Faculty Details

Dr Likewin Thomas

Associate Professor

Email :hodaiml@pestrust.edu.in

Educational Qualification :
Ph.D. (NITK Surathkal), M.Tech (NITK Surathkal), BE (VTU)
Academic Experience :
16 Years

Dr Likewin Thomas

Associate Professor

Email :hodaiml@pestrust.edu.in

Educational Qualification :
Ph.D. (NITK Surathkal), M.Tech (NITK Surathkal), BE (VTU)
Academic Experience :
16 Years

About :

He is a PhD & MTech graduate from NITK Surathkal with over 17 years of experience. He is a senior IEEE Member and ISTE Life Time Member. He has served as a secretary of IEEE Mangalore Sub-Section for the year 2020-21 and currently holds the position of IEEE Student Branch Counselor and Faculty Mentors of Google Developer Students Club.


He is expert in the advanced subjects like Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Data Analysis, Cloud Computing and good in Python & Matlab Programming. He has handled mathematical subjects like Discrete Mathematical Structures and Automata Theory and Computability, Data Structure, Big Data Anaytics, Cloud Computing & Design and Analysis of Algorithm.


His area of interest is in Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning and would like to explore his knowledge in Robotics, Drone Technology and IOT. He has edited 2 books published by Taylor & Francis & CRC, and Indexed by Scopus. He has published 4 Book Chapters and has 5 Scopus Indexed Journals. He has more than 50 Publications in IEEE/ Springer/ ACM international conference. He has volunteered & attended in more than 50 international/ National workshops. He has given more than 10 invited lectures & workshops organized and was a distinguished lecture of IEEE MSS. I has Organized a workshop in an IEEE International conference Rhodes Island, Greece during Nov 2-3, 2020 and served as the Program Chair for IEEE DISCOVER 2020 (flagship event of IEEE MSS) and a member of National advisory committee of International Conference on “Contemporary Innovations in Engineering and Technology 2021”. He has organised more than 50 SDPs, two IEEE MSS Flagship events I2CONECCT (flagship event of IEEE MSS) and CODEXPRESS- 36 Hours Hackathon (Flagship event of IEEE Bangalore) He has also organized National Conference in last 2 years. IEEE students under his mentorship has conducted workshops (hands-on) in various colleges and also had multiple social outreach programs.






  • AI in Healthcare
  • ADAS System
  • Image Procssing
  • Internet of Things
  • Disease Prediction and Early Detection
  • Medical Image Analysis
  • Remote Patient Monitoring
  • Drug Discovery and Development
  • Natural Language Processing for Clinical Notes
  • Text Generation
  • Image Generation
  • Data Augmentation
  • Video Synthesis
  • Chatbot Development
  • Handwriting Synthesis
  • Automated Weather-Driven Farming
  • Smart Irrigation Systems
  • Remote Livestock Monitoring
  • Precision Pesticide Application
  • Post-Harvest Storage Monitoring
  • Farm Equipment Telematics
  • Real-time Crop Health Monitoring
  • VTU Competitive research funding scheme, TEQIP 3 (VTU TEQIP Cell).VTU/TEQIP 3/ 2019/321.End-to-end Verifiable and Preferential StrategybasedElectronicVotingSystemUsingDelegatedProofofStakeonBlockchain.Rs 2 Lakh.
  • VGST.VGST/GRD-857/2019-20/2020-21/250.UnderCISEEScheme. FacialAttendanceSystem,EmotionRecognitionandInterest/DisinterestRecognition. Rs25 Lakh,
  • AICTESPICES fundofRs1,00,000/-
  • Received Rs 2 Lakhs from VTU Competitive Research Funding Scheme, under TEQIP 3 (VTU TEQIP Cell) with the order number VTU/TEQIP 3/ 2019/321 for the project End-to-end Verifiable and Preferential Strategy based Electronic Voting System Using Delegated Proof of Stake on Blockchain.
  • Received Rs 25 Lakhs from VGST CISEE Scheme with order number VGST/GRD-857/2019-20/2020-21/250 for the project Facial Attendance System, Emotion Recognition and Interest/ Disinterest Recognition.
  • Received AICTE SPICES grant fund of Rs1,00,000/- from AICTE.
  • Thara K L, Likewin Thomas, Sandeep T. Deep Learning Techniques for Real-Time Object Detection and Classification. International Journal of Computer Networks & Communications (SCOPUS). In Progress
  • Likewin Thomas. Towards Comprehensive Home Automation: Leveraging IoT, NodeRed, and Wireless Sensor Networks for Enhanced Control and Connectivity. Scopus Indexed Journal. Engineering Proceeding -MDPI Journal. (yet to get published)
  • Amatya, Smriti, Ishika, MV Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Sneha, Likewin Thomas, and Vishnu Yarlagadda. "Real-Time Hand Gesture Detection Using Convex Hull and Contour Edge Detection." In Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications: ERCICA 2020, Volume 2, pp. 325-335. Springer Singapore, 2022.
  • Surendra, Surendra, Manoj Kumar, Shiva Dharshan, Vishnu Srinivasa Murthy Yarlagadda, B. S. Prashanth, and Likewin Thomas. "CXNet-A Novel approach for COVID-19 detection and Classification using Chest X-Ray images." (2022).
  • Thomas, Likewin, and Manoj MV Kumar. "Best resource recommendation for a stochastic process." International Information Institute (Tokyo). Information 19, no. 10B (2016): 4611.
  • Thomas, L. and Annappa, B., 2011, February. Utilization of map-reduce for parallelization of resource scheduling using MPI: PRS. In Proceedings of the 2011 International Journal on Communication, Computing & Security (pp. 415-420).
  • Kumar, Manoj MV, Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Concept drifts detection and localisation in process mining." International Information Institute (Tokyo). Information 19, no. 10B (2016): 4617.
  • Thomas, Likewin, Manoj Kumar, Annappa Basava, and Vishwanath Kadaba Puttanna. "An Optimal Process Model for a Real Time Process." In ATAED@ Petri Nets/ACSD, pp. 117-131. 2015.
  • Hengavalli, Pranith, M. MV, Prashanth Bs, Likewin Thomas, and Y. Srinivasa Murthy. "End-to-end verifiable electronic voting system using delegated proof of stake on blockchain." SSRN Electronic Journal 1 (2019).
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Phenomenon of Concept Drift from Process Mining Insight." IEEE Transaction (2014).
  • EDITOR for the Book Title: Blockchain Technology and its PotentialApplicationstobepublishedbyCRCPressandindexedbyTaylorandFrancis
  • BookChapter:IGIGlobal.DOI:10.4018/978-1-5225-7131-5.ch005:LikewinThomas,Kumar,M.andAnnappa,B.,2019.ClinicalDecisionSupportSystem for Early Disease Detection and Management: Statistics- Based EarlyDisease Detection.In Pre-Screening Systems for EarlyDiseasePrediction,Detection,and Prevention (pp. 108-155).
  • Book Chapter: Scopus, Elsevier ISBN: 9780128216330: Likewin Thomas et.Al.,FoundationsofHealthcareInformatics.BooktitledDemystifyingBigData,MachineLearning and Deep Learning forHealthcareAnalytics.
  • BookChapterSpringer,Scopus,WoS:LikewinThomaset.Al.,DeepLearning for COVID-19, Understanding Covid-19: The Role of ComputationalIntelligence.InPress.
  • Book Chapter Wiley Scrivener Publishing, Scopus: Likewin Thomas et. Al.,Artificial Neural Networks- Theory, Concepts & Applications, Data MiningTechnologies using Machine LearningAlgorithms.InPress
  • Kumar, Manoj, B. Annappa, Likewin Thomas, Sourav Kanti Addya, and M. Niranjanamurthy, eds. Blockchain Technology and Applications. CRC Press, 2022.
  • Ramesh, Sandesh, Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, Likewin Thomas, and Y. V. S. Murthy. "Artificial Neural Networks-Theory, Concepts & Applications”. Taylor & Francis, 2023.
  • Prashanth, B. S., M. V. Manoj Kumar, Likewin Thomas, M. A. Ajay Kumar, Dinghao Wu, B. Annappa, Anirudh Hebbar, and Y. V. Srinivasa Murthy. "Deep Learning for COVID-19." Understanding COVID-19: The Role of Computational Intelligence (2022): 531-569.
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Sneha, Likewin Thomas, B. Annappa, and Y. V. S. Murthy. "Process Logo: An Approach for Control-Flow Visualization of Information System Process in Process Mining." In Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications: ERCICA 2020, Volume 1, pp. 481-492. Springer Singapore, 2022.
  • Thomas, Likewin, Manoj Kumar, and B. Annappa. "Clinical Decision Support System for Early Disease Detection and Management: Statistics-Based Early Disease Detection." In Pre-Screening Systems for Early Disease Prediction, Detection, and Prevention, pp. 108-155. IGI Global, 2019.
  • Annappa, B., MV Manoj Kumar, and Likewin Thomas. "Foundations of healthcare informatics." In Demystifying Big Data, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning for Healthcare Analytics, pp. 3-15. Academic Press, 2021.
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Simplifying Spaghetti Processes to Find the Frequent Execution Paths." In Proceedings of First International Conference on Smart System, Innovations and Computing: SSIC 2017, Jaipur, India, pp. 693-701. Springer Singapore, 2018.
  • Springer978-981-10-5828-8(online)978-981-10-5827-1(print):LikewinThomas,Kumar,M.M.,Annappa,B.,Arun,S.andMubin,A.,2018.Predictionofgallstonediseaseprogressionusingmodifiedcascadeneuralnetwork.InProceedingsofFirstInternationalConferenceonSmartSystem,InnovationsandComputing(pp.729-738).Springer,Singapore.
  • IEEE:LikewinThomas.andKumar,M.M.,2018,October.AHealthcaremanagement using clinical decision support system. In 2018 3rd InternationalConferenceonContemporaryComputingandInformatics(IC3I)(pp.342-347).IEEE.
  • Springer - ISSN: 2194-5357, WoS, Scopus: Likewin Thomas et. Al., ProcessLogo:anApproachforControl-flowVisualizationofInformationSystemProcessinProcessMining.ERCICA2020.AdvancesinIntelligentSystemsandComputing.
  • Springer - ISSN: 2194-5357, WoS, Scopus: Likewin Thomas et. Al., Real-time Hand Gesture Detection using Convex-Hull and Contour Edge Detection.ERCICA2020. Advancesin IntelligentSystemsand Computing.
  • Springer -Seq2seqandLegacytechniquesenabledchatbotwithVoiceassistance.3rdInternationalConferenceonComputationalIntelligenceinPattern Recognition (CIPR). Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing(AISC)Series,nowindexedby:ISIProceedings,DBLP.Ulrichs,EI-Compendex,SCOPUS,ZentralblattMath,MetaPress,Springerlink. InPress.
  • Springer:ISSN2194-5357-HomeAutomationThroughNodeRedAndMessage Queuing Telemetry Transport. International conference on"AdvancesinIntelligentSystems and Computing"
  • Springer: ISSN:2524-7565 - Voice enabled chatbot using seq2seq and legacytechniques.AlgorithmofIntelligentsystem.InternationalConferenceonCybernetics,CognitionandMachineLearningApplications(ICCCMLA).
  • IEEE:ISBN:978-1-5386-5323-4:VirtualCart:NovelApproachforRevampingSmart Shopping Experience. Discover. International conference on DistributedComputing, VLSI,ElectricalCircuits andRobotics(DISCOVER).
  • IEEE: ISBN: 978-1-5386-6894-8: A Healthcare management using clinicaldecisionsupportsystem.Contemporarycomputingandinformatics.International conference on Contemporarycomputing andinformatics.
  • IEEE: ISSN 2348 –8034: OCR-Vr Wrapper Reader Using Google MobileVisionSDK.GlobalJournalofEngineeringScienceAndResearches.International Conference On Recent Trends In Computational Engineering andTechnologies
  • Springer:ISBN978-981-13-3338-5-AlphabeticCryptography:SecuringCommunication over Cloud Platform. Advances in Intelligent Systems andComputing(AISC).International ConferenceonAdvancesinIntelligent.
  • Likewin Thomas, Thara K L, Sandeep T. Cardiovascular Health Insights: A Bivariate Analysis of Wearable Device Data. International Conference SIGMAA-2023. Springer. In progress
  • Likewin Thomas, Thara K L, Sandeep T. Assisting paralyzed patients in communication through Data Gloves and Remote Patient Monitoring using Sensors. . International Conference SIGMAA-2023. Springer. In progress
  • Thara K L, Likewin Thomas, Sandeep T. Deep Learning Techniques for Real-Time Object Detection and Classification. 4th International Conference on Smart Systems : Innovations in Computing. Springer. Springer Book Series-Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies(SCOPUS)
  • Sandeep T, Thomas, Likewin, K L Thara. Detection of Weed plant in Farm and Removing using Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), IEEE 7th International Conference on I-SMAC (IoT in Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud), ISBN: 979-8-3503-4148-5. (Yet to get published)
  • Thomas, Likewin, K. L. Thara, and Sunil Kumar HR. "Artificial Intelligence for Face recognition and Assistance for Visually Impaired." In 2023 5th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment: Towards Flexible Green Energy Technologies (ICEPE), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.
  • Sakure, Neeshad Kumar, M. V. Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Sneha, and Likewin Thomas. "An Ameliorate Analysis of Cryptocurrencies to Determine the Trading Business with Deep Learning Techniques." In Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications: Proceedings of ERCICA 2022, pp. 577-586. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2022.
  • Thomas, Likewin, Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, and H. R. Sneha. "Seq2seq and Legacy techniques enabled Chatbot with Voice assistance." In 2022 IEEE 2nd Mysore Sub Section International Conference (MysuruCon), pp. 1-4. IEEE, 2022.
  • Vishwambhari, Kush, Abhishek Saini, Muhammad Kaif, Sanket Pandey, B. S. Prashanth, Manoj Kumar, Shiva Darshan SL, and Likewin Thomas. "Algorithmic Trading and Quantitative Analysis of Stocks using Data Science: A Study." In 2022 IEEE 2nd Mysore Sub Section International Conference (MysuruCon), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2022.
  • Chaitra, C., R. Vethanayagi, Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Snehah, Likewin Thomas, and Shiva Darshan SL. "Image/Video Summarization in Text/Speech for Visually Impaired People." In 2022 IEEE 2nd Mysore Sub Section International Conference (MysuruCon), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2022.
  • Amatya, Smriti, Ishika, MV Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Sneha, Likewin Thomas, and Vishnu Yarlagadda. "Real-Time Hand Gesture Detection Using Convex Hull and Contour Edge Detection." In Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications: ERCICA 2020, Volume 2, pp. 325-335. Springer Singapore, 2022.
  • Chaitra, C., R. Vethanayagi, Manoj Kumar, B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Snehah, Likewin Thomas, and Shiva Darshan SL. "Image/Video Summarization in Text/Speech for Visually Impaired People." In 2022 IEEE 2nd Mysore Sub Section International Conference (MysuruCon), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2022.
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Sneha, Likewin Thomas, B. Annappa, and Y. V. S. Murthy. "Process Logo: An Approach for Control-Flow Visualization of Information System Process in Process Mining." In Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications: ERCICA 2020, Volume 1, pp. 481-492. Springer Singapore, 2022.
  • Prashanth, B. S., M. V. Manoj Kumar, Likewin Thomas, M. A. Ajay Kumar, Dinghao Wu, B. Annappa, Anirudh Hebbar, and Y. V. Srinivasa Murthy. "Deep Learning for COVID-19." Understanding COVID-19: The Role of Computational Intelligence (2022): 531-569.
  • Kumar, MV Manoj, B. S. Prashanth, H. R. Sneha, Likewin Thomas, B. Annappa, and Y. V. S. Murthy. "Process Logo: An Approach for Control-Flow Visualization of Information System Process in Process Mining." Emerging Research in Computing, Information, Communication and Applications: ERCICA 2020, Volume 1 789 (2021): 481.
  • Thomas, Likewin, and MV Manoj Kumar. "A Healthcare management using clinical decision support system." In 2018 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Computing and Informatics (IC3I), pp. 342-347. IEEE, 2018.
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Simplifying Spaghetti Processes to Find the Frequent Execution Paths." In Proceedings of First International Conference on Smart System, Innovations and Computing: SSIC 2017, Jaipur, India, pp. 693-701. Springer Singapore, 2018.
  • Thomas, Likewin, and MV Manoj Kumar. "An online decision support system for recommending an alternative path of execution." In 2017 Second International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), pp. 1-9. IEEE, 2017.
  • Thomas, Likewin, MV Manoj Kumar, and B. Annappa. "Recommending an alternative path of execution using an online decision support system." In Proceedings of the 2017 international conference on intelligent systems, metaheuristics & swarm intelligence, pp. 108-112. 2017.
  • MV, Manoj Kumar, Sanjay HA, Prashanth BS, Likewin Thomas, and Srinivasa Murthy YV. "End-to-End Verifiable Electronic Voting System Using Delegated Proof of Stake On Blockchain." (2019).
  • Cowlessur, Sanjeev K., B. Annappa, M. V. Manoj Kumar, Likewin Thomas, M. M. Sneha, and B. H. Puneetha. "Alphabetic cryptography: Securing communication over cloud platform." In Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications: Proceedings of Fifth International Conference INDIA 2018 Volume 2, pp. 195-205. Springer Singapore, 2019.
  • Thomas, Likewin, M. V. Manoj Kumar, B. Annappa, S. Arun, and A. Mubin. "Prediction of gallstone disease progression using modified cascade neural network." In Proceedings of First International Conference on Smart System, Innovations and Computing: SSIC 2017, Jaipur, India, pp. 729-738. Springer Singapore, 2018.
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Simplifying Spaghetti Processes to Find the Frequent Execution Paths." In Proceedings of First International Conference on Smart System, Innovations and Computing: SSIC 2017, Jaipur, India, pp. 693-701. Springer Singapore, 2018.
  • Vidya, K. P., K. M. Swathi, D. Chaitra, S. H. Jayalakshmi, MV Manoj Kumar, H. R. Sneha, Likewin Thomas, and B. H. Puneetha. "Virtual cart: novel approach for revamping smart shopping experience." In 2018 IEEE Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (DISCOVER), pp. 135-140. IEEE, 2018.
  • Kumar, MV Manoj, Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "On predicting the frequent execution patterns in information systems." In 2017 Second International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), pp. 1-9. IEEE, 2017.
  • Kumar, MV Manoj, Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Distilling lasagna from spaghetti processes." In Proceedings of the 2017 International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Metaheuristics & Swarm Intelligence, pp. 157-161. 2017.
  • Sneha, H. R., Mohammed Rafi, MV Manoj Kumar, Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Smartphone based emotion recognition and classification." In 2017 Second International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Communication Technologies (ICECCT), pp. 1-7. IEEE, 2017.
  • Thomas, Likewin, Manoj Kumar, and B. Annappa. "Discovery of optimal neurons and hidden layers in feed-forward Neural Network." In 2016 IEEE International conference on emerging technologies and innovative business practices for the transformation of societies (EmergiTech), pp. 286-291. IEEE, 2016.
  • Manoj Kumar, M. V., Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Capturing the sudden concept drift in process mining." Proceedings of the Algorithms & Theories for the Analysis of Event Data (ATAED’15), Brussels, Belgium (2015): 22-23.
  • Kumar, MV Manoj, Likewin Thomas, and B. Annappa. "Phenomenon of concept drift from process mining insight." In 2014 IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC), pp. 517-522. IEEE, 2014.
  • Thomas, Likewin, MV Manoj Kumar, and B. Annappa. "Efficient process mining through critical path network analysis." In 2014 IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC), pp. 511-516. IEEE, 2014.
  • Thomas, Likewin, Manoj Kumar, Annappa Basava, and Vishwanath Kadaba Puttanna. "An Optimal Process Model for a Real Time Process." In ATAED@ Petri Nets/ACSD, pp. 117-131. 2015.
  • Thomas, Likewin, and B. Annappa. "Utilization of map-reduce for parallelization of resource scheduling using MPI: PRS." In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Communication, Computing & Security, pp. 415-420. 2011.
  • Thomas, Likewin, and B. Annappa. "Application of parallel K-means clustering algorithm for prediction of optimal path in self aware Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks with link stability." In Advances in Computing and Communications: First International Conference, ACC 2011, Kochi, India, July 22-24, 2011, Proceedings, Part IV 1, pp. 396-405. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
  • Professional Memberships:IEEE Senior Member (91118482)