Mandar Gogate

89 papers A 8B 1C 3Journal 54Unranked 23
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2026 J jnl
Leveraging Self-Supervised Audio-Visual Pretrained Models to Improve Vocoded Speech Intelligibility in Cochlear Implant Simulation.
IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.
Richard Lee Lai, Jen-Cheng Hou, I-Chun Chern, Kuo-Hsuan Hung, Yi-Ting Chen, Mandar Gogate, Tughrul Arslan, Amir Hussain, Chii-Wann Lin, Yu Tsao
2026 J jnl
Multimodal Cognitive Load Estimation With Radio Frequency Sensing and Pupillometry in Complex Auditory Environments.
IEEE J. Biomed. Health Informatics
Usman Anwar, Adeel Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Tughrul Arslan, Amir Hussain, Peter Lomax
2025 J jnl
A Novel Approach to Fire Detection With Enhanced Target Localisation and Recognition.
Expert Syst. J. Knowl. Eng.
Le Zou, Qiang Sun, Fengling Jiang, Zhize Wu, Lingma Sun, Xiaofeng Wang, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2025 J jnl
Instance segmentation based on global-local attention and local Chan-Vese model.
Signal Image Video Process.
Chengcheng Wang, Zhize Wu, Meilan Sun, Le Zou, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain
2025 A conf
Investigating Gender Bias in Text-to-Audio Generation Models.
INTERSPEECH
Aarish Shah Mohsin, Mohammad Nadeem, Shahab Saquib Sohail, Tughrul Arslan, Mandar Gogate, Nasir Saleem, Amir Hussain
2025 J jnl
Privacy-Preserving Facial Emotion Classification With Visual Micro-Doppler Signatures for Hearing Aid Applications.
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas.
Usman Anwar, Yinhuan Dong, Tughrul Arslan, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, Qammer H. Abbasi, Muhammad Ali Imran, Tom C. Russ, Peter Lomax
2025 J jnl
Robust Real-Time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Based on DNN and GAN.
IEEE Trans. Artif. Intell.
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2025 A conf
Towards Personalised Audio Visual Speech Enhancement.
INTERSPEECH
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2025 J jnl
Transfer Learning-Based Automatic Sentiment Annotation of a Twitter-Based Arabic Mental Illness (AMI) Dataset.
Expert Syst. J. Knowl. Eng.
Arwa Diwali, Kawther Saeedi, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Zain U. Hussain, Adam Howard, Amir Hussain
2024 — conf
A Novel Thermal Imaging and Machine Learning Based Privacy Preserving Framework for Efficient Space Allocation, Utilisation and Management.
BICS (2)
Maria Bruevich, Nilupulee A. Gunathilake, Mandar Gogate, Adeel Hussain, Bin Luo, Jinchang Ren, Amir Hussain, Fengling Jiang, Kia Dashtipour
2024 J jnl
Context-Aware Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Based on Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling and User Preference Learning.
IEEE Trans. Fuzzy Syst.
Song Chen, Jasper Kirton-Wingate, Faiyaz Doctor, Usama Arshad, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Zahid Halim, Ahmed Yassin Al-Dubai, Tughrul Arslan, Amir Hussain
2024 J jnl
DDformer: Dimension decomposition transformer with semi-supervised learning for underwater image enhancement.
Knowl. Based Syst.
Zhi Gao, Jing Yang, Fengling Jiang, Xixiang Jiao, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain
2024 A conf
Edged based audio-visual speech enhancement demonstrator.
INTERSPEECH
Song Chen, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Jasper Kirton-Wingate, Adeel Hussain, Faiyaz Doctor, Tughrul Arslan, Amir Hussain
2024 — conf
Human Disease Prediction Based on Symptoms Using Novel Machine Learning.
BICS (2)
Ibukunoluwa Oluwabusayo Efunwoye, Mandar Gogate, Adeel Hussain, Bin Luo, Jinchang Ren, Fengling Jiang, Amir Hussain, Kia Dashtipour
2024 J jnl
Pruning Deep Neural Networks for Green Energy-Efficient Models: A Survey.
Cogn. Comput.
Jihene Tmamna, Emna Ben Ayed, Rahma Fourati, Mandar Gogate, Tughrul Arslan, Amir Hussain, Mounir Ben Ayed
2024 A conf
Real-Time Gaze-directed speech enhancement for audio-visual hearing-aids.
INTERSPEECH
Arif Reza Anway, Bryony Buck, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Michael Akeroyd, Amir Hussain
2024 J jnl
Sentiment Analysis Meets Explainable Artificial Intelligence: A Survey on Explainable Sentiment Analysis.
IEEE Trans. Affect. Comput.
Arwa Diwali, Kawther Saeedi, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Erik Cambria, Amir Hussain
2024 J jnl
Towards Environmental Preference Based Speech Enhancement For Individualised Multi-Modal Hearing Aids.
CoRR
Jasper Kirton-Wingate, Shafique Ahmed, Adeel Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Jen-Cheng Hou, Tassadaq Hussain, Yu Tsao, Amir Hussain
2023 A conf
5G-IoT Cloud based Demonstration of Real-Time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement for Multimodal Hearing-aids.
INTERSPEECH
Ankit Gupta, Abhijeet Bishnu, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Tughrul Arslan, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah, Mathini Sellathurai
2023 J jnl
A Novel Hierarchical Extreme Machine-Learning-Based Approach for Linear Attenuation Coefficient Forecasting.
Entropy
Giuseppe Varone, Cosimo Ieracitano, Aybike Özyüksel Çiftçioglu, Tassadaq Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Bassam Naji Al-Tamimi, Hani Almoamari, Iskender Akkurt, Amir Hussain
2023 A conf
Application for Real-time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement.
INTERSPEECH
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2023 J jnl
Arabic Sentiment Analysis Based on Word Embeddings and Deep Learning.
Comput.
Nasrin Elhassan, Giuseppe Varone, Rami Ahmed, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Hani Almoamari, Mohammed Ahmed El-Affendi, Bassam Naji Al-Tamimi, Faisal Albalwy, Amir Hussain
2023 — conf
Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement and Separation by Utilizing Multi-Modal Self-Supervised Embeddings.
ICASSP Workshops
I-Chun Chern, Kuo-Hsuan Hung, Yi-Ting Chen, Tassadaq Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, Yu Tsao, Jen-Cheng Hou
2023 J jnl
DNet-CNet: a novel cascaded deep network for real-time lane detection and classification.
J. Ambient Intell. Humaniz. Comput.
Lu Zhang, Fengling Jiang, Jing Yang, Bin Kong, Amir Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour
2023 — conf
Frequency-Domain Functional Links For Nonlinear Feedback Cancellation In Hearing Aids.
ICASSP Workshops
Alireza Nezamdoust, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain, Danilo Comminiello
2023 C conf
Live Demonstration: Cloud-based Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement in Multimodal Hearing-aids.
ISCAS
Abhijeet Bishnu, Ankit Gupta, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Tughrul Arslan, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Mathini Sellathurai, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah
2023 C conf
Live Demonstration: Real-time Multi-modal Hearing Assistive Technology Prototype.
ISCAS
Mandar Gogate, Adeel Hussain, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2023 J jnl
Steel surface defect detection based on self-supervised contrastive representation learning with matching metric.
Appl. Soft Comput.
Xuejin Hu, Jing Yang, Fengling Jiang, Amir Hussain, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate
2023 — conf
The P vs. NP Problem and Attempts to Settle It via Perfect Graphs State-of-the-Art Approach.
FICC (2)
Maher Heal, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate
2023 — conf
Towards Individualised Speech Enhancement: An SNR Preference Learning System for Multi-Modal Hearing Aids.
ICASSP Workshops
Jasper Kirton-Wingate, Shafique Ahmed, Mandar Gogate, Yu Tsao, Amir Hussain
2023 — conf
Towards Pose-Invariant Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement in the Wild for Next-Generation Multi-Modal Hearing Aids.
ICASSP Workshops
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2022 — conf
A Novel Chaos-based Light-weight Image Encryption Scheme for Multi-modal Hearing Aids.
DSC
Awais Aziz Shah, Ahsan Adeel, Jawad Ahmad, Ahmed Yassin Al-Dubai, Mandar Gogate, Abhijeet Bishnu, Muhammad Diyan, Tassadaq Hussain, Kia Dashtipour, Tharm Ratnarajah, Amir Hussain
2022 J jnl
A Novel Chaos-based Light-weight Image Encryption Scheme for Multi-modal Hearing Aids.
CoRR
Awais Aziz Shah, Ahsan Adeel, Jawad Ahmad, Ahmed Yassin Al-Dubai, Mandar Gogate, Abhijeet Bishnu, Muhammad Diyan, Tassadaq Hussain, Kia Dashtipour, Tharm Ratnarajah, Amir Hussain
2022 C conf
A Novel Frame Structure for Cloud-Based Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement in Multimodal Hearing-aids.
HealthCom
Abhijeet Bishnu, Ankit Gupta, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Mathini Sellathurai, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah
2022 J jnl
A Novel Frame Structure for Cloud-Based Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement in Multimodal Hearing-aids.
CoRR
Abhijeet Bishnu, Ankit Gupta, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Mathini Sellathurai, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah
2022 — conf
A Novel Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Model based on Canonical Correlation and Deep Learning.
EMBC
Tassadaq Hussain, Muhammad Diyan, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Ahsan Adeel, Yu Tsao, Amir Hussain
2022 J jnl
A Novel Speech Intelligibility Enhancement Model based on CanonicalCorrelation and Deep Learning.
CoRR
Tassadaq Hussain, Muhammad Diyan, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Ahsan Adeel, Yu Tsao, Amir Hussain
2022 J jnl
A Novel Temporal Attentive-Pooling based Convolutional Recurrent Architecture for Acoustic Signal Enhancement.
CoRR
Tassadaq Hussain, Wei-Chien Wang, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Yu Tsao, Xugang Lu, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2022 J jnl
A Novel Temporal Attentive-Pooling based Convolutional Recurrent Architecture for Acoustic Signal Enhancement.
IEEE Trans. Artif. Intell.
Tassadaq Hussain, Wei-Chien Wang, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Yu Tsao, Xugang Lu, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2022 — conf
AVSE Challenge: Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement Challenge.
SLT
Andrea Lorena Aldana Blanco, Cassia Valentini-Botinhao, Ondrej Klejch, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain, Peter Bell
2022 J jnl
Arabic sentiment analysis using dependency-based rules and deep neural networks.
Appl. Soft Comput.
Arwa Diwali, Kia Dashtipour, Kawther Saeedi, Mandar Gogate, Erik Cambria, Amir Hussain
2022 J jnl
Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement and Separation by Leveraging Multi-Modal Self-Supervised Embeddings.
CoRR
I-Chun Chern, Kuo-Hsuan Hung, Yi-Ting Chen, Tassadaq Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, Yu Tsao, Jen-Cheng Hou
2022 J jnl
COVID-opt-aiNet: A clinical decision support system for COVID-19 detection.
Int. J. Imaging Syst. Technol.
Summrina Kanwal, Faiza Khan, Sultan Alamri, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate
2022 J jnl
Extending persian sentiment lexicon with idiomatic expressions for sentiment analysis.
Soc. Netw. Anal. Min.
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Alexander F. Gelbukh, Amir Hussain
2022 — conf
Formulations and Algorithms to Find Maximal and Maximum Independent Sets of Graphs.
CSCI
Maher Heal, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate
2021 J jnl
A Novel Context-Aware Multimodal Framework for Persian Sentiment Analysis.
CoRR
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Erik Cambria, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
A Semi-supervised Approach for Sentiment Analysis of Arab(ic+izi) Messages: Application to the Algerian Dialect.
SN Comput. Sci.
Imane Guellil, Ahsan Adeel, Faiçal Azouaou, Fodil Benali, Ala-Eddine Hachani, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Cosimo Ieracitano, Reza Kashani, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
A novel context-aware multimodal framework for persian sentiment analysis.
Neurocomputing
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Erik Cambria, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
An Experimental Analysis of Attack Classification Using Machine Learning in IoT Networks.
CoRR
Andrew Churcher, Rehmat Ullah, Jawad Ahmad, Sadaqat ur Rehman, Fawad Masood, Mandar Gogate, Fehaid Alqahtani, Boubakr Nour, William J. Buchanan
2021 J jnl
An Experimental Analysis of Attack Classification Using Machine Learning in IoT Networks.
Sensors
Andrew Churcher, Rehmat Ullah, Jawad Ahmad, Sadaqat ur Rehman, Fawad Masood, Mandar Gogate, Fehaid Alqahtani, Boubakr Nour, William J. Buchanan
2021 — conf
Comparing the Performance of Different Classifiers for Posture Detection.
BODYNETS
Sagar Suresh Kumar, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Jawad Ahmad, Khaled Assaleh, Kamran Arshad, Muhammad Ali Imran, Qammer H. Abbasi, Wasim Ahmad
2021 — conf
Detecting Alzheimer's Disease Using Machine Learning Methods.
BODYNETS
Kia Dashtipour, William Taylor, Shuja Ansari, Adnan Zahid, Mandar Gogate, Jawad Ahmad, Khaled Assaleh, Kamran Arshad, Muhammad Ali Imran, Qammer H. Abbasi
2021 J jnl
Lane-DeepLab: Lane semantic segmentation in automatic driving scenarios for high-definition maps.
Neurocomputing
Jingyu Li, Fengling Jiang, Jing Yang, Bin Kong, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
Lip-Reading Driven Deep Learning Approach for Speech Enhancement.
IEEE Trans. Emerg. Top. Comput. Intell.
Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, William M. Whitmer
2021 J jnl
Novel Deep Convolutional Neural Network-Based Contextual Recognition of Arabic Handwritten Scripts.
Entropy
Rami Ahmed, Mandar Gogate, Ahsen Tahir, Kia Dashtipour, Bassam Naji Al-Tamimi, Ahmad Y. A. Hawalah, Mohammed Ahmed El-Affendi, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
Public Perception of the Fifth Generation of Cellular Networks (5G) on Social Media.
Frontiers Big Data
Kia Dashtipour, William Taylor, Shuja Ansari, Mandar Gogate, Adnan Zahid, Yusuf A. Sambo, Amir Hussain, Qammer H. Abbasi, Muhammad Ali Imran
2021 J jnl
Robust Visual Saliency Optimization Based on Bidirectional Markov Chains.
Cogn. Comput.
Fengling Jiang, Bin Kong, Jingpeng Li, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate
2021 J jnl
Sentiment Analysis of Persian Movie Reviews Using Deep Learning.
Entropy
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Hadi Larijani, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
Towards Intelligibility-Oriented Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement.
CoRR
Tassadaq Hussain, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
Towards Robust Real-time Audio-Visual Speech Enhancement.
CoRR
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2021 J jnl
Ultra-Low-Power, High-Accuracy 434 MHz Indoor Positioning System for Smart Homes Leveraging Machine Learning Models.
Entropy
Haq Nawaz, Ahsen Tahir, Nauman Ahmed, Ubaid U. Fayyaz, Tayyeb Mahmood, Abdul Jaleel, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Usman Masud, Qammer H. Abbasi
2020 J jnl
A hybrid Persian sentiment analysis framework: Integrating dependency grammar based rules and deep neural networks.
Neurocomputing
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Jingpeng Li, Fengling Jiang, Bin Kong, Amir Hussain
2020 J jnl
CochleaNet: A robust language-independent audio-visual model for real-time speech enhancement.
Inf. Fusion
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2020 J jnl
Contextual deep learning-based audio-visual switching for speech enhancement in real-world environments.
Inf. Fusion
Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain
2020 B conf
Deep Neural Network Driven Binaural Audio Visual Speech Separation.
IJCNN
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Peter Bell, Amir Hussain
2020 A conf
Visual Speech In Real Noisy Environments (VISION): A Novel Benchmark Dataset and Deep Learning-Based Baseline System.
INTERSPEECH
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain
2019 J jnl
A Hybrid Persian Sentiment Analysis Framework: Integrating Dependency Grammar Based Rules and Deep Neural Networks.
CoRR
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Jingpeng Li, Fengling Jiang, Bin Kong, Amir Hussain
2019 J jnl
A Survey on the Role of Wireless Sensor Networks and IoT in Disaster Management.
CoRR
Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Saadullah Farooq, Cosimo Ieracitano, Kia Dashtipour, Hadi Larijani, Amir Hussain
2019 J jnl
A novel deep learning driven, low-cost mobility prediction approach for 5G cellular networks: The case of the Control/Data Separation Architecture (CDSA).
Neurocomputing
Metin Öztürk, Mandar Gogate, Oluwakayode Onireti, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Muhammad Ali Imran
2019 J jnl
AV Speech Enhancement Challenge using a Real Noisy Corpus.
CoRR
Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Kia Dashtipour, Peter Derleth, Amir Hussain
2019 J jnl
CochleaNet: A Robust Language-independent Audio-Visual Model for Speech Enhancement.
CoRR
Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2019 J jnl
Cognitively Inspired Feature Extraction and Speech Recognition for Automated Hearing Loss Testing.
Cogn. Comput.
Shibli Nisar, Muhammad Tariq, Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain
2019 — conf
Offline Arabic Handwriting Recognition Using Deep Machine Learning: A Review of Recent Advances.
BICS
Rami Ahmed, Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Ali Raza, Rui Zhang, Kaizhu Huang, Ahmad Y. A. Hawalah, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2019 — conf
Random Features and Random Neurons for Brain-Inspired Big Data Analytics.
ICDM Workshops
Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, Kaizhu Huang
2018 J jnl
Contextual Audio-Visual Switching For Speech Enhancement in Real-World Environments.
CoRR
Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain
2018 A conf
DNN Driven Speaker Independent Audio-Visual Mask Estimation for Speech Separation.
INTERSPEECH
Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Ricard Marxer, Jon Barker, Amir Hussain
2018 J jnl
DNN driven Speaker Independent Audio-Visual Mask Estimation for Speech Separation.
CoRR
Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Ricard Marxer, Jon Barker, Amir Hussain
2018 — conf
Exploiting Deep Learning for Persian Sentiment Analysis.
BICS
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Cosimo Ieracitano, Hadi Larijani, Amir Hussain
2018 J jnl
Exploiting Deep Learning for Persian Sentiment Analysis.
CoRR
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Cosimo Ieracitano, Hadi Larijani, Amir Hussain
2018 J jnl
Lip-Reading Driven Deep Learning Approach for Speech Enhancement.
CoRR
Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Amir Hussain, William M. Whitmer
2018 — conf
Statistical Analysis Driven Optimized Deep Learning System for Intrusion Detection.
BICS
Cosimo Ieracitano, Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Hadi Larijani, Ali Raza, Amir Hussain
2018 J jnl
Statistical Analysis Driven Optimized Deep Learning System for Intrusion Detection.
CoRR
Cosimo Ieracitano, Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Francesco Carlo Morabito, Hadi Larijani, Ali Raza, Amir Hussain
2017 — conf
A Comparative Study of Persian Sentiment Analysis Based on Different Feature Combinations.
CSPS
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain, Abdulrahman Alqarafi, Tariq S. Durrani
2017 — conf
A novel brain-inspired compression-based optimised multimodal fusion for emotion recognition.
SSCI
Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2017 — conf
Complex-valued computational model of hippocampal CA3 recurrent collaterals.
IEEE ICCI*CC
Ashraya Samba Shiva, Mandar Gogate, Newton Howard, Bruce Graham, Amir Hussain
2017 — conf
Deep learning driven multimodal fusion for automated deception detection.
SSCI
Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Amir Hussain
2017 — conf
Persian Named Entity Recognition.
IEEE ICCI*CC
Kia Dashtipour, Mandar Gogate, Ahsan Adeel, Abdulrahman Algarafi, Newton Howard, Amir Hussain
2017 — conf
Toward's Arabic Multi-modal Sentiment Analysis.
CSPS
Abdulrahman S. Alqarafi, Ahsan Adeel, Mandar Gogate, Kia Dashtipour, Amir Hussain, Tariq S. Durrani
2016 J jnl
A Generative Learning Approach to Sensor Fusion and Change Detection.
Cogn. Comput.
Alexander R. T. Gepperth, Thomas Hecht, Mandar Gogate