Pulak Biswas
SF-17,
Department of Earthquake Engineering,
IIT Roorkee – Roorkee,
India
+91-7908017182
+91-9732767718
pulak b@eq.iitr.ac.in
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About me
Presently, I am a Ph.D. student working under the supervision of Dr. Sohom Ray, at the Department of Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee. My research focuses on developing data-driven algorithms to identify underlying governing equations of physical dynamics such as basal slip development, and earthquake nucleation for landslide problems.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad July 2018 - May 2021
M.Sc. (Tech) in Applied Geophysics, OGPA - 8.68
Sripat Singh College, Jiaganj / University of Kalyani July 2015 - May 2018
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, Percentage -77%
Projects
Internship Project 5th July, 2019
”Generation of dispersion curve for Andaman Region by forward modeling”
Used forward modelling code to obtain Rayleigh wave dispersion curve.
Calculated sensitivity and obtained the maximum sensitivity period range.
Coursework Project 27th November, 2020
”Application of Digital Wiener Filtering in Seismic Data Processing” : Designed Wiener filter for spiking deconvolution and predictive deconvolution. Worked in Matlab programming environment.
Dissertation Project 22th April, 2021
”A Strategy Towards Modeling Subduction Zone” : Analysed datasets to characterise and obtain geometry of subduction zone. Modelled deformation pattern variation with depth along Sunda Subduction Zone.
Training
Winter Geophysical Training, Dhanbad – Field Training 10th Dec - 23rd Dec, 2019
- Geophysical field training for 12 days on different geophysical survey methods.
Local Geological Field Excursion, Jharia – Field Excursion 7th Dec - 16th Dec, 2018
- Geological field excursion for 10 days in Jharia and adjacent places.
Internships
National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa 10th May - 5th July, 2019
- Summer Research Fellowship Programme conducted by IASc-INSA-NASI (2019). Project details mentioned in the project section above.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Chennai 20th July - 31st July, 2020
- Industrial Training (Online mode) on Seismic data acquisition and processing, for 10 days of duration.
Geological Survey of India Training Institute, Hyderabad 17th july - 20th july, 2020
- 4-day training program on the “Fundamentals of Geophysical Mapping and Exploration”.
Skills
Programming
Matlab, Python, C++, Batch Machine Learning, Neural Network
Software
GMT, Latex, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Operating System
Linux(Ubuntu), Windows
Details of Ph.D course works
- EQN-504: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (Grade Obtained- A)
- EQN-515: MECHANICS OF DEFORMABLE MEDIA (Grade Obtained- A)
- EQN-531: SEISMOLOGICAL MODELING AND SIMULATION (Grade Obtained- A+)
- EQN-538: GEOINFORMATICS (Grade Obtained- A)
TA experience
- EQN-504: FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; Autumn Semester 2022-2023; DEQ, IIT Roorkee
- NPTEL Numerical Methods: Finite difference approach ( 4 Week ); Feb-Mar 2023, Mathematics, IIT Roorkee
Achievements
- Recipient of PMRF (Cycle - 9)
- GATE 2023 (GG paper) qualified, Score 367, AIR 129;
GATE 2022 (GG paper) qualified, Score 561, AIR 59;
GATE 2021 (GG paper) qualified
- Recipient of Swami Vivekananda Merit Cum Means Scholarship (2015- 2018)
Conferences and Workshops
International Virtual Workshop on Global Seismology & Tectonics, 2020
This workshop was organized by Geoscience & Technology Division (GSTD), CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam (India)
AGU Fall Meeting 2022
Title: ”Data-Driven Identification of Governing Equations for Aseismic Fault Slip and Frictional Heterogeneities”
EGU General Assembly 2023
Title: ”Finding governing PDEs of quasistatic fault slip and basal slip evolution from (synthetic) slip rate and shear traction data.”
National Conference on GEOPHYSICAL ADVANCES 2023, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
- Title: ”Identification of governing PDEs for basal slip and distribution of frictional properties in landslide models from (synthetic) data”
- Title: ”Slow and fast slip in glacier-bedrock interface”
Conference Publications
EGU General Assembly 2023
Pulak Biswas, Sohom Ray. (Synthetic) Data-driven identification of governing equations of aseismic/seismic fault slip and frictional heterogeneities. ESS Open Archive . March 01, 2023.DOI
AGU Fall Meeting 2022
Biswas, P. and Ray, S.: Finding governing PDEs of quasistatic fault slip and basal slip evolution from (synthetic) slip rate and shear traction data., EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023, EGU23-16374, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-16374, 2023.
Hobbies and Extracurricular Activity
- Playing musical instruments (Melodica, Electric guitar, Ukulele, Cajon, Kazoo)
- Handcrafting