Dr. Soumit Chowdhury

Computer Sc. & Engg.
Asst. Professor
Email: soumitchoudhury@gcect.ac.in

Educational Qualification(s):

  • B.Tech from Calcutta University
  • M.Tech from Jadavpur University
  • Ph.D (Engineering) from Kalyani University

Dr. Soumit Chowdhury presently serving in the position of Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, in Govt. College of Engineering & Ceramic Technology, Kolkata. He possess more than 19 years of teaching & research experience in different higher education institutes in the vicinity of Kolkata. His present research area mainly focuses on development of data security protocols or techniques using Steganography / Watermarking, Cryptography & coding theory as well as visual cryptographic approaches. Dr. Chowdhury has more than 20 research publications in different National/International Conferences and Journals and has also supervised 08 M.Tech(IT) theses and 02 Govt. funded research projects till now. Additionally, Dr. Chowdhury is also one of the distinguished Industry trained and certified faculty (prestigious technical certification at the national level) for providing professional technical training on behalf of the industry in higher education institutes. Apart from that, Dr. Chowdhury is now playing the role of mentor/ advisor in Board of Governors for one of the higher education institutes while he is also a member of some reputed professional bodies.

Area of interest

  • Data Security
  • Cryptography
  • Coding Theory
  • Steganography
  • Watermarking
  • Visual Cryptography

Subjects Taught

  • Object Oriented Programming with Java
  • C++ Programming
  • Information & Coding Theory
  • Distributed Database
  • Cryptography
  • Software Tools
  • Software Engineering
  • Supervising B.Tech Projects

Professional Membership

  • Association of Engineers

Award/Recognition

Industry Recognition:-

  • Industrial Technical Training from – Wipro, Infosys, etc.
  • Wipro Certified Faculty – for providing professional technical training in Java & J2EE domain

Administrative Responsibility

  • Member of Faculty Council
  • Member of CSE Departmental BOS Committee
  • Member of Anti-Ragging Committee
  • Member of Exam Committee
  • Member of Network Maintenance Committee
  • Mentoring Industrial Training Programs for Students
  • Mentorship Activity for Students

Research Project Supervision

Supervised Govt. funded Research Projects:

  • As PI
    Study of Variable Symmetric key based Encryption Technique having Variable Length Data Block Size, with its Application in Steganography, sanctioned by UGC, ERO for two years duration, with approved budget Rs. 82,000/-, sanction letter no. F.PSW-110/11-12(ERO), dated 08.08.2011.
  • As Co-PI
    “Studies on Microstructural Characterization of Ceramic Materials using Image Processing Technique”, sanctioned by Science & Technology & Biotechnology department, Govt. of West Bengal, for project duration of two years, with total approved budget Rs. 8,68,800/- and the first Sectioned Memo No. 10(Sanc.) ST/P/S&T/6G-4/2018, dated 28/01/19.

PHD Scholars

  • Admitted: 01
  • Awarded: Nil

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CBvbDqsAAAAJ&hl=en

Peer Reviewed Journals:

  • S. Chowdhury, S.R. Bhadra Chaudhuri, C.T. Bhunia, “Selective Compression Scheme”, International Journal HIT Transaction on ECCN, ISSN: 0973-6875, Vol. 2, No. 5, March 2008, pp. 279-290.
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Bidisha Roy, Sayantani Neogi and Nabin Ghoshal, “Multi Authentication cum Sensitive Tamper Detection and Localization Scheme Using Region Based Image Hiding Approach”, Scientific Voyage Journal, ISSN No: 2395-5546, Volume – 1, Issue – 3, October, 2015, page. 15-27.
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Arkadip Ray, Divyalok Sinha, Shanawaz Sams, Nabin Ghoshal, “Color Image Authentication Using Multiple Image Hiding Approach And Variable Encoding of Secret Bits”. published in Scientific Voyage, Journal, ISSN No: 2395-5546, Volume – 2, Issue -3, September 2016, Page 9 – 20.
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Ritesh Mukherjee and Nabin Ghoshal, “Dynamic Authentication Protocol Using Multiple Signatures”, Wireless Personal Communications (SPRINGER , US), SCIE, ISSN No: 0929- 6212, March 2017, IF – 1.2, Vol. 93, Issue 3, Page 1 – 32, doi: 10.1007 / s11277-017-4066-x.
  • Digital Signature Protocol for Visual Authentication, The International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT), SCIE, IF-0.9, Vol. 16, No. 4, July 2019, ISSN: 1683-3198, doi: 10.34028/iajit
  • Multi-Phase Digital Authentication of e-Certificate with Secure Concealment of Multiple Secret Copyright Signatures, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), Scopus indexed up to 2019, Volume-8 Issue-10, August 2019, ISSN: 2278-3075 (Online), https://doi.org/10.35940/ijitee.J1231.0881019
  • An overview of Cyber Security Risks During the COVID19 Pandemic Period, Scientific Voyage, Vol 1, No 3, Sept 28, 2020, pp 47-54, ISSN: 23955546, http://scientificvoyage.net/index.php/sv/article/view/21/17
  • A novel approach toward microstructure evaluation of sintered ceramic materials through image processing techniques, journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, SCIE, IF-1.9, Volume-18 Issue-03, Jan, 2021, Online ISSN:1744-7402, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.13716
  • Digitized data validation using dual color images with improved robustness and error correction facility, Sadhana, Indian academy of sciences, Sadhana 46(3), June 2021, SCIE, IF-1.9, Electronic ISSN: 0973- 7677, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-021-01636-x
  • Innovative Low-Cost Perimeter Security Gadget With In-Built Mechanism To Ensure Confidentiality, Authenticity And Non-Repudiation, International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications, Vol 4, No. 4, July 2022, Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0974-9322 (online), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-021- 01636-x
  • Multi-Layer Digital Validation Of Candidate Service Appointment With Digital Signature And Bio- Metric Authentication Approach, International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications, Vol 4,
    No. 5, Sept 2022, Scopus Indexed, ISSN: 0974-9322 (online), http://scientificvoyage.net/index.php/sv/article/view/21/17

National/InternationalConferences:

  • Soumit Chowdhury, S.R. Bhadra Chaudhuri, C.T. Bhunia, “Dynamic Dictionary Based Online Compression Technique Applicable to Mobile Computing”, proceedings of national conference NUCONE 06, Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Nov 30 – Dec 2, 2006, pp. 449- 453.
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Amit Chowdhury, S.R. Bhadra Chaudhuri, C.T. Bhunia, “Data Transmission Using Online Dynamic Dictionary Based Compression Technique of Fixed & Variable Length Coding”, proceedings of IEEE International Conference in Singapore, ICCSIT 2008, Aug 29- Sep2, 2008, pp. 930-936, Print ISBN: 978-0-7695-3308-7.
  • Nabin Ghoshal, Soumit Chowdhury, Jyotsna Kumar Mandal, “A SteganographicSchemefor Color Image Authentication Using Z-Transform (SSCIAZ)”, Proceedings of the Springer International Conference on Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications 2012 (INDIA2012) held in Visakhapatnam, India, January2012, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Vol. 132, pp. 209-216, Print ISBN: 978-3-642-27442-8, OnLine ISBN: 978-3-642-27443-5, CSI Visakhapatnam Chapter in association with Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, January05-07, 2012.
  • Nabin Ghoshal, Soumit Chowdhury, Jyotsna Kumar Mandal, “An Image Authenticationin Z-Domain (IAZ-D)”, published in the proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Symposium on EmergingTrends in Computer Science (ETCS), Jan 20-21, 2012, pp. 66 –70, organized by the Department of Computer Science, Barrackpur Rastraguru Surendranath College, India, 2012, ISBN: 978–81–921808–2–3.
  • Nabin Ghoshal, Soumit Chowdhury,Jyotsna Kumar Mandal, “Z Transform Based Digital Image Authentication Using Quantization IndexModulation (Z-DIAQIM), Advances in Computer Science, Engineering & Applications, Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, Vol. 167, pp. 745-752, Proceedings of the Springer International Conference on Communications Security & Information Assurance (CSIA)2012, Delhi, May 25th – 27th, 2012, PrintISBN:978-3-642-30110-0, On Line ISBN:978-3-642-30111-7.
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Dipankar Nag, Krishnendu Sadhu and Nabin Ghoshal, “Encryption Based Image Authentication Technique Using Random Circular Insertion and Adjustment (EIATRCIA)”, Proceedings of the Springer International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA), 2012, Adv. in Intelligent Systems & Computing, Vol. 199, 2013, pp. 667-674, Bhubaneswar, Dec.22-23, 2012, ISBN:978-3-642-35313-0 (Print).
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Nabin Ghoshal, “Variable Encoding and Sequencing Pattern Driven Multiple Image Bit Watermarking for Wireless Domain”, 5Th IEEE International Conference Wireless VIATE 2015, Hydrabad 13-16 Dec, 2015. (Accepted for publication in the IEEE Xplore digital library).
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Nabin Ghoshal, “Block Transformed with Distinctly Coded Multiple Image Bit Watermarking for Secure Mobile Communication”, IEEE International Conference MICROCOM 2016, NIT Durgapur, 23-25 Jan 2016, Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4673-6621-2, Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN: 978-1-4673-6622-9
  • Soumit Chowdhury, Arkadip Ray, Ritesh Mukherjee, Nabin Ghoshal, “Dynamical Digital Authentication for Wireless Domain With Randomized Dispersing of Multiple Secret Signatures”, 3RD IEEE Int. Conf. WiSPNET 2018, March 22-24, 2018 at Chennai. Electronic ISBN:978-1-5386-3624-4, Print on Demand(PoD) ISBN:978-1-5386-3625-1.
  • Dipankar Pal, Anirban Goswami, Soumit Chowdhury and Nabin Ghoshal, “A Novel High-Density Multilayered Audio Steganography Technique in Hybrid Domain”, Proceedings of springer International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS 2020), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1255. Springer, Singapore, Online ISBN: 978-981-15-7834-2, Print ISBN: 978-981- 15-7833-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7834-2_67
  • Soumit Chowdhury , Sontu Mistry, Anirban Goswami, Dipankar Pal & Nabin Ghoshal, “Multi Data Driven Validation of E-Document Using Concern Authentic Multi-signature Combinations”, Proceedings of springer International Conference on Frontiers in Computing and Systems (COMSYS 2020), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1255. Springer, Singapore, Online ISBN: 978-981-15-7834-2, Print ISBN: 978-981-15-7833-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7834-2_68.

Supervised Govt. funded Research Projects:

  • As PI
    Study of Variable Symmetric key based Encryption Technique having Variable Length Data Block Size, with its Application in Steganography, sanctioned by UGC, ERO for two years duration, with approved budget Rs. 82,000/-, sanction letter no. F.PSW-110/11-12(ERO), dated 08.08.2011.
  • As Co-PI
    “Studies on Microstructural Characterization of Ceramic Materials using Image Processing Technique”, sanctioned by Science & Technology & Biotechnology department, Govt. of West Bengal, for project duration of two years, with total approved budget Rs. 8,68,800/- and the first Sectioned Memo No. 10(Sanc.) ST/P/S&T/6G-4/2018, dated 28/01/19.

Industry Recognition:

  • Industrial Technical Training from- Wipro, Infosys etc.
  • Wipro Certified Faculty- for providing professional technical training in Java & J2EE domain

PhD Guidance:

Admitted – 01, Awarded – Nil

Professional Membership:

Association of Engineers

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