Mysuru :

BITES Best Ph.D Thesis Award, one of the prestigious awards, was conferred on Dr. B.S. Mahanand, Associate Professor, Department of Information Science & Engineering at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), Mysuru, for the year 2012-13 by the Government of Karnataka’s Board for IT Education Standards (BITES).

Every year BITES gives away awards for the best Ph.D thesis. Dr. Mahanand’s thesis titled “Alzheimer’s Disease Detection from Magnetic Resonance Images Using Machine Learning Approaches” won the award in the category of Computer Science and Engineering Area.

Dr. Mahanand has extensively researched on the detection of Alzheimer’s Disease using computational intelligence approaches and has pursued research on Alzheimer’s disease as an incipient of the visiting research fellowship at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, as Post-Doctoral Research Associate at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in 2012. He has several peer reviewed research publication to his credit and has presented his research at National and International conferences.

Prof. B. S. Sonde, Chairman, Ph.D Thesis Evaluation Committee, presented the award to Dr. Mahanand at a function held at PESIT, Bengaluru on May 16 which carries a citation and a cash prize.

Dr. Mahanand is also visiting the National Magnetic Resonance Research Centre, University, Turkey as Visiting Researcher in June 2015.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Saturday – May 23rd, 2015