Research

Dr. Himangshu Sarma is an accomplished academic and researcher specializing in Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and Natural Language Processing. He serves as an Assistant Professor and leads the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Sri City. His Ph.D. from the University of Bremen focused on Virtual Movement from Natural Language Text, showcasing his expertise in blending computational linguistics with immersive technologies.

Dr. Sarma has spearheaded numerous high-impact projects funded by prestigious organizations such as SERB, DST, DRDO, and IIT Tirupati. His work includes the development of VR-based educational platforms, AR solutions for cultural and religious experiences, VR exergames, and automated systems for Indian Sign Language recognition. He is currently advancing projects that enhance user experiences through AR, including the Tirumala Darshan platform, and is developing innovative communication tools for individuals with speech and hearing impairments.

As the lead of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, Dr. Sarma fosters cutting-edge research in immersive technologies and interaction design. His extensive publications in leading journals and conferences reflect his commitment to transforming education, healthcare, and accessibility through VR and AR. Dr. Sarma’s work continues to push the boundaries of interactive and inclusive technology for diverse real-world applications.

Projects section

Completed Projects

Learning Physics through Computer Vision

  • Funding Agency: TEQIP III, Govt of India

  • Duration: 1 year

  • Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 2,50,000

  • Period of Project: Dec 2019- Sept 2020

Computer vision algorithm for transformation of Night time Images to corresponding Day time Images

  • Funding Agency: DRDO Young Scientist Laboratory – Artificial Intelligence

  • (DYSL-AI), DRDO

  • Duration: 1 year

  • Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 9,94,943

  • Period of Project: May 2020 – May 2021

Development of Game platform through VR and AR for School Education

  • Funding Agency: SERB(SRG), Govt of India

  • Duration: 2 years

  • Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 1640720

  • Period of Project: Dec 2021-Dec 2023

Design and development of a communication system for the speech and hearing disorder persons

  • Funding Agency: IDEAS, ISI Kolkata, DST, Govt of India

  • Duration: 3 years

  • Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 43,03,760

  • Period of Project: Dec 2023-Dec 2026

Ongoing Projects

Building and Developing an AR platform for Tirumala Darshan

  • Funding Agency: IITTNiF, IIT Tirupati, DST, Govt of India

  • Duration: 1.5 years

  • Amount Sanctioned: Rs. 1,358,860

  • Period of Project: Nov 2024-May 2026

Publications

  1. Shiva Rama Krishna, Vedantam Sai Suvanth, Shardul Kurdukar and Himangshu Sarma, "A Case study on VR Teaching: Projectile Motion and Gravity", 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Greater Seattle Area, USA

  2. Shinde, Nishant, and Himangshu Sarma. "Enhancing STEM curriculum with virtual reality: electricity and magnetism simulations." Multimedia Tools and Applications (2024): 1-20.

  3. Vishawash Kumar, Sahil Gulati, Bhargab Deka, Himangshu Sarma, Teaching and Learning Crystal structures through Virtual Reality based systems, Advanced Engineering Informatics, Volume 50, 2021, 101362, ISSN 1474-0346

  4. Sarma, Himangshu, Robert Porzel, Jan D. Smeddinck, Rainer Malaka, and Arun Baran Samaddar. "A text to animation system for physical exercises." The Computer Journal 61, no. 11 (2018): 1589-1604.

  5. Himangshu Sarma, Navanath Saharia, and Utpal Sharma “Development and analysis of speech recognition systems for Assamese using HTK”, ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing (TALLIP), 2017

  6. Himangshu Sarma, Arun B Samaddar, Robert Porzel, Jan D Smeddinck, Rainer Malaka “Updating Bayesian networks using crowds” Neural Network World (NNW), 27.5 (2017): 529-540.

  7. Himangshu Sarma, Mahaboob Saik, Surya Teja, and Satyam Kumar Singh. "Teaching 3D-Geometry Through Virtual Reality." In IEEE BigData 2023, Sorrento, Italy

  8. Sarma, Himangshu, and Navanath Saharia. "A Traffic Sign Recognition qnd Speech-BasedFeedback Generation System to Assist Drivers." In 2023 IEEE 5th International Conference on Cybernetics, Cognition and Machine Learning Applications (ICCCMLA), pp. 53-57. IEEE, 2023.

  9. Kshatriya, Balaram Singh, Shiv Ram Dubey, Himangshu Sarma, Kunal Chaudhary, Meva Ram Gurjar, Rahul Rai, and Sunny Manchanda. "Semantic Map Injected GAN Training for Image-to-Image Translation." In Proceedings of the Satellite Workshops of ICVGIP 2021, pp. 235-249. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.

  10. Movva, Prahitha, Hemanth Pasupuleti, and Himangshu Sarma. "A Self Learning Yoga Monitoring System Based on Pose Estimation." In International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, pp. 81-91. Springer, Cham, 2022.

  11. Sarkar, Achintya Kumar, Himangshu Sarma, Priyanka Dwivedi, and Zheng-Hua Tan. "Data augmentation enhanced speaker enrollment for text-dependent speaker verification." In 2020 3rd International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Clean Energy Technologies, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2021.

  12. Ranjan, Rahul, Himangshu Sarma, and Navanath Saharia. "Finding out the needy one from Tweets: An analysis using# kerelafloods." In 2018 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), pp. 184-187. IEEE, 2018.

  13. Himangshu Sarma, Navanath Saharia “A speech-based driver assisting module for Intelligent Transport System”, 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), India, 2018

  14. Himangshu Sarma, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka, Arun Baran Samaddar. “A Step Towards Textual Instructions to Virtual Actions.” 7th IEEE International Advance Computing Conference, IACC 2017

  15. Himangshu Sarma “Virtual Movement from Textual Instructions.” International Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, INTERACT 2017

  16. Himangshu Sarma, Robert Porzel, Rainer Malaka. “A Step Towards Automated Simulation in Industry” 5th International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics, Bremen, Germany, LDIC 2016

  17. Himangshu Sarma, Robert Porzel, Jan Smeddinck, Rainer Malaka. "Towards Generating Virtual Movement from Textual Instructions A Case Study in Quality Assessment." International Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, HCOMP 2015

  18. Himangshu Sarma “Virtual Movement from Textual Instructions.” International Conference on Human Computation & Crowdsourcing, HCOMP 2015

  19. Sarma, Himangshu, Navanath Saharia, and Utpal Sharma. "Development of Assamese Speech Corpus and Automatic Transcription Using HTK." Advances in Signal Processing and Intelligent Recognition Systems. Springer International Publishing, 2014. 119-132.

  20. Nath, Sanghamitra, Himangshu Sarma, and Utpal Sharma. "A Preliminary Study on the VOT Patterns of the Assamese Language and Its Nalbaria Variety." Computational Linguistics and Intelligent Text Processing. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. 542-552.

  21. Nath, Sanghamitra, Himangshu Sarma, and Utpal Sharma. "Assamese Dialect Translation System- A Preliminary Proposal." International Conference On Natural Language Processing And Cognitive Computing (ICONACC)-2014.

  22. Sarma, Himangshu, Navanath Saharia, Utpal Sharma, Smriti Kumar Sinha, and Mancha Jyoti Malakar. "Development and transcription of Assamese speech corpus." National seminar cum Conference on Recent threads and Techniques in Computer Sciences, Kokrajhar, Assam, India, 2013.

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Himangshu Sarma