Sudipan Saha

Assistant Professor, IIT Delhi

Office: Academic Complex East, 5th floor
Email: sudipan.saha at scai.iitd.ac.in

I am a faculty member in the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence at IIT Delhi. Before this, I was a postdoc at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. I obtained my Ph.D. from University of Trento, Italy, where my advisors were Dr. Francesca Bovolo and Prof. Lorenzo Bruzzone.

I am a researcher in Earth observation, computer vision, and climate AI. In more details, my research interests include multi-sensor learning and adaptation, multi-temporal image analysis, unsupervised representation learning, understanding of evolution of meteorological variables and land surface, and uncertainty quantification.

Teaching

Publications

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Students at IIT Delhi

  • PhD (Current): Ritik Kumar Das (ScAI).
  • Masters by Research (Current): Kanishk Awadhiya (ScAI, expected graduation: 2026).
  • Masters (Current): Pulkit Singal (ScAI, expected graduation: 2025).
  • Masters by Research (Graduated): Tushar Verma, Naimish P. Machchar (ScAI, 2025 graduating batch).
  • Masters (Graduated): Pratik Vora, Braj Raj Nagar, Sangam Kumar, Swaransh Patel (ScAI, 2024 graduating batch).
  • Bachelors (Graduated): Bismandeep Singh (EE, 2024 graduating batch).

You can expect a recommendation letter from me only if one of the following is satisfied

  • You did a thesis with me and performed satisfactorily.
  • You are a co-author in a paper with me and you contributed significantly to the paper.
  • You spent 6+ months with me as a JRF or RA and performed satisfactorily.

Currently looking for

  • PhD students to work on topics in computer vision, Earth observation, and climate AI.
  • For Academic Year 2025-2026, up to two Masters thesis students to also work on the above-mentioned topics. Expressions of interest will be accepted until March 31, 2025.

Currently not looking for

  • Short term internship students.
  • Online internship students.
  • Mini project students.

On-going/recently concluded funded projects as PI

  • SERB (GoI) funded project on urban mapping (ongoing).
  • IIT Delhi MFIRP project with TU Delft on plastic hotspot detection (concluded).
  • ITC Limited funded project on burned area mapping (concluded).

Administrative roles at IIT Delhi

  • Department MTech Coordinator, since 2024 July.
  • Member of Department Space Committee, since 2023 February.
  • Member of Department Research Committee, since 2023-2024 Academic Year.
  • Department Website & Social Media Coordinator, since 2023 April.
  • Member of Admission Committee, 2024 Summer and 2024 Winter.
  • PGCIC Nominee, 2025.
  • Hostel Proctoring Team Member, 2023 Summer and 2024 Summer.
  • Department representative for Open House held on November 2023.
  • Department representative for Anveshan held on March 2025.
  • As of December 2024, serving in Research Committee of 4 PhD students, one at ScAI, one at Department of Civil Engg., one at Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Centre, one at Center of Atmospheric Sciences.
  • GATE/JAM institute representative: 2024,2025.

Editorial roles

  • Associate Editor, IEEE JSTARS (since 2024).
  • Topical Associate Editor, IEEE TGRS (since 2024).

Before writing to me, consider the following

  • Are you a student looking for an internship? I generally do not provide internship. You will most probably not receive a reply.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on AI-based remote sensing? Sure, please write to me. Depending on the proposal, we may or may not collaborate.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on computer vision (excluding video analysis)? Sure, please write to me. Depending on the proposal, we may or may not collaborate.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on video analysis related topics? I generally do not work in this area. You are requested to search for alternate collaborator.
  • Are you a faculty member looking to collaborate on a project on topics that are not covered above? I generally do not work in these areas. You are requested to search for alternate collaborator.
  • Do you want to invite me to give an invited talk? Please write to me providing sufficient details and credentials and from an official email.
  • Do you want to invite me to some government or private event or ceremony, just as a guest without a more specific role? I generally do not attend such events, please do not invite.
  • Do you want to invite me to review papers for a conference? I regularly support IEEE TGRS, JSTARS, and GRSL by reviewing numerous papers each year. Additionally, I review for either CVPR or ECCV/ICCV annually, as well as for conferences where I am a submitting author. Please refrain from sending additional review requests unless you are seeking my involvement in a broader capacity.