, D.R. (2022) Continuous and Synoptic Assessment of Indian Waters for Harmful Algae Blooms. Harmful Algae, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102160
- Book Chapters:
- Maniyar, C.B. & Kumar, A. (2021) Generative Adversarial Network for Cloud Removal from Optical Temporal Satellite Imagery. Soft Computing for Problem Solving (pp. 481-491). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2712-5_39
- Maniyar, C. B., Bhatt, C. M., Pandit, T. N., & Yadav, D. H. (2019). CHEERBOT: A Step Ahead of Conventional ChatBot. Next-Generation Wireless Networks Meet Advanced Machine Learning Applications (pp. 306-322). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7458-3.ch013
- Conference Presentations/Posters:
- Maniyar, C.B. & Kumar, M. (2021) "Improved Automated Building Extraction from High Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery using Time-Optimized Deep Learning Techniques" Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2021, Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, A & Mishra, D.R. (2021) "Frequent Synoptic Monitoring of Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms for Potential Prevention of Disease Outbreak" CDC's Place and Health Conference, Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, M. (2021) “Deep Learning based Improved Automatic Building Extraction from Open Source High Resolution UAV Imagery” 2nd International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems in Geomatics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, A., Mishra, D.R. (2020) “Web-based Interactive Approach for Continuous Monitoring of Indian Inland and Estuarine Waters for Harmful Algal Blooms” National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring and Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG), Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Mishra, D.R. and T. O’Halloran. (2020) “Ecological Impact of Hurricane Matthew on South Carolina Coastal Marshes and Forests using Time-Series Analysis” National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring and Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG), Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Banda, T., Krishna, D., Sharma, C. (2020) “Effective Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms Monitoring using Open Social Media Platforms and Google Earth Engine” National Symposium on Remote Sensing for Environment Monitoring and Climate Change Assessment: Opportunities and Challenges, Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) and Indian Society of Geomatics (ISG), Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar A. (2020) “Generative Adversarial Network for Cloud Removal from Temporal Optical Satellite Imagery” SoCProS 2020: 10th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving at Indian Institute of Technology (Indore), Virtual
- Maniyar, C.B., Kumar, A., Mishra, D.R. (2020). “Cloud Based Approach for Continuous Monitoring and Assessment of Indian Inland and Estuarine Water Environments using Sentinel-3 OLCI data”. Indian Society of Remote Sensing: National Seminar, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
