IIIT Kalyani

Uma Das


Uma Das

Dr. Uma Das

Assistant Professor
Ph.D. [Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad] Subject : Physics
Areas of Expertise:
Upper Atmosphere, Seismogenic Ionosphere, Big Data

Research Projects

Ongoing Projects:1. Long Short Term Memory based Neural Network Approach for Prediction of Wintertime Fog over Northern India, Sponsoring Agency: Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), PI: Dr. Uma Das, Co-PI: Dr. Oishila Bandyopadhyay and Dr. Dalia Nandi, Total Cost: 24.37 Lakhs, Duration: October 2022 – October 2023.2. Cyclone Intensity and Track Prediction using Deep Learning, Sponsoring Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, Grant Type: SERB Power Grant (SPG), PI: Dr. Uma Das, Co-PI: Dr. Oishila Bandyopadhyay, Total Cost: 26.44 Lakhs, Duration: September 2023 - September 2026.Completed:1. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India sponsored project ECR/2017/002258:Title: ‘Short-term Variability in Sun-Synchronous and Non-Sun Synchronous Tides in the Middle Atmosphere from Investigations of Contemporaneous Satellite, Model and Reanalysis Data’, Domain: Atmospheric Physics and Data Analytics, PI: Dr. Uma Das, Grant Type: Early Career Research Award (ECRA), Project Value: 20.3064 Lakhs, Duration: May 2018 – May 2021.Man Power: 1 Junior Research Fellow

Research Interests

  • Space and Atmospheric Sciences,
  • Satellite Data Mining, Atmospheric Dynamics,
  • Ionosphere, Tides and Planetary Waves,
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Space and Atmospheric Sciences