Dr. Parul Arora

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (NSIT, Delhi University)

WORK EXPERIENCE

20 years

BIOGRAPHY

She received her B.Tech degree from Kurukshetra University in 2003 and M. Tech degree from Maharishi Dayanand University in 2010. She received Ph.D. degree from NSIT, Delhi University in 2018. She has an experience of 15 years in various colleges like, NIET, HMRITM, NSIT, APJ College of Engg. She has taught subjects like: Digital Integrated Circuits, Digital Signal Processing, Electronics Measurement and Instrumentation, Linear Integrated Electronics, Fuzzy Control Systems, Control Systems, Transducers and Electrical Measurements.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision, Biometrics, Image Processing, Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Optimization Techniques.

PUBLICATIONS

Citations: 309

H-index: 9

International Journals

• Arora, P., Hanmandlu, M., Srivastava, S. (2015) “Gait based authentication using gait information image features” Pattern Recognition Letters,Elsevier, vol.68, pp.336-342. (Impact factor 2.3)
• Arora, P., Srivastava, S., Arora, K., & Bareja, S. (2015), “Improved Gait Recognition Using Gradient Histogram Gaussian Image” Procedia Computer Science, Elsevier, vol. 58, pp. 408-413.
• Arora, P., Bhargava, S., Srivastava, S. & Hanmandlu, M. (2016), “Multimodal Biometric System based on Information Set Theory and Refined scores”, Soft Computing, Springer, vol. 21, no.17, pp. 5133-5144.(Impact factor 2.36)
• Arora, P., Srivastava, S. & Shivank (2016), “Analysis of Gait flow image and Gait Gaussian Image using Extension Neural Network for Gait recognition” International journal of rough sets and data analysis, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 45-64.
• Arora, P., Srivastava, S., Hanmandlu, M & Bhargava, S. (2018), “Robust Authentication using Dorsal Hand Vein Images” IEEE Intelligent Systems. doi: 10.1109/MIS.2018.2881494.(Impact factor 2.59)
• Arora, P.& Hanmandlu, M , "Detection of defects in fabrics using information set features in comparison with deep learning approaches", The Journal of The Textile Institute, Vol. 113, no. 2 (2022): 266-272.DOI: 10.1080/00405000.2020.1870326 

International Conferences

• P. Arora and G. Chaudhary, "Multimodal Biometric Authentication based on Score Level Fusion of Palmprint and Iris," 2023 9th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC), NOIDA, India, 2023, pp. 387-391, doi: 10.1109/ICSC60394.2023.10441279.
• Arora, P.(2022). "Human Recognition Through Gait Audio." In 2022 8th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC), pp. 394-396. IEEE.
• Arora, P., & Arora, P. (2019, March). Mining twitter data for depression detection. In 2019 International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC) (pp. 186-189). IEEE.
• Arora, P., Chaudhary, G., & Srivastava, S. (2019, August). Exploiting Oriented Gradient Histogram for Dorsal Vein Recognition. In 2019 Twelfth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. 
• Arora, P., & Srivastava, S. (2015) “Gait recognition using gait Gaussian image”, In: IEEE second international conference on Signal processing and integrated networks (SPIN), (pp. 791-794). Noida, New Delhi.
• Kumar, S.,Narula, P., & Ahmed, T. (2010) “Knowledge extraction from numerical data for the Mamdani type fuzzy systems: a BBO approach”International conference on Innovative Practices in Management and Information Technology for Excellence, Jagadhri, India.
• Dhiman, P., Nigam, A. & Narula, P. (2008) “Calibration & Compensation of Thermistor using Least mean square algorithm”, in International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Networks ISN’08 at ISTK, Ambala.

National Conferences

• Narula, P., & Bhan. S. (2010) “Data Centric Wireless Network Protocol: Attacks and Countermeasures” in RESEARCH-2KX 2010 at HEC Jagadhri.
• Narula, P., "Biogeography Based optimization approach for rule extraction for a battery charger system", In National Conference on Advances in VLSI, Embedded & Communication, AFSET, Faridabad, August 2010.
• Narula, P., & Bhan. S. (2008) “An Adhoc Wireless Sensor Network For Emergency Medical Care” In National Conference on emerging trends in Industry Automation at Apeejay, Sohna.
• Paper presented on “Order Reduction Technique for Analysis of Bus Suspension system” In NCAME-08 at Apeejay, Sohna.

Book Chapters

• Arora, P., Chaudhary, G., & Srivastava, S. (2019, August). Exploiting Oriented Gradient Histogram for Dorsal Vein Recognition. In 2019 Twelfth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. 
• Arora, P.,Shriya Khare, Nehal Joshi, and Bhaskar Chopra. "Secure Image Transmission Using Nested Images." In Computational Intelligence for Information Retrieval, pp. 15-34. CRC Press, 2021.
• Arora, P.,Sharma, N., Bhatt, P., & Saxena, A. (2021)“Skin Lesion Segmentation Using Deep Convolutional Networks”, Concepts and Real-Time Applications of Deep Learning, 111.

• Arora, P., Srivastava, S. & Shivank (2015), “Human gait Recognition using Gait Flow Image and Extension Neural Network”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, vol. 380, pp 1-10.
• Arora, P., Srivastava, S., Chawla, A. & Singh, S.(2016) “Human Gait Recognition Using Fuzzy Logic”, Computational Intelligence, Cyber security and Computational Models, Springer Singapore, vol. 412, pp 277-287.
• Arora, P., Srivastava, S., Jain, R. & Tomar, P. (2016) “Parametric Curve based Human gait recognition”, Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications. Springer India, 2016, vol. 435, pp 367-375.

Book

• Srivastava, S., Khari, M., Gonzalez Crespo, R., Chaudhary, G., Arora, P., eds; Concepts and Real-Time Applications of Deep learning; Springer International Publishing; Switzerland, 2021.

INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON

• Conducted an induction session on “Introduction to Robotics”for the students  on the behalf of Creative and Innovation cell of Robotics club on 26/08/2022 at JIIT
• Delivered expert lecture on Artificial Intelligence and advances in computer sciences at All India Radio, Soochna Bhawan on 08/03/2017.  
• Conducted Tutorial-Session on Signal Processing Toolbox at Apeejay, Sohna.
• Conducted Tutorial-Session on Knowledge extraction through BBO approach at ISTK, Klawad.
• Invited as Session Co-Chair a session “Applications using Intelligent techniques in Health care and Management” in IEEE International Conference SIGMA-2018 on 23-25, February, 2018  held at NSIT, Dwarka, Delhi.

AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

• Organized an invited talk on “Scaling ML in Production”  delivered by Mr. Atul Dhingra, Engineer Manager, ML at the Standard AI, San Francisco, California on December 23, 2022
• Organised faculty development Program “Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Using Python”as a coordinator in Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida India on 10-15^th August, 2020
• Organised a webinar on “Machine and Deep learning using MATLAB”as a coordinator on 24^th June, 2020.
• Organised faculty development Program on “Robotics and AI”as a coordinator,  jointly organised by Electronics and ICT Academies through National Knowledge Network at Jaypee Institute of Technology, Noida, UP as Remote Centre with NIT Patna from 24th – 28th June, 2019.
• Got a participation certificate for participating in theValet parking robot TBT challenge; this is a challenge taken up by proficient teams who participated intask based training(TBT-2018), initiated by IIT Bombay under E-yantra Program.
• Participated in Task based training (TBT-2018) under E-Yantra program initiated by IIT Bombay and completed all the tasks in given time frame and awarded Grade-A.
• Organized a National Workshop on “AI and IoT: Lead the Age of Sensor Technology” as Convener in Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida India on 17-18th December, 2018.
• Organized a Faculty development program on Recent Trends, Design, Control & Operation Of Solar PVSystemsin Noida institute of technology, Greater Noida (India) on 23^rd– 27^th Apr, 2018.
• Received Award of Excellence in National Conference on “Electronics Instrumentation & Control Systems” organized by Apeejay College of Engineering, Sohna, Gurgaon, India on 27^th September, 2008.
• Organized a National Conference on Intelligent Systems and Networks in Haryana Engineering College, Jagadhri during 27^th-28^th, February 2004.
• International Summer School Travel Grant: The travel grant was awarded by NSIT, New Delhi and registration scholarship was awarded from the International bodies  like  International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), Morpho and Eurasip., to attend and present my research paper at the Summer School for Advanced Studies on Biometrics for Secure Authentication: Biometrics, Forensic Science and the Quest for Identity Alghero, Italy during 20 - 24 June, 2016
• Teaching-cum-Research Fellowship : NSIT aims to identify suitable candidates having keen interest in teaching and research. In line with this objective, exceptionally brilliant candidates having keen interest in an academic career are considered for this fellowship.

SERVING AS REVIEWER/TPC MEMBER

• IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
• Pattern Recognition Letters 
• The Computer Journal
• International Journal of Computers and Applications
• Springer Sponsored International Conference on Signals, machines and Automation (SIGMA-2018)
• As a TPC member in “Recent trends in Soft computing techniques and their hybrids in engineering applications” in IEEE International Conference (INDIACOM-2018)