Research Interests:

• Wireless Sensor Network
• Network Security
• Soft Computing
• Digital Image Processing  

Chapter:

• Dr S Swapna Kumar (Professor, HoD ECE Dept), authored an article titled ‘Mentoring and Coaching in Higher Education’. Now the article is published in the chapter of ‘HRD Forum of Madhya Pradesh’ (An initiative by Janmarg Manav Prashikshan Evam Jankalyan Samithi), ISBN No. 978-81-968707-2-0, Pages: 63-64, 3rd March 2024.

Funded Projects:

• Aiswarya I B, Divya Unni, Rakesh V S, and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar completed a funded project on “Smart Token generation System for Patients.” at Government Medical College Chest Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala, for Rs. 10,000/- in June 2021.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar and Suraj Rajappan received a funded project on “To develop a system based on Image Processing tools for real-time monitoring of wear and tear of metal cutting blades.” from CERD - Research Seed Money for Rs. 61,500/- in Oct 2017.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar and Sruthi M received a funded project on “Robotic Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation of TMD via Assisted Motion of the Jaw Real Time-based Intelligent energy saving system” from CERD - Research Seed Money for Rs. 25,000/- in 2016.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar / Sruthi M / Anjana Hari received a funded project on “Water contamination detection and theft prevention system” from Institute of Engineers (India) for Rs. 11,200 in 2014.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar / Surya S received a funded project on “Non-conventional sources of sustainable energy generation for rural areas” from Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) for Rs. 4,500 in 2015.
• Sandhya V G / Dr. S. Swapna Kumar / Swathy C K received a funded project on “Early Detection of Glaucoma from fundus images” from Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) for Rs. 4,500 in 2015.

Reviewer:

• Reviewer of the Journal of Springer.
• Reviewer of the Journal on Research article of International Journal of Communication Systems, Wiley, USA.
• Reviewer of the Journal on Research article of IET Wireless Sensor Systems, USA.
• Reviewer of the Journal on Research article of International Journal of Computer Networks (IJCN). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Reviewer of the Journal on Research article of Hindawi Publishing Corp., Egypt/ USA.
• Reviewer of the Journal on Research article of International Journal of Electronics, U.K.
• Reviewer of the Journal on KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
   

Google Scholar:

• Citation- 153, h-index 7, i10-index 4

Journal Publications:
National / International Journals:

• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, Vismaya N Sasi, Vaanisha Murali, published a paper on "Alzheimer's Patient Support System Based on IoT and ML" in the Journal of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, ISSN: (Print) 2972-3280 (Online), Volume 3, Issue 1, 2024, pp 188-205, DOI: https://doi.org/10.37256/jeee.3120244607
• Dr S Swapna Kumar (Professor, HoD ECE Dept), authored an article titled ‘Mentoring and Coaching in Higher Education’. Now the article is published in the chapter of ‘HRD Forum of Madhya Pradesh’ (An initiative by Janmarg Manav Prashikshan Evam Jankalyan Samithi), ISBN No. 978-81-968707-2-0, Pages: 63-64, 3rd March 2024.
• Dr S Swapna Kumar (Professor, HoD, ECE Dept) j ointly with Abhilash Krishnan A (2020-24, ECE Dept), Analram V S (2020-24, ECE Dept), Abhinav P (2020-24, ECE Dept) and Archana S (2020-24, ECE Dept) published a paper on “Breathe Safely with Low-Cost Portable Ventilator” in the International Journal of Engineering & Technology, ISSN 2 2 2 7-52 4X, Vol. 13 No. 2 (2 02 4), pp 2 62 -2 71, 
• Dr Salma Firdose (Department of Computer Science, Christ Academy Institute of Advanced Studies Christ Nagar, Bengaluru, India), Dr S Swapna Kumar (Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Kerala, India) and Dr Ravinda Gayan Narendra Meegama (Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka) jointly published a research paper titled “A novel predictive model for capturing threats for facilitating effective social distancing in COVID-19” in the International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol 12, No 1, pp. 596 – 604, February 2022.
• Rifa P Musthafa, MTech (Embedded Systems) 2019-21 batch, jointly with Mr. Rakesh V S (AP, ECE Dept) and Dr S Swapna Kumar (Prof and Head, ECE Dept), published a paper titled “Detection of COVID 19 Environmental Cases Using Deep Learning” in TERI Information Digest on Energy and Environment (TIDEE) Vol 20 (2), pp.155-165, June 2021.
• Anjaly Vijayan (S8 B Tech ECE A), Aveena K V (S8 B Tech ECE A) and Dr S Swapna Kumar jointly published a research paper titled “A Survey on Integration of WSN and IoT with AI for Early Flood Monitoring System” in the journal TERI Information Digest on Energy and Environment (TIDEE) Vol 19, Issue 4, pp: 415-428, December 2020.
• Sangeetha P, Vaneeta M, Dr S Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled “Efficient Two Layer Image Protection with Wavelet Transform Compression”, in the Second International e-Conference on Innovative Data Communication Technologies and Applications (ICIDCA 2020) organized by RVS College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu during 3 – 4 September 2020.
• Nithin K M, Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on “A Novel Idea of Balanced Super Capacitors with Fuzzy Control Using Renewable Energy Harvesting System" indexed in the German National Library (Deutsche nationalbibliothek), published in PiCES. PaCER 2020 proceedings, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 73-77, Sep. 2020.
• Vaneeta M, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on " NPKG: Novel Pairwise Key Generation for Resisting Key-based Threats in Wireless Sensor Network”, International Journal of Network Security, ISSN- 1816-3548, Vol.21, No.1, PP.122-129, (DOI: 10.6633/IJNS.201901 21(1).15), January. 2019, Scopus Indexed.
• Vaneeta M, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on "Multi-tier Framework for Optimizing Pairwise Key Predistribution in Sensory Applications", International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), ISSN: 2278-3075, Volume-9, Issue-2, PP-3774-3780, December 2019, Scopus Indexed, DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.B6242.129219. 
• Sangeetha P, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar published a paper on “Probabilistic Framework for Assessing the threat level using novel Decision Constructs in Mobile Adhoc Network”, in International Journal of Network Security, Vol.0, No.0, PP.1-8, November 2018, Scopus Indexed. 
• Vaneeta M, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on " Exploratory Insights on Efficacy of Existing Key Management Techniques Wireless Sensor Network”, IRACST – International Journal of Computer Networks and Wireless Communications (IJCNWC), (UGC approved) 0-3501, Vol.7, No 5, Sep-Oct 2017.
• Saina Sunny, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on "IoT based non-invasive glucometer using the optical method”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, ISSN: 2277-128X, Vol. 7, Issue 9, September 2017.
• Raina Raju K, S, Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on "A Comparative study of the various technique used for Melanoma detection”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, ISSN: 2277-128X, Vol. 7, Issue 9, September 2017.
• Riya John, Divya Unni, Dr. S. Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on " Social Internet of Vehicles for Cyber-Physical Applications” IJIRSET, International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology,  ISSN(Online): 2319-8753,  Vol. 6, Issue 6, June 2017.
• Reshma B and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on " Precision aquaculture drone algorithm for delivery in sea cages” ICETECH, IEEE International Conference on IEEE Xplore: 19 September 2016, DOI: 10.1109/ICETECH.2016.7569455.
• Aishwarya Pradip, Aftab Ashraf, and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on "Nonconventional sources of sustainable energy generation for rural areas” ICETECH, IEEE International Conference on DOI: 10.1109/ICETECH.2016.7569451, IEEE Xplore: 19 September 2016.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar and Ashitha P R, presented a paper titled on "Review Paper on Bioelectricity from Waste Water using Microbial Fuel Cell" at the Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2016) held at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, Kottayam on 8-9 January 2016.
• Sangeetha P, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar "A Survey on Standard Techniques for Mitigating the Intrusion Events in Mobile Adhoc Network" in the International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering - Volume 3, Issue 4; ISSN (Online):2320-9801; ISSN (Print):2320-9798, pp 345-354, April 2015.
• "GDFEC Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network" in the Springer link of Computational Intelligence in Data Mining - Volume 1, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 31, ISSN: 2190-3018, 10.1007/978-81-322-2205-7_33; Online ISBN - 978-81-322-2205-7, pp 345-354, 2015.
• “Vehicular Ad hoc Network”, published in World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET), International Science Index 88, International Journal of Computer, Information Science, and Engineering, 8(4), 63 – 66, 2014. (Paper number 544-547; DOI: http://www.waset.org/Publications.
• “Energy Efficient Data Aggregation of Heterogeneous Network using Metaheuristic Approach”, published in Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology, STM Journals, Vol. 1, No 1, ISSN: 2393-8765, pp. 8-15, 2014.
• “Research Study of Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Networks”, published in International Journal of Renewable Energy Research-IJRER, on 2013 in ISSN: 1309-0127, Vol. 3, No 3, pp. 745-753, 2013.
• “Energy Efficient Cross-Layer Hybrid MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks”, published in ACTA Press (http://www.actapress.com/Abstract.aspx?paperId=454871) for proceeding (785) Engineering and Applied Science ~EAS 2012, DOI: 10.2316/P.2012, ISBN: 978-0-88986-952-3, pp. 785-127, 2012  
• “Cluster-based routing algorithm using dual staged fuzzy logic in Wireless Sensor Networks”, of ID :( 20100769), published in Journal of Information and Computational Science, ISSN: 1548-7741, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 1281-1297, 2012. IF=0.071.
• “Power Management of Hybrid Scheduling Routing in Cluster-based Wireless Sensor Networks”, ID :( 20100798), published in Journal of Information and Computational Science, ISSN: 1548-7741, Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 1555-1575, 2012. IF=0.071.
• “Power Efficient Dynamic MAC protocol (D-MAC) for Wireless Sensor Networks”, of ID :( 20100811), published in Journal of Information and Computational Science, ISSN: 1548-7741, Vol. 9, No. 7, 2012, pp. 1795-1805. IF=0.071.
• “Evaluation of Hybrid Ad hoc Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Network”, ID: (20100876), published in Journal of Information and Computational Science, ISSN: 1548-7741, Vol. 9, No. 8, pp. 2107-2115, 2012. IF=0.071.
•  “Architectural Model of Localization in Multi-Scale Communication for Wireless Sensor Network”, published in IJCSI International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI-2011-8-5-375, ISSN: 1694-0814, Vol. 8, No. 5- 2, pp. 233-238, September 2011. IF=0.242.
• “Obstacle based Range-Free Localization-Error Estimation in WSN”, published in IJCSI International Journal of Computer Science Issues, IJCSI-2011-8-5-245, ISSN: 1694-0814, Vol. 8, No. 5-2, pp. 31-39, September 2011. IF=0.242.
• S. Swapna Kumar1, M. Nanda Kumar2, V.S Sheeba3 “Fuzzy Logic based Energy Efficient Hierarchical Clustering in Wireless Sensor Networks” published in International Journal of Research and Reviews in Wireless Sensor Networks (IJRRWSN), © Science Academy Publisher, United Kingdom, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 53-57. ISSN: 2047-0037, December 2011.
• “Energy Efficient MAC Protocol (D-MAC) for Wireless Sensor Network” published in the International Journal of Energy Systems, Computer, and Control (IJESCC), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 95-103. ISSN: 0976-6782, July-December’ 2010.
• “Implementation of Hybrid Ad-Hoc Routing Protocol” published in IEEE Xplore and IEEE CS Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-4244-8093-7, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ARTCom.2010.14, pp 151 - 154, 16-17 Oct. 2010.

 Institutional Journals:

•  “Energy balanced routing method for wireless sensor networks” published in the TechS Vidya e-Journal of Research, ISSN 2322 - 0791, Vol. 3 (2014-15) pp. 14-27 in 2015.
• “8051 Microcontroller Simulator” published in the SJCET Journal of Engineering & Management in 2010.
• “Mobile Administrator” published in the SJCET Journal of Engineering & Management in 2010.
• “Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Network” published in Eminence 2010 prospectus.

Conference Publications:

• Dr S Swapna Kumar (Professor, HoD, ECE Dept) jointly with Ms Anagha Prabhakaran (Hardware Design Engineer Trainee, Z– Crossing Solutions, Vytilla) published a research paper “A Wireless Multifunctional Structural Health Monitoring System” in third IEEE Xplore International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems (ACCESS).
• Dr S Swapna Kumar (Professor, HoD, ECE Dept) jointly with Ms Pooj a Sidharthan (Engineer, L&T Technology and Services, Mysuru) published a research paper “Energy Harvesting based Electromyography Analysis for Muscle Activity” in the third IEEE Xplore International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure, Systems (ACCESS).
• Vaneeta M, and Dr S Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled “Efficient Intrusion Detection of Malicious Nodes Using Bayesian Hybrid Detection in MANET” in the First International Conference on Computational Research and Data Analytics (ICCRDA) jointly organized by Suleyman Demirel University and Isparta Applied Sciences University, Turkey and College of Engineering, Roorkee, India on 24 October 2020.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "Engineering for Self-Reliance and Sustainable Goals” in the 35th Indian Engineering Congress (35 IEC) on Online Platform during December 18 - 20, 2020.
• Dr. Sangeetha P, Vaneeta M, and Dr S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "Efficient Intrusion detection of malicious node using Bayesian Hybrid Detection in MANET" in the 1st International Conference on Computational Research and Data Analytics (ICCRDA)”, IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng. 1022 012077on 24th October, 2020.
• Dr. Sangeetha P, Vaneeta M, and Dr S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "Comparison between K-Means and Expectation Maximization algorithm using Iris plant" in the AICTE sponsored two days National Conference on “Innovations in Communication Networks, Information Security, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing” -ICIES 2020 on 27 & 28/08/2020.
• Dr. Sangeetha P, Vaneeta M, and Dr S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "Ransomware Attack Prediction using Machine Learning Techniques" in the AICTE sponsored two days National Conference on “Innovations in Communication Networks, Information Security, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing” -ICIES 2020 on 27 & 28/08/2020.
• Nithin K M, Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "A Novel Balanced Harvesting System using Super Capacitors" in the AICTE sponsored two days National Conference on “Innovations in Communication Networks, Information Security, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing” -ICIES 2020 on 27 & 28/08/2020.
• Anjaly Vijayan, Aveena K V and Dr S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "A Survey on Integration of WSN & IoT with AI for Early Flood Monitoring System" in the AICTE sponsored two days National Conference on “Innovations in Communication Networks, Information Security, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing” -ICIES 2020 on 27 & 28/08/2020.
• Dr. S, Swapna Kumar, Vaneeta M, Dr. Sangeetha P, presented a paper on "Efficient Two Layer Image Protection with Wavelet Transform Compression", in the 2nd International e-Conference on Innovative Data Communication Technologies and Application (ICIDCA 2020), on 3rd September 2020, Publisher: Springer Proceedings.
• Nithin K M, Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper on "A Novel Model of Active Balanced Super Capacitors Using Renewable Energy Harvesting System", in the International Conference on Automation, Signal processing, Instrumentation and Control (iCASIC’20), on 27th February 2020, Publisher Name: Springer Proceedings and Notes in Electrical Engineering.
• Dr S. Swapna Kumar has delivered an invited lecture in the International Conference on Super- capacitors, Energy storage & Applications (ICESA-2019) held at Centre for Material for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Govt. of India, Thrissur, Kerala during 8-10 March, 2019.
• Dr S. Swapna Kumar has delivered an invited lecture in the International Conference on Super-capacitors, Energy storage & Applications (ICESA-2019) held at Centre for Material for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Govt. of India, Thrissur, Kerala during 8-10 March, 2019.
• P. S. Anusree, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar presented a paper on “Study on Structural Vibration Monitoring Using WSN”, in the International Conference on Intelligent Data Communication Technologies and Internet of Things (ICICI) 2018, on 7th August 2018, Publisher Name: Springer, Cham Print ISBN: 978-3-030-03145-9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03146-6_45, First Online: 21 December 2018.
• Dr. S, Swapna Kumar presented the paper titled "The Technology Movement- keralarescue.in (Artificial Intelligence for Flood Management) in the International Conference on Skills, Engineering and Technology (ICSET 2018) on the theme "Rebuilding the new Kerala" on 2nd & 3rd November 2018 at Travancore International Convention Centre, The Sports Hub, Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Raina Raju and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, presented paper titled on "Melanoma detection of skin using Deep learning” at Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2018) jointly organized by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and Kerala State Council for Science, Technological and Environment (KSCSTE) held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara on 23-25 February 2018.
• Sangeetha P, Dr. S, Swapna Kumar presented a paper on. “Detection of a Malicious node in MANET”, IEEE 4th International Conference on Power Signals Control and Computation [EPSCICON-2018], Kerala, on 6th January 2018.
• Surya S, Ramesh C.R, and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, presented paper titled on "Neurological rehabilitation of TMD via assisted motion of jaw” at Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2017) jointly organized by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and Kerala State Council for Science, Technological and Environment (KSCSTE) held at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam on 13-14th January 2017.
• Surya S, Ramesh C.R, Sruthi M and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, presented paper titled on "Robotic exoskeleton for rehabilitation of TMD via assisted motion of jaw" at International Conference on Inventive Communication and Computational Technologies (ICICCT 2017) Organized by Ranganathan Engineering College, Thonadamuthur on 10-11th March 2017.
• Mini P R and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, presented paper titled on "Classification of Melanoma and Skin lesion” at Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2017) jointly organized by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and Kerala State Council for Science, Technological and Environment (KSCSTE) held at Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam on 13-14th January 2017.
• Anjana Hari and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled on "Water contamination detection and theft prevention system” IEEE, ICIIECS'16 Conference, 2016.
• Sona. K. C and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled on "Hand gesture-based remote-control system", ICETECH, IEEE, India, 2016.
• Mintu E.M., Reshma V.C., and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar published a paper titled on "Remote position identification using sensors” ICETECH, IEEE, India, 2016.
• P. V. Vrindha and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled on "Mobile robot in managing disaster using Image Processing", ICIIECS'16, 2016
• Devika Suresh and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, Sleebi Divakaran, presented a paper titled on "Touch Interface Based Online Signature Verification System", 2nd IEEE International Conference on Engineering and Technology (ICETECH), Coimbatore, TN, India, 17th & 18th March 2016.
• Sangeetha V. & Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled on International Conference on Emerging Research in Electronics, Computer Science and Technology (ICERECT) on “ZIDS: Zonal-based Intrusion Detection System for studying the malicious node behavior in MANET”, pp- 276 - 281, IEEE Explore with the ISBN 978-1-4673-9563-2, 17-19 Dec. 2015.
• Vishwas S and Dr. S. Swapna Kumar presented a paper titled on "IMSE: Intelligent Multimedia Search Engine" in the ROCKS’ 15 for International Conference on Emerging Trends in Scientific Computing and Security Systems (ICETSCSS – 2015) on 27th March 2015.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, presented paper titled on on "GDFEC Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network" in the Springer link of Computational Intelligence in Data Mining - Volume 1, Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Volume 31, 2015, pp 345-354 for International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Mining (ICCIDM-2014) on 20th- - 21st Dec 2014.
• Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, presented paper titled on on “Energy efficient data aggregation of heterogeneous network using Metaheuristic approach" in Recent Trends in Sensor Research & Technology, Vol 1, No. 1 for the conference organized by DRDO sponsored titled National Conference on Wireless Communications & Sensor Networks (NCWCSN – 2014) in KL University, Vaddeswaram on 7th March 2014.
• Paper titled on “Energy Efficient Cross-Layer Hybrid MAC Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks.” for The IASTED International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science ~EAS 2012~ Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 27 – 29, 2012.
• Paper titled on “Implementation of Hybrid Ad-Hoc Routing Protocol” for the “Second International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing” organized by the Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE)- a division of Engineers Network, (For IEEE Xplore and IEEE CS Digital Library) held in Kottayam, Kerala during 15-16th October 2010.
• Paper titled research paper on “Cross-Layer Optimization for Routing Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Networks” for “National conference on Recent Trends in IT and organized by the Department of Computer Science, S.M.S College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore held during 25th February 2010.
• Paper titled on “Energy Harvesting in Wireless Sensor Network” for a national seminar on “Science, Technology & Development: Global Issues” organized by the Department of Sociology & Mathematics, Carmel College Mala held during 23rd September 2009.
• Paper titled on “Authentication Identification with Intrusion Detection Capability using ANN” for National conference on “Intelligent Computing Models” organized by the Department of Computer Science, Periyar University, Salem-11 held during 22nd to 23rd February 2008.
• Attended a presentation on Engineering & Science Innovation Summit conducted by National Instruments India in Thrissur, Kerala on 20.02.2014.
• Attended a one-day seminar on Wireless Communication and Networking organized by IEEE Communication Society, Kerala Chapter on 26 November 2011.
• Attended one day “National conference on Cyber Security and Crime Detection” organized by the Department of Computer Science, Amrita School of Arts & Science, Kochi held during 7th February 2009.

Chaired/Invited Talks:

• Chaired the session of National Conference on “Current and Emerging Technologies (NCET- 2022)” on 26th July 2022 held at Jawaharlal College of Engineering & Technology.
• Chaired the session of National Conference on “Innovations in Communication Networks, Information Security, Embedded Systems and Signal Processing -ICIES 2020” on 27th and 28th August 2020 on ‘Communication Networks’ and ‘‘Machine Learning and Signal Processing’ in Vidya Academy of Science & Technology.
• Delivered an invited lecture as a resource person for the KERI on “Application of WSN in Civil Engineering” on 1st December 2016 conducted by KERI, Thrissur, Kerala.
• Delivered an invited lecture as a resource person for the Faculty Development Program on “Power management and research scope in WSN and IoT on 28th October 2016 conducted by Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering (under IHRD), Cherthala, Kerala.
• Delivered invited one-day class on Cryptography for the PG students of Embedded Systems and science and Engineering streams in Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakkara, Thrissur on 4th April 2016.
• Chaired International Conference on Trends in Research, Engineering and Developments (TREnDS'15) at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakkara, Thrissur on June 5 - 6, 2015.
• Delivered a talk as a Resource person of the Training program on "Project & Research Scope in E's" for M.Tech students at Royal College of Engineering & Technology on 6th May 2014.
• Officiated as a chief guest and judge for the state level technical paper presentation competition "Jnana Darpan-2014" hosted by Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka, Karnataka held on 24/04/2014. Also delivered a technical talk to PG students.
• Chaired the program session of “National Conference on VLSI and Communication” held in MET’S School of Engineering, Mala, Kerala held on 5th April 2014.
• Chaired the session of “Second International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing” for IEEE Xplore held in Kottayam, Kerala during 15-16th October 2010.
   

Award:

• Selected for Best Paper Category (GOLD) of the “Second International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing” organized by the Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers (ACEEE) - a division of Engineers Network, (For IEEE Xplore and IEEE CS Digital Library) held in Kottayam, Kerala during 15-16th October 2010 and presented paper on “Implementation of Hybrid Ad-Hoc Routing Protocol”.

 Professional membership: 

• LIFE Membership of ISTE, Member No: LM 52027
• Fellowship Membership of TIOE (India), Member No: F-116580-8, Regd. No: 110200169470
• Chartered Engineer (India) membership from TIOE (India), Member No: F-116580-8.
• International Association of Engineers (IAENG) Membership Number 136366

 Ph.D. Guide:

• Successfully supervised two Ph.D. research scholars from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

 Ph.D. Assistance:

• Member of Doctoral Committee for Research at Karpagam Academy of Higher Education.
• Thesis evaluator for: Anna University, Chennai, and Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 
• Reviewer of the International and National Journals.
• Supervisor of the Ph.D. research scholars
• Examiner for evaluating of Ph.D. Thesis

  Books:

• ‘Digital Image Processing with MATLAB’ author Dr. S. Swapna Kumar yet to publish, Pages: 444.
•  ‘LaTeX- A beginner guide to professional documentation, author Dr. S. Swapna Kumar published by “Laxmi Publications”, New Delhi for review and publication in 2018.
• ‘MATLAB: Easy Way of Learning’, authors Dr. S. Swapna Kumar & Dr. Lenina published by “PHI Learning”, ISBN: 978-81-203-5165-3, Pages: 452 in 2016.
• ‘A Guide to Wireless Sensor Networks’ author Dr. S. Swapna Kumar published by “Laxmi Publications”, New Delhi, ISBN 978-93-81159-46-0, Pages: 201 in 2013.

Funded Projects:

• Six funded projects from various Institution like KSCSTE, IE(I) and Govt. Medical College.
•  Online Teaching Video (Dr. S. Swapna Kumar, Knowledge Series)
• “After B.Tech”- 01 YouTube
• “Facts of ECE”- 01 YouTube
• “Real Time Operating System”- 63 YouTube
• “Soft Computing”- 18 YouTube
• “Computer Communication”- 43 YouTube
• “Machine Leaning”- 05 YouTube
• “LaTeX”- 20 YouTube
• “Motivational”- 06 YouTube

Online Courses:

• Completed NPTEL 12-week online certification course (Jan-Apr 2024) on “Introduction to Internet of Things” from IIT, Kharagpur with an exam held in April 2024 secured Elite + Silver Certificate.
• Completed NPTEL Certification course on “Economics of Innovation" held in October 2023
• Completed four weeks NPTEL Online Certification course (Jan-Apr 2022) on “Introduction to Industry 4.0 And Industrial Internet of Things” from IIT-Kharagpur in ‘Elite’ declared on 15th May 2022.
• Completed four weeks online NPTEL Online Certification course of July 2020 on “Managing Intellectual Property in Universities” from IIT-Kharagpur declared on 13th January 2021.
• Completed eight weeks online NPTEL Online Certification course (Jan-Apr 2020) on “Programming, Data Structure and Algorithms using Python” from IIT-Madras declared on May 2020.
• Completed eight weeks online SWAYAM, NPTEL Online Certification course of (Jan-Mar 2019) on “Introduction to Soft Computing” from IIT-Kharagpur declared on 11th April 2019.
• Completed twelve weeks online SWAYAM, NPTEL Online Certification course of (July-Oct 2018) on “Digital Image Processing” from IIT-Kharagpur declared on 19th Nov 2018.
• Completed twelve weeks online SWAYAM, NPTEL Online Certification course of (Jan-Apr 2018) on “Cryptography and Network Security” from IIT-Kharagpur declared on 25th May 2018.
• Completed online Udemy course “Mathematical Cryptography” declared on Dec 30th, 2017.
• Completed online Udemy course “Cryptography: Learn Data & Application Security” declared on Dec 28th, 2017.

Ph.D. completed scholars:

1. Dr. Sangeetha V (Visvesvaraya Technological University)- Thesis: Strategic Decision-Making Modelling for Mitigating Uncertain Security Threats in Mobile Ad-hoc Network
2. Dr. Vaneeta.M (Visvesvaraya Technological University)- Thesis: A Novel Key Distribution and Security Framework for Node Level Communication for Wireless Sensor Networks

Ph.D. supervisor:

• Research supervisor of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University

M.Tech 2023 batch:

• Abin Babu: 

M.Tech 2020 batch:

• Anagha Prabhakaran: A wireless multifunctional structural health monitoring system
• Pooja Siddharthan: Energy harvesting based EMG analysis for muscle activity

M.Tech 2019 batch:

• Arunima Ramesh; Smart Trolley

M.Tech 2018 batch:

• Nithin K M; A Novel Model of Active Balancing Super capacitors for Renewable Energy Harvesting system

M.Tech 2017 batch:

• Catherine Thomas; Renewable energy harvesting system using solar-supercapacitor inverter
• Ginu Lawrence; Solar photovoltaic water pumping system
• Neeraja S; SPBG for trustworthy media communications in the IoT

M.Tech 2016 batch:

• Merin K John; Controller design for piezoelectric sensor
• Reshma E R; Water quality monitoring system in IoT Environment
• Saina Sunny; IoT based non-invasive glucometer using optical method
• Sikha Suresh; Controller design for Supercapacitors

M.Tech 2015 batch:

• Mini .P.R; Classification of melanoma and skin lesion
• Riya John; Social internet of vehicles(SIOV) for cyber physical application
• Swathy C.K; A novel approach to detect breast cancer via mammogram and histopatholigical images

M.Tech 2014 batch:

• Anjana Hari; Water contamination detection and theft prevention system
• Devika Suresh; Touch interface based online signature verification system
• Mintu E M; Remote position identification using sensors
• Reshma B; Design and implementation of a secure and energy efficient routing framework for WSN
• Sona K C; Hand Gesture Based Remote Control System

M.Tech 2013 batch:

• Jovel C. Jose; Way finding and reading from hand-held objects for blind persons
• Sarika P.C.; An energy balanced routing method for wireless sensor network

B.Tech 2023 batch:

• Abhilash Krishnan A, Analram V S, Abhinav P, Archana: Breathe Safely with Low-Cost Portable Ventilator
• Vismaya N Sasi, Vaanisha Murali: Alzheimer's Patient Support System Based on IoT and ML

FDP:

• Attended one-day Faculty Development Programmes at TCS Centre Auditorium, Kochi on Thursday, 26th April 2018 in the areas of "Machine Learning and Deep Learning".
• Attended five days Short Term Course on 5-Day Faculty Development Programme with Hands-on Experience on ‘‘Sensors & IoT based Embedded Systems’’ organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering from 27th June - 1st July 2016 at Vidya Academy of Science & Technology, Thrissur.
• Attended two days Faculty Development on ‘Wireless Sensor Networks, Cyber Security and Embedded Systems’ conducted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, on 27-28 November 2015 at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur. 
• Attended two days Faculty Development on ‘Behaviour Management’ conducted by SAMEEKSHA, Vidya Trainers Club, on 21-22 February 2015 at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur. 
• Attended one-day Faculty Development on ‘HTML 5’ on 21st October 2014 at Tata Consultancy Service, Kochi, Kerala.
• Attended two days Faculty Development on ‘Micro vision, KEIL, IDE and ARM microcontroller conducted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, on 26-27 September 2014 at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur. 
• Attended two days “Faculty Training Programme” on “Analog System Design using Texas Instruments Analog System Lab Kit (ASLK)” from 05th to 06th July 2012 held at Anna University of Technology Coimbatore, T.N.
• Attended four days “Faculty Training Programme” from 01st to 04th June 2011 held at Ammini College of Engineering, Palakkad, Kerala
• Attended two days “Insight09” on 16th & 17th February 2009 held at Infosys, Mysore, Karnataka.
• Attended one-day “Concept of Teacher and Classroom Management” on 15th March 2008 held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala.
• Attended two days “Faculty Training Programme” from 7th & 8th September 2007 held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala.
• Attended two days “Faculty Training Programme” from 28th to 30th December 2006 held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala.

Seminars:

• Delivered an invited lecture as a resource person for the KERI on “Application of WSN in Civil Engineering” on 1st December 2016 conducted by KERI, Thrissur, Kerala.
• Delivered an invited lecture as a resource person for the Faculty Development Program on “Power management and research scope in WSN and IoT on 28th October 2016 conducted by Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering (under IHRD), Cherthaka, Kerala.
• Delivered invited one day class on Cryptography for the PG students of Embedded Systems and science and Engineering streams in Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakkara, Thrissur on 4th April 2016.
• Chaired International Conference on Trends in Research, Engineering and Developments (TREnDS'15) at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakkara, Thrissur on June 5 -6, 2015.
• Delivered a talk as a Resource person of the Training program on "Project & Research Scope in E's" for M.Tech students at Royal College of Engineering & Technology on 6th May 2014.
• Officiated as a chief guest and judge for the state level technical paper presentation competition "Jnana Darpan-2014" hosted by Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka, Karnataka held on 24/04/2014. Also delivered a technical talk to PG students.
• Chaired the program session of “National Conference on VLSI and Communication” held in MET’S School of Engineering, Mala, Kerala held on 5th April 2014.
• Chaired the session of “Second International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing” for IEEE Xplore held in Kottayam, Kerala during 15-16th October 2010.

Workshops:

• Attended a five days add-on-course on “Machine Learning” organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vidya Academy of Science & Technology, Thrissur from 22nd July to 29th July 2019.
• Attended a five days workshop on “Deep Learning (under Industry Institute Interaction Program)” organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut held during December 18 to 22, 2018 at Kozhikode.
• Attended a workshop on Electronics “Stability and the Nyquist Criterion” organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering for EPSCICON 2018 on 6th January 2018 at Vidya Academy of Science & Technology, Thrissur.
• Attended five days Short Term Course on “Embedded System Design” conducted by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, from 20-24 June 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
• Attended five days Short Term Course on “Training on System Design using NI Lab VIEW” conducted by Department of Electrical and Electronics, Government Engineering College, Thrissur from 29th February- 4th March 2016.
• Attended four days’ workshop on “Application of Advanced Mathematics in Engineering” organized by the ISTE-VAST Chapter and Department of Civil Engineering on 22-25 July 2015 at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur. 
• Attended one day workshop on “LaTeX” organized by the Indian Society for Technical Education-VAST Chapter on 15th February 2014 at Vidya Academy of Science and Technology, Thrissur. 
• Attended one day workshop on ‘SVM Theory and Applications (Classifier optimization tools)” organized by the Department of Electronics and Communication, College of Engineering Trivandrum on 18th January 2014.  
• Attended one day Workshop on “Circuit Simulation & PCB design using OrCAD” organized by Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering of Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, in association with Reach ICS, Coimbatore & Advanced Micronic Devices Ltd., Bangalore on 28th February 2011.
• Attended two weeks Workshop on “Advanced Teaching & Learning Methodologies” conducted by MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala from 26th to 27th July 2010.
• Attended two weeks Workshop on “Advances in Wireless Communication and Networking” conducted by National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala from 15th to 26th June 2009.
• Attended three days Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence System” from 26th to 28th March 2009 held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala.
• Attended two days “Workshop on Soft Computing using Fuzzy Technique” from 18th to 19th October 2007 held at IIITM-K Techno Park, Thiruvananthapuram.
• Attended two days “National workshop on Cryptography” from 13th to 14th August 2007 and presented a paper on “Authentication Identification using ANN” at Christ College, Irijalakuda.
• Attended five days “Neutral Network & Fuzzy Logic” training programme from 18th June to 22nd June 2007 held at SCTEC, Trivandrum.
• Attended two days “Open source & IBM Software Workshop” from 12th Dec to 13th Dec. 2006 held at CUSAT, Cochin.
• Attended one day ‘25th Annual Convention of ISTE, Kerala Section’ held on 25th October 2014 at Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy.
• Attended two days Workshop (of five days) on “High Impact Teaching Skill of Dale Carnegie Training” conducted by WIPRO from 26th to 27th March 2009 held at SCMS, Karukutty, Kerala.
• Attended two days “Insight09” on 16th & 17th February 2009 held at Infosys, Mysore, Karnataka.
• Attended one-day “Concept of Teacher and Classroom Management” on 15th March 2008 held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala. 

Chaired / Invited Talks:

• Resource Person for one week “Skill Development and TrainingProgram” (FDP/SDP) on “Multidisciplinary aspects of Low power Wireless Sensor Networks” during 24 – 29 July 2023 via online.
• Delivered an invited lecture as a resource person for the KERI on “Application of WSN in Civil Engineering” on 1st December 2016 conducted by KERI, Thrissur, Kerala.
• Delivered an invited lecture as a resource person for the Faculty Development Program on “Power management and research scope in WSN and IoT on 28th October 2016 conducted by Department of Computer Science, College of Engineering (under IHRD), Cherthaka, Kerala.
• Delivered invited one day class on Cryptography for the PG students of Embedded Systems and science and Engineering streams in Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakkara, Thrissur on 4th April 2016.
• Chaired International Conference on Trends in Research, Engineering and Developments (TREnDS'15) at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology, Kodakkara, Thrissur on June 5 -6, 2015.
• Delivered a talk as a Resource person of the Training program on "Project & Research Scope in E's" for M.Tech students at Royal College of Engineering & Technology on 6th May 2014.
• Officiated as a chief guest and judge for the state level technical paper presentation competition "Jnana Darpan-2014" hosted by Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka, Karnataka held on 24/04/2014. Also delivered a technical talk to PG students.
• Chaired the program session of “National Conference on VLSI and Communication” held in MET’S School of Engineering, Mala, Kerala held on 5th April 2014.
• Chaired the session of “Second International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing” for IEEE Xplore held in Kottayam, Kerala during 15-16th October 2010.

Industrial Training:

• RIETER Electrical/Electronic control System at Winterthur, Switzerland
• LOEPFE Yarn Master System from Engineering & Agencies (P) Ltd., Coimbatore, India
• Undergone training course on TPQC from SITRA, Coimbatore, India
• Industrial training for 8 weeks during M.Tech from KELTRON Equipment Complex, Karakulam, Kerala.