He holds 4 U.S. patents and has published more than 70 research papers in international journals, edited volumes, and refereed conference proceedings. His primary research area is digital geometry with applications to low-level image processing, approximate pattern matching, document image processing and analysis, shape analysis, and biometrics. Dr. Bhowmick earned his B.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.