Dr.GLADSTON RAJ S., MSc, MTech, PhD, PGDCH Head Department of Computer Science Government College, Nedumangadu Cell: +91 94473 88887 Email: [email protected] Site: sites.google.com/site/drgladstonraj

QUALIFICATIONS  PhD, Computer Science, University of ., 2009  MTech Computer Science with First Class, , 2001  MSc Computer Science with Distinction, University of Kerala, 1997  UGC National Eligibility Test (NET), December 1998  Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Hardware, MicroCode, Trivandrum, 1994  BSc Computer Science with First Class, M.S.University, Tirunelveli, 1994

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:  22.12.’11 – till date Head & Assistant Professor, Government College, Nedumangadu  01.09.’10 – 21.12.’11 Selection Grade Lecturer, Marian College, Kuttikkanam (aided)  01.09.’05 – 31.08.’10 Senior Lecturer, Marian College, Kuttikkanam (aided)  01.09.’99 – 31.08.’05 Lecturer, Marian College, Kuttikkanam (aided)  01.06.’98 – 14.08.’98 Lecturer, University Institute of Technology, Kollam  01.04.’98 – 31.05.’98 Lecturer, TIST, Koliyoor, Thiruvananthapuram  08.01.’98 – 31.03.’98 Lecturer, Majlis Arts & Science College, Puramannor

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Projects:  Completed an UGC sponsored minor project of Rs.1,45,000/- under XI th plan on “A study on Classification of tea leaves” for the period 2009-’10. PhD Guidance:  Research Guide, University of Kerala  Guiding eight PhD students at MG University Kottayam  Guiding three PhD students at Bharathiar University Coimbatore MTech/MPhil:

1  Guided an MTech dissertation on “Energy Savings Measurement System” at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani  Guided an MPhil dissertation on minimum distance packet forwarding for search applications in mobile adhoc networks at Madhurai Kamaraj University, Madhurai, 2013  Guided an MPhil dissertation on Hierarchical methods for cluster analysis at Madhurai Kamaraj University, Madhurai, 2013

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

University/State/National  Member, Academic Council, University of Kerala  Chairman, Board of Studies (Pass) in Computer Science, University of Kerala  Member, Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology, University of Kerala  Chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Science, St.Berchmans College, Changanacherry (Autonomous)  Chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Science, , Trivandrum (Autonomous)  Member, Board of Studies in Computer Science (PG), University of Kerala  Member, Board of Studies in Computer Science, School of CS, MG Uty, Kottayam

 Member, Board of Studies (PG) in Computer Science, University  Research Guide, MG University, Kottayam  Subject expert for approving e-content of Calicut University  Research Guide, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore  PhD thesis examiner and question paper setter for various Universities  Chairman, UG Examination boards, University of Kerala. College  Convenor, Spoken Tutorial, IIT Bombay  Nodal Officer, All Survey on Higher Education  Coordinator, Additional Skill Acquisition Program (ASAP).  Convenor, three day workshop on Linux & Python  Co-ordinator, RUSA Monitoring Committee  Internal Mentor, Walk With Scholar (WWS) program

2  Coordinator, IT Cell  Member purchase committee, Discipline Committee etc.

EDITED BOOKS/PROCEEDINGS  Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (NCAI’16) organised by the Department of Computer Science Government College Nedumangad from 27th to 29th January 2016.  Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Conference on E-waste Management (NCEM’14) organized by the Department of Computer Science, Government College Nedumangad from 20th to 21st February 2014.  Proceedings of the UGC sponsored National Conference on Green Computing (NCGC’11) from 20th to 21st January 2011 at Department of Computer Applications, Marian College Kuttikkanam.

CONFERENCES/SEMINARS ORGANISED  Organised three day workshop on Linux & Python funded by Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala from 30st October 2017 to 01.11.2017 at Government College Nedumangad  UGC sponsored National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (NCAI’16) organized by the Department of Computer Science, Government College Nedumangad from 27th to 29th Jan 2016.  Syllabus revision workshop sponsored by Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) on 26.03.2014, 22.03.2014 and 15.03.2014.  UGC sponsored National Conference on E-waste Management (NCEM’14) organized by the Department of Computer Science, Government College Nedumangad from 20th to 21st Feb 2014.  National Seminar of E-Governance & Education Softwares from 18.02.2012 to 19.02.2013 organized by Department of Computer Science, Govt. College Nedumangadu sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala  UGC sponsored National Conference on Soft Computing (NCSC’10) organised by the Department of Computer Applications, Marian College Kuttikkanam from 20th to 22nd January 2010.

3 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS 1. Published a paper An Unsupervised Fuzzy Clustering Method for Twitter Sentiment Analysis in the proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Computing Techniques in Engineering, Science and Management (SCESM-2017) -27-28 January 2017 2. Published a paper A Fuzzy Based Hybrid Hierarchical Clustering Model for Twitter Sentiment Analysis in the Springer Online, 2017 3. Published a paper An Analysis on the Performance of a K-Nearest-Neighbor Classification Based Outlier Detection System using Feature Selection and Dimensionality Reduction Techniques, International Journal of Scientific Inventions and Innovations, July 2016 4. Published a paper Clustering Based Model For Facility Location In Logistic Network Using K-Means, International Journal of Scientific Inventions and Innovations, July 2016 5. Published a paper An Unsupervised Fuzzy Clustering Method for Twitter Sentiment Analysis in the proceedings of International Conference on Computational Systems and Information Systems for Sustainable Solutions 6. Published a paper Improving the Performance of a Classification Based Outlier System Using Knn- C4 Hybrid Algorithm, IJCTA, 9(10), 2016, pp. 4695-4704 7. Published a paper Facility Location for Logistic Network Design using Alternate Location Procedure and Mini sum Location Allocation Method, IJCTA, 9(10), 2016, pp. 4683-4693 8. Published a paper on N-list based Friend Recommendation System Using Pre-rule Checking in the International Journal on Computer Science and Information Technologies Vol. 7 (1) 2016, 338-341 9. Published a paper on Decision making using Multi Inference-LDA Algorithm International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies, Vol. 7 (1) , 2016, 292-296 10. Published a paper on Analysis of Machine Learning Techniques for Opinion Mining in the International Journal of Advanced Research (2015), Volume 3, Issue 12, 375 – 381 11. Published a paper Outlier Detection in Multidimensional Cancer Data using Classification Based Approach in the international Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN 0973-4562 Vol. 10 No.79 (2015)

4 12. Published a paper A genetic algorithm based optimization model for facility location in logistic network design in the international journal on Applied engineering research, Vol 10, No.69 (2015). 13. Published a paper Secured inter cloud communication using improved oauth protocol in the Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing Technology organized by the Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, September, 2014 14. Published a paper Secured cloud applications using enhanced public key and crypt analytical algorithms in the Journal of Management and Science, 2013 15. Published a paper ICT Implementation to study the self-Concept of Girls in Rural Villages in the Proceedings of the National Conference on ICT use in Rural India: Opportunities and Challenges organised by MES Nedumkandam, 2011 16. Published a paper An Introduction to Recognizing Plant Species by leaf Features in the Proceedings of the National Conference on ICT use in Rural India: Opportunities and Challenges organised by MES Nedumkandam., 2011 17. Published a paper titled Tea leaf classification for grading in the 5th volume of the Journal ACUMEN ISSN 0975-6981 published by Marian College Kuttikkanam, March 2011. 18. Published a paper titled Region Based Hybrid Wavelet Coding of Color Passport Photographs in the 2nd volume of the Journal ACUMEN ISSN 0975-6981 published by Marian College Kuttikkanam, March 2010. 19. Published an article on Pattern recognition – At a glance in the proceedings of the National Conference on Pattern recognition, Analysis and Applications from 18-20 Mar 2009 at Marian College Kuttikkanam, ISBN 978-81-908520-0-5. 20. Published an article on Image compression and wavelets in the proceedings of the National Conference on Pattern recognition, Analysis and Applications from 18-20 Mar 2009 at Marian College Kuttikkanam. 21. Published a paper Study on the choice of the wavelet filters for image compression using neural and k-nearest neighbour classifiers in the Journal of Wavelet Theory and Applications (JWTA), ISSN 0973-6336 vol 2, Number 1 (2008), pp. 15–30. 22. Published and presented a paper Modified sparsity index and histogram based lossless image compression for medical images in the proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications 2007 (ICCIMA '07) held at

5 MEPCO Engineering College, Sivakasi from 13th to 15th Dec 2007, vol. 3, Pp 53-58, published by the IEEE Computer Society, California. 23. Published a paper on Region based hybrid wavelet coding of passport photographs in the proceedings of the International Conference on image processing, computer vision and pattern recognition (IPCV'06) from 26th to 29th Jun 2006 at Las Vegas USA. 24. Published and presented a paper on Application of neural networks to character recognition in the proceedings of AICTE-ISTE National Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (NCDAR) at PES college of Engineering, Mandya, July 2001, pp.95-103. 25. Published and presented a paper on Bit-plane embedding for watermarking digital images in the Internet in the proceedings of the Tenth Kerala Science Congress at REC Calicut, Jan 1998, pp. 462-463.

RECENT TALKS & TV CHANNEL DISCUSSION  Participated in the DD4 Malayalam ‘Varthamanakalam’ panel discussion on 30.10.2017 on the topic ‘Technopark fourth phase : Job prospects’  Engaged a session of Data Mining : a new Perspective at PKR College for Women’s, Gobi, Erode on 13.09.2017  Engaged a session on ‘Academic Planning with regards to NAAC’ for teachers of SAS SNDP yogam College Konni on 12.06.2017  Lead a session on Decision Making for the three day Leaders training Camp @ DSS, University of Kerala on 15.03.2017  Delivered an invited talk on Recent Developments in IT on 30.01.2017 at Marian College Kutiikkanam in connection with Navigator’16  Engaged a technical session on Introduction to cloud computing at Sri.Ayyappa College Eramallikkara on 14.12.2016  Conducted Trivandrum District HSST in Computer Science training on Advances in Computing Paradigms at St. Mary’s HSS Pattom on 10.11.2016  Engaged a session on Cloud Computing at PKR Arts College for Women, Gobichettipalayam on 21.09.2016  Engaged a session on Smart approaches on Computing Paradigms at Navarasam Arts and Science College for Women, Erode on 21.09.2016  Inaugurated IT Fest at Erode Arts and Science College on 10.09.2016

6  Served as resource person on New paradigms in Computing in the UGC technical talk at Vellalar College for Women’s, Erode on 09.09.2016  Lead an interactive session for researchers of Vellalar College for Women’s, Erode on How to lead Research in data mining and pattern recognition  Conducted HSST Computer Science training (State wise) on Advances in Computing Paradigms at Mariarani Centre, Sreekaryam on 21.08.2016  Lead a session on How to prepare for NAAC at SASSNDP yogam College, Konni on 05.04.2016  Inaugurated and served as resource person in the Seminar organised by National College Ambalathara on 29.03.2016  Inaugurated and served as resource person in the National symposium organised by DS College of arts and science Perumbalur, Trichy on 03.03.2016  Served as resource person on Data Mining in Education in the UGC sponsored National Conference on Role of ICT in Education organised by Pavanathma College Murikkasseri on 12.02.2016  Served as resource person on Pattern Recognition in the UGC sponsored National conference on Image Processing organised by SN College Cherthala on 05.02.2016  Served as resource person on Grid Computing and Data Mining in the National Seminar on Role of ICT in education organised by Government College, Karyavattom with the support of Directorate of Collegiate Education, Government of Kerala on 07.01.2016  Served as resource person on Recent Trends in Data Mining in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Data Mining organized by BPC College on 11.12.2015  Served as resource person on information mining in the refresher course conducted by MG University Kottayam on 10.08.2015.  Served as resource person on Cloud Computing in the UGC sponsored national seminar organized by the Department of Computer Applications, NMCC Martandam on 13.03.2015  Served as resource person on Career Prospects for IT graduates in the UGC sponsored seminar organised by UGC Adoor on 6.3.2015  Served as resource person on Data Mining at Christ Nagar College Maranalloor on 10.02.2015.  Served as resource person on Data Mining: An overview in Refresher course in Computer Science, organized by the Academic Staff College, Kannur on 27.11.2014

7  Served as resource person in the UGC sponsored National Conference on Software engineering organized by the Department of Computer Science, SH College, Tirupattur on 21.08.2014  Served as resource person in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Cloud Computing (NCCC’14) on Cloud Computing organised by Marian College Kuttikkanam on 06.03.2014  Served as resource person on Recent Trends in Information Technology in the UGC sponsored National Conference on Information and Communication Technologies (NCICT’14) orgranised by the BPC College Piravom on 04.03.2014.  Served as resource person in the two-day workshop on Artificial Intelligence organised by Bishop Moore College Mavelikkara from 10th to 11th February 2014.  Engaged a session on Trends in Computer Applications: Special Emphasis on Higher Education and Job Opportunities at College of Engineering Vadakara on 4th February 2014  Engaged a session on Data Mining in the UGC Sponsored National Conference on Soft Computing Techniques for Data Mining, NCSCTDM’14 organized by the Department of Computer Science, MES College Marampally, Aluva on 07.01.2014  Handled a session on Career opportunities after BTech Computer Science at Regional Institute of Technology, Kottayam on 02.01.2014  Handled a session on Youth & Values in the seven days NSS camp organized by the Government College Nedumangad on 26.12.2013  Chaired a session on Industry Academia Interface organized by Marian College Kuttikkanam on 05.09.2013  Engaged a session on Web services and Cloud computing at SCMS College of Engineering, Cochin on 29.08.2013  Engaged a session on Research Topics in Image Processing at IHRD College of Engineering, Karunagappally on 23.08.2013  Chaired a session on Computation & Communication Networks in the International Conference on Microelectronics, Communication & Renewable Energy held under the banner of AICERA held at at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally on 05.06.2013.  Engaged a session in AICTE Summer School on Clustering Techniques at SCMS College of Engineering & Technology, Karukutty on 27.05.2013.

8  Engaged a session on Grid Computing at SNR Sons College of Arts & Science on 28.01.2013  Engaged a session on Data Mining at Santhigiri College, Vazhithala on 16.11.2012.  Engaged a session on Research Motivation at SANSNDP Yogam Collge Konni on 31.10.2012.  Engaged a session on Research Methodology in a National Conference at Marian College Kuttikkanam on 21.09.2012.  Inaugurated IT Club at Darsana HSS, Nedumangadu on 03.07.2012.  Delivered a lecture on Data Mining in the National conference organized by Sri Krishna Engg College, Coimbatore on 16.03.2012.  Inaugurated an intercollegiate Computer Fest organised by Department of Computer Applications of Marian College Kuttikkanam on 19.01.2012.  Chaired a Technical session in the conference on Computing Paradiagms and Bio- informatics organised by School of Computer Science of MG University in connection with International Book Fair on 18.01.2012  Engaged a session on Image Processing in the one day National Seminar organized by Sacred Heart College, Thevara on 17.01.2012  Delivered a lecture on ICT uses in Rural India: Opportunities and Challenges in the National conference organized by MES Nedumkandom on 15th Dec 2011.  Given a talk on Information Technology and the Public Ownership in the three day national seminar on higher education in India: challenges and prospects organized by union, Research Centre and Centre Library on 14th Dec 2011.  Engaged a full day session on Research Methodology at West Fort Institute of Higher Learning, Trichur on 23rd Sep 2011.  Served as resource person in a Research Methodology workshop at School of Information Technology at Kannur University on 22nd Sep 2011.  Engaged a three day workshop on General Informatics sponsored by Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) and organized by St.Aloysius College Edathuva from 25th to 27th August, 2011  Given a talk on Impact of ICT on Rural India in a National conference organized by KBN College, Vijayawada on 8th Jul 2011.

9  Engaged a session on toughest market closing techniques for the employees of Bajaj Alllianz at Nedumangadu on 18th Jun 2011 in connection with their 10th Anniversary celebrations.  Given a talk on Digital Image Processing in the UGC sponsored National Conference on Classical mathematics with applications to Computer Science and related areas organized by St.Mary’s Trichur from 10th to 12th Mar 2011.  Given a talk on Image Informatics in the UGC sponsored National Conference on Cyber Criminology organised by BPC College, Piravom on 04.03.2011.  Given a talk on Information Security at Institute of Management and Technology, WestFort Higher Education Trust, Trichur on 28th Feb 2011.  Engaged a technical session on Recent developments in IT at Sri Vasavi College, Erode in connection with the National Conference on Communication Technology (NCCT) on 11th Feb 2011.  Given a talk on Right to Information Act in the Staff meeting, Marian College Kuttikkanam on 9th Jul 2010.  Given a talk on Data Mining and its applications at SNR Sons College, Coimbatore on 19th Mar 2010.  Inaugurated the National Level seminar on Image processing at Sri Krishna arts and science college, Coimbatore on 12th Feb 2010.  Chaired a session on Grid Computing at the National conference on Advances in Computing and IT organised by Nehru arts and science college, Coimbatore on 6th Feb 2010.  Inaugurated the National conference on Data mining and Warehousing organised by VLB Janaki Ammal College of arts and science, Coimbatore on 30th Jan 2010.  Given a talk on Introduction to Information Technology for the refresher course in Bio- informatics at Centre for Bioinformatics on 28th Jan 2010.  Given a talk on Open Source and Linux in the Computer Science refresher course conducted by Academic Staff College of Bharatiar University on 16th Dec 2009.  Made a talk on Are you in the right place for the Plus 2 students of St.Pius School Kuttikkanam on 17th Nov 2009.  Given a talk on An introduction to Image Compression for the students of Marian College on 16th Sep 2009.

1 0  Engaged a session on Workshop on MatLab in the National Conference on Pattern Recognition, Analysis and Applications at Marian College Kuttikkanam on 18th Mar 2009.

WORKSHOP/SEMINARS ATTENDED  Participated in the workshop on virtual labs organized by Virtual Amrita Laboratories Universalizing Education on 22nd December 2014 as an event of IEEE international conference on Technology for Education.  Attended two day Trainers Training Programme on Train the teachers on secrets behind success faculty development program organised by CSI College of Education from 29th to 30th April 2013.  Attended an one day workshop on institutions-Industry Linkages held at , Techno City, Thiruvananthapuram on 22nd June 2012 organised by the Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC).  Attended an ISTE & DST sponsored one day workshop BHUVAN organised by IIITMK, Technopark, Trivandrum on 19.03.2012.  Attended UGC sponsored short term course for research guides in sciences conducted by Academic staff college, University of Kerala from 17.10.2011 to 21.10.2011.  UGC sponsored National Conference on Green Computing organized by the Department of Computer Applications, Marian College Kuttikkanam on 20th and 21st Jan 2011.  National Conference on Critical appraisal of tax reforms in the context of GST organized by PG Department of Commerce, Marian College Kuttikkanam on 3rd and 4th Nov 2010.  Three day workshop on Course Designing conducted by Kerala State Higher Education Council from 4th to 6th May 2010 at the RTTC, Thiruvananthapuram.  Refresher course in bio-informatics organised by the Academic Staff College, University of Kerala from 27th Jan 2010 to 17th Feb 2010.  National seminar on Management co-operatives – Paradigm shift and Challenges organized by CAMS Thiruvananthapuram on 25th Jan 2010.  97th Indian Science Congress at Karyavattom Campus, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram from 3rd to 7th Jan 2010.  An one day conference on Eigen values and its applications organised by School of Computer Science, MG University, Kottayam on 11th Dec 2009.

1 1  National Conference on Pattern Recognition, Analysis and Applications organized by Marian College Kuttikkanam from 18th to 20th Mar 2009.  Workshop on Restructuring the Undergraduate Level Course in Computer Science/ Application organized by Board of Studies (UG) in Computer Science, Kannur University from 3rd to 4th Mar 2009.  National Seminar on Cyber Crime, Cyber Law and Cyber Security organized by the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT), Thiruvananthapuram in connection with the 20th Anniversary Celebrations of C-DIT on Feb 8th to 9th 2009.  An one-day workshop titled Grading and Restructuring Undergraduate Education organized by Marian College, Kuttikkanam in association with The Kerala State Higher Education Council on 22nd Jan 2009.  Second International Conference on Freedom in Computing, Development and Culture, organised by Kerala State IT mission and Space, Govt. of Kerala at Mascot Hotel, Trivandrum from 9th to 11th Dec 2008.  National workshop cum Seminar of Best practices in IT enabled higher education and knowledge management organised by Department of Education, University of Kerala on 17th to 18th Oct 2008.  DBT (Govt. of India) sponsored seminar on Bio-linguistics at Centre for Bioinformatics, University of Kerala on 29th Sep 2008.  Refresher Course in Computer Science at University of Kerala from 16.08.08 to 06.09.08.  National Distinguished Lecture Series on Networking using Linux, Latest trends in animation and Matlab programming organised by IEEE student branch, TKM Institute of Technology, Karuveli on 24th Jul 2008.  Grass-root Level Skill Development Initiative (GLSDI) Train the trainers programme organised by CII (southern region) at Marian College, Kuttikkanam from 29th to 31st Mar 2008.  National Seminar on Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery organised by Department of Computer Applications, Marian College, Kuttikkanam on 24th to 25th Mar 2008.  IEEE Region 10 student congress organised by IEEE Region 10 and Madras section at SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India during 28th to 30th Jan 2008.  An one day Workshop on externally funded projects organized by The Diocese of Kanjirappally and ISTE Chapter, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering on 18th Jan 2008.

1 2  International conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications organized by MEPCO Schlenk Engineering College, Sivakasi from 13th to 15th Dec 2007.  National seminar on Emerging trends, challenges and opportunities in database technology organized by Marian College, Kuttikkanam from 17th to 18th Mar 2006.  UGC sponsored seminar series on Universities in the knowledge economy Quality certification in higher education and Right to information act and Universities organized by Academic staff college, University of Kerala on 9th Mar 2006.  A seminar on Bioethics organized by Department of Philosophy, University of Kerala from 2nd to 3rd Mar 2006.  UGC sponsored seminar series on Universities in the knowledge economy Freedom models for academic publication and How to get patent organized by Academic staff college, University of Kerala on 21st Feb 2006.  National seminar on Dot Net technology and spectral analysis of signals organized Dept. of physics and computer science, Government College, Karyavattom on 15th Feb 2006.

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