Specialization

Machine learning and Smart city applications

Email

ravneet.kaur@thapar.edu

Education
1.    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala.
o    Title – Improved  Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) based approach(es) for data analysis in  Smart City Applications
2.    M. E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (CGPA – 9.93).
3.    B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (CGPA – 8.96). 
4.    Schooling from Guru Nanak Foundation Public School, Patiala.

Experience
1.    Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India (Jan 2025 - present)
2.    Senior Research Fellow, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India (Feb 2024 – Dec 2024)
3.    Junior Research Fellow, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India (Nov 2020 – Jan 2024)
4.    Technical Analyst, Axtria, Gurugram, India (Aug 2016 – Aug 2017)

Journal publications
1.    R. Kaur, R. K. Roul, and S. Batra, “Towards smarter mobility: a Grey Wolf Optimization-based incremental extreme learning machine framework for explainable bike-sharing demand forecasting,” Evolving Systems, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 1–24, 2026. (IF: 2.7)
2.    R. Kaur, A. Singh, A. Singh, A. Goyal, A. Singh, and S. Batra, “An Efficient Pending Interest Table Content Search in NDN through Stable Bloom Filter,” The Computer Journal, vol. 67, pp. 941–946, 2024. (IF: 1.5)
3.    R. Kaur, R. K. Roul, and S. Batra, “A hybrid deep learning CNN-ELM approach for parking space detection in Smart Cities,” Neural Computing and Applications, vol. 35, no. 18, pp. 13665–13683, 2023. (IF: 4.5)
4.    R. Kaur, R. K. Roul, and S. Batra, “Multilayer extreme learning machine: a systematic review,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, pp. 1–39, 2023. (IF: 3.0)
5.    R. Kaur, R. K. Roul, and S. Batra, “An efficient approach for accident severity classification in Smart Transportation System,” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 9645–9659, 2022. (IF: 2.6)
6.    A. Singh, S. Garg, R. Kaur, S. Batra, N. Kumar, and A. Y. Zomaya, “Probabilistic data structures for big data analytics: A comprehensive review,” Knowledge-Based Systems, vol. 188, p. 104987, 2020. (IF: 7.2)

Conference publications
1.    Ojasvi, Kashish, R. Kaur, R. K. Roul, S. Batra, "A Novel Explainable Multimodal Edge Framework for Stress Detection" in International Conference on Distributed Computing and Intelligent Technology (ICDCIT), pp. 282-298, 2026.
2.    R. Kaur, A. Singh, and S. Batra, “A short survey on role of Bloom filters in named data networking,” in Proc. 2019 International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICCS), pp. 247–252, 2019.

Honours and Achievements
●    Promoted to Senior Research Fellow under DST INSPIRE Fellowship (2024).
●    Awarded DST INSPIRE Fellowship as Junior Research Fellow (2020).
●    Gold Medallist in ME (CSE) at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (2019).