astronomy

Ujjwal Maulik

Ujjwal Maulik is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Ujjwal Maulik rather than just read about it. In short: Ujjwal Maulik is an Indian computer scientist and educator. He is a professor and former head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Key takeaways

Ujjwal Maulik belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Ujjwal Maulik to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Ujjwal Maulik from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Ujjwal Maulik is an Indian computer scientist and educator. He is a professor and former head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has worked in many countries including India, US, Germany, France, Australia, China, Italy, Poland, Mexico, Slovenia and Hungary. He also held the position of the principal-in-charge and the head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Kalyani Government Engineering College.

Education Maulik did his schooling from Nabadwip Bakultala High School, Nabadwip, Nadia and Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara, 24 Parganas (North) both in West Bengal. Subsequently, he completed B.Sc. in physics and B. Tech. in computer science from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India in 1986 and 1989. He also received his M. Tech. in computer science and Ph.D. in engineering in 1992 and 1997 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He did post-doctoral research at the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1999 and the University of Texas, Arlington, U.S. in 2001.

Research and other activities Maulik and his research group have contributed towards the development of science and engineering especially in the areas of AI in health care, Bioinformatics, intelligent transport system, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, and social and biological networks. Maulik has received Fulbright Fellowship and worked in Stanford University, USA as a visiting professor, 2025 As an Alexander von Humboldt Experienced Researcher, he worked at the German Cancer Research Center and Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany in 2010, 2011, and 2012 . He was a senior associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy from 2012 to 2018. He has also worked in Viswa Bharati University, India, Los Alamos National laboratory, US, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, US, Heidelberg University, Germany, Tsinghua University, China, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, University of Padova, Italy, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France, University of Warsaw, Poland and University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is elected as Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA) with effect from 2026 . He is also the fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), National Academy Sciences India (NASI), the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He is also a Distinguish member of ACM. He is also a Distinguish Speaker of ACM and Distinguish Lecturer of IEEE CIS. His research interests include data science, machine learning, bioinformatics, and the Internet of things. In these areas he has published twelve books and more than 400 research publications., have several patents and mentor two startups

Selected publications Maulik, Ujjwal; Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra; Mukhopadhyay, Anirban (2011). Multiobjective Genetic Algorithms for Clustering. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16615-0. ISBN 978-3-642-16614-3. S2CID 34010577. Bhattacharyya, Siddhartha; Maulik, Ujjwal (2013). Soft Computing for Image and Multimedia Data Processing. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40255-5. ISBN 978-3-642-40254-8. S2CID 31008848. "Multiobjective Optimization Algorithms for Bioinformatics | the Galaxy Bookshop". 29 May 2024.

Awards and recognition Humboldt Fellowship for Experience Researchers 2010-2012 . Senior Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), 2012–2018 Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), India, 2014 Fellow, International Association of Pattern Recognition (FIAPR), US, 2018 Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE),2020 ACM Distinguished Member ACM, 2021 Fellow, National Academy Sciences India (NASI), 2021 ACM Distinguish Speaker, 2021 Fellow, Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA), Hong Kong, 2022 Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowships(Research), USIEF, 2024-2025,. Elected Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2026 Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham, Ningbo China, 2027.

References

External links Prof. Ujjwal Maulik Ujjwal Maulik Ujjwal Maulik: H-index & Awards - Academic Profile ORCID

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Ujjwal Maulik

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Ujjwal Maulik claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Ujjwal Maulik before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Ujjwal Maulik ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Ujjwal Maulik

In research: Ujjwal Maulik appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Ujjwal Maulik in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Ujjwal Maulik is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1965 births, Academic staff of Jadavpur University, Bengali scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Ujjwal Maulik outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Ujjwal Maulik” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Ujjwal Maulik in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Ujjwal Maulik means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Ujjwal Maulik out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Ujjwal Maulik in simple terms?

Why does Ujjwal Maulik matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Ujjwal Maulik?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Ujjwal Maulik.