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Researcher

Bhabatosh Chanda

Bhabatosh Chanda researches digital image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision and mathematical morphology; the IAPR named him a Fellow in 2008 for contributions to digital image processing and analysis. He earned a B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the University of Calcutta, then held academic and division leadership roles at the Indian Statistical Institute and visited the University of Washington as a scientist. His work includes the 2011 second edition of Digital Image Processing and Analysis and a 2018 fully convolutional neural network for single-image dehazing. As of October 2026, he is a general co-chair of ICVGIP 2026 and is affiliated with the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

Works
224
Citations
4,354
h-index
37
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1979–1988

    Engineering at Calcutta University

    He earns a B.E. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in 1979 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1988 from the University of Calcutta. His research covers image and video processing, pattern recognition, computer vision and mathematical morphology.

  2. 1989

    A Young Scientist Medal

    He receives the Indian National Science Academy's Young Scientist Medal in 1989.

  3. 1992–2011

    Roles at the Indian Statistical Institute

    He serves as an associate professor at ISI from 1992 to 1995 and a visiting scientist at the University of Washington from 1995 to 1996. He becomes an ISI professor in 1996 and serves there through 2011, then leads its Computer and Communication Science Division as professor-in-charge from 2006 to 2008.

  4. 2002

    A Vikram Sarabhai Research Award

    He receives the Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 2002.

  5. 2008

    An IAPR fellowship

    He becomes an IAPR Fellow in 2008 for contributions to the theory and practice of digital image processing and analysis.

  6. 2011

    A digital image processing textbook

    In 2011, he and D. Dutta Majumder publish the second edition of Digital Image Processing and Analysis.

  7. 2018

    A fully convolutional dehazing network

    In 2018, he, Shirsendu Sukanta Halder and Sanchayan Santra propose a fully convolutional neural network that estimates environmental illumination and scene transmittance together to recover clear radiance from hazy images.

  8. As of October 2026

    General co-chair of ICVGIP 2026

    He serves as a general co-chair of ICVGIP 2026 and is affiliated with the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.

Career

  1. Since 1992Indian Statistical InstituteAssociate Professor, Professor
  2. 1995–1996University of WashingtonVisiting Scientist

Education

  1. 1988University of CalcuttaPhD
  2. 1979University of CalcuttaB.E.

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Writer-independent off-line signature verification using surroundedness feature2011 · Pattern Recognition Letters · 214 citations
  2. Multi-focus image fusion using a morphology-based focus measure in a quad-tree structure2012 · Information Fusion · 203 citations
  3. A multiscale morphological approach to local contrast enhancement2000 · Signal Processing · 163 citations
  4. A simple and efficient algorithm for multifocus image fusion using morphological wavelets2005 · Signal Processing · 145 citations
  5. NTIRE 2018 Challenge on Image Dehazing: Methods and Results2018 · IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops (CVPRW) · 137 citationsWith Radu Timofte and Vishal M. Patel

From OpenAlex, as of 19 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Indian Statistical Institute. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  2. Google has the highest combined h-index among AI organizationsIncludes Indian Statistical Institute. Our estimates of combined and median h-index at AI organizations, using current affiliations and OpenAlex records.
  3. Stanford University trained or employed 26 of the 108 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Indian Statistical Institute. Stanford University trained or employed 26 of the 108 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and employment links for major-prize and best-paper winners.
  4. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Washington. Our estimates of where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led, from education records in cited biographies.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Prof. Bhabatosh Chanda cvip2020.iiita.ac.in. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Expert Profile View - Indian National Academy of Engineering inae.in. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Chronological List of IAPR Fellows – International Association for Pattern Recognition iapr.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Bhabatosh Chanda - Books sites.google.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. Reconstruction Loss Minimized FCN for Single Image Dehazing arxiv.org. Checked 18 October 2026.
  6. ICVGIP 2026 icvgip.in. Checked 18 October 2026.