Dr. Vakula Rani J
MCA, M.Phil., Ph.D.
Professor & President - Institution Innovation Council
Head - KSCST CMRIT IPR CELL
Coordinator - Mentor Manatee Program, MoE’s Innovation Cell
CMR Institute of Technology (NAAC A++ Accredited)
E-mail ID: vakula.r@cmrit.ac.in, iic.president@cmrit.ac.in,
Proprietor: LUMYZ IT SOLUTIONS , Bengaluru.
Dr. Vakula Rani J is a professor, Dept of MCA, President- Institutions Innovation Council, Head - KSCST CMRIT IPR Cell and Coordinator - Mentor Mentee Program, MoE's Innovation Cell. She has 24 years of teaching and research experience, including 17 years of an academic Head for the MCA Department. As an innovator, she received two Australian patents grant certificates, one Design Patent from IP India, and 8 Indian patents Published. She has published more than 16 research papers in International Journals/conferences. She is recognized and certified as an Innovation Ambassador (IA) from MoE, Govt. of India in 2019 in the theme of Entrepreneurship and completed advanced Level Innovation Ambassador certification in 2021. She has coordinated various IIC innovation activities at the college level. She has conducted and served as a resource person for various workshops on design thinking, Patent Drafting & Filing, and Entrepreneurship for faculty and students. She served as a resource person for various colleges inside and outside Karnataka. She mentored the student teams to participate in various competitions like FKCCI Manthan, SIH, Idea, and start-up Competitions. She is a Mentor-Mentee Coordinator for the IIC Mentor-Mentee Program 2021- 22 by the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell (MIC), Government of India. As a mentor expert, she extended handholding support to mentee institutions by organizing Expert talks/workshops/interactions with entrepreneurs, experts, and professionals and creating a mentor pool for faculty and student innovators. Guided mentee institutions to participate in ARIIA, adopt NISP, and encouraged institutions to actively participate in Hackathon, and National Innovation Contest. She severed as a member of the Board of Studies and Board of Examiner at various Universities. She is a reviewer for the prestigious Journal “ Soft computing”. She is a recognized guide under VTU and guides four Ph.D., research scholars. She is a Life member in leading National Professional Societies ISC and ISTE.
Experience - 24 Years
May 2018 – Till Date - CMR Institute of Technology
July 2004 – May 2018 - CMR Institute of Management Studies
June 1998 - July 2004 - Garden City College
Areas of Interest in Teaching
Data Science, Data Analytics using Python, Cloud Computing, Storage Area Networks, Distributed and Parallel Computing, Design & Analysis of Algorithms, Data Structures, Systems Software, and Compiler Design.
Areas of Interest in Research
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Cloud Computing, and Computational Techniques
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Journal/ Conference Publications
Haifa Ali Saeed Ali, Vakula Rani J, "Machine Learning for Internet of Things (IoT) Security: A Comprehensive Survey", International Journal of Computer Networks and Applications (IJCNA), 11(5), PP: 617-659, 2024, DOI: 10.22247/ijcna/2024/40 [Scopus Indexed Q3]
Vakula Rani. J, S. Y and A. Jakka, "Plant Health Monitoring Using Bubble Identification Technique," 2024 IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy (ICSPCRE), Rourkela, India, 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICSPCRE62303.2024.10674929. [Scopus Indexed]
Aishwarya Jakka, Vakula Rani, M. Challa, M. Vinay Kumar and G. Kookkal, "Deepfake Video Detection using Deep Learning Approach," 2024 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), Kamand, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICCCNT61001.2024.10726218. [Scopus Indexed]
Vakula Rani, J., Jakka, A., (2024). “A Smart Irrigation System for Plant Health Monitoring Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and IoT”. In: Joby, P.P., Alencar, M.S., Falkowski-Gilski, P. (eds) IoT Based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems. ICICNIS 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 789. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6586-1_34 [Scopus Indexed]
H. A. S. Ali and J. Vakula Rani, "Internet of Things and Digital Forensics: Recent Studies and Challenges," International Conference on Sustainable Computing and Smart Systems (ICSCSS), Coimbatore, India, 2023, pp. 959-966, doi: 10.1109/ICSCSS57650.2023.10169561. [Scopus Indexed]
A. Vankudre and V. R. J, "Energy Efficient Algorithms in Green Cloud Computing- A Comprehensive Study," 2023 14th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), Delhi, India, 2023, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ICCCNT56998.2023.10306976. [Scopus Indexed]
Dinesh Kumar Anguraj, Vakula Rani J et.al. “Performance analysis of precise energy consumption algorithm for smart home using hybrid renewable energy” International Journal of Power trains, InderScience Publisher, 2023.[Q4 Sci & Scopus Indexed]( 2022)
Jakka, A., Vakula Rani, J. (2023)” An Explainable AI Approach for Diabetes Prediction” In: Saini, H.S., Sayal, R., Govardhan, A., Buyya, R. (eds) Innovations in Computer Science and Engineering. ICICSE 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 565. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7455-7_2. [Scopus Indexed]
P. Shrivastav and V. R. J, "A Real-Time Crowd Detection and Monitoring System using Machine Learning" 2023 International Conference on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things (IDCIoT), Bengaluru, India, 2023, pp. 383-388, doi: 10.1109/IDCIoT56793.2023.10053517. [Scopus Indexed]
Haifa Ali, S.A., Vakula Rani, J. (2023)”Attack Detection in IoT Using Machine Learning—A Survey” In: Hemanth, J., Pelusi, D., Chen, J.IZ. (eds) Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things. ICoICI 2022. Engineering Cyber-Physical Systems and Critical Infrastructures, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18497-0_16 [Scopus Indexed]
A P. Sherubha , J. Vakula Rani “An Efficient Unsupervised Learning Approach for Detecting Anomaly in Cloud” , Computer Systems Science & Engineering, Tech Science Press, DOI: 10.32604/ csse.2023.024424 [Q3 Sci & Scopus Indexed]( 2022)]
Vakula Rani, J., Jakka, A. “Early Identification of Crop Disease Using Deep Convolution Neural Networks” , IoT Based Control Networks and Intelligent Systems. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 528. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5845-8_52 (2022) [Scopus Indexed]
Sivaraman Eswaran, Vakula Rani, Daniel D. et.al. “An enhanced network intrusion detection system for malicious crawler detection and security event correlations in ubiquitous banking infrastructure” International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications Vol 8, issue 1 ,2021[ Q2 Sci & Scopus Indexed]
Vakula Rani J, Aishwarya Jakka et.al. “ Disease Detection in Crop Management Using Ensemble Machine Learning” Springer International Conference on Sentimental Analysis and Deep Learning (ICSADL 2021), organizedby Tribhuvan University, Nepal and Prince of Songkla University,Thailand , June 2021.
Vakula Rani J, Aishwarya Jakka “Crop Management Using Machine Learning” at Springer International Conference on “Computational Intelligence in Pattern ecognition(CIPR’21) “ conducted by Institute of Engineers , West Bengal, April, 2021.
Vakula Rani J, Aishwarya Jakka “Forecasting COVID-19 cases in India Using Machine Learning Models” ICSTCEE 2020 Proceedings, Published IEEE-Xplore , Electronic ISBN:978-1-7281-7213-2, ,USB ISBN:978-1-7281-7212-5 ,Dec.2020. [Scopus Indexed] [Scopus Indexed]
C.Vinothini, J.Vakula Rani,et.al.” Bio-inspired Algorithms in Load Balancing for Cloud Computing - A Survey “; Jour of Adv Research in Dynamical & Control Systems (JARDCS) , ISSN 1943-023X , Vol. 12, No. 7, 2020 pp 837-842, July, 2020. DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12I7/20202068.[Scopus Indexed]
Aishwarya Jakka, Vakula Rani J “Diagnosis of Progressive Optic Neuropathy Disorder Using Machine Learning Classifiers” International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology (IJAST) ISSN: 7489-7500, Volume- 298 Issue- 5, May,2020.
Aishwarya Jakka, Vakula Rani J “Performance Evaluation of Machine Learning Models for Diabetes Prediction” International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) ISSN: 2278-3075, Vol-8 Issue-11, September 2019. DOI:10.35940/ ijitee.K2155 .0981119 [Scopus Indexed]
Gumpina Vakula Rani and Dr. Bhaskar Reddy “ Power and Area Efficient High Speed Squaring Circuit using Vedic Mathematical Techniques ” International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer and Communication Engineering ISO 3297:2007 Certified Vol. 6, Issue 6, June 2017 ISSN (Online) 2278-1021 ISSN 2319 5940 DOI10.17148/IJARCCE.2017.6653.
P.K.Srimani and G.Vakula Rani “Trapezoidal Fuzzy Shortest Path (TFSP) Selection for Green Routing and Scheduling Problems” Springer , volume 248, ISBN = {978-3-319-03106-4}, pages = {149--157}, Dec 2014. [Scopus Indexed]
G.Vakula Rani, P.K.Srimani “ Compute Level Security Mechanisms in Public Cloud Environment “ International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT) , Vol 2, Issue 11, ISSN 2278-0181, Pg: 454-459, May,2014.
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Patents
[1] Australian Patent Granted (AU) - " Decision Making System for Crop-Livestock Farms Using Machine Learning Algorithms" Published date: June 2020, Grant date: July,2020. Click
[2] Indian Patent published (IN) - "Performance Enhanced Serverless File System for IoT Applications by Reducing Redundancy" Published date : July 2020.
[3] Indian Patent published (IN) - "Testing the Quality of Fruit And Kill Covid-19 Virus " , Published date : July 2020.
[4] Indian Patent published (IN) - "Humanoid Robot System for Assisting Elder People " , Published date : August 2020.
[5] Australian Patent Granted (AU) - Data Mining Based Student Data Analysis Utilizing Random Forest Method” Grant date : June 2021.Click
[6] Indian Patent published (IN) “Intelligent Method and System for handling error events using Deep Learning” Published date: Sept. 2021.
[7] Indian Patent Filed (IN) - An Eco-Friendly Portable Tooth Cleaning Device: Filed Date: May 2022.[ AICTE - Kapila Funding ]
[8] Indian Patent published (IN) - A Self-Charging Electric Two-Wheeler System, Published date: June 2022.
[9] Indian Patent Filed (IN)- "A Compact and Wearable Screen-Less Computer System" Filed Date: Dec 2022. I
[10] Indian Design Registration Grant (IN) - " Wearable SLD PC: on Dec 2022 IP India Click
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Book Publications -2
i) Authored a textbook – Multimedia Technology for VI B Sc, as per Bangalore University Syllabus.
ii) Authored a textbook –Computer Graphics and Multimedia Technology for VI B Sc, as per Bangalore University Syllabus
Invited Talks
Delivered a talk at UGC Refresher Course - BANGALORE UNIVERSITY on 15th Sept 2014
Delivered a talk on" Storage Area Networks" at Oxford College on 19th Nov 2015
Delivered a talk on “Intellectual Property Rights(IPR)” at PSMO College, Tirurangadi, Malappuram, Kerala on 14th Aug 2021
Delivered a talk on “Patent Application Preparation & Filing” at PSMO College, Tirurangadi, Malappuram, Kerala on 9th October 2021
Delivered a talk on “ Introduction to Neural Networks “ @ CMR University on 20 May 2021.
Delivered a talk on " I & E Ecosystem for Higher Education Institutions" , at Jyothi Nivas College, SJCIT on 7th Jan 2022
Delivered a talk “Funding Schemes for Start-ups“ at Shesghadri Puram College, St. Claret College on 25th May 2022
Attainments
Research
VTU Recognized Research Supervisor – Guiding 4 research scholars
Reviewer for the prestigious Journal “ Soft computing”
University Membership
BOE member- M C A( Jain University ) (2022-2023)
BOE member- M C A (VTU) (2021-2022)
BOE member- Computer Science (MCA & MSc.) (Bengaluru North University)(2019 - 2020)
BOS member- Computer Science (PG) (Bengaluru North University) (2018- 2019)
BOE member - B.Sc. (Bangalore University) (2017-2018)
BOE member B C A (Bangalore University) (2007-2008)
BOE member B C A (Bangalore University) (2006-2007)
BOE member M C A (Bangalore University) (2005-2006)
Session Chair
i) International Conference- ICOIT April 2013 , CMRIMS, Bangalore
ii) National Conference- NCTER- 2014,March 2014, Garden City College, Bangalore
iii) International Conference- IPBIT- Dec 2014, Adarsh Institute of Management and Information Technology, Bangalore
iv) International Conference -ICCIC 2018 , Presidency College , Bangalore
v) National Conference - NCBICS 2020 , May 2020 , CMR Institute of Technology
GCC – HOD, NAAC 2003
CMRIMS – NAAC 2005
CMRIMS – HOD, NAAC 2012
EMC2 – CMRIMS - Academic Alliance Program Coordinator ( 2011- 2014)
CSI – CMRIMS Student Branch Coordinator ( 2011 - 2013)
