Ms.Rencita Maria Colaco

Brief Profile:

Rencita Maria Colaco is an enthusiastic learner and accomplished professional currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. Holding an Mtech degree from Manipal Institute of Technology and a BE from VTU University, she brings a strong educational foundation. With industry experience as a GPU Software Development Engineer at Intel, Rencita has demonstrated her expertise in graphics processing. Her interests span operating systems, database management, and artificial intelligence, as evident from her various published papers.

Educational Qualification:

M.Tech, Manipal Institute of Technology(Computer Science and Information Security)

B.E, SMVITM, VTU(Computer Science & Engineering)

Experience:

Gpu Software Development Engineer at Intel, Bengaluru

Courses Teaching currently :

Operating Systems

Data Structure

Automata Theory and Compiler design

DataBase Management Systems

AI Lab

Scala

Areas of Interest in Teaching:

Operating Systems, Database Management, Data Structures and Algorithms, C/C++, Software Engineering.

Publications:

⦁ Rencita Colaco, Rieona Fernandes, Sharadhi shetty,"A new era of digital forensics in the form of cloud forensics: a review" at IEEE 2nd ICIRCA conference. 

⦁ Rencita Colaco, Shreya,"Prediction of Healthy Diet required to Ease the recovery from Covid-19 using the approach of Machine Learning" part of Journal of Physics: Conference Series- https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/2161/1/012019

⦁ Rencita Colaco, Rieona Fernandes, Reenaz, Pooja, “Efficient image processing technique to authenticate Indian paper currency” at ICETSE conference.

⦁     Rencita Colaco, “Efficient Image Processing Technique for Authentication of Indian Paper Currency” at IEEE 2021 ICCCI conference.

•    S Sumanth¹, RM Colaco, GenAI-Driven Portfolio Review System: Leveraging AI for Smarter Investment, ICT Analysis and Applications: Proceedings of ICT4SD 2025, Volume 9 9, 184

Patents:

• Rencita Colaco, "RightWrite Slate: Intelligent Handwriting Assistant" , Published

• Rencita Colaco,  "Automated Hygienic Wrapping and Disposal Unit for Sanitary Waste", Published

• Ms. Rencita Maria Colaco, Ms. Prabhjot Kaur, "GenAI-Driven Portfolio Review System with Retrieval-Augmented Sentiment and Hybrid Optimization" , filed

•    Ms. Prabhjot Kaur, Ms. Rencita Maria colaco , "A Hybrid System for Parkinson’s Disease Detection Using Voice Signals", filed

• Rencita Maria Colaco, Prabhjot Kaur, "Adaptive Fabric-Sensing Iron with Automatic Temperature Control", Filed   

Awards:

Best paper award for paper image processing technique for authentication of Indian paper currency. Issued by 3rd international conference on advances in computing & information technology (IACIT - 2021) - virtual conference · June 2021.

Awarded Faculty of the Month for ensuring all faculty completed their mentee records and increasing the department score by 90%.