Dr Vijetha U

About

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Education Qualifications

Sl.No	Qualification Level	University	Area of Specialization	Year of completion	Awards
1	(Ph.D *)	NITK	Visual Navigation	2024
2	M.Tech	VTU	Computer Science and Engineering	2012
3	B.E.	VTU	Information Science and Engineering	2007

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Work Experience

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Research Areas

Visual Navigation

Computer Vision

Reinforcement Learning

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Journal Publications

1. Vijetha, U., and V. Geetha. "Obs-tackle: an obstacle detection system to assist navigation of visually impaired using smartphones." Machine Vision and Applications 35, no. 2 (2024): 20.
2. U. Vijetha and V. Geetha, "Optimizing Reinforcement Learning-Based Visual Navigation for Resource-Constrained Devices," in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 125648-125663, 2023, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3323801.

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Conference Proceedings

1. Vijetha, U., and V. Geetha. "Superpixel based Image Colorization with Automated Reference Image Selection." In 2023 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.
2. Vijetha, U., and V. Geetha. "Opportunities and Challenges in Development of Support System for Visually Impaired: A Survey." In 2023 13th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering (Confluence), pp. 684-690. IEEE, 2023.
3. Sachin, Vijetha, and Niranjan N. Chiplunkar. "SurfGuard JavaScript instrumentation-based defense against Drive-by downloads." In 2012 International conference on recent advances in computing and software systems, pp. 267-272. IEEE, 2012.

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Research Grants

1. KSCST grant during SPP 43rd series for the project "Eye in the Sky" in 2020.

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Awards and Recognitions

1. Best Project Award for the project "Eye in the Sky" in the KSCST Student Project Programme 43rd series in 2020.

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Membership in professional Bodies

1. IEEE

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Conferences attended

1. 2023 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), MANIT, Bhopal
2. 2023 13th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering (Confluence), Amity University

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