Rohitash Chandra, PhD Student

M.S., University of Fiji; B.S., University of South Pacific

Research Interests	Evolutionary and Neural Computation
Thesis Title	Cooperative Coevolution and Recurrent Neural Networks
Supervisor	A. Prof. Mengjie Zhang, Dr Marcus Frean
Office	CO349 - Postal Address
Phone	+64 4 463 5233 x7529
Email	Rohitash.Chandra@ecs.vuw.ac.nz

Biography

Rohitash is from the Fiji Islands. In the past, he has worked at the Middle East Technical University (Teaching and Research Assistant), University of Fiji (Tutor) and University of the South Pacific (Research Assistant) . His research Interests include, Neural Computation, Evolutionary Computation, Data Mining, Neural Networks for Speech Recognition and application of hybrid optimization technologies to Robotics Control.

Apart from his interest in science, he is actively involved in Literature and Philosophy. He has been the editor of the Blue Fog Journal (bluefogjournal.com) since 2006 and has published two poetry collections. His book, "A Hot Pot of Roasted Poems" was launched in June 2007 in Fiji Islands.

Publications (Science)

Journals

1. R. Chandra, R. Knight and C. W. Omlin, “ Renosterveld Conservation in South Africa: A Case Study for Handling Uncertainty in Knowledge Based Neural Networks for Environmental Management”, Journal of Environmental Informatics, Vol 13, No. 1, 2009, pp. 56-65. (doi: 10.3808/jei.200900140)

Thesis

2. R. Chandra, “ Modelling of Deterministic, Fuzzy and Probabilistic Dynamical Systems,” M.S. Thesis, University of Fiji, 2008.

Conferences

2009

3. R. Chandra, M. Frean, L. Rolland, "A Hybrid Meta-Heuristic Paradigm for Solving the Forward Kinematics of 6-6 General Parallel Manipulator", Proceedings of 8th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2009), Daejeon, Korea, December 2009, pp. 171-176. (doi: 10.1109/CIRA.2009.5423212)

4. R. Chandra, M. Zhang, L. Rolland, "Solving the Forward Kinematics of the 3RPR Planar Parallel Manipulator using a Hybrid Meta-Heuristic Paradigm", Proceedings of 8th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2009), Daejeon, Korea, December 2009, pp. 177-182. (doi: 10.1109/CIRA.2009.5423213)

5. L. Rolland, R. Chandra, "Forward Kinematics of the 3RPR planar Parallel Manipulators Using Real Coded Genetic Algorithms", Proceedings of 24th International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences( ISCIS 2009), North Cyprus, September 2009, pp. 381-386. (doi: 10.1109/ISCIS.2009.5291810 )

6. L. Rolland, R. Chandra, "Forward Kinematics of the 6-6 general Parallel Manipulator Using Real Coded Genetic Algorithms", Proceedings of 2009 IEEE/ASME Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM 2009), Singapore,2009, pp. 1637-1642. (doi: 10.1109/AIM.2009.5229824 )

2008

6. R. Chandra, C. W. Omlin,” Evolutionary One-Step Gradient Descent for Training Recurrent Neural Networks”, Proceedings of International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary Methods, Los Vegas, 2008, pp. 305-311.

2007

7. R. Chandra, G. Onwubolu, “T he Application of Neural Networks in Prediction Problems”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Inductive Modelling, Prague, September 2007, pp. 46-54.

8. R. Chandra, K. Chaudhary, A. Kumar, “ The Combination and Comparison of Neural Networks and Decision Trees for Wine Classification”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Inductive Modelling, Prague, September 2007, pp. 10-17.

9. R. Chandra and C. W. Omlin, “Combining Genetic and Gradient Descent Learning in Recurrent Neural Networks: An Application to Speech Phoneme Classification”
Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, Orlando FL, USA, July 2007, pp. 278-285.

10. R. Chandra and C. W. Omlin, “A Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks Architecture Inspired by Hidden Markov Models: Training and Extraction of Deterministic Finite
Automaton” Proceedings of the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition, Orlando FL, USA, July 2007, pp. 286-293.

11. R. Chandra and C. W. Omlin, “Hybrid Recurrent Neural Networks: An Application to Phoneme Classification” International Conference on Genetic and Evolutionary
Methods, Las Vegas, USA, June 2007, pp. 57-62.

12. R. Chandra and C. W. Omlin, “Knowledge Discovery using Artificial Neural Networks for a Conservation Biology Domain” International Conference on Data Mining, Las Vegas, USA, June 2007, pp. 221-227.

2006

13. R. Chandra and C. W. Omlin, “ Training and Extraction of Fuzzy Finite Automata in Recurrent Neural Networks”, Proceedings of the International Conference of Computational Intelligence, San Francisco, U.S.A, Acta Press, November 2006, pp. 274-279.

14. R. Chandra and C. W. Omlin, “ Evolutionary Training of Hybrid Systems of Recurrent Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models” Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Networks, Barcelona Spain, October 2006, pp. 58-63.

2005

15. R. Chandra, R. Knight and C. W. Omlin, “A Knowledgebased Neurocomputing Decision Support System for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology”, Proceedings of
the International Conference on Environmental Management, Environmental Geoinformatics and Modelling, vol. 4, Hyderabad India, 2005.

Publications (Literature)

Books

16. R. Chandra, A Hot Pot of Roasted Poems, Lulu Press, 2007, ISBN: 9781847288912.

17. R. Chandra, Barefoot on Soft River Sand, Lulu Press,2006, ISBN: 1411674626.

Editorial

18. R. Chandra (Editor), The Blue Fog Journal, December 2006 Issue, Lulu Press, bluefogjournal.com

19. R. Chandra (Editor), Namaste Fiji, The International Anthology of Poetry, The Blue Fog Journal, bluefogjournal.com

Journals

20. R. Chandra, "Final Thoughts by the Sea," South Asian Review, Volume 27, No. 3, pp. 109.

21. R. Chandra, "Cycles", South Asian Review, Volume 27, No. 3, pp. 110.

22. R. Chandra, “Transformation of Energy”, The Toe Tree Journal, Spring 2006 Issue.

23. R. Chandra, “Assume Being Free From Wars”, Poetia , October 2006 Issue, www.indianbaypress.com

24. R. Chandra, " Recipe for Unity and Fredom" , Poem of the Week, Poets Against War, October 2006, poetsagainstwar.com

25. R. Chandra, "After the War Ends", Dreadlocks, Vol. 5, 2008, pp. 111.

26. R. Chandra, "Dusk", Writing the Pacific: An Anthology, University of Canberra, 2007, pp. 21.

27. R. Chandra, "Summer in Fiji", Writing the Pacific: An Anthology, University of Canberra, 2007, pp. 22.

28. R. Chandra, "Beware", Writing the Pacific: An Anthology, University of Canberra, 2007, pp. 23.

• confAIM09_GAfor_parallel_manipulators.pdf: confAIM09_GAfor_parallel_manipulators.pdf

• 2009JEI00140_06JM120301_ONLINE_v3.pdf: 2009JEI00140_06JM120301_ONLINE_v3.pdf

• p171.pdf: CIRA 2009 Proceedings

• p177.pdf: CIRA 2009 Proceedings