Specialization

AI, Knowledge Representation, Ontologies, NLP, ML, Cyber Security

Email

suresh.kumar1@thapar.edu

Education
1.    PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT, Madras
o    Title – Leveraging Ontologies and Machine Learning to Address Challenges in Handling Transfer-Type Arithmetic Word Problems 
2.    M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering (Specialization: Cyber Security) from Central University of Rajasthan.
3.    B. Tech. in Information Technology from Rajasthan Technical University, Kota.

Trainings/Courses Offered
1.    Assisted in running the MOOC course “Introduction to Database Systems”, an NPTEL course, for four consecutive years from 2020 to 2023. The course was offered by Prof P. Sreenivasa Kumar (IIT Madras).
2.    Jointly conducted a training program with Prof. P. Sreenivasa Kumar (IIT Madras) on Cyber Security at Rezilyens, Coimbatore (June 20-21, 2025).

Experience
1.    Guest Faculty, Computer Science and Engineering Department, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India (July 2016 - December 2016)
2.    Scientific Assistant, IT Service Lab, STQC, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India (April 2023 – August 2025)

Journal Publications
1.    Kumar, Suresh, and Kumar, P. Sreenivasa (2022). KLAUS-Tr: Knowledge & Learning-Based Unit Focused Arithmetic Word Problem Solver for Transfer Cases. Journal of Natural Language Engineering, 30(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1351324922000511.
2.    Kumar, Suresh, and Kumar, P. Sreenivasa (2025). Validity Checking and Repairing of Machine-Generated Transfer-type Word Problems. Journal of Applied Ontology, 19(4), 368-388. https://doi.org/10.1177/15705838241303829.

Conference Publications
1.    Akshay Gupta, Suresh Kumar, and Sreenivasa Kumar P. 2023. Solving age-word problems using domain ontology and BERT.  Proceedings of the 6th Joint International Conference on Data Science & Management of Data (10th ACM IKDD CODS and 28th COMAD) (CODS-COMAD '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 95–103. https://doi.org/10.1145/3570991.3571058 (received honourable mention award)

Extended Abstract/Workshop/etc.
1.    Suresh Kumar and P Sreenivasa Kumar. 2022. Solving TC-type AWPs using external knowledge & learning. 5th Joint International Conference on Data Science & Management of Data (9th ACM IKDD CODS and 27th COMAD) (CODS-COMAD 2022). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 286–287. https://doi.org/10.1145/3493700.3493744.
2.    Suresh Kumar and Sreenivasa Kumar P. 2023. Using domain ontology to identify consistent and inconsistent cases from LSTM-generated transfer type AWPs. Proceedings of the 6th Joint International Conference on Data Science & Management of Data (10th ACM IKDD CODS and 28th COMAD) (CODS-COMAD '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 289–290. https://doi.org/10.1145/3570991.3571028.

Honours and Achievements
●    Qualified Gate 2018/2023.
●    Qualified National Eligibility Test - JRF 2017.