About the Faculty
Asish Bera is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan, since April, 2022. He received Ph.D. degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, WB. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Intelligent Visual Computing Centre, Department of Computer Science, Edge Hill University, U.K.
His current research interests include applications of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision, Image Classification, and Human Activity Recognition. Some of his research works are multi-disciplinary, such as Agricultural applications. His research articles are published in top-tier scientific venues (IEEE Trans Image Processing, IEEE Trans SMC: Systems, IEEE Trans Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Trans AgriFood Electronics, AAAI, etc.) in collaboration with multiple international universities.
Dr Bera is a reviewer of several reputed international journals and program committee member of various international conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE. As an editorial board member of Scientific Reports, Nature Portfolio, he has received the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award 2025 for Author Services.
Recently, as a principal investigator (PI), he has received a Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (ECRG-2024) funded by the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India.
