Keynotes

Dr. Sri Devi Ravana

Head, Department of Information Systems,

Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology,

University of Malaya

Dr. Sri Devi Ravana received her Bachelor of Information Technology from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in 2000. Followed by the Master of Software Engineering from University of Malaya, Malaysia and PhD degree from The University of Melbourne, Australia, in 2001 and 2012, respectively. Her research interests include IR evaluation, social search and QA systems. She has received a couple of awards in international conferences and published extensively in ISI indexed journals. She is currently a Professor and Head at the Department of Information Systems, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

 

Dr.  Arun Raj Kumar P.

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut

Arun Raj Kumar, P., is working as Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Calicut, Kozhikode.

He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from Malviya Regional Engineering College (MREC), Jaipur. He received a Master of Technology degree with Distinction in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, India. He completed Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, India. He received Ph.D. fellowship from National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), New Delhi. He worked as Research Associate in Collaborative Directed Basic Research – Smart and Secure Environment (CDBR-SSE) Project sponsored by NTRO, New Delhi and contributed tool and prototype.

He has 10 years of teaching experience and 5 years of Research Experience. His research interests include Computer Networks, Network Security, Internet of Things, Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANET) Security, and Machine Learning. He has published papers in reputed and refereed International Journals (SCI/SCIE Publications) and IEEE/ACM Conferences. He is also Invited reviewer for International Conferences and Journals. He received Young Faculty Award in Computer Science and Engineering from Venus International Foundations. He completed sponsored project titled “Intrusion Detection using Internet of Things (IoTs)”, funding received from Department of Science and Technology and Environment (DSTE), Puducherry for one year. He received funding of Rs.44.76/- lakhs for the project titled “CARTRAC: Collaborative Trusted Anonymous Communication in Vehicular Networks” from DST (SERB), New Delhi.

His publication details and Citation indices are as follows:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=by5zZUYAAAAJ&hl=en

 

Dr.  Umamaheswari K

Professor  & Head, Department of Information Technology,

PSG College of Technology, Tamilnadu.

Dr. K. Umamaheswari Professor & Head, Department of Information Technology, PSG College of Technology, India has completed her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 1989 from Bharathidasan University and her masters in Computer Science and Engineering in 2000 from Bharathiar University. She had completed her PhD in Anna University Chennai in 2010. She has rich experience in teaching for about 22 years. Her research areas include Classification techniques in Data Mining and other areas of interest are Cognitive networks, Data Analytics, Information Retrieval, Software Engineering, Theory of Computation and Compiler Design. She has published more than 75 papers in international, national journals and conferences. She is a life member in ISTE and ACS and Fellow member in IE. She is the editor for National Journal of Technology, PSG College of Technology and reviewer for many National and International Journals.