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MANISH KUMAR GUPTA: CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

  1. 2000: Ph.D. Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
    1. Dissertation: On Some Linear Codes over Z_2^s
  2. 1992: M.Sc. Mathematics, University of Lucknow, India
    First division and third rank in the order of merit (out of 120 students)
  3. 1990: B.Sc. Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, University of Lucknow, India
    First division and third rank in the order of merit (out of 2000 students)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Regular Appointments

  1. 2016-Present Professor (tenured), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), India
  2. 2012-2016 Associate Professor (tenured), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), India
  3. 2006-2012 Assistant Professor (tenured), Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), India
  4. 2005-2006 Adjunct Assistant Professor and Research Fellow, Mathematics Department, Queens University, Canada
  5. 2004-2005 Lecturer and Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Ohio State University, USA
  6. 2002-2004 Faculty Associate and Research Fellow, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Arizona State University, USA
  7. 2000-2002 Marsden Research Fellow, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  8. 1993-2000: Research Associate and Teaching Associate, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Other Experience and Professional Memberships

  1. 2019 (2 weeks) Visiting Professor, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Germany
  2. 2019 (3 weeks) Visiting Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
  3. 2007-2019 Founder DCEI (DA-IICT Center for Entrepreneurship & Incubation)
  4. 2016-2019 Chairman, Executive Council, DCEI (DA-IICT Center for Entrepreneurship & Incubation)
  5. 2012-Present Senior Member, IEEE (Member 1997 onwards)
  6. 2010-2019 Founding Member, Executive Council, DCEI (DA-IICT Center for Entrepreneurship & Incubation)
  7. 2010-Present Member, American Mathematical Society
  8. 2008-2015 Member, Board of Governors (BoG), Indo-American Education Society, United States-India Educational Foundation (IAES-USIEF),
    Affiliated to the U. S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
  9. 2006 Representative Scientist, Canadian Society for Systems Biology white paper
  10. 2005 (1 week) Visiting Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang, South Korea
  11. 2004-2006 Member, The International Society for Computational Biology
  12. 2004-2006 Member, International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering (ISNSCE)
  13. 2004 Member, The International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR)
  14. 2001 (2 weeks) SPRINT Research Visitor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  15. 1997-Present Member, IEEE Computer Society
  16. 1997-2010 Member, IEEE Communications Society
  17. 1997-2019 Member, IEEE Information Theory Society

MAJOR HONORS

  • DNA storage project shortlisted as top 5 innovation for Prime Minister (India and Israel) demo at India Israel Innovation Initiative, Jan 2018, iCreate Campus, Deo Dholera
  • Featured Reviewer ACM Computing Reviews, February 2016
  • Invited for Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Redmond, USA, July 2009
  • IEEE Senior Member, 2012

    Press and Media Coverage

  • Data Storage on DNA From Fiction to Reality (Interview by Parth Shastri), Times of India, page 2, March 25, 2018
  • Featured in Five: Manish Gupta (Interview by Angela Pugh, ACM Computing Reviews Journal), USA, Feb 2016
  • The Google of Maths (Interview by Siobhan Roberts, Nautilus Science Magazine), USA, October 2015
  • Capitalizing Alma-connections (Interview by Nimesh Chandra, Careers 360 Magazine), India, December 2013

    Some Grants and other external sponsored activities

  • Archival DNA Data Storage, DST-DAAD (Indo-German) project, 2019-2021
  • Biological System Based Data Storage, DA-IICT project, 2015-2019
  • Visiting Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia 2019
  • Microsoft Research India Travel Grant, Sep 2013
  • Microsoft Research India Travel Grant for Biomod (Harvard University), Nov 2011
  • Kuliza Technologies Grant for Biomod (Harvard University), Nov 2011
  • Microsoft Research Summit, 2009
  • Microsoft Research India Travel Grant, April 2009
  • Travel grant, University of California, San Francisco, USA, 2006
  • Visiting Professor, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2005
  • Sprint Research Visitor, National University of Singapore, 2001
  • Travel grant, University of Virginia, USA, 2003
  • Travel grant, San Diego State University, USA, 2003

    Funds raised for conferences and workshops

  • 14th Annual Conference of Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications (ADMA), Amount INR 1050000, Agencies:ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization),
    DRDO (Defense Research and Development Organization), IIIT (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara), GVFL (Gujarat Venture Finance Limited),
    NBHM (National Board for Higher Mathematics), GUJCOST (Gujarat Council on Science and Technology), GIL/DST (Gujarat Informatics Ltd/ Department of Science & Technology),
    Corygbee Private Limited, Industries Commissionerate, Government of Gujarat
  • Workshop on Patent and IPR Awareness, 2015, Amount:INR 1,00,700, Agency:Technology Information Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), DST, India
  • Workshop on Computational Biology and DNA Computing, 2016, Amount:INR 300000, Agency:Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat

    Institute Grants

  • Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs (TIDE) center, Amount:INR 19480000, Agency:Department of Information Technology Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India
  • Nodal Institute for promoting start-ups/innovation at DA-IICT, Amount:Access to a pool of funds shared between nodal agencies Initial installment to DCEI Rs.15 lacs, Agency:Industries Commisionerate, Government of Gujarat
  • Student Start-up and Innovation Policy for the State of Gujarat (2017-21), Amount:INR 100 lakhs, Agency:Department of Higher Education, Government of Gujarat

    WORK EXPERIENCE

    RESEARCH

    CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
    Natural ICT: Systems and Synthetic Biology, Information Processing in Molecular Biology and Chemistry, DNA and Quantum computing, DNA Storage, DNA Codes, Bioinformatics, Computational Molecular Biology, Multi-user coding and information theory, Coding theory and Cryptology, Algorithms, Combinatorial Group Testing and its applications to biology, Combinatorial Designs and its applications to computer science, Number Theory, Algebra and its applications, Cellular Automata and its applications

    Specific research work in: DNA and PAH self-assembly, RNA and DNA Folding, Molecular Docking, HIV-1, Coding Theory, Quantum error correction, Space-Time codes, Biological Coding Theory, Protein folding, Gene networks, Applications of graph theory and computational geometry to proteins and drug design, error-correcting microarray, DNA storage, Cloud Storage.

    Conference Talks
    1. The Mathematics of DNA Codes, 84th Annual Indian Mathematical Society Conference, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu, November 2018. (Invited Speaker)
    2. On DNA codes using the ring Z_4+wZ_4, IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT), June 2018, Vail, USA
    3. Algebraic and Computational DNA Codes National Conference on Discrete Mathematics (NCDM-2017) and Graph Theory XIII, June 2017. (Invited Speaker)
    4. Sustainable Technologies for Clean Energy: Challenges and Opportunities Gujarat Science Congress, February 5, 2017, PDPU, Gandhinagar. (Invited Speaker)
    5. The Art of DNA Strings: Data Storage US-India Advanced Studies Institute: Classical and Quantum Information, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR Bangalore, Jan 2, 2017
    6. The Art of DNA Strings International symposium on computational biology and DNA computing organized by Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), DST, Govt. of Gujarat & Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), November 26, 2016 (Invited Speaker)
    7. Some Interdisciplinary Emerging Opportunities in Science and Technology, Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Technology (CISST), Sardar Patel University, March 4, 2016. (Plenary Speaker)
    8. Why Incubation Center? IEEE India Entrepreneurship development program, GIFT city, Ahmedabad, May 15, 2015 (Invited Distinguished Speaker)
    9. Mathematical and Computational Opportunities in DNA Computing, NNMCB Symposium on Mathematical and Computational Biology, March 21-22, 2015, IIT Gandhinagar (Invited Speaker)
      Abstract
    10. How to store Elephants? Indo-US conference and workshop on synthetic and systems biology, Nov 9-12, 2014, JNU, New Delhi (Invited Speaker)
      Abstract
    11. Self-assembly of DNA: Overview, Opportunities and Challenges, Biodesign India 1.0 symposium on synthetic biology, Oct 7-9, 2010, Trivandrum, Kerala
      (Invited Speaker) Abstract
    12. Biological Coding Theory I: Introduction
      Biological Coding Theory II: Coding Theory for DNA Computing and Microarray
      Biological Coding Theory III:Coding Theory for DNA Self Assembly
      COM2MAC Workshop on Biological Coding Theory COM2MAC Center, Postech University,
      Pohang, South Korea, 27-28 June 2005 (Keynote Speaker for 3 hours lectures)
    13. On Modular Gray Map, Special Session on Algebraic Coding Theory, Central Section Meeting #995, American Mathematical Society, Athens,OH, 26-27 March 2004 (Invited Speaker)
    14. Biological Coding Theory: The Emerging Paradigm? DIMACS Workshop on Algebraic Coding Theory and Information Theory, DIMACS Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 15-18 December 2003 (Invited Speaker)
      Abstract
    15. Coding theory, biology and quantum computers, Conference and workshop on coding theory and quantum computing, Charlottesville, Virginia, May 20-24, 2003
    16. On quaternary MacDonald codes, IEEE International conference on Information Technology: coding and computing: ITCC 2003, April 28-30, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada
    17. On some modular linear codes, Workshop on coding and cryptography, September 10-13, 2001, Second part of the inaugural program on coding theory and data integrity of Institute for mathematical sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    18. On Z_4 codes satisfying the chain condition, 25th Australasian Conference on Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing, December 4-8, 2000, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Some Recent Presentations and Colloquiums
    1. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, DST Inspire Science Camp, Bhatinda, Punjab, December 27, 2019
    2. The Magic of DNA Series of two Public Lectures, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2019.
    3. The beauty of Indian Mathematics, Conference on Ancient Indian Scientist and their contributions, Dindayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 23-24 January 2019.
    4. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, DST Inspire Science Camp, Bhatinda, Punjab, December 26, 2018
    5. The Magic of DNA, Department of Biological Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, August 24, 2018
    6. The Art of DNA strings: Data Storage University of Denver, 22 June 2018 (IEEE ITSOC and CS-DL Invited Distinguished Speaker)
    7. How not to work at Google?, ADMA Discrete Mathematics and Start-up day, June 9, 2018, DA-IICT
    8. A Story of Computational Fashion, National Institute of Fashion Technology, Gandhinagar, May 24, 2018
    9. How not to work at Google?, Gujarat Student Start-up Meet at Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat, May 2018
    10. Some Interdisciplinary Emerging opportunities in Science and Technology: The Art of DNA Strings Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission (GSBTM), Govt. of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 24 October 2016.
    11. A Story of Nature: Emerging Trends in Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Solan, HP, November 13, 2014.
    12. A Story of Natural Engineering, DST- Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), May 26, 2014
    13. How to code the cloud using weak dress codes?, DST- Centre for Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), May 27, 2014
    14. A Story of Natural Engineering, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) Lab, Jan 10, 2014, Bangalore
    15. Calculus, Where are you? Pedagogy Sessions in Calculus, Gujarat Technological University, June 28, 2012
    16. Mathematics of Natural Information Processing, Scope of Research in Applied Mathematics, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India, April 17, 2010
    17. How to count with DNA? International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India, October 18, 2006
    18. How to count with DNA? Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, October 04, 2006
    19. How to count with DNA? Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, September 20, 2006
    20. Structural Coding and Information Theory for Biological Systems California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA, May 8, 2006.
      Abstract
    21. Information Processing in Biology: Algorithmic Self-Assembly, Opportunities and Challenges for Coding Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ohio State University, OH, USA, February 8, 2005. Abstract
    22. Codes and Biology: A Second Emerging Bridge, Department of Mathematics, Colloquium, San Diego State University, CA, USA, September 25, 2003. Abstract (PDF)
    23. Quantum Codes, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, October 4, 2001
    24. A story of quantum codes, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, August 31, 2001
    25. A story of quantum error-correction, Department of Mathematics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 21, 2001
    26. Developments in coding theory: 1948-1998, IBM India Research Lab, New Delhi, India March 25, 1998

    Recent Participations in Conference/Workshop
    1. Start-up Action Seminar, Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit, India, Jan 2017 (Invited)
    2. US-India Advanced Studies Institute: Classical and Quantum Information, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR Bangalore, 26 Dec 2016 - 7 Jan 2017
    3. Start-up India Stand-up India, National Event, New Delhi, January 16, 2016 (Invited)
    4. Workshop on Mathematics of Networks, IISc Bangalore, Jan 13-16, 2014
    5. Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Redmond, USA, July 2009 (Invited)
    6. Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit, India, Jan 2009 (Invited)
    7. Genome 2.0, New Frontiers in Epigenomics Symposium, June 2, 2008, MaRS Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada
    8. Workshop on Growth and Control of Tumors: Theory and Experiment, July 2-4, 2008, Fields Institute- Thematic Program on Mathematical and Quantitative Oncology, Toronto, Canada

    Recent Publications and Preprints Publication list with online papers is available from: http://www.mankg.com/pub.html
    More presentations are available from: http://www.mankg.com/WWW/conf_talks.html
    My lab page is at http://www.guptalab.org

    Editorial Board
    1. Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Springer, 2017-present.
    2. Associate Editor, AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering, AIMS Press, 2017-present
    3. Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, Special Issue on Emerging Technologies in Communications (Area: Nanoscale and Molecular Networking), 2013
    Professional Committees
    1. Convener and Program Co-chair, 14th Annual Conference of Academy of Discrete Mathematics and Applications (ADMA), June 6-10, 2018, DA-IICT http://www.adma2018.org
    2. Coordinator, Organizing Committee, GSBTM workshop on Computational Biology and DNA Computing, DA-IICT, November 26, 2016 http://bitvirtual.org/symposium2016/index.html
    3. Coordinator, Organizing Committee, TIFAC Patent and IPR Awareness Workshop, DA-IICT, 11 July 2015
    4. Member, Program Committee: 7th ACM Compute 2014 conference, Nagpur, October 16-18, 2014
    5. Member, Organizing Committee (Publicity Sub-Committee): 6th IEEE/ACM Comsnets, Bangalore, Jan 6-10, 2014
    6. Member, Program Committee, 4th ACM Compute 2011 conference, Bangalore, India, March 25-26, 2011
    7. Member, Program Committee, 3rd ACM Compute 2010 conference, Bangalore, India, Jan 22-23, 2010

    Referee to Journals/Conferences:
    I often serve as a referee to the following journals/conferences:
    IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, IEEE Communications Letters, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, Bio Systems, Information Sciences, Journal of Combinatorics, Information and System Sciences, Discrete Mathematics, Designs Codes and Cryptography, Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, European Journal of Combinatorics, The Bulletin of the ICA, Quantum Information and Computation, Sadhana - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science, Bioinformatics, Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing, Applicable Algebra in Engineering, Communication and Computing (AAECC), ACM Computing Surveys, International Journal of Biomathematics, The Computer Journal, Advances in Mathematics of Communications, Defense Science Journal (DRDO). I have also served as a referee in conference IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) 2018, Applied Algebra, Algebraic Algorithms, and Error Correcting Codes (AAECC-17), 2007, National Conference on Communications 2014, International Castle Meeting on Coding Theory and Applications 2014 and also served as a reviewer for book proposal from John Wiley & Sons, UK, 2010.

    Professional Reviewer:
    I serve on the pannel of reviewers for the following:
    1. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Computing Reviews since November 2005
    2. American Mathematical Society (AMS), Mathematical Reviews since November 2005
    External PhD Thesis Examiner/Reviewear
    1. PhD Thesis, Delhi University, July 2020
    2. PhD Thesis, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, July 2020
    3. PhD Thesis, Panjab University, May 2020
    4. PhD Thesis, IIT Madras, November and December 2019
    5. PhD Thesis, Dibrugarh University, June 2016
    6. PhD Thesis, Bharatidasan University, June 2016
    7. PhD Thesis, Jaypee University, October and November 2014
    8. Member Doctoral Committee, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, November 2015-July 2020.

    External Projects Examiner/Reviewer
  • Extra Mural Research Division (EMR-11), Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), 2016
  • Swiss National Science Foundation, 2016
    Award Reviewer: Gandhian Young Technological Innovation awards, given by SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions) at Rashtrapati Bhavan as a part of Festival of Innovation hosted by the office of the President of India, 2016
    Official Judge: Biomod 2018, Biomod 2017 (Organized by the University of California, San Francisco) and Biomod 2011 (Organized by the Harvard University): An international biomolecular design competition, http://biomod.net
    Reviewer/Panelist: Vibrant Gujarat Startup and Technology Summit 2018 (Idea Stage)

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    List of courses taught is available from: Courses Taught

    STUDENT SUPERVISION

    I have supervised total 51 undergraduate students (2007-2020) in research projects. Eleven of these students published peer-reviewed conference and / or journal papers as undergraduates. Apart from these students I have also supervised many students in different projects.

    Selected Graduate (Ph.D.) Research Students with Thesis Titles (Awarded)

  • Dixita Limbachyia, On Designing DNA Codes and their Applications, March 2019, (Best Thesis Award SPCOM Conference 2018, IISc Bangalore)
  • Krishna Gopal Benerjee, On Heterogeneous Distributed Storage Systems: Bounds and Code Constructions, July 2019

    Currently I am supervising 1 graduate (PhD) student. A complete list with thesis is at Students.

    Selected Software Products

    1. BacSoft: A tool for data storage on bacteria. Latest release in March 2019 Available: http://guptalab.org/bacsoft/
    2. 3DNAprinter: A tool for automated DNA origami. Latest release in Feb 2017 Available: http://www.guptalab.org/3dnaprinter/
    3. DNAImagePro: A tool for generating pixel patterns using DNA tile assembly. Latest Release May 2015 Available: http://www.guptalab.org/dnaimagepro/
    4. Biospectrogram: A tool for spectral analysis for biological sequences. Latest Release in June 2013 Available: http://www.guptalab.org/biospectrogram/
    5. 3DNA: A tool for Lego Modeling. Latest Draft Release in February 2014. Available: http://www.guptalab.org/3dna
    6. DNA Pen: A tool for drawing on molecular canvas. Latest Release in August 2013. Available: http://www.guptalab.org/dnapen (Supported by Microsoft Research India)
    7. DNA Cloud: A tool for storing big data on DNA. Latest Release in December 2013. Available: http://www.guptalab.org/dnacloud
    8. Xtile: An error-correction package for DNA self-assembly. Released in Jan 2009 Available: http://www.guptalab.org/xtile (Supported by Microsoft Research India)

    Additional Information and Recent Activities
    1. Served as a chairman to several staff (CEID) recruitment committees at DA-IICT Gandhinagar, India
    2. Served on several business proposal review committees at CEID, DA-IICT Gandhinagar, India and at iCreate (The International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology, http://www.icreate.org.in/)
    3. Served as a member of faculty recruitment committee for Bioinformatics Department at Indian Institute of Advanced Research, Koba, Gandhinagar, India, December 2007
    4. Served as an examiner for viva in PG Diploma in Bioinformatics program at Gujarat University on May 3, 2007 and also external examiner to masters and PhD thesis of various students at DA-IICT, Gandhinagar
    5. Served as an invited dignitary guest for a Brain Storming Session on Bioinformatics Sector Development in Gujarat of Gujarat State Biotechnology Mission on October 8, 2007
    6. Received GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, Govt. of India) Fellowship, 1993-2000
    7. Qualified CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Fellowship (Govt. of India), 1995
    8. Qualified NET (National Eligibility Test) for Lectureship in Indian Universities, 1995
    9. Received Uttar Pradesh Sachiwalya fellowship, 1989-1992
    10. Served as an Associate Investigator, Quantum Error Correction Project (Aotearoa), New Zealand, July 2002-September 2003
    11. Attended the NEN-Stanford Entrepreneurship Faculty Development Course (Module-1) in Bombay in July 2007
    12. Discovered various interesting sequences of integers. For example see sequence number A 060195 in the Sloane's On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences at https://oeis.org/
    13. Maintaining the list of tables web site for all kind of codes and related things at http://www.guptalab.org/mankg/public_html/WWW/bound.html
    14. My Erdos Number is 2 (M.K. Gupta--C.J. Colbourn--P. Erdos) for details see Erdos No. Page http://www.oakland.edu/enp/
    15. My mathematical genealogy is at http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/html/id.phtml?id=46560

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