Specialization

Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Databases

Email

sanjeev.rao@thapar.edu

Education
•    PhD from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
      Concentration - Machine Learning, Natural Language      Processing, Deep Learning
•    M.Tech (C.S.E) from Punjab Technical University (2012)
•    B.Tech from Punjab Technical University (2007)

Google Scholar link
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gbxt9p0AAAAJ&hl=en

Experience
1.    Assistant Professor @ CSED TIET Patiala, India (Aug 2017 - present)
2.    Assistant Professor @ CSE Department, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India (June 2014 - Aug 2017)
3.    Assistant Professor @ CSE Department, RIMT University, India (Jan 2011 - May 2014)
4.    Oracle Consultant/Developer @ Compass Multiplier Projects Pvt Ltd, Chandigarh (Mar 2008 - Aug 2009)
5.    Software Engineer  @ Compare Infobase Limited, Gurgaon (July 2007 - Mar  2008)
 

SCI/SCIE Journal publications
1.    Rao, S., Verma, A. K., & Bhatia, T. (2023). Hybrid Ensemble Framework with Self-Attention Mechanism for Social Spam Detection on Imbalanced Data. Expert Systems with Applications, 119594.
2.    Rao, Sanjeev, Anil Kumar Verma, and Tarunpreet Bhatia. "A review on social spam detection: challenges, open issues, and future directions." Expert Systems with Applications 186 (2021): 115742. 
 

Non-SCI Journal Publications
1.    Brar, Sandeep Singh, and Sanjeev Rao. "Optimizing workflow scheduling using Max-Min algorithm in cloud environment." International Journal of Computer Applications 124.4 (2015).
2.    Brar, Sandeep Singh, and Sanjeev Rao. “Proposal of Max-Min Algorithm for Scheduling of Workflows in Cloud Environment." International Journal of Computer Science and Network (IJCSN), Vol-4, pp-638-642 (2015)
3.    Singh Maninder, and Sanjeev Rao. “Proposed Approach for Intrusion Detection on KDD Dataset by Hybrid Classifiers.” International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering , Volume - 5, pp-1451-1454 (2015)
4.    Singh Maninder, and Sanjeev Rao. “Enhanced Intrusion Detection Using Feature Extraction and Adaptive Boost with SVM-RBF Kernel.” International Journal of Computer Science and Technology (IJCST) , Volume-6 , pp-101-104 (2015)
5.    Arora Jyoti, Sanjeev Rao, and Nidhi Bhalla. “A Review on Association Rule Mining Algorithms.” International Journal Of Innovative Research In Computer And Communication Engineering, Vol 1, pp-1246-1251 (2013)
6.    Arora Jyoti, Sanjeev Rao, and Shelza. “An Efficient ARM Technique for Information Retrieval in Data Mining.” International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology (IJERT), Volume-2, pp-1079-1084    IJERT (2013)
7.    Rao Sanjeev, and Priyanka Gupta. “Implementing Improved Algorithm over APRIORI Data Mining Association Rule Algorithm.” International Journal of Computer Science and Technology (IJCST), Volume-3 , pp-489-493 (2012)
8.    Khosla Tarun, Sushil Garg, and Sanjeev Rao. “A Survey Paper for Effective Measurement of Maintainability.” PCTE Journal of Computer Sciences Volume-8, pp-83-89 (2011).

Conference Publications
•    “Best Activities in Software Test Automation” ISCET-2010, RIMT-IET, Mandi Gobindgarh
•    “Software Metrics” ISCET-2010, RIMT-IET, Mandi Gobindgarh
•    “Method to Generalizing Data types for Data Mining Algorithms”, ICUTIT-2011, PCTE, Baddowal, Ludhiana
•    Cloud Computing Platforms: Benefits and Challenges    ICUTIT-2011, PCTE, Baddowal, Ludhiana
•    “A Survey Paper on Cloud Computing, Workflow and Scheduling Algorithms”, ACSCEA- 2015, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
•    “A Nascent Trend: Component-Based Software Engineering”, ACSCEA- 2015, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
•    “A Survey on Association Rule Mining and Clustering Techniques” ACSCEA- 2015, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
•    “A Review Paper on Comparison of different Classifiers on KDD dataset using Weka Tool”, ACSCEA- 2015, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
•    “A Survey of Text Mining Techniques and its Applications”, ACSCEA- 2015, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
•    “Effective Data Mining Using Neural Networks”, ACSCEA- 2015, Chandigarh University, Mohali.
•    “Online Social Network: Challenges, Combating Techniques and Future Research Directions”, ICCIDA-2018, Odisha
•    “Autism Spectrum Disorder Detection Using AI and IoT”, Fourteenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) - Intelligent Computing- 2022, JIIT, Noida
•    “Deepfake Creation And Detection Using Ensemble Deep Learning Models”, Fourteenth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) - Intelligent Computing- 2022, JIIT, Noida

Book Chapters
•    “Online Social Networks Misuse, Cyber Crimes, and Counter Mechanisms” in Analyzing Global Social Media Consumption (2021) IGI Global, USA
•    “Evolving Cyber Threats, Combating Techniques, and Open Issues in Online Social Networks” in Handbook of Research on Cyber Crime and Information Privacy, (2021) IGI Global, (USA)
•    “Online Social Networks Misuse, Cyber Crimes, and Counter Mechanisms” (Reprinted) in Research Anthology on Combating Cyber-Aggression and Online Negativity, (2022) IGI Global, USA and Information Resources Management Association (USA)
•    “Software-Defined Networking: Recent Developments and Potential Synergies” in Software Defined Networking- Architecture and Applications (2022), Wiley
Peer reviewer for Journals
•    Reviewer in many esteemed peer-reviewed Journals/Conferences indexed in Scopus/SCI/SCIE/DBLP etc.
 

Certifications
1.    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Operations Certified Associate from Oracle University (2020)
2.    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Architect Certified Professional from Oracle University (2020)
3.    Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Foundation certified associate from Oracle University (2020)
4.    OCP- Oracle Forms Developer from Oracle University    2008
5.    OCA- Oracle PLSQL Developer from Oracle University 2007

Expert Lectures/FDPs delivered:
•    Delivered one-day Expert lecture on “System Implementation Techniques” (Database Concurrency Control Schemes and Database Security) at BFCET, Bathinda (Punjab)
•    Delivered one-day Expert lecture on “Database Normalization, recovery and Concurrency Control techniques” at BFCET, Bathinda (Punjab)
•    Delivered Expert lecture on “Introduction to RDBMS, Data Warehousing, and Data Mining” on 17-04-2015 at CPC, Gharuan, Mohali (Punjab)
•    Delivered Two Day workshop on “Programming with SQL in IBM-DB2 “ on 22nd April 2016 at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali
•    Delivered One Day FDP on “SQL Programming using IBM-DB2 (Express C Edition) “on 13th July 2016 at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali.
•    Delivered expert talk on “Introduction to Arduino UNO and Arduino Programming “on 3rd Dec 2021 at TIET, Derabassi Campus.
•    Delivered expert talk on “Introduction to IoT and basics of Arduino Programming” on 16th Sep 2021 at TIET, Derabassi Campus.
•    Delivered One Day FDP on “Basics of Machine Learning and data pre-processing Techniques” on 18th July 2023 at GGI, Khanna.
•    Delivered expert talk on “Arduino Programming based Experiential Learning Activity” on 2nd Aug 2023 at TIET, Derabassi Campus.

FDPs/ Technical workshops attended
Participated in many one/two week FDPs/Workshops/Certification courses organised by prestigious Companies/Institutes/Universities.
 

Other activities
•    Mentored project activities under Experiential Learning Centre (ELC) -"Robotic Arm” organized at TIET Patiala and my teams won prizes for Projects – “WALLe-The Robo-Cleaner”, “ROBOWASH” and “Robotic Titration”.
•    My mentored teams won prizes in text summarization projects in ELC Program- “Text Summarization System for COVID-19” at TIET Patiala.
•    Coordinated placement activities at TIET, Patiala.
•    Successfully guided many capstone and Samsung Prism Projects.