Sumana Biswas

Research Associate

Dr. Sumana Biswas is a confident, passionate devotee of Engineering with significant academic background. She is currently working as a Research Associate in Capability Systems Centre, School of Engineering and Information Technology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra @ Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia. Dr. Biswas obtained her Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra, Australia. She received her B.S.C. and M.S.C. degree in Mechanical Engineering, from Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Bangladesh in 2006 and 2014 respectively.  

She has more than ten years of teaching and more than thirteen years of research experience. She was an Assistant Professor at the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Bangladesh. She has supervised a number of undergrad and master’s students over these years. 

Her research interests include mission planning, path planning, collision avoidance, task scheduling, mission forecasting for autonomous agents and Artificial Neural Networks. In addition, her research focus is to solve technology decision-making problems in the field of capability management. She has published more than 25 peer-reviewed journals and conference papers. 

Preprints
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Ali IM; Biswas S; Turan HH; Chakrabortty RK; ElSawah S; Ryan MJ, An Integrated Differential Evolution Algorithm for Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4069601
Book Chapters
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Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2021, 'Path planning and task assignment for multiple UAVs in dynamic environments', in Unmanned Aerial Systems: Theoretical Foundation and Applications, pp. 81 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-820276-0.00011-x
2021
Biswas S; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2021, 'Path planning and task assignment for multiple UAVs in dynamic environments', in Unmanned Aerial Systems Theoretical Foundation and Applications, Academic Press, pp. 81 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820276-0.00011-X
2021
Biswas S; Anavatti S; Garratt M, 2017, 'Obstacle Avoidance for Multi-agent Path Planning Based on Vectorized Particle Swarm Optimization', in Leu G; Singh HK; Elsayed S (ed.), Intelligent and Evolutionary Systems. Proceedings in Adaptation, Learning and Optimization 8, edn. Proceedings in Adaptation Learning and Optimization, © Springer International Publishing, Univ New S Wales, Canberra Campus, Australian Def Force Acad, Canberra, AUSTRALIA, pp. 61 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49049-6_5
2017
Conference Papers
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Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2019, 'A particle swarm optimization based path planning method for autonomous systems in unknown terrain', in Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence, and Communications Technology, IAICT 2019, pp. 57 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICIAICT.2019.8784851
2019
Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2018, 'Particle swarm optimization based co-operative task assignment and path planning for multi-agent system', in 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, SSCI 2017 - Proceedings, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.2017.8280872
2018
Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2018, 'Nearest neighbour based task allocation with multi-agent path planning in dynamic environments', in Proceeding - ICAMIMIA 2017: International Conference on Advanced Mechatronics, Intelligent Manufacture, and Industrial Automation, pp. 181 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICAMIMIA.2017.8387582
2018
Biswas S, 2017, 'Particle Swarm Optimization Based Co-Operative Task Assignment and Path Planning for Multi-Agent Syatem', in 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI) Proceedings, IEEE, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 45 - 50, presented at 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 27 November 2017 - 01 December 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.2017.8280872
2017
Biswas S; Anavatti S; Jan M, 2017, 'Path Planning for Multi-Vehicle Autonomous Swarms in Dynamic Environment', in The Ninth International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI2017), Doha, Qatar, pp. 48 - 53, presented at The Ninth International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence (ICACI2017), Doha, Qatar, 04 February 2017 - 06 February 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICACI.2017.7974484
2017
Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA; Pratama M, 2016, 'Simultaneous replanning with vectorized particle swarm optimization algorithm', in 2016 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2016, Phuket, Thailand, presented at International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Phuket, Thailand, 13 November 2016 - 15 November 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICARCV.2016.7838834
2016
Anavatti S; Biswas S; Colvin J; Pratama M, 2016, 'A Hybrid Algorithm for Efficient Path Planning of Autonomous Ground Vehicles', in ICARCV 2016 The14th International Conferences on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision, Phuket, Thailand, presented at International Conference on Control Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), Phuket, Thailand, 13 November 2016 - 15 November 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICARCV.2016.7838802
2016
Journal articles
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Biswas S; Ali I; Chakrabortty RK; Turan HH; Elsawah S; Ryan MJ, 2022, 'Dynamic modeling for product family evolution combined with artificial neural network based forecasting model: A study of iPhone evolution', Technological Forecasting and Social Change, vol. 178, pp. 121549 - 121549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121549
2022
Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2021, 'Multiobjective Mission Route Planning Problem: A Neural Network-Based Forecasting Model for Mission Planning', IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 22, pp. 430 - 442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TITS.2019.2960057
2021
Biswas S; Anavatti SG; Garratt MA, 2019, 'A time-efficient co-operative path planning model combined with task assignment for multi-agent systems', Robotics, vol. 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ROBOTICS8020035
2019
Biswas S; Anavatti S; Krippner HP, 2018, 'Particle swarm optimization based real time path planning and obstacle avoidance of UAVs using low cost sensors', International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET), https://www.ijraset.com/fileserve.php?FID=16268
2018

1. Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) In recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher
education. Fellowship reference PR22387.

2. Dean's Award For Outstanding PhD Theses: Real-Time Path Planning for a Swarm of Autonomous Systems.

Organisational units
lensCapability Systems Centre
lensSchool of Engineering & Information Technology
Sub Theme
lensTechnology Decision Making