DDesignation: Associate Professor (Senior)
Education:
- Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering | 2021
- M.E in Computer Science and Engineering | 2008
- B.E in Computer Science and Engineering | 2000
Professional Experience:
Teaching: 20 years | Industry: 3 years
Research Areas:
Speech Processing, Computational Intelligence, Engineering Education.
Major Achievements:
- Fifth Rank in Master of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering)
Awarded by Anna University Chennai | June 2008
- IGIP International Engineering Educator
Certified by The International Society for Engineering Pedagogy | December 2019
Patent Published:
- The Patent Office Journal No.: 32/2020, Dated: 07/08/2020
Title of the invention: IRIS – A Novel Approach to Blind Friendly Kitchen
Publications: Journals, Conferences and Book Chapters
- InStant-EMDB: A Multi Model Spontaneous English and Malayalam Speech Corpora for Depression Detection
(IEEE) 27th Conference of the Oriental COCOSDA International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardisation of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques, Taiwan, pp.1-6, DOI: 10.1109/O-COCOSDA64382.2024.10800231, December 2024.
- IIITSaint-EmoMDB: Carefully Curated Malayalam Speech Corpus with Emotion and Self-Reported Depression Ratings
(IEEE) 27th Conference of the Oriental COCOSDA International Committee for the Co-ordination and Standardisation of Speech Databases and Assessment Techniques, Taiwan, pp.1-6, DOI: 10.1109/O-COCOSDA64382.2024.10800549, December 2024.
- Language-Agnostic Analysis of Speech Depression Detection
DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2409.14769, September 2024.
- BMO based improved Lite Swin transformer for brain tumor detection using MRI images
Biomedical Signal Processing Control, Vol. 92, DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2024.106091, June 2024.
- An automated brain tumor segmentation framework using a novel fruit fly UNet
Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, Vol.34, No.22, DOI: 10.1002/cpe.7171, July 2022.
- IRIS: A Novel Approach to Blind Friendly Kitchen
Book Chapter: Internet of Things and Its Applications (EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing), pp.497-507, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-77528-5_26, January 2022.
- Effectiveness of Collaborative Learning Among Gen Z Engineering Students
Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Vol.34, No.3, pp.70-78, DOI: 10.16920/jeet/2021/v34i3/155375, January 2021.
- Talk2Mute: Bi-directional Communication Tool for Deaf and Mute using Artificial Intelligence
International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems, May 2020.
- IRIS: A Novel Approach to Blind Friendly Kitchen
International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communication, Embedded and Secure Systems, May 2020.
- Low-cost Robotic Arm for Differently-abled using Voice Recognition
(IEEE) International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics, pp.735-739, DOI: 10.1109/ICOEI.2019.8862757, April 2019.
- Distributed Agent-based Selective Forwarding Attack Detection & Response Technique for MANET
Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical & Control Systems, Vol.10, 08-Special Issue, May 2018.
- Aadhaar-based Voting System using Android Application
International Research Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol.5, Issue 4, April 2018.
- Effectiveness of Innovative Teaching-Learning Process in Engineering Education in Kerala
47th ISTE National Annual Convention held at SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Kottayam, January 2018.
- Theories of Learning in Engineering Education
47th ISTE National Annual Convention held at SAINTGITS College of Engineering, Kottayam, January 2018.
- Distributed Agent-based Detection System using PSO and Neural Network for MANET
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, Vol.6, No.4, pp.185–195, DOI:10.1504/IJMNDI.2016.081659, March 2017.
- Reducing Packet Dropping Attacks in MANETs using One Hop and Auditor Approach
IEEE-sponsored International Conference on Engineering & Technology, Vol.1, pp.224-229, December 2016.
- A study on Packet Dropping Attack Detection methods in MANETs
International Journal of Research in Computer Applications & Information Technology, Vol.4, Issue 3, pp. 48-52, June 2016.
- A study on Contrast Enhancement Detection Technique based on Peak/Gap Analysis
International Journal of Research in Computer Applications & Information Technology, Vol.4, Issue 3, pp. 22-26, June 2016.
Reviewer:
- IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON)
IIT Kharagpur | 2024
- IEEE International Conference on Smart Power Control and Renewable Energy
NIT Rourkela | 2024
- IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Intelligent Computational Systems (RAICS)
IEEE Kerala Section (MACE) | 2024
- IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON)
IIIT Hyderabad | 2023
- IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing and Communications (ICSCC)
IEEE Kerala Section (MITS) | 2023
- IEEE International Conference in Recent Advances in Systems Science and Engineering (RASSE)
IEEE Systems Council Kerala Section (SCE) | 2023
- International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education (ICTIEE)
IUCEE | 2025, 2024, 2020
- IUCEE Annual Student Forum (IASF) Project Expo
IUCEE (VNRVJIET Hyderabad) | 2025
- IGNITE: Innovation and Entrepreneurship Challenge by alumni of NSS College of Engineering Palakkad
KTU Judging Panel | 2024, 2023, 2022
- Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET)
IUCEE | 2020, 2019, 2018
Selected Roles and Responsibilities:
- Saintgits Centre for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (IUCEE)
Coordinator | 2022 – Present
- National Innovation and Start-Up Policy (NISP)
Coordinator | 2022 – Present
- IIIT Hyderabad Research Affiliate Programme (Speech Analytics)
Coordinator | 2021 – Present
- In-house Capture The Flag (CTF) Challenge
Coordinator | 2025 (in association with Ernst & Young, Trivandrum)
Coordinator | 2024 (in association with UST, Trivandrum)
- Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC)
Convener | 2022 – 2023
- 47th Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) National Annual Convention
Inaugural Ceremony & Sessions | 2018
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Academic Coordinator | 2017 – 2021
- Saintgits Engineering Students Association (SESA)
Coordinator | 2016 – 2017
- Samyog 2016 – National Level Technical Fest
- Nakshatra 2017 – National Level Techno-Cultural Fest
- Pratitya 2017 – College Arts Fest
- Graduation Day Ceremony 2017
- Induction Programme 2017
Professional Membership:
- Indian Society for Technical Education: LM 83274
- Association for Computing Machinery: 5797759
- The Institution of Engineers (India): M-156128-0
Contact Details
Phone : 0481-2436170[280]
Email : reni.cherian@saintgits.org
LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-reni-k-cherian-025b0a63/