Geo-Environmental Hazards using AI-enabled Geospatial Techniques and Earth Observation Systems

DR. TANUPRIYA CHOUDHURY completed his undergraduate studies in Computer Science and Engineering at the West Bengal University of Technology in Kolkata (2004-2008), India, followed by a Master's Degree in the same field from Dr. M.G.R University in Chennai, India (2008-2010). In 2016, he successfully obtained his PhD degree from Jagannath University Jaipur. With a total of 15 years of experience in both teaching and research, Dr. Choudhury holds the position of Visiting Professor at Daffodil International University Bangladesh and Duy Tan University Vietnam. Currently he is working as a Professor, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India.

Prior to this role, he served Graphic Era Hill University Dehradun (Research Professor), UPES Dehradun (Professor and Research Head Informatics), Amity University Noida (Assistant Professor Grade 3 and International Dept. Head), and other prestigious academic institutions (Dronacharya College of Engineering Gurgaon, Lingaya's University Faridabad, Babu Banarsi Das Institute of Technology Ghaziabad, Syscon Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Kolkata etc.).Recently recognized for his outstanding contributions to education with the Global Outreach Education Award for Excellence in Best Young Researcher Award at GOECA 2018.

His areas of expertise encompass Human Computing, Soft Computing, Cloud Computing, Data Mining among others. Notably accomplished within his field thus far is filing 25 patents and securing copyrights for 16 software programs from MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development). He has actively participated as an attendee or speaker at numerous National and International conferences across India and abroad. With over 368 research papers (Scopus) authored to date on record; Dr. Choudhury has also been invited as a guest lecturer or keynote speaker at esteemed institutions such as Jamia Millia Islamia University, Maharaja Agersen College (Delhi University), Duy Tan University Vietnam etc.He has also contributed significantly to various conferences throughout India serving roles like TPC member and session chairperson.

As an active professional within the technical community; Dr. Choudhury holds lifetime membership with IETA (International Engineering & Technology Association) along with being affiliated with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), IET(UK) (Institution of Engineering & Technology UK), and other reputable technical societies. Additionally, he is associated with corporate entities and serves as a Technical Adviser for Deetya Soft Pvt. Ltd., Noida, IVRGURU, and Mydigital360. He is also serving an Editor's in reputed Journals.

DR. BAPPADITYA KOLEY currently working as a Head, Department of Geography at Bankim Sardar College, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. In 2021, he successfully obtained his PhD degree in Science from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. His areas of research interest include applied geomorphology, geo-informatics, natural hazards and disasters, climate change, coastal management, environmental issues, land use modelling, sustainable development. He has also completed minor research project on "Forestry, Fishery and Sustainable Livelihood: An Assessment for some selected areas of the Indian Sunderbans" as a co-director, funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata), Govt. of India. As a center co-coordinator in Bankim Sardar College, he was conducted two courses in IIRS Outreach Programmes during 2019 - 2023, organized by Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (ISRO), Dehradun. He has also contributed several national and int

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and its Applications towards Remote sensing.- Chapter 2 GIS and remote sensing application for vegetation mapping.- Chapter 3 Evaluation of Spatio-temporal Trend of Tropical Cyclones (TCs) in Bay of Bengal Basin, India.- Chapter 4 Application of geospatial technologies and AHP technique in the identification of soil erosion-prone zones in the Rift Valley, Southern Ethiopia.- Chapter 5 Shoreline changes along Bhitarkanika Sanctuary, North Odisha coast, India.- Chapter 6 One-dimensional shoreline evolution modeling at sea turtle nesting ground near Rushikulya estuary, Southern Odisha coast, India.- Chapter 7 Analysis of sea surface temperature and Chlorophyll-a concentration along the coastline of the Indian peninsula using remote sensing data.- Chapter 8 Landslide Susceptibility Mapping through Hyperparameter Optimized Bagging and Boosting Ensembles.- Chapter 9 Flash Floods Assessment in Hill Region.- Chapter 10 Mapping Flood Hazard in Marinduque, Philippines using Maximum Entropy Approach.- Chapter 11 GIS mapping and Groundwater Quality Assessment near solid waste dump site.- Chapter 12 Assessment of Groundwater Potential using an Integrated approach of GIS, Fuzzy AHP and Remote Sensing: A case study of Madurai City in India.- Chapter 13 Developing Sustainable Livelihood Index for the Coastal Belt of Indian Sunderbans.- Chapter 14 A Geo-Spatial approach for the development of sustainable watershed management.- Chapter 15 An Efficient Image Compression Algorithm using Neural Networks.- Chapter 16 Computer Vision based Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with Robotic Arm for Garbage Detection and Cleaning.- Chapter 17 Visual Media Super-Resolution Using Super Resolution Generative Adversarial Networks.