Anshita Gupta

Ph.D. Candidate | Former CHANAKYA Fellow
SWAN Lab Member
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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Anshita Gupta

Biography

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur under the esteemed guidance of Prof. Sudip Misra. My research focuses on collaborative edge intelligence for IoT healthcare, including federated learning, on-device machine learning, and causal analysis of health events.

I work on building practical systems that use smartphones, wearables, and other resource-constrained devices for health monitoring, ranging from lung health screening tools to stress and well-being applications for students. I have a vision of making AI-driven healthcare support more accessible and usable in everyday settings.

I also teach and mentor interns and students at IIT Kharagpur as a CEP lecturer and teaching assistant for core computer science and emerging technology courses. My long-term goal is to design deployment-ready AI systems that fit naturally into real-world healthcare systems.

Research Interests

🏥 IoT in Healthcare

🤝 Federated Learning

📱 On-device ML

🔗 Causal Chain Discovery

⏱️ Temporal Explanations

📡 Mobile & Passive Sensing

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science & Engineering

Aug 2021 – Present

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

Research Topic: Collaborative Edge Intelligence (Advisor: Prof. Sudip Misra)

M.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering

Jul 2018 – May 2020

National Institute of Technology Uttarakhand, India (Silver Medal)

Research Topic: Multi-authority Attribute-Based Encryption (Advisor: Dr. Abhimanyu Kumar)

B.Tech., Computer Science & Engineering

Aug 2014 – May 2018

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India

Awards & Fellowships

🏆 CHANAKYA Doctoral Fellowship
iHub Anubhuti–IIITD Foundation, India, 2024
✈️ IEEE ComSoc Travel Grant
For presenting at IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
🏅 Honorary Certificate of Appreciation
IEEE Communications Society 2021 Student Competition - Top 14 projects worldwide
🥈 Silver Medal
M.Tech. performance, NIT Uttarakhand, 2020
💰 National AICTE GATE Scholarship
India, 2018

Distinguished Recognitions

The novel technology for lung health monitoring has received significant national media attention:

Featured in 13 national and international media outlets: IIT Kanpur (Technology Highlight, Media Coverage), Times of India, BioSpectrum India, Digital Health News, DrugsControl.org, The Shillong Times, Sputnik News India, Shiksha, ETV Bharat, Financial Express, Knocksense, and Collegedunia for developing a continuous lung health monitoring system - an affordable, compact technology with acoustic sensors that enables ubiquitous and unobstructive tracking of patients' lung health with real-time data sharing capabilities.

Publications

IEEE/ACM Journal Papers

[J1] Gupta, A. & Misra, S., "CasFly: Causal Chain Tracing Across Fragmented Edge Data for IoT Healthcare", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3633292 (Just Accepted)
[J2] Chattopadhyay, S., Gupta, A. & Misra, S., "EMsaaS: A decentralized marketplace for microservices on edge", ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, 2025. DOI: 10.1145/3767741 (Just Accepted)
[J3] Gupta, A., Misra, S., Pathak, N. & Das, D., "FedCare: Federated learning for resource-constrained IoMT devices", IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1587-1596, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCSS.2022.3232192
[J4] Kotiyal, V., Gupta, A., Deb, P. K., Misra, S., Das, D. & Udutalapally, V., "Skipper: A robust Siamese network-based data-independent group activity segregator", IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1770-1779, 2023. DOI: 10.1109/TCSS.2023.3244188

Conference Papers

[C1] Gupta, A. & Misra, S., "ZhiSync: Metadata-driven inference fusion for decentralized healthcare IoT", IEEE GLOBECOM 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2025 (Just Accepted).
[C2] Ghosal, S., Gupta, A., Das, D. & Misra, S., "IgniSole: Smartphone-based early detection of diabetic foot ulcers using thermal images", IEEE GLOBECOM 2025, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2025 (Just Accepted).
[C3] Gupta, A., Misra, S. & Pathak, N., "StressAlly: A smartphone-based stress companion recommender system for students", IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2023, pp. 504-509. DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437258
[C4] Gupta, A., Misra, S. & Deb, P. K., "Magdroid: An IoT-enabled environment-aware electrical safety assistant", IEEE GLOBECOM 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2022, pp. 1152-1157. DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM48099.2022.10001379

Book Chapters

[B1] Gupta, A. & Kumar, A., "A novel approach to multi-authority attribute-based encryption using quadratic residues with tree access policy", in Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences, Springer, Singapore, pp. 289-298, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7533-4_24
[B2] Gudepu, V., Gupta, A. & Kumar, P., "Physical Sciences: An Inspiration to the Neural Network Training", in Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences, Springer, Singapore, pp. 833-842, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-7533-4_66

Patents & Copyrights

Patents

[P1] Misra, S. C., Misra, S., Das, D., Udutalapally, V. & Gupta, A.
"A continuous lung health monitoring system"
Indian Patent No. 550077 (GRANTED)
[P2] Sarkar, K., Gupta, A., Mahadevan, S., Betha, G. & Misra, S.
"Device, system and method for trip feasibility prediction of electric ambulances and procedure thereof"
Indian Patent Application No. 2025311068436 (FILED)
[P3] Chattopadhyay, S., Gupta, A. & Misra, S.
"Systems and methods for microservice sharing in a decentralized edge network"
Indian Patent Application No. 202431096826 (FILED)
[P4] Misra, S., Das, D., Gupta, A. & Deora, N.
"A system for monitoring progression of tuberculosis"
Indian Patent Application No. 202531076727 (FILED)
[P5] Misra, S., Das, D., Nyasa, Gupta, A.
"Edge-AI Auscultation System using a Wearable Pendant for Multi-Pulmonary Disease Diagnosis and Prognosis"
Indian Patent Application (Submitted in IIT Kharagpur IPR Cell)

Copyrights

[CR1] "Sahay"
Mobile application for anxiety detection
Indian Copyright Application No. SW-42982/2025-CO
Misra, S., Karmakar, J., Das, D., Saha, R., Gupta, A., Nitin, V. H., Awasthi, A. K., Gupta, K. & Chakraborty, S.
Filed: 24/10/2025
[CR2] "Mochan"
Mobile application for depression detection
Indian Copyright Application No. SW-42987/2025-CO
Misra, S., Karmakar, J., Das, D., Saha, R., Gupta, A., Nitin, V. H., Awasthi, A. K., Gupta, K. & Chakraborty, S.
Filed: 24/10/2025
[CR3] "Saans Saathi"
Smartphone-based application related to real-time in-app pulmonary tuberculosis detection
Indian Copyright Registration No. SW-22629/2025-CO
Misra, S., Das, D., Gupta, A. & Deora, N.
Filed: 05/06/2025 | Status: GRANTED
[CR4] "Netrorja"
Smartphone-based application for real-time, in-app eye power detection
Indian Copyright Registration No. SW-35868/2025-CO
Misra, S., Das, D., Gupta, A. & Majumdar, P.
Registered: 05/09/2025
[CR5] "i-HeelHeal"
Smartphone app for diabetic foot ulcer detection
Indian Copyright Application No. 3481/2025-CO/SW
Das, D., Misra, S., Ghosal, S. & Gupta, A.
[CR6] "ChronoXplain"
Mobile app for temporal explanations from clinical predictions using longitudinal patient data
Indian Copyright Application No. SW-39932/2025-CO
Evelina, M., Gupta, A. & Misra, S.
Filed: 03/10/2025
[CR7] "RankedFL"
Client ranking software in federated learning
Indian Copyright Application No. SW-39919/2025-CO
Nyasa, Gupta, A. & Misra, S.
Filed: 03/10/2025

Research & Project Positions

CHANAKYA PhD Fellow

Aug 2024 – Aug 2025

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Senior Research Fellow (TribeConnect, MeitY)

Oct 2022 – Dec 2023

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Junior Research Fellow (TribeConnect, MeitY)

Oct 2020 – Oct 2022

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Professional Activities & Service

Conference Presentations

[P1] Gupta, A., "StressAlly: A smartphone-based stress companion recommender system for students", oral presentation at IEEE GLOBECOM 2023, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[P2] Gupta, A., "Magdroid: An IoT-enabled environment-aware electrical safety assistant", online presentation at IEEE GLOBECOM 2022, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Executive Committee

Treasurer, IEEE CS SBC IIT Kharagpur, 2024–2025.

Reviewer

[R1] IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking
[R2] International Journal of Communication Systems
[R3] IEEE Network Magazine
[R5] IEEE Globecom Workshops 2025: Softwarized Next Generation Networks for IoT Services

Memberships

Professional Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Graduate Student Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Graduate Student Member, IEEE Computer Society (CS)
Graduate Student Member, IEEE Women in Engineering (WIE)
Graduate Student Member, IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)

Teaching Experience

ML Lecturer

2024-2025

Continuing Education & Technology, IIT Kharagpur

Teaching Assistant

2022-2025

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Teaching Assistant

2022-2025

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)

  • Introduction to IoT
  • Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks

Student Mentorship

IIT Student Mentorship

Nyasa – Multi-lung disease monitoring (B.Tech project), Aug 2025 – Ongoing, co-mentor: Debanjan Das.
Subhankar Chattopadhyay – Decentralized microservices (Ph.D. thesis), Dec 2024 – Ongoing.

NPTEL Interns Mentorship

Sowmiya M. – Passive mental health detection, May–Jun 2025.
Betha Gayathri – Electric ambulances, May–Jun 2025, co-mentor(s): Kounteya Sarkar.
Madhura Evelina – Temporal XAI, May–Jun 2025.
Mahadevan S. – Electric ambulances, May–Jul 2025, co-mentor(s): Kounteya Sarkar.
Jyothi Anitha Chimma – Federated learning for heart sounds, May–Aug 2025.
Abhay Kumar Awasthi – Facial mental health detection, Jul–Aug 2025, co-mentor(s): Ruelia Saha.
Nitin V. H. – Facial mental health detection, Jun–Sep 2025, co-mentor(s): Ruelia Saha.
Rohit Basu – Byzantine node detection in multi-model federated learning, Dec 2023 – Jan 2024.
Kshitij Gupta – Facial mental health detection, co-mentor(s): Ruelia Saha.

NPTEL Pre-Doctoral Mentorship

Neha Deora – Acoustic tuberculosis detection, Aug 2024 – Jul 2025, co-mentor: Debanjan Das.

SWAN Lab Interns Mentorship

Nyasa – Severity-aware federated learning for non-IID IoMT, May–Jun 2024.
Daniya Ghosal – Reconfigurable mobile applications, Jun–Jul 2024.
Asmika Ghosal – Mood detection via ambient light on smartphones, Jun–Jul 2024.
Somilli Ghoshal – Diabetic foot detection, Jun–Jul 2024.
Priya Majumdar – Eye refractive error detection using ML, Jan–Mar 2025.
Angira Chatterjee – Nutrients detection using food images, Jan–Mar 2025.

Reflections

Little Things
by Julia Abigail Fletcher Carney (1845)
Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land. So the little moments, Humble though they be, Make the mighty ages Of Eternity. So the little errors Lead the soul away From the paths of virtue Far in sin to stray. Little deeds of kindness, Little words of love, Help to make earth happy Like the Heaven above.