Dr. Starlet Ben Alex

DDesignation: Associate Professor

Education:  PhD (APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University)                          

Professional Experience
Teaching  : 14 years

Research  : 4 years

Sponsored Projects 

1. Automatic Crack Detection System for Structures using Deep Learning Techniques, CERD Research Seed Money, 2024-27, 1.4 Lakhs (PI).

Publications

Book Chapters

1. V. A. Binson, S. Alex and R. Kuriakose, “Comparative Analysis of Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Algorithms for Detecting Alzheimer’s Disease”, in Computational Intelligence Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Neurological Disorders, S.N Kumar, S Zafar, S Naaz, Eds., CRC Press, 2024 (Accepted)

International Journals

1. S. Alex and L. Mary, “Variational Autoencoder for Prosody-based Speaker Recognition”, ETRI Journal, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 678-689, 2023. Available: 10.4218/etrij.2021-0377.
2. S. Alex, L. Mary and B. Babu, “Attention and Feature Selection for Automatic Speech Emotion Recognition Using Utterance and Syllable-Level Prosodic Features”, Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, vol. 39, no. 11, pp. 5681-5709, 2020. Available: 10.1007/s00034-020-01429-3.

International Conferences

1. S. Binu, J. Jose, et.al., “Language-Agnostic Analysis of Speech Depression Detection”, INDICON 2024, IIT Kharagpur, 2024, preprint arXiv:2409.14769.
2. A. Mathew, M. Raniya, et.al,  “Instant-EMDB: A Multi Model Spontaneous English and Malayalam Speech Corpora For Depression Detection”, 27^th Conference of the Oriental COCOSDA, Taiwan, 2024. Available: 10.1109/OCOCOSDA64382.2024.1080023.
3. R. John, S. Alex, S. M.S. and L. Mary, “Significance of Prosodic Features for Automatic Emotion Recognition”, Kollam, 2020, pp. 1-6.
4. S. Alex, B. Babu and L. Mary, “Utterance and Syllable Level Prosodic Features for Automatic Emotion Recognition”, in International Conference on Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational Systems (RAICS), Thiruvananthapuram, 2018, pp. 31-35. Available: 10.1109/RAICS.2018.8635059.

Participations

Workshop/Seminars Attended

1. ATAL FDP on “Role of Semiconductor Devices and Artificial Intelligence in Chip Design” organized by SAINTGITS College of Engineering, 2-7 December, 2024.
2. Online FDP on “R” offered by IIT Bombay and organized by SAINTGITS College of     Engineering, 27-31 May, 2024.
3. MATLAB Workshop on AI for Reduced Order Modelling in Complex Engineering Systems using MATLAB & Simulink organized by IEEE Systems Council, 8 November, 2023.
4. Train-the-Trainer Workshop on Internet of Things conducted by Intel Unnati, 24-28 July, 2023.
5. Workshop on “Introduction to Unity” conducted by ARK Infosolutions Pvt. Ltd. in partnership with Fusion VR, 22-26 May,2023.
6. APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University sponsored FDP on “Technology based Learning for Communication & Signal Processing” organized by SAINTGITS College of  Engineering, 9-13 January, 2023.
7. Webinar on Nurturing Autonomy, IQAC, SAINTGITS College of Engineering, 29 September, 2021.
8. APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University sponsored FDP on IoT based Autonomous Robot Design , Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Kannur, 28-30 April, 2021.
9. Webinar on Manually Controlled Racing Bot, IEEE, Christ College of Engineering, Irinjalakuda, 29 April, 2021.
10. ATAL FDP on Data Sciences, SAINTGITS College of Engineering, 18-22 January, 2021.
11. ATAL FDP on Artificial Intelligence, Sri Sairam Engineering College, 7-11 December, 2020.
12. Course on Online Teaching, IUCEE Foundation, July -September, 2020.
13. International FDP on Microsystems Design and Control Engineering, ISTE SAINTGITS Chapter, 17-20 September, 2020.
14. Webinar on Data Science Demystified, ISTE SAINTGITS Chapter, 21 August, 2020.
15. Webinar on Emerging Trends and Future Scope in Embedded Systems, Holy Grace Academy of Engineering, Mala, 9 August, 2020.
16. Winter School for Speech and Audio Processing held at College of Engineering, Trivandrum, 27-29 January, 2019.
17. Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning, leadingIndia.ai, 25-27 June, 2018.
18. Workshop on Deep learning- A Deep Dive: From Basics to Advanced, Cochin University of Science and Technology, 8 December, 2017.
19. CERD Workshop on HMM Toolkit for Speech Recognition, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 7-8 August, 2017.
20. Summer School on Speaker and Language Recognition, Dhirubhai Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, 8-12 July, 2017.
21. National research colloquium RASSIC’16, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 25-27 August, 2016.
22. Workshop on LATEX Software, SAINTGITS College of Engineering, 18-20 July, 2016.
23. STTP on Data Analysis using Computational Softwares, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 27 June -2 July, 2016. 
24. FDP on Image Processing using LABVIEW, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 20-22 June, 2016.
25. STTP on Bioinformatics, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 13-18 June, 2016.
26. Workshop on Research Methodology, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram, 18 June, 2016.
27. ISTE workshop on Control Systems, IIT Kharagpur, 2-12 December, 2014.
28. Workshop on Industrial Automation, Prolific Systems & Technologies, 9-13 December, 2013.
29. ISTE workshop on Analog Electronics, IIT Kharagpur, 4-14 June, 2013.
30. ISTE workshop on Aakash for education, IIT Mumbai, 10 -11 November, 2012.
31. FDP on Engineering Applications Using LabVIEW, National Instruments, 8-9 December, 2011.
32. STTP on Nanotechnology for Clean Energy , IIT Madras, 2-14 June, 2008.
33. ISTE Induction training programme on Teaching Excellence and Methodologies, Maharajas Technological Institute, Thrissur, 20-25 August, 2007.
34. QIP on Accreditation, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chennai, 28-30 June, 2007.
35. Workshop on PLC and SCADA, Prolific Systems & Technologies, 9-14 April, 2007.

As Resource Person

1. Session handled on Personalized Learning with AI for International FDP on Transforming Education: The Role of AI in Shaping The Future of Learning, Mar Augusthinose College, Ramapuram, 23 January 2025.
2. Mentor, Intel Unnati Industrial Training Programme – Summer 2023 and 2024.
3. Invited Talk on Artificial Intelligence and Speech Processing Applications – An outlook, Marian Engineering College, Kazhakuttom, 21 May 2021.
4. Expert Lecture on Digital Logic Design using HDL, SAINTGITS College of Engineering, 21-22 December, 2010.

Events Organized

1. Srishti 2016
2. FDP on Digital Logic Design using HDL

Membership

• Life member of Indian Society for Technical Education
• Member of The Institution of Engineers
• Member of IEEE

Research Interest

• Speech Signal Processing
• Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Deep Neural Networks

Achievements

1. B.Tech First Rank (Cochin University of Science and Technology)
2. GATE qualified in 2013 and 2015
3. Selected for full time PhD program under APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University with CERD scholarship.