BIO–DATA

OF

Dr. H.S.NAGENDRASWAMY

PROFESSOR

DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE

MANASAGANGOTHRI

MYSORE – 570 006

1. Personal details.

Name Dr. H.S.NAGENDRASWAMY

Father’s Name & Occupation Siddappa, Agriculturist.
Permanent address Handarakally, Madapura Post
Chamarajanagar Taluk and District
PIN-571313, INDIA.
Address for Correspondence (Off) Dr. H.S.Nagendraswamy
Professor,
Department of Studies in Computer Science,
University of Mysore, Manasagangothri,
MYSORE – 570 006
Address for Correspondence (Res) #18, Harangi Road, Kaverinagara,
Bogadi, Mysuru - 570026.
Date of Birth June. 01, 1971.
Place of Birth Handarakally
Sex Male.
Nationality Indian.
Marital Status Married

2. Educational Details.

2.1 Professional.

Ph.D: (2007) obtained the degree in Computer Science and Technology under the
supervision of Dr. D.S. Guru, Reader, Department of Studies in Computer Science,
University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore.

TITLE: FUZZY-SYMBOLIC APPROACHES FOR REPRESENTATION AND

CLASSIFICATION OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHAPES

M.Sc. : (1992-1994) Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of

Mysore.

Secured first class with 74% of marks.

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 PROJECT : “AN AUTOMATED TOOL FOR EFFICENT PARSER GENERATOR: A

CASE STUDY WRT SQL LANGUAGE”

B.Sc. : (1989-1992) Bachelor of Science in Physics, Mathematics and Computer

Science from the University of Mysore.

Secured first class with 62% of marks.

2.2 Additional.

 Qualified in National Education Test (1996) accredited by UGC, which is

mandatory for any faculty position in Universities.

 Awarded Teacher fellowship (2005-06) to carry out Research in the Department

of Studies in Computer Science, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

3. Professional Experience.

 August 2014 onwards – Professor, Department of Studies in Computer Science,

University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore.

 August 2011 to August 2014 – Associate Professor, Department of Studies in

Computer Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore.

 August 2008 to August 2011 – Reader, Department of Studies in Computer

Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore.

 April 2007 to August 2008 – Senior Lecturer, Department of Studies in Computer

Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysore.

 Aug. 2002 to March 2007 - Senior Scale Lecturer, Department of Computer

Science, Field Marshall K. M. Cariappa College (A constituent college of
Mangalore University), Madikeri.

 Aug. 1997 to Aug. 2002 - Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Field

Marshall K. M. Cariappa College (A constituent college of Mangalore University),
Madikeri.

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4. Professional Recognition.

 Was deputed to Huanguhai University, China, in the year 2008 to teach B.Tech.
(Computer Science).

 Visited MASCOW State University (MSU), Russia, on an INDO-RUSSIAN project

and presented a paper on “A new method of representing and matching 2D-shapes”.

 Chaired a session in International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Engineering and

Technologies (FTET-16), May 9-10, 2016, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.

 Served as a technical committee member of ICCSP 2018, Guiyang, China, March

16-19, 2018.

 Served as a review committee member for an international conference ICMIP 2019,

which will be held from March 19 to 21, 2019, Kaula Lumpur, Malysia.

 Successfully guided One M.Sc. Technology (by Research) and Four Ph.D. students in
Computer Science and Technology, University of Mysore, MGM.

 Currently guiding Seven Ph.D. Students and few M.Tech., MCA and M.Sc. project
works.

 Actively participated in various administrative boards such as BOE, BOS, BOAE and
various committees like doctoral committee, admission committee, Science and
Technology, 10th Kannada Science Congress etc.

 Working as coordinator for PG Entrance examination of University of Mysore since

2017-2018 academic year.

 Involved in syllabus making for B.Sc. (Computer Science) Mangalore University,

Mangalore.

 Guided several MCA, M.Sc., PGDCA, B.Com (Computer Applications) and BCA
project works.

 Involved in teaching UG programmes such as PGDCA (Post Graduate Diploma in

Computer Science) B.Sc Computer Science, B.Com. (Computer Applications) and
BCA (Bachelor of Computer Application).

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5. Research Recognition

 Have been working as a referee / reviewer for International Journals including Pattern
Recognition and Pattern Recognition Letters and conferences.
 Worked as resource person in several National and international level conferences,
Seminars, Workshops and Short-term courses, Orientation programmes and Faculty
Development Programmes.
 Have been invited to deliver lectures in National and International level conferences,
Seminars and Workshops.
 Published papers in International Journals, National and International Conference
Proceedings
 Presented papers in National and International Conferences, Symposiums and
Workshops.

6. Member of Academic bodies.

 Member of Academic Council for JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science for
Women, Saraswathipuram, Mysuru.
 Member of Governing Council for JSS College of Arts and Commerce, Gundlupete.
 Chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Science (PG & UG), University of Mysore.
 Member of Board of Studies in Electronics (PG), University of Mysore.
 Member of Board of Studies in Mathematics (PG), University of Mysore.
 Member of Board of Studies in Computer Science (PG), Saint Philomena’s College,
Mysore.
 Member of Board of Studies in Computer Science (B.Sc. Hon’s in Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence), Sharadavilas College, Mysore.
 Member of Board of Studies in Computer Science (UG), J.S.S College for Women,
Saraswathipuram, Mysore.
 Member of Board of Studies in Computer Science (PG Diploma/Diploma/MCA Online
courses), KSOU Mysore.
 Member of Board of Examiners in Computer Science (PG), J.S.S College of Arts,
Commerce and Science, Mysore.

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  Chairman of Board of Examiners in Computer Science (PG), University of Mysore.
 Chairman of Board of Examiners for CIST courses, University of Mysore.
 Member of Faculty of Science & Technology, Since April 2007, University of Mysore.
 Member of Board of Examiners (UG), Mangalore University.
 Member of Board of Studies in Computer Science (UG), Mangalore University.
 Member of Board of Examiners in Computer Science (PG), University of Mysore.
 Member of Board of Examiners in Computer Science (PG), Bangalore University
 Member of Board of Examiners in Computer Science (PG), Mangalore University
 Member of Board of Examiners in Computer Science (PG), Govt. First Grade College,
Mandya.
 Chairman of Board of Studies in Diploma in Network and System Administration,
University of Mysore.

7. Areas of interest.
7.1 Academic interest
Object oriented modeling and design, Operating Systems, Software Engineering,
Computer Architecture, Data structures, Data Base Systems, Data Warehousing and
Data Mining, Automata Theory and Formal Languages, Compiler Design, Symbolic
Data Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Image Processing and Fuzzy theory.

7.2 Research interest

Pattern recognition, Image processing, Data mining, Fuzzy theory, Symbolic data
analysis, Video processing, Shape analysis.

8. Courses/ Workshops / Symposiums / Conferences attended/ organized

 Participated and presented a research paper entitled “Representation and Recognition of
2D shapes: An unconventional approach” in an INDO-RUSSIA symposia on “Spatial
modeling of human faces for real time analysis and classification” held at Lomonosov
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia from 27th Aug. 2009 to 3rd Sept. 2009.

 Cognition 2K5 A National Technical Symposium, March 12-13, 2005 at Mysore, India

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 National Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, Mandya, Karnataka, July
11-12, 2003.

 National Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition, July 13-14, 2001, PES
college of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka.

 National workshop on Document Analysis and Recognition. July 12th 2001, PES college
of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka.

 The University Grants Commission (UGC) sponsored orientation program conducted by

the Academic Staff College, University of Mysore, Mysore.

 The University Grants Commission (UGC) sponsored Refresher Course in Computer

Science organized by the Department of Computer Science, Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University, Hyderabad, India.

 Two weeks workshop on Fourier and Wavelet Transformation and its applications.
Organized by the Department of Mathematics, IIT Chennai.

 One week workshop on Automata theory and Formal verification of Software (Update
meeting) conducted by IIT Bombay.

 Presented the paper entitled “Clustering of Interval-Valued Symbolic Patterns based on the
Mutual Similarity Value and the Concept of k-Mutual Nearest Neighborhood” at the
Seventh Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV-2006), Hyderabad, INDIA, Jan.
13-16.

 Presented the paper entitled “Symbolic Representation and Classification of Two-

Dimensional Shapes” at the Workshop on Computer Vision, Graphics and Image
Processing (WCVGIP-2006), Hyderabad, INDIA, Jan.12-13

 Involved in organizing an International Conference on Cognition and Recognition (ICCR-

2011) and worked as program chair and editor in chief for the conference proceedings (9th
and 10th December 2011).
 Worked as organizing committee member for Two Day National Seminar on Recent
Trends in Information Technology and Animation, Visual Effects and Gaming (9th and
10th November 2012).
 Worked as a session chair in First International Conference on Multimedia Processing,
Communication and Computing Applications (ICMCCA) held at PES Institute of
Technology, Bangalore, 13th to 15th December 2012.

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 Delivered a technical talk on “Shape-Based Multimedia Information Retrieval” In AICTE
sponsored Three Day Symposium on Multimedia Information Archival and Retrieval
System (MIRARs), organized by the Department of MCA, PES Institute of Technology,
Bangalore, 11th to 13th November 2013.

 Delivered a Technical talk on “Fuzzy Theory and its Applications” in Two days workshop
on Recent Advances in Machine Learning organized by Department of Information
science and Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra college of Engineering, Mysore, 15th and
16th May 2013.

 Delivered a lecture on “Dimensionality Reduction in Understanding Medical Data” at One

day State level seminar on Recent tools for Dimensionality Reduction in Understanding
Medical Data held at JSS College for Women, Chamarajanagara, 22nd August 2013.

 Worked as a session chair in Second International Conference on Advances in Computing,

Communications and Informatics (ICACCI 2013) held at Sri Jayachamarajendra College
of Engineering, Mysore, 22nd to 25th August 2013.

 Delivered a technical talk on “Object recognition based on symbolic representation of

shape features” in the International conference on recent trends in signal processing, Image
processing and VLSI. Organized by DONBOSCO Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 21st
and 22nd Feb 2014.

 Delivered a talk on “Image Enhancement” during a Two Days Workshop on Image

Enhancement conducted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur, 25th April 2014.

 Delivered a Technical talk on “Mathematics in Fuzzy Theory” in Three days workshop on

Mathematics behind in Machine Learning organized by Department of Information science
and Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra college of Engineering, Mysore, 21st to 23rd
August 2014.

 Delivered a lecture on “Concepts of Data Mining” in State Level seminar on Data Mining
and Knowledge Discovery (DMKD-2014) organized by JSS college of Arts, Commerce &
Science, Mysore, 14th March 2014.

 Worked as a session chair in National Conference on Information Technology and

Sustainable Future: NCITSF14. Held at Jain University, Bangalore on 9th May 2014.
 Participated in one day programme on Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Software Project
Management organized by RIIIT, Mysore. 19th December 2014.

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 Delivered a lecture on the topic “Shape Retrieval System: An Unconventional Approach”
in TEQIP Sponsored Five Day National Level Seminar on “Multimedia Data Analysis”
held during April 26th to April 30th 2016 at SJCE, Mysuru.
 Attended International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Engineering and Technologies
(FTET-16), May 9-10, 2016, Kaula Lumpur, Malaysia.

 Delivered a lecture on the topic “Research Opportunities and the Future of Biometrics” in
the FDP program organized by the Department of MCA on 26th June 2016 at SJCE,
Mysuru.

 Delivered a lecture on the topic “Research Methodology and Literature Survey” in the
Workshop on Research Methodology and Research Motivational Aspects organized by the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GSSS Institute of Engineering and
Technology for Women on 27th June 2016, Mysuru.

 Delivered a lecture on “Selection of projects and its implementation” at the Department of

Computer Science, SDM College for Women, Mysuru on 18th August 2016.

 Delivered a lecture on “Software Engineering: Verification and Validation” at St. Joseph’s

First Grade College, Jayalakshimipuram, Mysuru on 15th September 2016.
 Attended 5th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and
Informatics 21-24 September 2016, Jaipur, India.
 Organized Three days national level seminar on “Soft Computing Techniques to Pattern
Recognition” held on 3rd, 4th and 5th November 2016 at the Department of Studies in
Computer Science, University of Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysuru.
 Attended and chaired a session in the International Conference on Cognition and
Recognition (ICCR-2016) organized by Maharaja Institute of Technology, Mysuru on 3oth
December 2016.
 Attended and chaired a session in the International Symposium on Cloud Computing and
Data Analytics (ISCCDA17) organized by the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, NIE college of Engineering, Mysuru in association with CSI-Bangalore and
Mysore Chapter, which was on held on 17th and 18th of March 2017.

 Delivered a lecture on “Research Design” at Academic Staff College, UoM, MGM 0n 22nd
March 2017.
 Organized a one day workshop on “Theoretical aspects of Fuzzy C-means Clustering” held
on 11th March 2017 at the Department of Studies in Computer Science, University of
Mysore, Manasagangothri, Mysuru.

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 Attended and chaired a session in the annual fest NICEFEST'17 on 10th April 2017
organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIE college
of Engineering, Mysuru.
 Served as a program committee member for an international conference ICMIP 2017,
which was held from March 17 to 19, 2017, Wuhan, China.
 Involved in organizing an International Conference on Data Analytics and Learning (DAL-
2018) and worked as program chair.
 Coordinated Foreign Faculty Exchange Programme of University of Mysore.
 Delivered a lecture on “Research Design” at Academic Staff College, UoM, MGM 0n 26nd
February 2018.
 Delivered a lecture on “Role of ICT in Education” at Academic Staff College, UoM,
MGM on 6th March 2018.
 Delivered a lecture on the topic “Data Learning Methods” at Sri. Jayachamarajendra
College of Engineering, Musuru on 5th July 2018.
 Delivered a lecture on the topic “Fuzzy Logic and its Applications” at Academic Staff
College, University of Mysore on 19th November 2018.
 Delivered a lecture on the topic “E-Learning” on 6th March 2019 at Academic Staff
College, University of Mysore, MGM.
 Attended One Day National Level Seminar on Applications of Machine Learning and
Pattern Recognition in Biometrics (AMLPRB-2019), organized by the Department of
Studies in Computer Science, UoM, MGM held on 30th September 2019.
 Attended a DST Sponsored Three Days National Level Workshop on Data Analytics and
Learning (NWDAL-2019), organized by the Department of Studies in Computer Science,
UoM, MGM held on 18th to 20th November 2019.
 Coordinated 8th Refresher Course in Mathematical Science from 24-12-2019 to 06-01-
2020 at Human Resource Management Centre, UoM, MGM.
 Delivered an invited lecture on “Online and E-learning” on 03rd March 2020 at UGC
Human Resource Development Centre, UoM, MGM.
 Delivered a lecture on the topic “Bio-Statistics” at JSS College of Arts, Commerce and
Science for Women, Saraswathipuram, Mysuru on 6th March 2020.
 Delivered an online lecture on the topic “Fuzzy Techniques in Computer Vision” on 21st
September 2020 in the Faculty Development Programme organized by SJCE, Mysuru.

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  Delivered an invited online lecture on the topic “Best Practices for Effective Online
Teaching” on 23rd June 2020 organized by JSS College of Arts and Commerce,
Gundlupete.
 Delivered an invited online lecture on the topic “Classification Techniques” on 26th
August 2020 as a part of AICTE sponsored Online Short Term Training Program on
MACHINE LEARNING FOR SOCIETAL APPLICATIONS from 24th August to 29th
Organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, NA College of
Engineering, Nadupadav, Mangalore.
 Delivered an invited online lecture on “Machine Learning Techniques for Classification
of Medicinal Plants” on 13th October 2020 as a part of AICTE sponsored six days online
Short-Term Training Program (STTP) on “Design of Knowledge-based Systems using
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning models: In the context of Agricultural and
Food products” scheduled from 12th to 17th October 2020 organized by Manipal
Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
 Delivered an invited online lecture on the topic “Online and E-learning” on 26th February
2021 at UGC Human Resource Development Centre, UoM, MGM.
 Delivered an invited online lecture on the topic “An Overview of E-Learning Delivery
Methods and Process” on 20th March 2021 at UGC Human Resource Development Centre,
UoM, MGM.

9. Research Publications.

In Journals

1. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2007. Symbolic Representation of Two-Dimensional

Shapes. Pattern Recognition Letters, Vol. 28, No.1, pp.144-155.
2. H.S.Nagendraswamy and D.S.Guru, 2007. A New Method of Representing and Matching
Two dimensional Shapes. International Journal of Image and Graphics Vol. 7, No. 2, pp.
377-405.
3. H.S.Nagendraswamy and D.S.Guru, 2007. k-Mutual Nearest Neighbour Approach for
Clustering Two-Dimensional Shapes Described by Fuzzy-Symbolic Features. Special
Issue on Soft Computing in Artificial Intelligence, Web and Data Mining and Machine
Learning. EL_14_1_24 12th Feb 2007.
4. H. P.Mohankumar and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2011. Gait recognition based on symbolic
representation. International Journal of Machine Intelligence, Volume 3, Issue 4, ISSN:
0975-2927 E-ISSN: 0975-9166, pp. 295-301. Impact value: 4.45

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5. H.S.Nagendraswamy and Pavan Kumar, 2013, Line Drawing for Conveying Shapes in
HDR Images, International Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology
(IJIET), ISSN: 2319-1058, Vol. 2 Issue 2, April 2013, pp 353-362
6. H.P.Mohankumar and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2014. Change Energy Image for Gait
Recognition: An Approach Based on Symbolic Representation. International Journal of
Image, Graphics and Signal Processing. IJIGSP, vol.6, no.4, ISSN: 2074-9074 ISSN
Online: 2074-9082, pp.1-8, 2014.
7. H.P.Mohankumar and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2014. Fusion of Silhouette based Gait
features for Gait Recognition. International Journal of Engineering and Technical
Research (IJETR). Vol. 02, Issue 08, August 2014, pp 101-107.
8. B. M. Chethana Kumara, H. S. Nagendraswamy, Symbolic Representation of Sign
Language at Sentence Level. Intel. Journal of Image Graphics and Signal Processing,
vol.7, no.9, pp.49-60, 2015
9. Naresh, Y. G., and H. S. Nagendraswamy. Classification of medicinal plants: An
approach using modified LBP with symbolic representation. Neurocomputing 173 (2016):
1789-1797.
10. B. M. Chethana Kumara, H. S. Nagendraswamy, LBPV for Recognition of Sign
Language at Sentence Level: An approach based on Symbolic Representation. Journal of
Intelligent Systems. ISSN (Online) 2191-026X, DOI: 10.1515/jisys-2015-0003, April
2016.
11. B. M. Chethana Kumara, H. S. Nagendraswamy, Sign Energy Images for Recognition of
Sign Language at Sentence Level. International Journal of Computer Applications (0975–
8887), Vol-139, No.2, April 2016.

12. Naresh, Y. G., and H. S. Nagendraswamy. Fusion of Shape and Texture Features of
Leaves for Classification of Medicinal Plants: An Approach Based on Symbolic
Representation. Communicated to Journal of Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
(Elsevier).
13. Rashmi, B. S., and Nagendraswamy, H. S. (2018). Effective Video Shot Boundary
Detection and Keyframe Selection using Soft Computing Techniques. International
Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing (IJCVIP), 8(2), 27-48.
14. Rashmi, B. S., and Nagendraswamy, H. S. (2019). Content Based Video Shot Retrieval
System using Fuzzy Logic Based Approach. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems and
Applications (IJFSA).
15. Pavan Kumar M P, Poornima B, Nagendraswamy H S and Manjunath C (2019). A
comprehensive survey on non-photorealistic rendering and benchmark developments for

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 image abstraction and stylization, Iran Journal of Computer Science, Volume 2, Pages
131–165.
16. Pavan Kumar M P, Poornima B, Nagendraswamy H S, Manjunath C and Rangaswamy B
E (2020). Structure Preserving Image Abstraction and Artistic Stylization from Complex
Background and Low Illuminated Images, ICTACT Journal on Image and Video
Processing, August 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 01.
17. Rashmi, B. S., and Nagendraswamy, H. S. (2021). Video shot boundary detection using
block based cumulative approach. International Journal of Multimedia Tools and
Applications, Volume 80, Pages 641–664.
18. Pavan Kumar M P, Poornima B, Nagendraswamy H S and Manjunath C (2021).
Structure-Preserving NPR framework for image abstraction and stylization, Journal of
Super Computing, Springer SCI indexed Journal with IF 2.5, Pages 1-69.
19. M. P. Pavan Kumar, B. Poornima, H.S.Nagendraswamy, C.Manjunath, "Structure
Preserving Non-Photorealistic Rendering Framework for Image Abstraction and
Stylization of Low-Illuminated and Underexposed Images." IJCVIP 11.2 (2021): 22-45.
Web. 7 Apr. 2021.
20. M. P. Pavan Kumar, B. Poornima, H. S. Nagendraswamy , C. Manjunath and B. E.
Rangaswamy, "Image-Abstraction Framework as a Preprocessing Technique for
Extraction of Text From Underexposed Complex Background and Graphical Embossing
Images." IJDAI 13.1 (2021): 1-35. Web. 7 Apr. 2021.
21. M. P. Pavan Kumar, B. Poornima, H. S. Nagendraswamy, C. Manjunath and B. E.
Rangaswamy, “A Refined Structure Preserving Image Abstraction Framework as a Pre-
Processing Technique for Desire Focusing on Prominent Structure and Artistic
Stylization”, WSPC-Vietnam Journal of Computer Science,

In Conferences
1. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2005. Matching and Retrieval of Distorted and
Occluded Two-Dimensional Shapes: An Unconventional Approach. Proceedings of the
Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-2005), Pune, INDIA,
Dec. 20-22, pp. 3161-3173.
2. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2005. Landmark Based Shape Representation
Scheme for Recognition of Two-Dimensional Shapes. Proceedings of the conference on
Image and Vision Computing (IVCNZ-2005), University of Otago, Dunedin, New
Zealand, Nov. 28-29, pp. 299-304.

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3. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2005. A New Method of Representing and Matching
Two-Dimensional Shapes. Proceedings of the International Conference on Cognition and
Recognition, Mysore, INDIA, Dec. 22-23, pp. 52-59.
4. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2006. Clustering of Interval-Valued Symbolic
Patterns based on the Mutual Similarity Value and the Concept of k-Mutual Nearest
Neighborhood. Proceedings of the Seventh Asian Conference on Computer Vision
(ACCV-2006), Hyderabad, INDIA, Jan. 13-16, LNCS 3852, pp. 234-243.
5. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2006. Two-Dimensional Shape Representation and
Matching: An Unconventional Approach. Proceedings of the International Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (ICSCI-2006). Hyderabad, INDIA, Jan. 4-8, pp.
488-492.
6. D.S.Guru and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2006. Symbolic Representation and Classification of
Two-Dimensional Shapes. Proceedings of the Workshop on Computer Vision, Graphics
and Image Processing (WCVGIP-2006), Hyderabad, INDIA, Jan.12-13, pp. 19-24.
7. H.S.Nagendraswamy and D.S.Guru, 2006. Symbolic Representation Scheme for
Matching and Retrieval of Two Dimensional Shapes. Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Engineering of Intelligent Systems (ICEIS-2006), Islamabad,
Pakistan, April 22-23, pp. 283-288.
8. H.S.Nagendraswamy and D.S.Guru, 2006. Clustering of Shapes Described by Fuzzy-
Symbolic Features using a Similarity Measure and the Concept of k-Mutual Nearest
Neighborhood. Published in the Proceedings of the Internal Conference on Intelligent
Systems and Control (ISCO-2006), Madurai, Coimbatore, August 9-12.
9. H.P.Mohankumar and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2013. Gait recognition: An approach based
on interval valued features. International Conference on Computer Communication and
Informatics (ICCCI), 978-1-4673-2906-4/13 IEEE.
10. H.P.Mohankumar and H.S.Nagendraswamy, 2014. LBP for Gait Recognition: A
Symbolic Approach Based on GEI plus RBL of GEI. Published in International
Conference on Electronics and Communication Systems (ICECS 2014).
11. H.S.Nagendraswamy and Naresh, 2012. Representation and Classification of Medicinal
Plants Leaves: A Symbolic Approach. ICMCCA 2012, Springer India, 91-102.
12. H.S.Nagendraswamy and Pavan Kumar, 2012. Integrated Filter Based Approach for
Image Abstraction and Stylization. Published in the proceedings of ICMCCA 2012.
13. H.S.Nagendraswamy, Naresh Y.G., and Srinivas M., 2012, Classification of Medicinal
Plants using LBP: A Numerical Approximation Approach, Seventh International
Conference on Image and Signal Processing (ICISP-2013), ISSN-9789351071020, pp
162-169.

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14. H.S.Nagendraswamy and Naresh, 2012. Representation and Classification of Medicinal
Plants: A Symbolic Approach Based on Fuzzy Inference Technique. Proceedings of the
Second International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS
2012), December 28-30, Springer India, 2014.
15. Naresh, Y. G., and H. S. Nagendraswamy. “A novel Fuzzy LBP based Symbolic
Representation technique for Classification of Medicinal Plants.” Accepted for
Publication in the 3rd IAPR Asian Conference on Pattern Recognition (ACPR2015).

16. B. M. Chethana Kumara, H. S. Nagendraswamy, “GIST Descriptors for Sign Language

Recognition: An Approach Based on Symbolic Representation”. Mining Intelligence and
Knowledge Exploration. Springer International Publishing, pp-103-114, 2015.
17. B. M. Chethana Kumara, H. S. Nagendraswamy, Lekha Chinmayi, “Spatial relationship
based features for Indian sign language recognition”, International Conference on
Futuristic Trends in Engineering and Technologies (FTET-16), May 9-10, 2016, Kaula
Lumpur, Malaysia, Pages 33-39.
18. Mahdi Rabbani, Reza Khoshkangini, H. S. Nagendraswamy, Mauro Conti, “Hand drawn
optical circuit recognition”, Proceeding of the Seventh International Conference on
Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI 2015), Vol. 84, December 2016, Pages 41-
48.
19. H. S. Nagendraswamy, B. M. Chethana Kumara, R Lekha Chinmayi, “Indian Sign
Language Recognition: An Approach Based on Fuzzy Symbolic Data”, International
Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics 21-24
September 2016, Jaipur, India
20. Rashmi B.S. and H. S. Nagendraswamy, “Video Shot Boundary Detection using
Midrange Local Binary Patterns”, International Conference on Advances in Computing,
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