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General Information

Full Name Gagan Narang
Email g.narang@pm.univpm.it
Alternate Email gagan.narang@student.kuleuven.be
Affiliation PhD Student, VRAI Lab, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Research Interests AI for Forecasting, Patent Analytics, Remote Sensing, Public Policy
Languages English, Hindi, Punjabi, Italian

Education

  • 2022 - Present
    PhD in Information Engineering
    Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
    • {"Curriculum"=>"Informatics Management and Automation Engineering"}
    • {"Advisors"=>"Prof. Adriano Mancini, Prof. Primo Zingaretti"}
  • 2025
    Visiting PhD Student
    KU Leuven, Belgium
    • 6-month academic visit
    • {"Advisor"=>"Prof. Geert Deconinck"}
  • 2020 – 2022
    M.Sc. Informatics
    University of Delhi, India
    • {"CGPA"=>"7.896 / 10 (First Division with Distinction)"}
    • {"Advisor"=>"Prof. Sanjiv Singh"}
  • 2018 – 2020
    M.Sc. Computational Physics
    Universität Bonn, Germany
    • {"GPA"=>"2.1 / 4"}
  • 2015 – 2018
    B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics
    Lovely Professional University, India
    • {"CGPA"=>"9.29 / 10 (First Division with Distinction)"}
  • 2022
    Visiting Master's Student
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
    • {"Advisor"=>"Dr. Usharani Hareesh Govindarajan"}

Experience

  • May 2024
    Academic Intern
    Jef Digital Innovation S.r.l., Italy
    • AI-driven strategic forecasting
    • Integration of patent and publication pipelines

Teaching Experience

  • 2024
    Instructor – Deep Learning and Time Series Analysis for Climate Change
    EU Horizon Smart4ENV Project (MOOC), Summer 2024
    • Covered IoT, cloud, network technologies, and DL-based time series analysis
    • Delivered as a recorded MOOC for Smart4ENV
  • 2023
    Teaching Assistant – AI & Citizen Development for International Business
    Summer School, Summer 2023
    • Delivered sessions on AI, NLP, and Microsoft Power Platform for business transformation
  • Spring 2022
    Head TA – Data Structures using Python
    Nanjing Audit University, China
    • Supported course design and delivery under Prof. Shenglei Chen
  • Winter 2022
    TA – Fundamentals of Information Systems
    emlyon business school, France
    • Mentored and supported students in a foundational IS course
  • Fall 2021
    TA – Artificial Intelligence for International Business
    SKEMA Business School, France
    • Delivered tutorials and video-based troubleshooting content

Selected Projects

  • 2024
    Contamination Lab XVIII
    Università Politecnica delle Marche
    • Business plan, innovation strategy, and startup simulation with interdisciplinary team
  • 2023
    Support for Rural Revitalization through e-Mobility
    “Internet+” Innovation & Entrepreneurship Competition
    • Silver Award winner (Shanghai Region)
    • Built pitch for electric mobility in rural zones
  • 2022
    Online Voting System
    University of Delhi
    • Developed secure web-based e-voting system with AWS + MVC + Node.js
  • 2019
    Simulation of Biological Systems
    Universität zu Köln, Germany
    • Simulated evolution and drug resistance under Prof. Mair

Publications

  • 2025
    AI-Enhanced Ship Detection to Inform on Suspicious Activities
    Pattern Recognition Letters (In Press)
    • Multimodal vision-based detection framework using satellite imagery
  • 2025
    Blockchain Technologies Adoption in Healthcare
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change
    • Co-authored publication analyzing the adoption curve of blockchain in care delivery
  • 2024
    AI Platform for Resilience of Built Environment
    ACTA IMEKO
    • Electrical impedance-based AI monitoring system for civil structures
  • 2024
    Deep Learning for Concrete Structure Monitoring
    Sensors
    • AI-enhanced diagnostic tools for concrete stress analysis
  • 2023
    Groundwater Forecasting using Prophet
    Water
    • Time series modeling with neural and statistical forecasting methods

Publications

  • 2025
    AI-Enhanced Ship Detection to Inform on Suspicious Activities
    Pattern Recognition Letters (In Press)
    • Multimodal vision-based detection framework using satellite imagery
  • 2025
    Blockchain Technologies Adoption in Healthcare
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change
    • Co-authored publication analyzing the adoption curve of blockchain in care delivery
  • 2024
    AI Platform for Resilience of Built Environment
    ACTA IMEKO
    • Electrical impedance-based AI monitoring system for civil structures
  • 2024
    Deep Learning for Concrete Structure Monitoring
    Sensors
    • AI-enhanced diagnostic tools for concrete stress analysis
  • 2023
    Groundwater Forecasting using Prophet
    Water
    • Time series modeling with neural and statistical forecasting methods

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    • Co-chair, Special Session on Collaborative Business Information and Technology – IEEE CSCWD 2025
  • 2024
    • Reviewer for Frontiers in Computer Science
  • 2023
    • Reviewer for ICIAP 2023, ICRA 2024, IROS 2024
    • Technical Committee Member, Intl. Conf. on AI, Big Data & Comms, South Africa
  • 2022
    • Youth Committee Member, Intl. Conclave on Materials, Energy & Climate (ICMEC)
    • Committee Member & Session Chair Assistant, IEEE CSCWD 2022
  • 2021
    • Committee Member, Intl. Conf. on AI and its Applications (iCARTI), Mauritius

References

  • Prof. Adriano Mancini, Università Politecnica delle Marche – a.mancini@staff.univpm.it
  • Prof. Emanuele Frontoni, University of Macerata – emanuele.frontoni@unimc.it
  • Dr. Alessandro Galdelli, Università Politecnica delle Marche – a.galdelli@staff.univpm.it
  • Dr. Usharani Hareesh Govindarajan, USST, China – hareesh.pillai@usst.edu.cn
  • Prof. Geert Deconinck, KU Leuven, Belgium – geert.deconinck@kuleuven.be