The Departments of Computer Science and Engineering Offers Ph.D. & M.Sc. (Engg.) by Research Programmes.
The Department of Computer Science & Engineering has a research center affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU). Research lab is well equipped with computers and servers received through funded projects. Since its inception, the center has a good number of research scholars and guides conducting research activities. The faculty members of CSE are actively involved in the research activities, publishing their work in various refereed Journals and Conferences. Undergraduate and postgraduate students are encouraged to cultivate a research inclination by involving and guiding them in various research activities.
Thrust Areas:
The thrust areas majorly include Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Network Security, Internet of Things, Computer Vision and Image Processing.
Research Projects sanctioned to the Department:
1. Project Title: “Ambient Intelligence for video Surveillance Systems”
Primary Investigator: Dr. Sahana D Gowda
Co-Investigator: Mrs. M S Bhargavi
Funding Agency: DST
Period: 3 years (2014-2017)
Grant Amount: 3 Lakhs
2. Project Title: “Code Generation for Document Images based on Handwritten Components”
Primary Investigator: Dr. Sahana D Gowda
Co-Investigator: Mrs. Surabhi Narayan
Funding Agency: VTU, Belagavi
Period: 3 years (2011-2014)
Grant Amount: 9.9 lakhs
Sponsored Research:
Academic Year 2022-23
Sl. No | Project Title | Funding Agency | Amount (Rs.) | Duration |
| 1 | Certificate forgery detection in cyber security | KSCST | 5000 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
| 2 | A Graphical User Interface to Automate Industrial Robotic Arm | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED | 165000 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
| 3 | Shadow Wheels : Computer Vision Motor aided vehicular tracking system | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED | 68000 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
| 4 | Environmental protect by tracking emission test on registered vehicles | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED | 58700 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
| 5 | Automated Lawn Mover robot | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED | 55000 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
| 6 | To Implement Site Specific Soil Nutrients Management System for Fertilizer Recommendation Nature of the project: IoT & Machine Learning | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED | 169000 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
| 7 | FakeOut: Revolutionizing Currency Security and Accessibility for All | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED | 60000 | Jul 2022-Jun 2023 |
Academic Year 2021-22
| Sl. No | Project Title | Funding Agency | Amount (Rs.) | Duration |
| 1 | Lungxometer | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED, DST | 32,970 | Jul 2021-Jun 2022 |
| 2 | Smart Dustbin with Automatic Segregation and Collection | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED, DST | 5,000 | Jul 2021-Jun 2022 |
| 3 | IOT based Smart Farming | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED, DST | 25,000 | Jul 2021-Jun 2022 |
| 4 | Money Bin | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED, DST | 2,50,000 | Aug 2019-Jan2020 |
| 5 | Life Line-ERV | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED, DST | 2,50,000 | Aug 2019-Jan2020 |
| 6 | Obstacle detection for the blind | NewGen IEDC sponsored by NSTED, DST | 2,50,000 | Aug 2019-Jan2020 |
