Sadaf Ansari ( CSIR-NIO )
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Sadaf Ansari 

Senior Scientist ( Headquarters, Goa )

DepartmentMarine Instrumentation (MID)

Research Interests/SpecializationComputer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Career at CSIR

Date of Joining CSIR : 2016-09-21
Date of Joining Present Post : 2022-09-21
Date of Retirement : 2047-07-31

Contact Details
 Emailansari.nio@csir.res.in
  Office +91 8322450750
Work Details

Work Domain Scientific

Area of WorkUnderwater Robotics, Marine Instrumentation, Oceanographic Sensors

People Trained

No of student(s) trained through Internship/Project Work/Dissertation :30

Grant-in-aid Projects
Ongoing Completed
1 0

 Experiences
Position Organization From To
Senior Scientist (Computer Vision & AI) CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 2022 2024
Scientist (Computer Vision & AI) CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa 2016 2022
 Scholarship / Awards
Scholarship/Award Award Granting Agency Year
Indo-German WISER Award 2024 Indo-German Science & Technology Centre 2024
 Conferences / Seminars / Workshops / Meetings Presentations
  • Conferences
  •  IEEE International Symposium on Ocean Technology (IEEE SYMPOL),
    ( Kochi, India - 2023 )

     Conclave of Aqua farmers of Konkan region,
    ( Goa, India - 2023 )

     Mainstreaming Research, Technology & Innovation in Ushering Blue Economy,
    ( Goa, India - 2023 )

     IEEE OCEANS 2022,
    ( Chennai, India - 2022 )

     Springer International Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Sustainable Engineering,
    ( Goa, India - 2021 )

     AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting,
    ( California, USA - 2020 )

     IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies,
    ( Coimbatore, India - 2019 )

  • Workshops
  •  Third BELMONT Forum Coastal Ocean Assessment for Sustainability and Transformation - COAST Card BHARAT ,
    ( Goa, India - 2024 )

     Two-Week Executive Training Programme on AI/ML,
    ( Hyderabad, India - 2023 )

     Workshop & Training on Natural Products from Marine Bioresources,
    ( CSIR-NIO, Goa - 2021 )

     CSIR-HRDC Programme on 'Intellectual Property Rights and Related Issues',
    ( CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad, India - 2020 )

     CSIR-HRDC Programme on ‘Research & Development: Industry 4.0’,
    ( CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad, India - 2020 )

     Women Scientists and Entrepreneurs Conclave at India International Science Festival (IISF),
    ( Chennai, India - 2017 )

     Young Scientists Conclave at India International Science Festival (IISF),
    ( New Delhi, India - 2016 )

 Monographs / Software / Atlases / Books / Reports
  • Software
  •  Software for Automatic Image Segmentation Algorithm with Intuitive GUI for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications, ( 2023 )

    Author & Developer: Sadaf Ansari and Dattesh V Desai
    Software Copyright Granted

     Software for Fast and Efficient Automatic Annotation of Images for AI Applications, ( 2022 )

    Author & Developer: Sadaf Ansari
    Software Copyright Granted

     Autonomous Intelligent Camera System for Underwater Observation and Long-Term GeoTagged Image/Video Data Collection (Deployed on CBOT), ( 2021 )

    Author & Developer: Sadaf Ansari
    Software Copyright Granted

Publications

  • Ansari S, Reddy N, Desai D V. Unsupervised Learning Approaches for Zooplankton Classification: Recent Trends and Advances. IEEE International Symposium on Ocean Technology (IEEE SYMPOL), pp. 37-45, Kochi, India, 2024.
  • Ansari S, Desai D V, Saad A, Stahl A. Implications of Single-Stage Deep Learning Networks in Real-Time Zooplankton Identification. In: Current Science, Vol. 125, No. 11, 1259-1266, 2023.
  • Usgaonkar S, Palkar S, Sadaf Ansari. WQ-Net: A Deep Neural Network Model for Water Quality Prediction. IEEE OCEANS 2022, Chennai, India. doi:10.1109/OCEANSChennai45887.2022.9775235, 2022.
  • Naik V, Ansari S. Underwater Acoustic Image Processing for Detection of Marine Debris. Springer International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol. 836, Springer, Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-8542-2_44, 2022.
  • Dias K, Ansari S, Amonkar A. Marine Trash Detection Using Deep Learning Models. In Book: Computing and Communications Engineering in Real-Time Application Development, Apple Academic Press, New York. doi:10.1201/9781003277217, 2022.
  • Mascarenhas A, Dabholkar N, Narvekar J, Prabhudesai S, Ghatkar S, Sadaf Ansari, Maurya P, et al. Technology Demonstration of a Novel Seabed Resident Event-driven Profiling System [SREP]. In: Current Science, Vol. 120, No. 4, 622-627. doi:10.18520/cs/v120/i4/622-627, 2021.
  • Ansari S, Saad A, Stahl A, Madhan R. Vision-based Real-time Zooplankton Detection and Classification using Faster R-CNN. AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, US. ESS Open Archive. doi:10.1002/essoar.10502404.1, 2020.
  • Ansari S. A Review on SIFT and SURF for Underwater Image Feature Detection and Matching. IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies, Coimbatore, India. doi:10.1109/ICECCT.2019.8869489, 2019.
  • Mascarenhas A, Maurya P, Dabholkar N, Desa E, Fernando V, Prabhudesai S, Nagvekar S, Navelkar G, Afzulpurkar S, Lokapure A, Ansari S, et al. Seabed Resident Event-driven Profiling [SRE]) System for Monsoon Studies. In: The Indian Ocean Bubble 2, Issue No 8, 2018.

Projects

  1. AquaAI: Development of AI Tools for Fast and Accurate Qualitative and Quantitative Enumeration of Zooplankton from different Aquatic Habitats
    Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
    Duration: 2022-2025
  2. CBOT: Coral Reef Monitoring and Surveillance Robot
    Role: Team Member (Imaging System Development: Hardware & Software)
    Duration: 2019-2020
  3. SREP: Seabed Resident Event-driven Profiling System
    Role: Team Member (Data Analysis & Data Visualisation)
    Duration: 2012-2017

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Reviewer for Journals

  1. ICES Journal of Marine Science (ICES JMS), Oxford University Press, UK.
  2. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India (JMBAI), India.

Invited Panelist

Panel Discussion on Artificial Intelligence in Marine Ecosystem, National Conference on Blue Economy - Navigating Marine Ecosystem Value Chain, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, February 2024.

 Professional Interests
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)
Computer Vision
Image Processing
Data Analysis and Visualisation
Edge AI
Marine Robotics
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