DR DINESH KUMAR

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Telephone: 03-9925 1954 Fax: 61 3 9925 2007

Project Involvement

Acoustics Health

POSITION:
Senior Lecturer and Research Students Coordinator
School of Electrical and Computer System Engineering
RMIT University

QUALIFICATIONS:
PhD (IIT, Delhi), B.Eng.(Hons) (IIT, Madras)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
· President, Society for Medical and Biological Engineers, Victoria
· Member, IEA
· Member, BMEI
· Member, IEEE
· Member, MPEG committee.

Technical Referee:
· International Journal for Information and Computing
· EPSM 2001.

Technical Expertise:
· Biometrics and Biosignals.
· Wavelet and Neural Networks and Intelligent systems.
· Acoustic monitoring, source identification.
· Computer Vision, video tracking and temporal integration.
· Telemedicine and E-commerce.

ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS:
· 59 publications - 14 in refereed journals and 40 publications in refereed conferences since past 5 years.
· Invited speaker for two international conferences and numerous technical seminars.
· 8 reports of contract work.
· One international patent and one Australian patent with an Industrial Partners.
· Research Team Leader of a Research Agreements from Industry – Ongoing (DREAMS project).
· Currently supervising (1st supervisor) for 3 Masters and 7 PhD students.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
· Research related to Sound classification in urban environment.
· Research- impact of constructed environment on human.
· Research related to classification of human gesture/ movement.
· Research related to wavelets for ECG and EMG classification.
· Intelligent and adaptive techniques for signal analysis.
· Research related to human motor mechanism and motor disorders
· Senior management position in industry with responsibilities related to design, production, costing and administrative.
· Lecturing Undergraduate and Postgraduate.

Dinesh Kumar has actively contributed to science and technology and this is demonstrated by the following:

Patent:
Kumar is the inventor for patented technology, ‘Medical Implant System’, patent number PP5732 (Australia), PCT/AU99/0726 (International).
Patent: Dinesh is the inventor for Acoustic monitoring system (PP# 2004)
Patent: Dinesh is the inventor for Video monitoring system (PP# 2004)
Research Team Leader: Kumar was the research team leader for ‘Dreams’, a very large industrial funded project.

Keynote invited speaker:
Kumar has been a keynote-invited speaker for six national and international conferences and workshops.
Supervision of Research Students: Kumar is currently supervising 9 research students and have supervised 3 students in the last five years (completions).

President of the Society for Medical and Biological Engineers (SMBE): Kumar was the president of the SMBE from 1999 to 2003.

Editor Member:
Kumar is editor member for International Journal of Computer Computing (Calcutta)

Technical Reviewer:
Kumar is the technical reviewer for Journal of EMG and Kinesiology and Journal for Digital Signal Processing (Elsevier Science).

Member, Scientific Committee: Kumar was the scientific member, World Congress of Biomedical Engineering, 2003, Sydney.

Joint Chair:
Kumar was the joint chair for Biosignal Processing (EMG), World Congress of Biomedical Engineering, 2003, and Sydney.

Research Grants:
Kumar has been a co-recipient of $950,000 (approximately) in research grants and fundings in the last five years. This includes Systemic Research Infrastructure grant and Start grant (Aus Industry).

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS:

Fully Refereed Journals

1. S Kumar, D Kumar, A Sharma and N McLachlan; Visual Hand Gesture Classification: International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing (IJWMIP) 2004 (under print)
2. A Abdulatif, I Cosic, D Kumar and B. Polus: EEG coherence changes between right and left motor cortical areas during voluntary muscular contraction, J A. Phy. & Eng. Sci, April, 2004.
3. D Kumar, N D Pah; Wavelet Analysis of Surface Electromyography to Determine Muscle Fatigue: IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2003.
4. M Alemu, D Kumar, A Bradley; Time Frequency Analysis of SEMG-with Special Consideration to the Inter-Electrode Spacing: Fatigue IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2003.
5. D Kumar, N D Pah; Thresholding Wavelet Networks for Signal Classification: International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing (IJWMIP) (No: 02-10-25, 2003).
6. S Kumar, D Kumar and Arun Sharma; Visual Hand Gesture Classification: International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing (IJWMIP) December, 2003.
7. D K Kumar, A Melaku and A Bradley: The Influence of Inter Electrode Distance on SEMG signals. J EMG and Clinical Neuro, 2001, vol 41, pp 401- 408
8. D K Kumar and N Ma: Classification of Dynamic Multichannel Electromyography by Neural Networks. J EMG and Clinical Neuro, 2001 vol 41, pp 437-442.
9. H A N Dinh, Dr D K Kumar, Mr N D Pah and Mr P Burton: Wavelets for QRS detection; J A. Phy. & Eng. Sci. in Med., December, 2001.
10. D K Kumar and P Mikelaitis: Medical E-Commerce for Regional Australia; EPSM J A. Phy. & Eng. Sci. in Med., December, 2001.
11. D Kumar and N Pah: Neural Networks and Wavelets for EMG analysis. J EMG and Clinical Neuro. Volume 40, Number 7, October, 2000 pp. 411- 421.
12. D Kumar and N Mahalingam: Modification of BPN for faster convergence. Int J.Com & Com., 2000 June, 2000.
13. N Mahalingam and D Kumar: Neural Networks for Signal processing applications: ECG classification, J A. Phy. & Eng. Sci. in Med.,21, 1998.
Fully Refereed Conferences Proceedings:
14. A Abdulatif, I Cosic, D Kumar and B. Polus: Corticomuscular Coherence after Muscle Fatigue, (To Appear In Proc of BioMed 2004, (Vienna).
15. S Matta, D Kumar, X Yu and M. Burry: Discriminative Analysis for Image to Sound Mapping, (To provide details International Conference on Information Processing, Tunisia, Africa- 2004).
16. S Kumar, D K Kumar, A Sharma, and N McLachlan: Classification of Hand Movements Using Motion Templates and Geometrical Based Moments, Proc of ICISIP International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing Chennai India- 2003.
17. * S Kumar, D K Kumar, A Sharma, and N McLachlan: Classification of Visual Hand Movements Using Multiresolution Wavelet Images, Proc of ICISIP International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing Chennai India- 2003.
18. S Matta, D Kumar, X Yu and M. Burry: Discriminative Analysis for Image to Sound Mapping, Proc of ICISIP International Conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing Chennai India- 2003.
19. D Djuwari, D Kumar, S Raghupati and B Polus: Multi-step Independent Component Analysis for Removing Cardiac Artefacts from Back SEMG Signals, ANZIIS (Sydney) 2003.
20. S Raghupati, D Kumar, K Kamai and B Polus: Multiple Regression and Statistical Analysis on SEMG of Lumbar Muscles, ANZIIS (Sydney), 2003
21. A Sharma, D Kumar, S Kumar and N McLachlan: Wavelet Directional Histograms for Classification of Human Gestures Represented by Spatio-Temporal Templates. 10th IEEE International Conference on
Multi-Media Modeling (MMM 2003), Brisbane, Australia.
22. S Kumar, D Kumar, A Sharma and N McLachlan: Visual hand gestures classification using temporal templates, 10th IEEE International Conference on Multi-Media Modeling (MMM 2003), Brisbane, Australia.
23. S Kumar, D Kumar, A Sharma and N McLachlan: Visual hand gestures classification using temporal templates and wavelet transform, 10th IEEE International Conference on Multi-Media Modeling (MMM 2003), Brisbane, Australia.
24. A Sharma, D Kumar, S Kumar and N McLachlan: Recognition of Human Actions Using Moment Based Features and Artificial Neural Networks, 10th IEEE International Conference on Multi-Media Modeling (MMM 2003), Brisbane, Australia.
25. D Kumar, N Anoop, J Christie and J Hawley; Classification Of Electromyography During Non-Isometric Contraction Of Muscles: World Congress for Biomedical Engineering, 2003.
26. C McCooey and D Kumar; Characterising Evoked Potential Signals using Wavelet Transform Singularity Detection: World Congress for Biomedical Engineering, 2003.
27. J Christie, N Anoop, D Kumar and J Hawley; Interval Training and Electromyography: World Congress for Biomedical Engineering, 2003.
28. Z Deng and D Kumar: Stimulation pulse for controlled muscle stimulation: World Congress for Biomedical Engineering, 2003.
29. Sharma, A., Kumar D. K., Kumar, S., McLachlan, N., Classification of Human Actions using Temporal Templates, Histograms And Orthogonal Moments, SCI 2003 Proceedings.
30. Kumar, S., Sharma, A., Kumar D. K., McLachlan, N., Robust Classification Of Visual Hand Movement Gestures, SCI 2003 Proceedings.
31. Sharma, A., Kumar D. K., Kumar, S., McLachlan, N., Representation and Classification of Human Movement Using Temporal Templates and Statistical Measure of Similarity, WITSP, Woologong, 2002, (December)
32. Kumar, S., Sharma, A., Kumar D. K., McLachlan, N., Visual hand Gesture Recognition: a new approach. CISST, Vegas, 2002 (June).
33. Kumar, Dinesh K.; Melaku, A. Electrode Distance and Magnitude of SEMG. IEEE EMBS 2002, USA.
34. Alemu, M.; Kumar, Dinesh K.; Bradley, A. A Statistical Approach to Time Frequency Analysis of SEMG. IEEE EMBS 2002, USA.
35. Poole, E.; Kumar, Dinesh K. Classification of EOG for Human Computer Interface. IEEE EMBS 2002, USA.
36. Kumar, S., Sharma, A., Kumar D. K., McLachlan, N., Hand Gesture Classification for HCI. CHM, Cest, Beligium, 2002 (September).
37. D K Kumar, N D Pah: Classification of Electromyograph for Localised Muscle Fatigue, ANZIIS 2001- PR105.
38. S Silke, N McLachlan, D K Kumar and N D Pah: Environmental Sound Sources Classification Using Neural Networks, ANZIIS 2001 PR108.
39. N Ma, D K Kumar, N D Pah: Classification of Hand Direction using Multi-Channel Electromyogroph by Neural Networks, ANZIIS 2001 PR106.
40. Melaku A, Kumar D K and Pah N D: Influence of inter-electrode distance on EMG, 23rd IEEE Annual Int Conf- EMBC-2001 PR#220.
41. H A N Dinh, Dr D K Kumar and Mr N D Pah: Choice of Wavelets for ECG; 23rd Proc IEEE Annual Int Conf- EMBC-2001 PR# 221.
42. N Pah and D K Kumar: Adding wavelets with Neural Networks for muscle fatigue classification, IEEE BME Conference, Melbourne, 2001.
43. A Melaku, N Pah and D K Kumar: Wavelet analysis of SEMG, IEEE BME Conference, Melbourne, 2001.
44. D K Kumar and N Pah: Wavelets for Bio-signal Processing, ICARV2000 (Singapore).
45. D K Kumar and A Howard: Aspects of Telemedicine in Regional Australia, ICARV2000 (Singapore).
46. D K Kumar, A Howard and P Mikelaitis: Medical E-Commerce for Regional Australia - Virtual Clinical Call Center, Information Technology Applications In Biomedicine - IEEE Embs Third International Conference- 2000, November 9-10, 2000 - Arlington, Virginia – USA.
47. D K Kumar and N Mahalingam: Use of modular networks to compress images for transmission; International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC'00), Bangalore, India, December 17-20, 2000.
48. D K Kumar: Wavelets for Analysis of EMG, EPSM 2000 (IEAus) Conference, Newcastle.
49. D Kumar and N Mahalingam: Nested Neural Networks for Image Compression. IEEE Tencon Annual Conf, 1998.
50. D Kumar, Chang Y and N Mahalingam; Data compression for image transmission using neural networks. IEEE Tencon Annual Conf, 1997.
51. D Kumar and N Mahalingam; Neural Networks for signal processing applications: ECG Classification, J of Australasian P & Engg Sc in Med, 21, 1997.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS
52. D K Kumar: Wavelets for Analysis of EMG, EPSM 2000 (IEAus) Conference, Newcastle.
53. D Kant Kumar: Peripheral Neuromotor Control Modelling for FES Application. BMES North America Annual Conf., 1998
54. Peter Burton, F Payne and D Kumar: New Practically Focused Graduate Programs in Electronics offered by RMIT University. Am Soc. for Engg Edu. Annual Conf. 1998.
55. D Kumar and N Mahalingam: Two dimensional artificial neural network for ECG classification, Annual Conf. of Phy. Engg. Radiation Med. and Info. Tech. (I.E.Aust), 1997.
56. D Kumar: Network design to demonstrate the peripheral neural control of the limb muscles Annual Conference of Physics Engineering Radiation Medicine and Information technology (I.E.Aust), 1996.
57. D Kumar and Z B Quiang : Self learning neural network for obstacle avoidance using back propagation techniques, Annual Conference of Phys. Engineering Radiation Medicine and Information technology (I.E.Aust), 1996.

List of Research Earnings for Dr Dinesh K Kumar
1. 2. Title of Project Value 3. Co-partners 4. Nature of Support 5. Source
1 Feasibility study for wireless intelligent control FES system for quadriplegic’ $ 10 000.0 Feasibility study grant Wolfe Research
2 Funding for Two scholarships for post-graduate students under my supervision. $15000.0 each scholarship per year on a continuous basis. Scholarship provided Wolfe Research
3 Experiments for basis of Wireless FES. $ 80,000.0 Dr Rod Waterhouse Feasibility experiment Wolfe Research
4. Back Strain Monitor $ 50,000 Prof Ian Bates Back Strain Research Proactive Industries
5 Donations for the Laboratory over $10000.0 Donation Various sources
6 Telemedicine 14,000 Sponsorship Medtel Inc
7 Health and sound 10,000/ year Sponsorship Marshall Day
8 Acoustic Room Response 10,000 Dr N McLachlan Early research Special Research Initiative
9 Back EMG $ 14,500 Dr Barbara Polus Early research VRI
10 SIAL Total Value- 508,000 Prof Mark Burry Infrastructure funding Commonwealth Government
11 Acoustic and Health 182,000 (rounded) Prof Arun Kumar Extension of earlier research (9)- (applied for) Linkage/ ARC(Marshall D)
12 Acoustic and Health 138,000 (rounded) Prof Mark Burry Extension of earlier research (9)- (applied for) VRI
13 Exercise EMG 15000 Dr B PolusProf J Hawley Grant VRI