Dr. Mukesh Saraswat

Education

• Ph.D. (Computer Science & Engineering), Jan 2011 – Dec 2013, ABV- Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior.
• M. Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering), 2010, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow  
• B.E. (Computer Science and Engineering), 2001, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

Biography

Dr. Mukesh Saraswat is an Associate Professor at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India. Dr. Saraswat has obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from ABV-IIITM Gwalior, India. He has more than 18 years of teaching and research experience. He has guided 02 PhD students and presently guiding 04 Ph.D. students. He has published more than 55 journal and conference papers in the area of image processing, pattern recognition, data mining, and soft computing. He was the part of successfully completed project funded by SERB, New Delhi on image analysis and currently running one project funded by CRS, RTU, Kota. He has been an active member of many organizing committees of various conferences and workshops. He is also a guest editor of the Array, journal of Swarm Intelligence and Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics. He is one of the General Chairs in the International Congress on Intelligent Systems and International Conference on Data Science and Applications. He is also a series editor of SCRS Book Series on Computing and Intelligent Systems (CIS). He is an active member of IEEE, ACM, CSI, and SCRS Professional Bodies. His research areas include Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Data Mining, and Soft Computing.

Interest Areas

• Image Processing
• Pattern Recognition
• Data Mining
• Soft-Computing

Work Experience:

S. No.	Employer	Designation	From	To
1	Jaypee Institute of Information Technology	Associate Professor	Jul 2014	Till date
2	Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad	Visiting Faculty	Sep 2013	May 2014
3	BSA College of Engineering & Technology, Mathura	Assistant Professor	Aug 2002	Dec 2010

Publications

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=UHKGhhEAAAAJ&hl=en

• Citations: 1507 (last update September 2021)
• h-index: 17
• si10-index: 23

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3427-9105

International Journals:

• H. Mittal, A. C. Pandey, M. Saraswat, S. Kumar, R. Pal, and G. Modwel, “A comprehensive survey of image segmentation: clustering methods, performance parameters, and benchmark datasets", Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2021.
• R. Pal, M. Saraswat, and H. Mittal, Improved bag-of-features using grey relational analysis for classification of histology images", Complex Intelligent Systems, 2021. 
• S. Vijh, M. Saraswat, and S. Kumar, “A new complete color normalization method for H&E stained histopathological images", Applied Intelligence, 2021.
• H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “A new fuzzy cluster validity index for hyper-ellipsoid or hyper-spherical shape close clusters with distant centroids", IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2020.
• R. Singh, A. Ashok, and M. Saraswat, “An optimized robust watermarking technique using cKGSA in DCT-SVD domain", IET Image Processing, Vol. 14 (10), pp. 2052 - 2063, 2020.
• M. Gupta and M. Saraswat, “Grey Wolf Optimization based Color Image Watermarking", World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 16 (6), pp. 648-664, 2020.
• C. Pandey, D. S. Rajpoot, and M. Saraswat, “Feature selection method based on hybrid data transformation and binary binomial cuckoo search", Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Vol. 11, pp. 719-738, 2020.
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “A New Weighted Two-Dimensional Vector Quantization Encoding Method in Bag-of-Features for Histopathological Image Classification", International Journal of Intelligent Information and Database Systems, Vol. 13 (2/3/4), pp. 150-171, 2020.
• N. Jain, R. Porwal, S. Kumar, S. Varshney, and M. Saraswat, “Automatic data low class testing based on 2-step heterogeneous process using evolutionary algorithms", Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, Vol. 22 (07), pp. 1315-1348, 2019.
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “Histopathological Image Classification using Enhanced Bag-of-Features with Spiral Biogeography-based Optimization", Applied Intelligence, Vol. 49, pp. 3406-3424, 2019.
• H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “An automatic nuclei segmentation method using intelligent gravitational search algorithm based superpixel clustering", Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. 45, pp. 15-32, 2019.
• H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “An image segmentation method using logarithmic kbest gravitational search algorithm based superpixel clustering", Evolutionary Intelligence, 2018.
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “Grey Relational Analysis based Keypoint selection in Bag-of-Features for Histopathological Image Classification", Recent Patents on Computer Science, Vol. 12(04), pp. 260-268, 2019.
• H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “An optimum multi-level image thresholding segmentation using non-local means 2D histogram and exponential Kbest gravitational search algorithm", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 71, pp. 226-235, 2018.
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “Improved Biogeography-based Optimization", International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, 2017.
• C. Pandey, D. S. Rajpoot, and M. Saraswat, “Twitter Sentiment Analysis using Cuckoo Search Method", Information Processing & Management, Vol. 53 (04), pp. 764-779, 2017.
• Y. Pathak, P. S. Rana, P. K. Singh, and M. Saraswat, “Protein structure prediction using machine learning models", International Journal of Data Mining and Bioinformatics, Vol. 14 (01), pp. 71-85, 2016.
• M. Gupta, G. Parmar, R. Gupta, and M. Saraswat, “Discrete Wavelet Transform-based Color Image Watermarking using Uncorrelated Color Space and Artificial Bee Colony", International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, Vol. 8(02), pp. 364-380, 2015.
• M. Saraswat and K. V. Arya, “Feature Selection and Classification of Leukocyte using Random Forest", Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, Vol. 52, pp. 1041-1052, 2014.
• M. Saraswat and K. V. Arya, “Automated Microscopic Image Analysis for Leukocytes Identification: A Survey", Micron, Vol. 65, pp. 20-33, 2014.
• M. Saraswat and K. V. Arya, “Supervised Leukocyte Segmentation in Tissue Images using Multi-objective Optimization Technique", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 31, pp. 44-52, 2013.
• M. Saraswat and K. V. Arya, “Color Normalisation of Histopathological Images", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, Vol. 1(04), pp. 185-197, 2013.
• M. Saraswat, K. V. Arya, and H. Sharma, “Leukocyte Segmentation in Tissue Images using Differential Evolution Algorithm", Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Vol. javascript:void(0)11, pp. 46-54, 2013.

Books & Book Chapters:

• Twinkle Tiwari and Mukesh Saraswat, “Comparative Analysis of Semantic Segmentation by using Deep Learning Models on Retinal Vessel”, Data Science and Applications, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Singapore, 2021.
• Surbhi Vijh, Mukesh Saraswat, and Sumit Kumar, “Improved Color Normalization Method for Histopathological Image”, Congress on Intelligent Systems, Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, Springer, India, 2021.
• R. Pal, H. Mittal, A. C. Pandey, M. Saraswat, “An Efficient Bag-of-Features for Diseased Plant Identification”, Computer Vision and Machine Learning in Agriculture, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems, Springer. 2021.
• R. Singh, A. Ashok and M. Saraswat, “A hybrid LWT and DCT based lossless watermarking scheme for color images”, Communication and Intelligent Systems, Springer, India, 2020.
• R. Singh, A. Ashok and M. Saraswat, “Color image watermarking technique using Principal component in RDWT domain", Congress on Intelligent Systems, Springer, India, 2020.
• M. Saraswat, R. Pal, R. Singh, H. Mittal, A. Pandey and J. C. Bansal, “An Optimal Feature Selection Approach based on IBBO for Histopathological Image Classification", Congress on Intelligent Systems, Springer, India, 2020.
• N. K. Yadav and M. Saraswat, “Chaotic Henry Gas Solubility Optimization Algorithm", Congress on Intelligent Systems, Springer, India, 2020.
• H. Mittal, M. Saraswat, and R. Pal, “Histopathological Image Classification by Optimized Neural Network Using IGSA", Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, Springer, India, 2020.
• Mukesh Saraswat, Sarbani Roy, Chandreyee Chowdhury, and Amir H. Gandom, “Proceedings of International Conference on Data Science and Applications”, Vol. 1, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Singapore, 2021.
• Mukesh Saraswat, Sarbani Roy, Chandreyee Chowdhury, and Amir H. Gandom, “Proceedings of International Conference on Data Science and Applications”, Vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Singapore, 2021.
• Harish Sharma, Mukesh Saraswat, Sandeep Kumar, and Jagdish Chand Bansal, “Intelligent Learning for Computer Vision”, Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, Springer Singapore, 2020.
• Harish Sharma, Mukesh Saraswat, Anupam Yadav, Joong Hoon Kim, and Jagdish Chand Bansal, “Congress on Intelligent Systems”, Vol. 1, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer Singapore, 2020.
• Harish Sharma, Mukesh Saraswat, Anupam Yadav, Joong Hoon Kim, and Jagdish Chand Bansal, “Congress on Intelligent Systems”, Vol. 2, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer Singapore, 2020.
• Mohammad Shorif Uddin, Avdhesh Sharma, Kusum Lata Agarwal, and Mukesh Saraswat, “Intelligent Energy Management Technologies”, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems, Springer Singapore, 2019.

International Conferences:

• R. Singh, A. Ashok and M. Saraswat, “Robust video watermarking in frequency domain”, in Proc. of International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2021.
• H. Mittal, M. Saraswat, J. C. Bansal and A. K. Nagar, “Fake-Face Image Classification using Improved Quantum-Inspired Evolutionary-based Feature Selection Method", in Proc. of Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, IEEE, Canberra, Australia, 2020.
• A. C. Pandey, A. K. Tripathi, R. Pal, H. Mittal, and M. Saraswat, “Spiral Salp Swarm Optimization Algorithm", in Proc. of International Conference on Information Systems and Computer Networks, IEEE, India, 2019.
• D Jain, A Garg, and M. Saraswat, “Sentiment Analysis using Few Short Learning", in Proc. of International Conference on Image Information Processing, IEEE, India, 2019.
• R. Pal, H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “Optimal Fuzzy Clustering by Improved Biogeography-based Optimization for Leukocytes Segmentation", in Proc. of International Conference on Image Information Processing, IEEE, India, 2019
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “A New Bag-of-Features Method using Biogeography-based Optimization for Categorization of Histology Images", in Proc. of 4TH International Conference on Computers & Management, India, 2018.
• H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “Classification of histopathological images through bag-of-visual-words and gravitational search algorithm", in Proc. of International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, Springer, India, 2019.
• H. Mittal and M. Saraswat, “cKGSA based Fuzzy Clustering Method for Image Segmentation of RGB-D Images", in Proc. of Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2018.
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “Enhanced Bag of Features using AlexNet and improved biogeography-based optimization for Histopathological Image Analysis", in Proc. of Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2018.
• C. Pandey, D. S. Rajpoot, and M. Saraswat, “Data Clustering based on Data Transformation and Hybrid Step Size-based Cuckoo Search", in Proc. of Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2018.
• C. Pandey, D. S. Rajpoot, and M. Saraswat, “Hybrid Step Size based Cuckoo Search", in Proc. of Tenth IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2017.
• R. Pal and M. Saraswat, “Data Clustering using Enhanced Biogeography-based Optimization", in Proc. of Tenth IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2017.
• H. Mittal, R. Pal, A. Kulhari, and M. Saraswat, “Differential Evolution based subspace clustering via Thresholding Ridge Regression ", in Proc. of Tenth IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2017.
• C. Pandey, D. S. Rajpoot, and M. Saraswat, “Data clustering using hybrid improved cuckoo search method", in Proc. of Ninth IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2016.
• R. Pal, H. Mittal, A. C. Pandey, and M. Saraswat, “BEECP: Biogeography optimization-based energy efficient clustering protocol for HWSNs", in Proc. of Ninth IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2016.
• H. Mittal, R. Pal, A. Kulhari, and M. Saraswat, “Chaotic Kbest gravitational search algorithm (CKGSA)", in Proc. of Ninth IEEE International Conference on Contemporary Computing, India, 2016.
• H. Sharma, K. Arya, and M. Saraswat, “Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Automatic Leukocytes Segmentation in Histopathological Images", in Proc. of Ninth IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, India, 2014.
• M. Gupta, R. Gupta, G. Parmar, and M. Saraswat, “Digital image Watermarking using Steerable Pyramid Transform and Uncorrelated Color Space", in Proc. of Ninth IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, India, 2014.
• M. Gupta, G. Parmar, R. Gupta, and M. Saraswat, “Digital Image Watermarking Using Un-Correlated Color Space", in Proc. of IEEE Symposium on Computer Applications & Industrial Electronics, Malaysia, 2014.
• M. Saraswat and K.V. Arya, “Leukocyte Classification in Skin Tissue Images", in Proc. of Seventh International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications. Springer India, 2013.
• Meenakshi, D. Puja, M. Saraswat and K.V. Arya, “Automatic Agricultural Leaves Recognition System", in Proc. of Seventh International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications. Springer India, 2013.
• D. Tiwari, K.V. Arya, and M. Saraswat, “Digital Video Watermarking Using Scene Detection", in Proc. of Seventh International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications. Springer India, 2013.
• M. Saraswat and K. V. Arya, “Automatic Facial Expression Recognition in an Image Sequence of Non-manual Indian Sign Language using Support Vector Machine", in Proc. of the International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving. Springer India, 2011.
• J. C. Bansal, P. K. Singh, M. Saraswat, A. Verma, S. S. Jadon, A. Abraham, “Inertia Weight strategies in Particle Swarm Optimization", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC), India, 2011.
• M. Saraswat and K.V. Arya, “Automatic facial landmark detection in a video sequences of non-manual sign languages", in Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Sri Lanka, 2009.

Honors and Awards

• Early Career Researcher Award, Science and Engineering Research Board, Government of India, 2016.
• Visiting Faculty, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, India, 2015-16.
• Scholarship in X for academic performance by Government of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Ph.D. Research Guidance

• Raju Pal, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India

Title: Enhancement of Bag-of-Features Method for Classification of Histopathological Images

Status: Completed

• Himanshu Mittal, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India

Title: Design and Development of Ecient Clustering Methods for Image Segmentation

Status: Completed

• Twinkle Tiwari, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India

Title: Vehicle Tracking and Classification

Status: Ongoing

• Nand Kishor Yadav, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India

Title: Object Detection in RGB-D images

Status: Ongoing

• Neha Tyagi, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, India

Title: Efficient Detection of Natural Disaster in Areas Using Image Processing Techniques

Status: Ongoing

• Roop Singh, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun, India

Title: Development of Efficient Watermarking Methods to Enhance Security

Status: Ongoing

Research Projects

• Efficient face recognition system with aging effect for finding missing children

Funding Agency: Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS), under TEQIP III (RTU-ATU), Kota, India
Status: Completed
Amount: Rs. 2,40,000/-
Duration: 01-07-2019 to Till Date

• Design and development of a cognitive system for leukocytes identification in hematoxylin and eosin stained images

Funding Agency: SERB-DST, New Delhi, India
Status: Completed
Amount: Rs. 21,43,133/-
Duration: 20-03-2017 to 19-03-2020

Editorial Work

• Series editor of SCRS Book Series on Computing and Intelligent Systems (CIS)
• Guest Editor of Special Issue titled “Swarm and Evolutionary Algorithms in Internet of Things (IoT)”, to be published in Array, Elsevier, 2021
• Guest Editor of Special Issue titled “Applications of Nature Inspired Algorithms in Optimisation" to be published in International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics, Inderscience, 2020.
• Guest Editor of Special Issue titled “Nature Inspired Optimisation Algorithms" published in International Journal of Swarm Intelligence, Inderscience, Vol 03, 2017.
• Editor of JIIT Newsletter “Anunaad".
• Editor of Departmental Newsletter “i-Abhyantar”.

Conference Activities

• General Chair, World Conference Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS 2021) organized by Soft Computing Research Society during September 04-05, 2021.
• General Chair, International Conference on Data Science and Applications (ICDSA 2021) to be organized jointly by Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, INDIA and Soft Computing Research Society, India during April 10-11, 2021.
• General Chair, World Conference Congress on Intelligent Systems (CIS 2020) organized by Soft Computing Research Society during September 05-06, 2020.
• Organizing Chair, International Conference on Advances in Energy Management (ICAEM 2019), organized by Jodhpur Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jodhpur, India during December 20-21, 2019.
• Special Session Chair on “Nature-Inspired Algorithms based Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition" at International Conference on Information Systems & Computer Networks (ISCON 2019), GLA University, Mathura, India, November 21-22, 2019.
• Special Session Chair on “Advances in Nature Inspired Algorithms for Engineering Optimization Problems" at International Conference on Frontiers in Intelligent Computing: Theory & Applications (FICTA 2015), National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India, November 16-18, 2015.
• Special Session Chair on “Applications of Soft Computing in Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition" at International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2012), JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur, India, December 28-30, 2012.

Events Organized

• CIS 2021: World Conference Congress on Intelligent Systems, September 04-05, 2021.
• ICDSA 2021: International Conference on Data Science and Applications, April 10-11, 2021.
• CIS 2020: World Conference Congress on Intelligent Systems, September 05-06, 2020.
• ANMOT 2019: Faculty Development Program on Advances in Network Modeling and Optimization Technique, June 03-08, 2019.
• NWCI 2019: National Workshop on Computational Intelligence, April 26-27, 2019.
• NWCI 2017: National Workshop on Computational Intelligence, December 01-02, 2017.
• ISF 2017: Faculty Development Program on Information Systems Frontiers, June 05-10, 2017.
• ISAT 2016: Faculty Development Program on Intelligent Systems and Automation Technology, June 20-25, 2016.
• NWCI 2016: National Workshop on Computational Intelligence, May 26-28, 2016
• NSS 2010: National Student's Symposium, April 24, 2010.

Invited Lectures Delivered

Delivered more than 50 invited talks on the following topics:

• Swarm and Evolutionary Optimizations
• Introduction to Deep Learning
• Convolutional Neural Network
• Case Studies on Convolutional Neural Network
• TensorFlow for Deep Learning Models
• LATEX: The Language of Scientific Writing
• Semantic Segmentation for Bio-medical Images
• Introduction to MATLAB
• Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm
• Differential Evolution
• Particle Swarm Optimization
• Introduction to Image Processing using MATLAB
• Image Segmentation and Image Compression
• Computational Intelligence in Image Processing
• Machine Learning
• Nature-inspired Algorithms in Image Processing
• Optimization Techniques for Engineering Applications
• Soft Computing techniques for Image Processing
• Digital Image Processing

Events Attended

• International Conference on Contemporary computing, Jaypee institute of Information Technology, Noida, August 2021.
• International Conference on Science and Computing, Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Springer, 2021.
• International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems, Birla Institute of Applied Sciences, Uttarakhand, Springer, India, 2020.
• Faculty Development Programme on Soft Computing Techniques and their Applications, Department of Mathematics, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, July 13-18, 2020.
• International Conference on Smart Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Engineering, Institute for Technology and Research, Munnar, Kerala, December 2019.
• International Conference on Image Information Processing, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, November 2019.
• International Conference on Contemporary computing, Jaypee institute of Information Technology, Noida, August 2019.
• One-week Faculty Development Programme on Data Science in the Digital Era at JIIT, Noida, July, 2018.
• Two Weeks Summer School on Security in Computing at JIIT, Noida, June-July, 2018.
• One Week TEQIP-III sponsored faculty development program on Practical Exposures of Image Processing using MATLAB organized by Rajasthan Technical University, Kota and Arya Institute of Engineering and Technology Jaipur, June, 2018.
• Two days National Workshop on Soft Computing and Language Processing at JIIT, Noida, April, 2018.
• One day National Workshop on Scilab at JIIT, Noida, October, 2017.
• One-week Short Term Course on Data Mining and Business Intelligence through ICT in association with NITTTR Chandigarh at JIIT, Noida, September, 2017.
• IEEE International conference on Contemporary Computing at JIIT, Noida. August, 2017.
• One-week Faculty Development Programme on Information Systems Frontiers at JIIT, Noida, June, 2017.
• One-week National Workshop on Multimedia Tools and its Applications through ICT in association with NITTTR Chandigarh at JIIT, Noida, March, 2017.
• Three days National Workshop on Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications at JIIT, Noida, March, 2017.
• Three days National Workshop on Big Data Analytics and Visualization at JIIT, Sector-128, Noida, September, 2016.
• IEEE International conference on Contemporary Computing at JIIT, Noida. August, 2016.
• One day National Workshop on Nature Inspired Algorithm at South Asian University, New Delhi, March, 2016.
• Two days National Workshop on Mobile Technology at JIIT, Noida. March, 2016.
• Three days National Workshop on Information Security at JIIT, Noida. December, 2015.
• IEEE International conference on Contemporary Computing at JIIT, Noida. August, 2015.
• One-week FDP on Mobile Technology at JIIT, Noida. July, 2015.
• Ninth IEEE International conference on Industrial and Information Systems at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. December, 2014.
• IEEE International conference on Contemporary Computing at JIIT, Noida. August, 2014.
• One day Workshop on IP Awareness at JIIT, Noida. August, 2014.
• One-week DST sponsored short term course on Soft Computing Techniques for Optimization at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. March, 2013.
• Seventh International conference on Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. December, 2012.
• First International conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving at IIT Roorkee. December, 2011.
• Two days national workshop on Deployment and use of NPTEL Courses at IIT Kanpur. July, 2010.
• Fourth IEEE International conference on Industrial and Information Systems at Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. December, 2009.
• One-week short-term course on Advanced Digital Image Processing Techniques at ABV-IIITM, Gwalior. September, 2009.
• One day national workshop on Computer Network Simulation & Understanding at IIT Delhi, September, 2007.
• Five days national workshop on .NET Technology at G.L.A. Institute of Technology and Management, Mathura. July, 2004.
• Two-week staff development program on Adoption of Technological changes in Engineering Education at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala. June 2004.

Professional Membership

• Member, IEEE
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
• Life member, Computer Society of India (CSI)
• Life member, Soft Computing Research Society (SCRS)

International Visits

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dec 28-31, 2009 to present a paper in Fourth IEEE International conference on “Industrial and Information Systems" (ICIIS 2009).

Reviewer of Following Journals

• IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
• Multimedia Tools and Applications
• Evolutionary Intelligence
• Recent Patents of Computer Sciences
• Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation
• Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine
• Computers in Biology and Medicine
• Computers & Electrical Engineering
• Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control
• International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems
• International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms
• International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management
• Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
• Swarm and Evolutionary Computation
• International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms
• Journal of Computational Science
• Memetic Computing
• International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
• International Journal of Business Excellence
• International Journal of Swarm Intelligence
• Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
• International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms