Name : Dr. SABU M. K. Designation : Associate Professor Address (Office) : Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi – 682 022, , INDIA. Address (Resi) : Mavunkal House, Karimpadam, Chendamangalam P O, Ernakulam District, Kerala – 683512, INDIA Phone (Res) : 0484-2518861 Phone (Mobile) :+91 9446128197 Primary Email : [email protected] Secondary Email : [email protected] Qualification : Ph. D (Computer Science) from School of Computer Sciences, M.G.University, Kottayam. Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur, affiliated to . Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from S.N.M Training College, Moothkunnam, affiliated to M.G.University, Kottayam. Title of the Thesis : Studies on Rough Set Theory with Applications to Data Mining Teaching Experience : Post Graduate Level – 13 Years Graduate Level - 20 years Project Guidance : Guiding B.Tech, MCA & MSc (CS) students of M.G University, Kottayam, IGNOU, and CUSAT. Research Experience

1. Approved Research Guide, Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin – 22. 2. Principal Investigator – CUSAT funded research project “A Rough Set approach to improve the performance of conventional Non Local Means image denoising algorithm” sanctioned in 2017 3. Principal investigator – UGC funded Minor Research Project titled “Prediction of Learning Disabilities in School Aged Children – A Rough Set Approach” sanctioned on 2013.

.Training Programmes/Courses attended

1. Winter School on Artificial Intelligence, Four day workshop, organized by IIIT, Delhi from 18/01/2019 to 21/01/2019. 2. Attended two day National workshop on “nVIDEA GPU Programming” at Department of Computer Science,CUSAT from 25/09/2017 to 26/09/2017. 3. Successfully completed NPTEL Online Certification course “Introduction to Data Analytics” conducted by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from July to September 2016. 4. Short Course on “Data Mining and Machine Learning” organized by IIITMK, Thiruvananthapuram from 27-6-2011 to 01-07-2011. 5. UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in “Computer Applications” organized by Academic Staff College, University of Calicut from 1-7-2008 to 21-07-2008. 6. UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in “Computer Applications” organized by Refresher Course Centre, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam from 04-01-2005 to 25-01-2005. 7. UGC Sponsored Orientation Course organized by Academic Staff College, University of Calicut from 17-7-2003 to 13-08-2003 8. UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in “Advances in Computer Science” organized by Department of Computer Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology from 22-02-1999 to 15-03- 1999.

Publications

Accepted for publication

1. “Hybrid Approach for Feature Selection Using Artificial Bee Colony and Genetic Operators”, International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR) (Scopus indexed, ESCI), IGI global publications (Accepted for publication).

2. “A Lightweight Convolutional Neural Network Model for Tuberculosis Bacilli Detection from Microscopic Sputum Smear Images”; A book chapter in Machine Learning for Health Care Applications, to be published by Wiley (Accepted for publication).

January 2020 – Present

1. Presented paper titled “A Hybrid Feature Selection Approach Using Artificial Bee Colony and Genetic Algorithm” in the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Techniques for High Performance Applications (ACCTHPA) held at FISAT, Ankamaly on July 2- 4,2020. 2. Presented paper titled “Computer-Aided Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodule from Ultrasound Images Using Transfer Learning from Deep Convolutional Neural Network Models” in the IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computing and Communication Techniques for High Performance Applications (ACCTHPA) held at FISAT, Ankamaly on July 2- 4,2020. 3. Published a paper titled “Factors Influencing the Adoption of Computerized Medical Diagnosing System for Tuberculosis” in the International Journal of Information Technology, 12, pages 503– 512(2020), published by Springer.

January 2019 –December 2019

1. Published a book chapter titled “Tuberculosis Detection from Conventional Sputum Smear Microscopic Images using Machine Learning Techniques” in HCIRA 2019, Hybrid Computational Intelligence: Research and Applications, published by CRC Press, Tyler and Francis group.

2. Published a paper titled “Feature Selection with Centre of Gravity Method using Ant Colony Optimization” in the International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-3, September 2019.

3. Published a paper titled “CoGBUS – Centre of Gravity Based Under Sampling Method for Imbalanced Data Classification” in the International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Volume-8 Issue-2, July 2019, Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering and Sciences Publication, ISSN: 2277-3878(Online) (https://www.ijrte.org/download/volume-8- issue-2/) 4. Presented, an abstract titled “Stock Market Prediction using Deep Learning Techniques” in the 30th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2019), 23rd - 26th June 2019, Dublin Ireland 5. Published a paper titled “GABoost: A Clustering based Undersampling Algorithm for Highly Imbalanced Datasets using Genetic Algorithm”, in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC) book series (Volume 939, pp 235-246, May 2019), Springer,DOI:10.1007/s41870-019-00396-6. https:// link.springer.com/article/10.1007/ s41870- 019-00396-6). 6. Presented a research paper titled “Building Rule Base for Decision Making - A Fuzzy-Rough Approach” in the 1st International Conference on Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences organized by NIT Kurukshetra, INDIA, March 2019. 7. Presented a paper titled “Review on Rough set methods to construct decision tree” in International Conference on Digital Transformation of Business – Models, Enablers and Roadmaps, Organized by DDU Kausal Kendra, CUSAT, March 2019. 8. Presented a paper titled “A Review on Imbalanced Bigdata Classification: Promises and Challenges” in International Conference on Digital Transformation of Business – Models, Enablers and Roadmaps, Organized by DDU Kausal Kendra, CUSAT, March 2019. 9. Published a paper titled “A Center of Gravity Based Preprocessing Approach for Feature Selection Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm on High Dimensional Datasets” in Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, ISBN – 978-981-15-3992, published by Springer. 2019

January 2018 –December 2018

1. Published a paper titled “A Study on Machine Learning Techniques Algorithm on Stock Market Prediction” in the Online International Interdisciplinary Research Journal, ISSN 2249-9598, Volume-08, Dec 2018 Special Issue. 2. Published a paper titled “Feature selection using Ant Colony Optimization-A review on Heuristic Information Measurement”, in the International Journal of Applied Engineering Research ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 13, Novmber 3 (2018) 3. Published a paper titled “A Novel Relay Selection Algorithm using Ant Colony Optimization with Artificial Noise for Secrecy Enhancement in Cooperative Networks" in the International Journal of Communication Systems (https://doi.org/10.1002/dac.3739 ), Volume31, Issue14, e3739, September 2018, Wiley 4. Published a paper “Ranking decision rules using rough set theory - A comparative analysis” in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Volume 768, pp 567-579, Springer, August 2018. 5. Published a paper titled “Automatic detection of tuberculosis bacilli from microscopic sputum smear images using deep learning methods” in the International Journal of Biocybernetics and Bio Medical Engineering 38 (2018) 691 – 699 published by Elsevier and available online at www.sciencedirect.com. 6. .Published a paper titled “Non-Local Means Image Denoising using Shapiro-Wilk Similarity Measure”, in IEEE Access 6: 66914-66922 (2018).

January 2015 –December 2015

1. Presented a paper titled “Feature Selection – A Novel Approach for Prediction of Learning Disabilities in School-aged Children” in the Second International conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, ARIA-2015 at Zurich, Switzerland and the same is published in the proceedings of the conference 2. Published a paper titled “A novel hybrid feature selection approach for the prediction of Learning Disabilities in school-aged children” in the International Journal of Artificial Intelligence & Applications (IJAIA), March 2015, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 67-80

January 2010 – December 2014

1. Presented a paper titled “A Novel Rough Set Based Approach to Handle High Dimensional Datasets” in the Fifth International Joint Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology, AET-2014 organized by IDES in Kochi, India and the same is published in the proceedings of the conference. 2. Published a paper titled “A Rough Set based Feature Selection Approach for the Prediction of Learning Disabilities” in the International Journal of Advanced Computational Engineering and Networking (IJACEN) (December 2014, Vol. - 2, Issue – 2, pp. 43-48). 3. Presented a paper titled “ Rough Set Based Approaches to Attribute Reduction – A Comparative Study” in the UGC Sponsored National Conference at Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery, Kerala on 13-2-2013. 4. Presented a paper on “Selecting Significant rules from an information system- A Rough Set based approach” in the National Conference at SNM College, Maliankara on April 2013 and the same is published in the proceedings of the conference. 5. Presented the paper titled “Rule Induction – A Rough Set Approach“ at M E S College , Marampally and the same is published in FORTIS, the biannual journal from MES College, Marampally (Vol. 1, Issue December 2012, ISSN 2320-6985). 6. “A Rough Set Based approach for Intrusion Detection” in the proceeding of the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Data Communication and Net Working organized by the department of Electronics, MES College, Marampally, in 2012. 7. “Rough Set Based Soft Computing Approaches for Attribute Reduction – A Review” in the proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Seminar on ICT for social development – Experience of Indian Villages by the department of Computer Science, MES College, Nedumkandam 2011. 8. A book Chapter “A Rough Set Based Approach for Ranking Decision Rules” in the volume CCIS (Communication in Computer Science and Information Science) published by Springer(ISSN: 1865-0929; ISBN: 978-3-642-22708-0;e-ISSN:1865-0937; e-ISBN: 978-3-642-22709-7). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011 9. “Dimensionality Reduction – A Rough Set Approach” in the International Journal of Machine Intelligence, Volume 3, Issue 4(ISSN:0975-2927, e-ISSN:0975-9166). vol.3, No. 4, pp. 349-353, 2011. 10. “Rule Induction using Rough Set Theory – An Application in Agriculture” in the proceedings of the international conference on Computer Communication and Electrical Technology (ICCCET) organized by National College of Engineering , Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu and is now available in the IEEE Explore digital library (ISBN:978-1-4244-9392-0; IEEE Catalog Number : CFP1135M- CDR). 02 May 2011 January 2002 – December 2009

1. “Rough Set Theory as a Soft Computing Tool for Data Mining”, in the annual Technical Magazine IT GLIMPSE 2009-10, published by School of Computer Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 2. “A Novel Approach for Clustering using Rough Set Theory” in the proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science (ICMCS 2009) organized by Layola College, Chennai, India (ISBN:978-81-8371-195-1). 3. “A Rough Set Approach to Predict the Learning Disability in School Age Children” in the proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Seminar on Data Mining Applications in IT Enabled Services, organized by Department of Computer Sciences, M.E.S College, Nedumkandam, Kerala in 2008 4. “Rough Set Approaches for Mining Incomplete Information Systems” accepted for presentation at the 2008 International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC 2008), at Shanghai, China and also published in Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Applications and is now available in the volume “ Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI)” published in Springer (ISBN: 978-3-540-85983-3). 5. “A Rough Set Approach to Handle Missing Values in Incomplete Decision Table” in the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Cognition and Recognition (ICCR 08), organized by P.E.S College of Engineering, Mandya, Mysore, Karnataka (ISBN: 978-81-8424- 307-9).2008 6. “Rough Sets in Association Rule Mining” in the proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Conference on Recent Advances in Information Security, organized by Mary Matha Arts and Science College, Manathawady, Wayanad, in 2007. 7. Rule Induction using Rough Sets – A Modified Approach “ in the proceedings of the U.G.C Sponsored National Conference on Soft Computing, Organized by Department of Computer Applications, Marian College , Kuttikkanam (ISBN : 978-81-908520-1-2). It is also published in ACUMEN, the Marian Journal of Computer Science (Volume – 5; No.-2; ISSN: 0975-6981).

Research papers under review

1. “Churn Prediction – A Comparative Analysis with Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms”; AICTE Sponsored National E-Conference on Advances in Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Applications, NECACAC-2020, Organized by DEPARTMENT OF CSE,(Pragati Engineering College (AUTONOMOUS), A. P., India, scheduled to be held on 28-

11-2020.) 2. “Feature Selection using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm – A Hybrid Approach”; International Journal of Applied Artificial Intelligence, Taylor & Francis (Communicated). 3. “Transfer learning-based approach to classify Covid-19 cases from Chest X-ray image”; International Journal of Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (Elsevier) (Communicated) 4. “Factors Influencing the Adoption of Computerized Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Review of Recent Literature”; International Journal of Information Technology (Springer) (Under Review). 5. “An Empirical Study on Threshold Optimization in Three-way Decisions using Multiple Data Qualities”; International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. (Under review) 6. "A Deep Learning Approach for Stock Market Prediction Using Deep Autoencoder and Long Short-Term Memory”; International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (IJISTA). (Interscience) (Communicated)

7. “Building Rule Base for Decision Making - A Fuzzy-Rough Approach”; International Journal of High-Performance Computing and Networking, Interscience Publishers. (Communicated)

8. “Classification of Covid-19 patient’s chest X-ray images using machine learning techniques – A comparative analysis”; Springer 2020 2nd International Conference on Soft Computing and its Engineering Applications (icSoftComp2020).

Project/Seminar/Workshop proposals submitted in various organizations after joining in CUSAT

1. Project title: A Rough Set Approach to improve the performance of conventional Non-Local Means image denoising algorithm” submitted under “Seed Money for New Research Initiatives” of Cochin University of Science and Technology. (Sanctioned and going on) 2. Project Title: “Computer-aided intervention and diagnostics of early-stage autism spectrum disorder in children using clinical and medical images” submitted under THE RUSA 2.0 POST DOCTROAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME OF CUSAT TECH FOUNDATION (Sanctioned) 3. Project Title: “Brain tumor and edema segmentation in multimodal MRI scans using machine learning techniques” submitted under the Engineering and Technology Programme (ETP) scheme of KSCSTE; a collaborative project with Computer Science Department (selected for final presentation) (Co-investigator). 4. Project Title: “Computer-Aided Intervention and Diagnostics of early-phase of brain structural abnormalities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Kerala based on Clinical Imaging Archive” under “BACK –TO- LAB” POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2019-20 of KERALA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT (Under Review) [POST DOCTROAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEME] 5. Project title: “Early phase of brain structural abnormalities in children with autism spectrum disorder using neuroimaging methods” under WOMEN SCIENTISTS SCHEME (WOS-A) (Under review) (Rs. 1795000) [POST DOCTROAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP SCHEME] 6. A proposal for the Conduct of Summer/Winter Schools under RUSA 2.0 submitted to CUSATECH FOUNDATION titled “AI for Crime Prevention and Detection”. The department is planning to organize this event in association with Kerala Police Academy (KEPA) as an outcome of the MoU signed with KEPA. (This proposal is under processing)

7. A proposal is submitted to AICTE to organize a five-day workshop in “Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence” under AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy initiative (under processing).

8. A proposal is submitted to AICTE to organize two weeks training programme in “Advanced Machine Learning Techniques” under AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy initiative (under processing).

9. A proposal submitted to DST under “Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) Program – 2020” with a view to arrange necessary infrastructure facilities to newly sanctioned PG programme MSc Computer Science with specialization in Data Science (Under Processing). 10. An initial project proposal submitted to NPOL titled “Underwater Image Synthesis and Depth Map Estimation for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle using Deep Learning. 11. Project Title: “Prediction of Extreme Rainfall over Kerala: A Machine Learning Based Approach” under Performance Linked Encouragement for Academic Studies and Endeavour (PLEASE) scheme of Govt. of Kerala. (Co-investigator)

Professional affiliation

1. Resource person in UGC – HRDC - 10th Refresher Course in Computer Applications, University of Calicut 2. Resource person, Academic Staff College, . 3. Resource person, Academic Staff College, Calicut University, Kerala, India. 4. Visiting faculty member, Kannur University, Kerala, India.

Invited Talks: Webinar

1. Resource person in the National Webinar on “Deep Learning with Recurrent Neural Networks” held on 14th September 2020 organized by IQAC & Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Kunnukara, Kerala. 2. Resource person in the Five Days FDP on “Machine Learning and its Application” held during 24th to 28th August 2020 organized by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Kidangoor, Kerala and sponsored by AICTE training and learning (ATAL) academy. 3. Resource person in the Six Days STTP on “Data Analytics and Machine Learning” held during 03rd August to 08th August 2020 organized by Department of Computer Applications, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally. 4. Resource person in the Online International FDP on “Recent Trends and Advancements in Information Technology” held on 27th July to 01st August 2020 organized by Department of Computer Applications, Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Angamaly, Kerala. 5. Resource person in the National Webinar on “Ensemble Learning – A machine learning approach for decision making” held on 17th July 2020 organized by Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Marampally. 6. Resource person in the National Webinar on “Deep Neural Networks – An efficient architecture for image classification” held on 14th July 2020 organized by Department of Computer Science, KMM College of Arts and Science, Thrikkakkara. 7. Resource person in the National Statistical Day 2020 on “Machine Learning in a Statistical Perspective” held on 1st July 2020 organized by Department of Computer Applications, St Teresa's College, Ernakulam. 8. Resource person in the Five Days FDP on “Data Science” held during 09th to 13th June 2020 organized by Department of Computer Science, Central and sponsored by AICTE training and learning (ATAL) academy.

Invited Talks

January 2020-Present

1. Resource person in the Orientation Programme on the topic “Artificial Intelligence” held on 14th February 2020 organized by Human Resource Development Centre, University of Calicut. 2. Resource person in the Refresher Course in Computer Science on “CNN – A Practical Approach to Image Classification” held on 21st January 2020 organized by Human Resource Development Centre, University of Calicut. 3. Delivered a technical talk on “Sequential Data Processing Using Deep Learning Techniques” in the National Workshop on Deep Learning held on 15th January 2020 organized by the Department of Computer Science University of Kerala, Kariavattom.

January 2019-December2019

1. Resource person in the Three-day Workshop on “Machine Learning – Hands on (Python)” held on 05th to 07th December 2019 organized by School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. 2. Delivered an invited talk in the National Seminar on “Machine Learning – Revolutionizing Everyday Lives” held on 29th November 2019 organized by the Department of Computer Science Government College Kariavattom. 3. Delivered a technical talk on “Intrusion Detection System using Machine Learning” in the National Seminar on 06th November 2019 organized by the Department of Computer Science Sri.C.Achuthamenon Government College, Kuttanellur, Kerala. 4. Resource person in the One Day Workshop on “Machine Learning” held on 09th October 2019 organized by Department of Electronics, M.E.S College, Marampally. 5. Resource person in the Orientation Programme held on 02nd September 2019 organized by M.E.S – Advanced Institution of Management and Technology, Marampally, Aluva, Kerala. 6. Resource person in the One-day seminar on “Deep Neural Networks” held on 22nd August 2019 organized by ST. George’s College Aruvithura, Kerala. 7. Resource person, TEQIP II Sponsored Faculty Development Program on “Python for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning” jointly organized by the Department of Computer Applications and Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam from 8th to 13th July 2019. 8. Resource person in the Short Term Training Programme on “Advances in Emerging Technologies and Applications” organized by Division of Information Technology, School of Engineering, CUSAT and Department of Computer Science and Engineering, THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology, Tehri under TEQIP Phase – III from 1st to 7th July 2019. 9. Resource person in the KTU Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “Information and Network Security Challenges” held on 02nd July 2019 organized by Department of Computer Science and Technology, SCMS School of Engineering and Technology Ernakulam. 10. Resource person in the Three-Day National Workshop on “Sanskrit and Language Technology” held on 15th February 2019 organized by Department of Sanskrit Sahithya, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit Kalady. January 2018-December2018

1. Resource person in the Refresher Course in Computer Application on “Machine Learning - A Rough Set Approach and Introduction to Rough Set Package in R” held on 21st November 2018 organized by Human Resource Development Centre University of Calicut. 2. Resource person in the One Day Inter-Collegiate Seminar on “Machine Learning” held on 8th August 2018 organized by Department of Computer Science, Mother Arts and Science College Peruvallur, Thrissur 3. Resource person in the Three-Day Orientation Programme on “Teaching and Learning in Distance Education” held on 02nd March 2018 organized by School of Distance Education University of Calicut in collaboration with IGNOU Regional Centre Vatakara. 4. Delivered a talk on 19-01-2018, in the area of “Load balancing in cloud – An Ant Colony Optimization approach” in one week KTU sponsored FDP on “Exploring the Applications of Embedded Systems and Internet of Things” organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappilly

January 2017-December2017

1. Resource person in the National Seminar on “Rough Set Theory with Applications to Data Mining and Cyber Forensics” held on 13th November 2017 organized by Department of Computer Science, K.K.T.M.Government College Pullut and sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education Government of Kerala. 2. Resource person in the Two Day State Level Conference on “Deep Neural Networks In Bioinformatics” held on 23rd to 24th August 2017 organized by Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Marampally and Co-Sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment. 3. Resource person in the FDP on “Discrete Mathematics and Graph Theory” held on 28th June 2017 organized by the Department of Mathematics, Adi Shankara Institute of Engineering and Technology, Kalady. 4. Resource person in the Three Days National Workshop on “Recent Computing Technique in Data Analytics” held on 5th to 7th January 2017 organized by Department of Computer Science, Government College Chittur and sponsored by the Directorate of Collegiate Education Government of Kerala.

January 2016-December2016

1. Resource person in the Two Days FDP on “Data Analytics with R” held on 19th December 2016 organized by De Paul Institute of Science & Technology (DiST) Angamaly. 2. Resource person in the Short Term Training Programme on “Machine Learning Tools and Techniques” organized by Division of Computer Engineering , School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin – 22, on September 2016. 3. Resource person in the six day National Level Faculty Development Programme on “DATA MINING AND ITS APPLICATIONS “organized by the Department of Information Technology, College of Engineering, Vadakara under TEQIP Phase II, a project of Govt. of India on April 2016. 4. Resource person, UGC sponsored three day national Seminar on “Image Processing”organized by the Department of Computer Science, Sree Narayana College, Cherthala, Kerala, India on February 2016. 5. Resource person, UGC sponsored national Seminar on “Emerging Trends in ICT-Enabled Teaching Learning Process”organized by the Department of Computer Science, Pavanatma College, Murickassery,Kerala, India on February 2016. 6. Resource person in Faculty Development Programme organized by the Department of Computer Applications, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala on February 2016 7. Resource person, UGC sponsored national conference on “Artificial Intelligence (NCAI’16)”organized by the Department of Computer Science, Government College, Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India on January 2016. 8. Resource person, UGC sponsored national Seminar on “Research Trends in Computer Science (RTCS ’16)”organized by the Department of Computer Science, M.E.S Ponnani College, Kerala, India on January 2016.

January 2014-December2015

1. Resource person, UGC sponsored national conference on “Recent Trends in Data Mining”organized by the Department of Computer Applications, B.P.C College, , Kerala, India on December 2015. 2. Resource person, UGC sponsored three day National Seminar on “Cloud Computing” organized by the Department of Computer Science, M.E.S College, Nedumkandam, Idukki, Kerala on September 2015. 3. Resource person in the two day live workshop on “Data Mining Functionalities”, organized by the Department of MCA, MES-AIMAT, Marampally, Kerala, India on February 27-28, 2015 4. Resource person, UGC Sponsored workshop on “Machine Learning Techniques for Data Mining – MLTDM 2015” organized by MES College, Marampally, Kerala, India on January 2015.. 5. Reviewer, International Conference on Knowledge Engineering- Theory and Practices, 2015, organized by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences, Kalamassery. 6. Reviewer, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Applications (IJAIA) 7. Resource person, Refresher Course in Computer Applications, organized by Academic Staff College, Kannur University, Kerala, India, on November 2014. 8. Resource Person, UGC Sponsored National Conference on “Information and Communication Technologies” organized by the Department of Computer Applications, BPC College, Piravom on March 2014. 9. Resource person, UGC sponsored National Conference on Data Mining at BPC College, Piravom, Kerala, India. 10. Resource person, Workshop on Data Mining at RIT, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

External Examiner / Project Evaluations/ Scrutiny Board Member/ Subject Expert

January 2020-Present

1. External Examiner for the Viva Voce of MCA Programme held on 1st February 2020, IGNOU, Regional Centre, Cochin.

January 2019-December2019

1. Chairman / Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for First, Second and Third Semester MSc Computer Science Degree Examination held on 29th November 2019 University of Kerala. 2. External Examiner for the Viva Voce and Thesis Evaluation for II Semester M.Phil Computer Science Degree held on 20th September 2019 Department of Information Technology, Kannur University. 3. External Examiner for the II Semester M.Phil Dissertation and Viva Voce Examination and the Centralized Valuation Camp of First Semester M.Phil Computer Science held on 8th August 2019 Department of Computer Science, University of Calicut. 4. External Examiner for IV Semester Viva Voce of M.Sc Computer Science held on 25th July 2019, School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University. 5. Guided Fourth Semester MSc Computer Science Project Works of Students during February to July 2019 of School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University. 6. Chairman, Board of Examiners for the Second Semester M.Sc. Computer Science held on 10th July 2019, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala 7. KTU Examiner for IV Semester Second Year MCA Direct Project and Viva Voce Examination held on 24th June 2019 APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University. 8. External Examiner for University Practical Examination held on 22nd June 2019 Department of Computer Applications, Mar Athanasius College of Engineering. 9. External guide, Fourth Semester MSc Project Works of Students during March to May 2019 of M.E.S College,Marampally. (6 students done their project work) 10. Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for Fourth Semester B.Voc Software Development Degree Examination held on 28th May 2019 University of Kerala. 11. Chairman / Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for the Third semester MSc Computer Science Degree Examination held on 29th to 30th January 2019 University of Kerala.

January 2018-December2018

1. External Expert, Evaluation Committee, “From Lab to Industry (FL1-2)” under the “Business Innovation and Incubation Centre (BIIC)” of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, held on 19th December 2018 at School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University. 2. External Examiner for the Fourth Semester Project Evaluation of M.Tech Computer Science and Technology Examination 24th October 2018, School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University 3. Subject Expert for the Question for Second Semester MSc Computer Science Examination 15th October 2018, University of Calicut. 4. External Examiner for the II Semester M.Phil Dissertation and Viva Voce Examination held on 6th September 2018 Department of Computer Science, University of Calicut. 5. External Examiner for the Viva Voce of MCA Programme held on 21st July 2018, IGNOU, Regional Centre, Cochin. 6. Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for the First, Second, Third semester MSc Degree Examination held on 13th July 2018 University of Kerala. 7. Chairman, Board of Examiners for the Centralized Valuation Camp Regular and Supplementary M.Sc. Degree Examination in Cyber Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, and Information Security and Geoinformatics held on 19th June 2018, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala 8. Subject Expert for the Question paper setting for Second Semester MSc Computer Science Examination July 2018, School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University. 9. External Examiner for the Project Evaluation and Viva Voce for BCA/MCA Degree held on 04th May 2018 Department of Information Technology, Kannur University. 10. External Examiner for the National Seminar and Technical Exhibition held on 26th March 2018 Malabar College of Engineering and Technology. 11. Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for the First, Second, third semester MSc Degree Examination held on 08th March 2018 University of Kerala.

January 2017-December2017

1. Chairman, Board of Examiners for the Centralized Valuation Camp M.Phil Degree First Semester Examination in Ecological Informatics held on December 2017, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala 2. External Examiner for the Project Evaluation and Viva Voce for BCA/MCA Degree held on 24th to 25th November 2017 Department of Information Technology, Kannur University. 3. External Examiner for the IV Semester M.Tech Dissertation Evaluation and Viva Voce Examination held on 22nd November 2017 Department of Computer Science, University of Kerala. 4. External Examiner for the Project Evaluation and Viva Voce VI Semester MCA Degree held on 9th November 2017 Department of Information Technology, Kannur University. 5. External Examiner for the Fourth Semester M.Tech Thesis Viva Voce Examination held on 16th August 2017 Royal College of Engineering and Technology. 6. External Examiner for the Project Evaluation and Viva Voce of Second Semester M.Phil Ecological Informatics Degree Examination held on 9th August 2017, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management – Kerala. 7. External Examiner for the M.Tech Thesis Viva Voce Examination held on 5th June 2017, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK). 8. Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for the B.Voc.Software Development held on 29th April 2017, University of Kerala. 9. External Examiner for the Project Evaluation and Viva Voce VI Semester MCA Degree held on 31st January 2017 Department of Information Technology, Kannur University. 10. Subject Expert for the Question Paper Setting for PhD Preliminary Qualifying Examination (Computer Science) January 2017, University of Calicut.

January 2016-December2016

1. Scrutiny Board Member for Setting Question Papers for the BSc Computer Science/BCA/PCA held on 31st October 2016 University of Kerala. 2. External Examiner for the Viva Voce and Project Evaluation MSc Computer Science held on 11th to 12th August 2016 School of Computer Science, Mahatma Gandhi University

Reviewer: International Conferences

1. Reviewer, International Conference on Data Science and Communication (IconDSC’19), Organized by Faculty of Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore on 1-2 March 2019. 2. Reviewer, International Conference on NextGen Information Systems and Technologies 2018 (NGIST ’18), jointly organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) and Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) on July 19-20, 2018.

Academic board: Member/ Chairman

1. Member, Academic Council, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2017-2020). 2. Member, Academic Council, Cochin University of Science and Technology. 3. Member, IQAC, Cochin University of Science and Technology. 4. Member, Technical Committee for the purchase of electronic equipments, Cochin University of Science and Technology. 5. Working group member, Centre for Advanced Technologies in Disaster Management Centre, Cochin University of Science and Technology. 6. Member, Board of Studies in Computer Applications (PG), Cochin University of Science and Technology, 7. Chairman, Board of Studies in Forensic Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology. 8. Chairman, Expert Committee, PG Board of Studies in Computer Engineering and Application, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. 9. Expert committee member for reviewing the infrastructure norms or MCA Institutions, AICTE (2018). 10. Member PG Board of Studies in Computer Science, Kannur University. 11. Special invitee, Board of Studies in Engineering (PG), University of Calicut. 12. Member, Board of Studies (PG) in Computer Science, University of Calicut. 13. Chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Science of Vimala College (Autonomous) Thrissur (2016-2019). 14. Member, Board of Studies in Computer Science and Application Combined (UG/PG), Assumption College, Kottayam (2019-2022). 15. Member, Board of Studies in Computer Application, St Teresa's College (Autonomous) Ernakulam (2019-2022). 16. Subject Expert, Screening cum Evaluation Committee for the placement of faculty, Department of Computer Science, held on 7th June 2019 Govt. College Chittur, Palakkad. 17. Subject Expert, Screening cum Evaluation Committee for the placement of faculty, Department of Computer Science, held on 3rd June 2019 KKTM Govt. College Pullut, Kodungallur, Thrissur.

Recognitions

1. Best performing teacher award, M.E.S College, Marampally (2007-2008). 2. Best performing teacher award, M.E.S College, Marampally (2014-15). 3. UGC awarded travel grant to visit Switzerland for presenting a research paper in the Second International conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, ARIA-2015.

Seminar/Workshop/Symposium Co-ordinated..

January 2020-Present

1. Coordinator, ten days Higher Secondary School Teachers Transformation Programme (HSSTTP), a Kerala Government initiative for the enhancement of skills of Higher Secondary School Teachers in Kerala, held during 11/02/2020 to 20/02/2020.

January 2019-December2019

1. Coordinator, Summer School on Deep Learning, organized by Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology from 20th to 24th May 2019. 2. Workshop Joint Coordinator, Five-Day Hands on workshop on “Deep Learning”, organized by Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology from 19th to 23rd February 2019. 3. Co-ordinator, Five-day Workshop on Syllabus/Curriculum Restructuring of PG CSS Programme (Computer Engineering and Application) of Mahatma Gandhi University held from 14th January 2019 De Paul Institute of Science & Technology (DiST) Angamaly.

January 2018-December2018

1. Organizing committee member, Five Days International Workshop, Cyber Cube – 2018, organized by Cyber Intelligence Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) in association with the Kerala Police Academy (KEPA). 2. Organizing committee member, 8th National Conference on Indian Language Computing (NCILC 2018), organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 3. Course Co-ordinator during the face to face interactions for the four-week course on “College to Corporate Program – Technical Skills” conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay. 4. A-View Co-ordinator during the face to face interactions for the four week course on “College to Corporate Program – Technical Skills conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay 5. Faculty Co-ordinator, for Sasthrayan conducted during 27th to 28th February 2018 organized by Cochin University of Science & Technology.

January 2017-December2017

1. Co-ordinator, for the Two Days’ Workshop on Cyber Crime Investigation and Digital Forensics Tools, organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology during Oct 20th and 21st, 2017. 2. Organizing committee member, Five Days International Workshop, Cyber Cube – 2017, organized by Cyber Intelligence Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 3. Organizing committee member, 7th National Conference on Indian Language Computing (NCILC 2017), organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology.

January 2011-December2016

1. Organizing committee convener, two day workshop on “HADOOP: A Big Data Architecture & PYTHON: A Language for Scientific Computing” organized by the Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Marampally on March 2016. 2. Organizing chair of the UGC sponsored Workshop on “Machine Learning Techniques for Data Mining (MLTDM 2015)” organized by the Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Marampally on January 2015. 3. Co-ordinator of the UGC sponsored National Conference on “Soft Computing Techniques for Data Mining (NCSCTDM 2014)” organized by the Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Marampally in association with Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science and Technology on January 2014 4. Co-ordinator of the workshop “Campus to Corporate” organized by M.E.S College, Marampally in association with ORMA, the Alumni association of M.E.S College, Marampally on December 2012. 5. Organizing Committee Member, National Conference on Computing Paradigms and Bio- Informatics (CPBI 2012), Organized by School of Computer Sciences, M.G. University, Kottayam. 6. Joint Convenor, UGC sponsored National Conference on Current Trends in Machine Learning Techniques and Applications, Organized by Department of Computer Applications, M.E.S College, Marampally, 2012. 7. Organizing Committee Member, National Conference on Recent Advances in Signal and Image Processing (NCRASIP 2012), Organized by School of Information Science and Technology, Kannur University. 8. Organizing Committee Member and Reviewer, National Conference on Computing and Communication(NCCC 2011), Organized by School of Computer Sciences, M.G.University, Kottayam

Participation: Workshop and Training Programs

1. Five Days Hands-on Workshop on “Deep Learning” held on 19th to 23rd February 2019 organized by Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT). 2. Five Days Summer School on Deep Learning, organized by Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology from 20th to 24th May 2019. 3. Winter school on “Artificial Intelligence” held on 18th to 21st January 2019 organized by Infosys Centre for Artificial Intelligence at IIIT- Delhi. 4. Five-day Workshop on Syllabus/Curriculum Restructuring of PG CSS Programme (Computer Engineering and Application) of Mahatma Gandhi University held from 14th January 2019 De Paul Institute of Science & Technology (DiST) Angamaly. 5. Two Days Faculty Development Program on “Deep Learning” held on 3rd to 4th January 2019 organized by Department of Computer Science Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) and Tata Consultancy Service (TCS). 6. Workshop on “EXAMINATION REPORMS” held on 07th December 2018 organized by AICTE at Government Engineering College Thrissur 7. One Day training Programme for “NSS Programme officer”, held on 21st June 2018 organized by Kerala Institute of Local Administration. 8. Five Days International Workshop, Cyber Cube – 2018, held on 20th to 24th April 2018 organized by Cyber Intelligence Research Laboratory, Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) in association with the Kerala Police Academy (KEPA). 9. Workshop for Designing Academic Courses useful for Police in Collaboration with IGNOU and Kerala University held on 11th April 2018, Police raining College Thiruvananthapuram. 10. Three Days National Workshop on “Deep Learning: Bridging Theory and Practice”, held on 22nd to 24th February 2018 organized by Department of Computer Science, University of Calicut. 11. Two Days Workshop on “CUSAT Course Authoring Programme”, held on 23rd to 24th November 2017 organized by IIT Bombay and MOOC, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 12. Two Days CUDA Workshop on “NVIDIA GPU Programming”, held on 25th to 26th September 2017 organized by Department of Computer Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology. Session Chair: National and International Conferences

1. Chaired a Session at the IEEE International Conference on Circuits and Systems in Digital Enterprise Technology, organized by SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Kerala, on December 2018 2. Chaired a Session at the 2018 International Conference on Data science and Engineering (ICDSE), organized by the Department of Computer Science, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 3. Chaired a Session in the International Conference on Science and Technology (ICST 2018), organized by the Division of Applied Science and Humanities, School of Engineering, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 4. Chaired a Session in the 8th National Conference on Indian Language Computing (NCILC 2018), organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 5. Chaired a Session in the National Conference on Discrete Mathematics and Computing (NCDMC 2017), organized by the Department of Applied Science and Department of Computer Applications, College of Engineering, Vadakara 6. Chaired a Technical Session in the 7th National Conference on Indian Language Computing (NCILC 2017), organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science & Technology. 7. National Seminar on “Data Mining and Cloud Computing” organized by Department of Computer Science, Naipunnya Institute of Management and Information Technology, Koratty, Thrissur, Kerala, on October 2016. 8. National Conference on “Recent Innovations in Data Science” jointly organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vadakara and Department of Information Technology, Kannur University on October 2016. 9. IEEE International Conference on Data Mining and Advanced Computing (SAPIENCE 2016) organized by Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayirippu on March 2016. 10. International conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Management - ICETEM’16, organized by Sree Narayana Gurukulam College of Engineering, Kadayirippu on January 2016. 11. 4th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications & Informatics – ICACCI – 2015, Kerala, India on August 2015. 12. Fourth International Conference on Information Technology Convergence & Services – ITCS 2015, organized by AIRCC Publishing Corporation on January 2015 at Zurich, Switzerland. 13. International conference on Knowledge Engineering – Theory and Practice, organized by Department of Computer Science, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Kalamassery on July 2015. 14. International Joint Conferences on Advances in Computer Engineering – ACE 2014, Advances in Engineering and Technology – AET 2014, Communication and Computer Networks – ComNet 2014, Power, Control and Instrumentation Engineering – PCIE 2014, organized by IDES on December 2014, at Kochi, India.

Other responsibilities

1. Program Coordinator, NSS unit, Department of Computer Applications, CUSAT. 2. Head, Department of Computer Applications, CUSAT. 3. Coordinator, Remote Centre, IIT Bombay.