ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), Chennai for collaborative research on 02.11.2023. The main area of collaboration is development of deep learning based ultrasound non-invasive tool for assessing the gonadal maturity of brackishwater fish species.
Dr.Kuldeep K Lal, Director, CIBA in his introductory talk briefed about the importance of bringing in the latest techniques of engineering into the aquaculture in broader manner and in fish reproduction and breeding in specific focus. Dr. T. Senthil Murugan, Principal Scientist and team leader explained in detail about the proposed plan of work to be taken up on developing non-invasive ultrasound tool for assessing the gonadal maturity of brackishwater fishes,
Dr. R.Gopal, the Dean, College of Engineering and Technology, SRMIST explained about the facilities available with them in the fields of image pre-processing and processing using AI and DNN. Dr.Revathi Venkataraman, Chairperson, School of Computing, SRMIST explained about the facilities available with the department and Dr. Annie Uthra, Professor and Head, CINTEL narrated about the techniques to be executed in the proposed work and the expertise of the faculty from SRMIST to be involved in this collaboration.
