Hemchandra Kekre

Hemchandra Baburao Kekre (4 April 1935 – 5 November 2014) was a Professor, Author and Head of the Computer Science Department in the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.[1][2] Kekre was among the initial professors who started the computer science department at IIT Mumbai.

Hemchandra Kekre
Born(1935-04-04)4 April 1935
Murtijapur, Maharashtra, India
Died5 November 2014(2014-11-05) (aged 79)
NationalityIndian
OccupationProfessor, Researcher
Years active1962-2014
TitleProfessor of Computer Science
Spouse(s)Varsha Kekre
ChildrenVivek, Amol and Shilpa
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineComputer Scientist
Institutions
Notable works
  • Kekre Wavelet Transform
  • Kekre's hybrid wavelet transform technique
  • Kekre's fast codebook generation
  • Kekre's LUV color space

Biography

Early Life and education

Kekre was born in India on 4 April 1935. Kekre's parents were Mrinalini Kekre (his mother), and Baburao Kekre (his father).

Kekre graduated with degrees including: B.E. (Hons) in Telecommunications engineering from Jabalpur Engineering College, M.Tech in Electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, M.S.Engg in (Electrical engineering) from the University of Ottawa, and lastly a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering from IIT Mumbai.

Kekre moved from the electrical department to the computer science department 1970. Kekre was head of the Computer Science department between 1978-1984. Kekre retired from IIT Mumbai in 1995, and joined Thadomal Shahani Engineering College in Mumbai as a Professor of Computer Science, Vice Principal, and Head of Department of Computer Science. In 2008 Kekre joined Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering (MPSTME) as a Senior Professor of Computer Science. Kekre worked in MPSTME until his death.

Academic works

Kekre is named after several transformations, these include: Kekre wavelet transform[3],

Kekre's hybrid wavelet transform technique,[4] Kekre’s fast codebook generation[5] and Kekre's LUV color space.[6]
gollark: Well, I could make the challenge be to make your own compression algorithm, with the constraints that there must be some inputs which it makes shorter and it must always be lossless.
gollark: Oh, I ignore that for ethical reasons.
gollark: Did you mean to respond in another channel?
gollark: Anyway, ideas for next challenge:- mathy thing- static file server (HTTP)- interpreter for a thing- word counter- Markov chains- compression of some form
gollark: It's very optimised.

References
  1. "computer science department". Archived from the original on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  2. "IIT CS Retired Professor List". Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. "Biometric Authentication Using Kekre's Wavelet Transform". ieee.
  4. Iaeme, Iaeme. "download Kekre's hybrid wavelet transform technique". International Journal of Computer Engineering & Technology (Ijcet).
  5. Kekre, H. B.; Sarode, Tanuja K.; Thepade, Sudeep D.; Vaishali, Vaishali (2011). Improved texture feature based image retrieval using Kekre's fast codebook generation algorithm. pp. 143–149. doi:10.1007/978-81-8489-989-4_26. ISBN 978-81-8489-988-7.
  6. "Improving 'Color to Gray and Back' using Kekre's LUV Color Space".
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