Computing and Vision Lab
Deciding what an image can be trusted to say.
School of Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi 110067, India
We work on digital image forensics and applied computer vision — detecting and localizing manipulated regions in photographs, exposing synthetic and deepfake media, identifying the device a photograph came from, and carrying the same representation learning into industrial inspection, where a model's explanation matters as much as its verdict.
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Research directions
Lab in-charge
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Dr. Ankit Kumar Jaiswal
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, JNU, New Delhi.
Ph.D. from IIT (BHU) Varanasi in digital image forensics. Currently supervising three doctoral scholars and five M.Tech. dissertations, with a granted Indian patent on reducing errors in digital image forgery detection. Full profile →
Lab in-charge
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Dr. Ankit Kumar Jaiswal
Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
Dr. Jaiswal joined the School of Engineering at JNU in March 2023. His doctoral work at IIT (BHU) Varanasi addressed the detection and localization of tampered regions in digital photographs, combining statistical forensic cues with deep segmentation models — a line of work that produced a granted Indian patent and a series of journal papers on splicing and copy-move forgery.
His current interests extend that foundation in two directions: towards synthetic media, where the question is no longer which part of a photograph was edited but whether it was ever captured at all, and towards applied vision, where the same representation learning supports glaucoma screening, histopathology analysis, and person re-identification.
Alongside research he teaches core computer science to undergraduates — programming, data structures, and databases — as well as digital image processing, and coordinates examinations, M.Tech. dissertation allocation, and the school's digital presence.
- Research interests
- Digital image processing, computer vision, digital image forensics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, image forgery detection and localization, deepfake detection, multimedia security, image authentication, pattern recognition
- National qualifications
- GATE 2014 and 2017 · UGC-NET (JRF and Assistant Professor), June 2020
- Languages
- English, Hindi
Appointments
Assistant Professor
School of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
Assistant Professor
Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
Assistant Professor
Bennett University, Greater Noida
Assistant Programmer
Sun Integrated Technologies and Applications, Delhi
Education
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi · CGPA 9.0/10
Awarded 14 July 2021 · Defence 17 January 2022
M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur · CGPA 7.94/10
B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow · 71.62%
Supervision
- Ph.D.
- 3 scholars currently supervising
- M.Tech.
- 10 students supervised · 5 currently supervising
See the members page for current scholars and their topics.
Institutional service
- Examination Coordinator — coordination and management of examination-related academic activities.
- Chairman, Website and Social Media Committee — school website content, digital presence, and social media activities.
- Coordinator, M.Tech. Dissertation Allocation and Evaluation — allocation, monitoring, and evaluation of M.Tech. dissertations.
- Member, Technical Advisory-cum-Purchase Committee — technical evaluation, recommendations, and procurement.
- Club Coordinator — supervision of student club activities and associated academic and extracurricular initiatives.
- Single Point of Contact, Smart India Hackathon 2026 — institutional coordinator for student participation and hackathon communication.
Skills and tools
- Programming
- Python, C, Java, C#
- Databases
- MySQL, MS SQL Server, MongoDB
- Web
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, ASP.NET Web Forms
- Tools
- MATLAB, Anaconda, Visual Studio
- Certifications
- Microsoft Certified Solution Developer — 70-483 Programming in C#, 70-484 Essentials of Developing Windows Store Apps using C#, 70-485 Advanced Windows Store App Development using C#
Awards and achievements
- Best Paper Award — 3rd International Conference on Data Analytics & Management (ICDAM-2022), Poland.
- Second position, Blind Coding Event, NIET Ebullience-12, Greater Noida.
- Second position, Hackathon (Internet Security), NIET Faction-13, Greater Noida.
- Semifinalist, PRGYAAN 2.0 general knowledge quiz, Chitkara University, Punjab, 2011.
Professional training and workshops
- Media Security and Forensics — GIAN, IIT Indore, March–April 2018.
- Wavelets and Their Application in Signal and Image Processing — GIAN, IIT (BHU), December 2017.
- Machine Learning in Image and Video Analytics — short-term course, IIT (BHU).
- Advances of Computation Technology — short-term course, MMM University of Technology, Gorakhpur, February 2017.
- International Research Workshop on Cloud Computing — Jawaharlal Nehru University, December 2016.
- Ethical Hacking Levels 1 and 2 — Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, March 2012.
- Industrial training — Core Java (NIIT, Varanasi, 2012); PHP (CETPA Info Tech, Noida, 2013).
Contact
- Address
- School of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi 110067, India - Office hours
- to be added
- Prospective students
- Students interested in image forensics, deepfake detection, or applied computer vision are welcome to write with a short statement of interest and a CV.
Research output
Publications and scholarly activity
People
Members
The people working in the lab.
Teaching
Courses and materials
Courses taught in the B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering programme at the School of Engineering, JNU.
Gallery
Lab photographs
The group, the equipment, and the events we have hosted and taken part in.