Dr. Ankita Verma

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D. (Computer Science & Engineering), (pursuing), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
• M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering), (2012 – 2014)  Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
•  B.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering), (2007-2011) United College of Engineering and Research, U.P.T.U, Allahabad.

Work Experience

• In Academics: September 2017 to till date in JIIT Noida-62

Interest Area(s)

• Machine Learning
• Pattern Recognition
• Social Network Analysis
• Computational Intelligence

Academic Achievements

• Awarded with Senior Research fellowship (SRF) and Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by UGC
• Secured first rank M.Tech. (Computer Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2012-2014)
• Secured first rank in JNU entrance exam for M.Tech Admission (2012).
• Held the post of Secretary and Co-Chair in JNU ACM Student Chapter.

Publications

• Verma, A., & Bharadwaj, K. K. (2017). Identifying community structure in a multi‐relational network employing non‐negative tensor factorization and GA k‐means clustering. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 7(1). 1-26. 
• Savita, Verma, A. Eigen Vector Centrality (EVC) Routing for Delay Tolerant Networks: A Time Associated Matrix-Based Approach. Wireless Pers Commun 128, 1217–1233 (2023).https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-022-09996-1
• Verma, A., & Kumar, S. (2021). Routing protocols in delay tolerant networks: Comparative and empirical analysis. Wireless Personal Communications, 118(1), 551-574.
• Singh, S., & Verma, A. (2023). Buffer Management Techniques in Delay Tolerant Networks: A Comprehensive Survey. Recent Advances in Computer Science and Communications (Formerly: Recent Patents on Computer Science), 16(8), 89-95.
• Stuti, S., Gupta, K., Srivastava, N., & Verma, A. (2022). A Novel Approach of Product Recommendation Using Utility-Based Association Rules. International Journal of Information Retrieval Research (IJIRR), 12(1), 1-19.
• Verma, A., Agarwal, A., Rathore, M., Bisht, S., & Singh, D. (2023). Preferential Selection of Software Quality Models Based on a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Approach. International Journal of Software Innovation (IJSI), 11(1), 1-13.
• Verma, A., Singh, S., & Gupta, S. (2023, August). A Fuzzified Approach for Overlapping Community Detection in Social Networks Based on Nodes Similarity. In Proceedings of the 2023 Fifteenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (pp. 706-710).
• Verma, A., & Bharadwaj, K. K. (2017). A comparative study based on tensor factorization and clustering techniques for community mining in heterogeneous social network. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (pp. 1-6). IEEE. 
• Verma, A., & Bharadwaj, K. K. (2016). Fuzzy Overlapping Community Detection in Multi-relational Networks. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (pp. 656-666). Springer. 
• Verma, A., & Bharadwaj, K. K. (2015). Discovering Communities in Heterogeneous Social Networks Based on Non-negative Tensor Factorization and Cluster Ensemble Approach. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Mining Intelligence and Knowledge Exploration (pp. 150-160). Springer. 
• Saini S., Tripathi V., Verma A. (2020) Employing Night-Time Light Images for Wealth Assessment in India: A Machine Learning Perspective. In: Singh P., Panigrahi B., Suryadevara N., Sharma S., Singh A. (eds) Proceedings of ICETIT 2019. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 605. Springer, Cham
• Sharma, A., Gupta, D., Nayak, N., Singh, D., & Verma, A. (2022, April). Prediction of Customer Retention Rate Employing Machine Learning Techniques. In 2022 1st International Conference on Informatics (ICI) (pp. 103-107). IEEE.
• Shukla, S., Kalsi, I., Jain, A., & Verma, A. (2021, August). A Tensor Decomposition Based Approach for Context-Aware Recommender Systems (CARS). In 2021 Thirteenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2021) (pp. 438-442).
• Kirar, J. S., & Verma, A. (2021). Spectral Graph Theory-Based Spatio-spectral Filters for Motor Imagery Brain–Computer Interface. In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (pp. 247-256). Springer, Singapore.
• Agrawal, A., Bisht, S., Rathore, M., & Verma, A. (2020, February). Application of Multi Criteria Decision Making in E-commerce sector. In 2020 Research, Innovation, Knowledge Management and Technology Application for Business Sustainability (INBUSH) (pp. 61-67). IEEE.
• Singh, D., & Verma, A. (2019, December). Extracting Community Structure in Multi-relational Network via DeepWalk and Consensus Clustering. In International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (pp. 237-247). Springer, Cham.
• Chanana, R., Singh, A., & Verma, A (2019). Recommending Relevant Research Articles Based on Citation Graph and Textual Information. In Proceedings of 5^th International conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control (ISPCC-2k19). (presented, to be published)
• Baliyan, N., & Verma, A. (2019). Recent Advances in the Evaluation of Ontology Quality In  Lytras, M. D., Aljohani, N., Damiani, E., & Chui, K.  Semantic Web Science and Real-World Applications (pp. 1-395). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-7186-5 
• Verma, A., & Singh, D., (2019).  Deep Learning for Next-Generation Healthcare: A Survey of State-of-the-Art and Research Prospects. In  Sinha, A. (Ed.), Rathi, M. (Ed.). Smart Healthcare Systems. New York: Chapman and Hall/CRC, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429020575

Professionals Roles

• Currently guiding 2 PhD scholars
• Delivered an invited talk on "Data Acquisition Techniques: Data Collection & Consumption" in Online Faculty Development Programme Organized by, Department of CSE & IT, JIIT Noida on Data Intelligence & Applications (DIA - 2023) 7th Jan – 14th Jan, 2023
• Delivered an invited talk on ‘Artificial Intelligence for e-governance: Enabling Citizens and Government’ in 2^ndRefresher Course in E-learning and E-Governance ( Interdisciplinary) in Jawaharlal Nehru University on 28^thAugust, 2019.
• Conducted an Online Webinar on “Nature Inspired Computing: Algorithms and Applications” organized by the Department of Computer Science Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University) Haridwar, INDIA on February 16, 2022.
• Worked as A Special Issue Editors, Recommender Systems: Latest Technologies & Research Challenges, IJKSS, IGI Global
• Served as a session chair during the 14th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3- 2022) held from 4th – 6th August, 2022 at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT, Noida) through online mode.

Workshop / Conference Attented or Organized

• Participated in AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Computational Foundation for Data Science" from 2021-7-26 to 2021-7-30 at Banaras Hindu University Varanasi.
• Participated in AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Industry Oriented FDP on Data Science" from 2021-7-19 to 2021-7-23 at MSME-Technology Development Centre (PPDC), Meerut.
• Participated in One Week Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Blockchain Technology and Its Applications (BTA’22), organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and IT, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida from 25th July to 30th July 2022.
• Participated in Online Faculty Development Programme Organized by, Institute Industry Linkage Cell, Department of CSE/IT, JIIT Noida on Artificial Intelligence Tools, 28th June – 03 July, 2023.
• Participated in Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Green IoT for Sustainable Development, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and IT of Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida from 13th June to 17th June 2022
• Organized one-week Faculty Development Program on Intelligent Systems and Informatics (2019), Jaypee Institute of Information Technology , Noida.
• Organized a National Workshop on Intelligent System Techniques and its Research Applications(2018), Jaypee Institute of Information Technology , Noida.
• Session management team in International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3)-2018 and 2019, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Professional Projects / Professional Achievements 

• Awarded with Senior Research fellowship (SRF) by UGC for Ph.D.
• Secured first rank M.Tech. (Computer Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (2012-2014)
• Awarded with UGC Research Fellowship for M.Tech. (Academic Session 2012-2014)
• Secured first rank in JNU entrance exam for M.Tech Admission(2012).