Dr. Shweta Rani

Education

• Ph.D. (Information Technology), Jan-2022, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
• M. Tech. (Information Technology), 2015, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India
• B. Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering), 2010, Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Uttar Pradesh

Other Qualification

• UGC-NET in year 2015
• GATE in year 2013 with 98.49 percentile

Biography

Dr. Shweta has teaching career of more than 3 years and she has an Industrial exposure in IT Industry where she worked as Programmer in developing National Informatics Centre’s project from 2010-2013.
Presently, she is working as an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Information Technology at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Prior to that, she worked as an Assistant Professor in KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad.
She has completed full time Ph.D. from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU), Delhi in Jan, 2022. During Ph. D., She was awarded fellowship of Visvesvaraya Ph. D. scheme for Electronics and IT for 5 years. She has published various papers in International Journals and International Conferences. She has also published two Indian Patents, out of which, 1 Indian Patent is granted.
During her teaching career, she has taught subjects like Software Testing, Software Project Management, Programming in C, Programming in Python, Data Structure, Web Technology, Data Base Management System. Her research interest includes Software Testing, Software Engineering, Search Based Software Testing, Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

Work Experience 

• Presently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & engineering at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Sector-62, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (Aug-2022 till date)
• Worked as Assistant Professor at KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, India (March-2021 to July-2022)
• Worked as Programmer at CyberQ consulting Pvt. Ltd. (Client: NIC, Delhi), India (Dec-2010 to June-2013)
• Worked as Trainee Programmer at Expedien eSolutions Ltd, Noida, India (July-2010 to November-2010)

Interest Area(s)

• Software Testing,
• Software Engineering
• Search Based Software Testing
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning 

Patent 

Granted :

1. Patent Number :544867, Application Number: 202111061883, Date of Certificate Issue: 12/07/2024

Invention Title: Motion Assistance Device for Cripple

Published:

1. Application Number: 202211065834

Invention Title: Automatic Tablet Dispensing Device (Under Examination)

Publications

International Journal:

• Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri, “Searching and Evolving Test Cases using Moth Flame Optimization for Mutation Testing”, International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics, Inderscience, vol. 9(3), pp.276-293, 2021. (ESCI indexed)
• Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri, “Mutation Based Test Generation using Search Based Social Group Optimization Approach," Evolutionary Intelligence, Springer, 2021. (ESCI indexed)
• Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri, “Investigating Different Metrics for Evaluation and Selection of Mutation Operators for Java”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, world scientific, vol. 31(3), pp. 311-336, 2021. (SCI-E indexed)
• Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri and Rinkaj Goyal, “On the Effectiveness of Using Elitist Genetic Algorithm in Mutation Testing”, Symmetry, vol. 11(9), 1145, September, 2019. (SCI-E indexed)
• Nishtha Jatana, Bharti Suri and Shweta Rani, "Systematic Literature Review on Search Based Mutation Testing", e-Informatica Software Engineering Journal, vol. 11(1), pp. 59–76, 2017. (web of science ESCI)

International Conferences:

• Shweta Rani and Bharti Suri, “Adopting Social Group Optimization Mutation Testing for Test Suite Generation: SGO-MT”, international Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA’19), Russia, Springer, July, 2019, pp. 520-528.
• Shweta Rani, Gangandeep Nagpal, Hrithik Dhawan and Bharti Suri, “Implementing Time-Bounded Automatic Test Data Generation Approach based on Search Based Mutation Testing”, in the proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Advanced Computing and Intelligent Engineering (ICACIE 2017), Ajmer, Springer, November, 2018, pp. 113-122
• Shweta Rani and Bharti Suri, “Equivalent Mutant Problem and its Problem-Solving Techniques: A Retrospective View”, in the proceedings of 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science and Engineering Confluence 2018), Noida, IEEE, January, 2018, pp. 791-797
• Nishtha Jatana, Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri, “State of art in the field of Search-based Mutation Testing”, 4th International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO) (Trends and Future Directions), IEEE, 2015, pp. 1-6.
• Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri and Sunil Kumar Khatri, “Experimental Comparison of Automated Mutation Testing Tools for Java”, 4th IEEE International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO) (Trends and Future Directions), Noida, IEEE, Sep, 2015, pp. 1-6
• Shweta Rani, Bharti Suri, “ An Approach for Test Data Generation Based on Genetic Algorithm and Delete Mutation Operators”, Second International Conference on Advances in Computing and Communication Engineering, IEEE, 2015, pp. 714-718
• “Implementing and Analysis of RNN LSTM Model for Stock Market Prediction”, Advances in Data and Information Sciences: Proceedings of ICDIS 2022, pp. 241-248, Springer, 2022.
• “Deep Learning techniques for Object Detection in Images: Exploratory Study”, 2022 Fifth International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Technologies (CCICT), pp. 61-64, IEEE, 2022
• “Punctuation Generation Integrating Audio Pauses through Bi-directional LSTM for Video Lectures”, 2024 Global AI Summit, Bennett University, 2024. (presented, yet to be published)

Book Chapter

• “Enhancing Spoken Text With Punctuation Prediction Using N-Gram Language Model in Intelligent Technical Text Processing Software”, Advancing Software Engineering Through AI, Federated Learning, and Large Language Models, pp. 201-217, IGI Global, 2024.
• “Towards Safer Roads: Detecting Distracted Driver Behavior in Visual Media", Bentham Science Publishers Ltd, 2024 (accepted, yet to be published)

Funded/Sponsored Projects

• A member of BIG20 project “Development of an indigenous combined automatic microplate reader and liquid handler machine system”, funded by BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council), DBT ( Department of Biotechnology), duration: July,2023-Jan,2025, Grant amount: 43.16L

Invited Talk

• Reviewer of Neural Process Letters Journal, Springer
• Reviewer of IJSEKE journal, World Scientific
• Reviewer of IEEE Access journal
• Reviewer of Hindawi Journal.
• Reviewer of IGI Global Book Chapters.
• Reviewer of various International Conferences

Invited Talk

• Delivered talk on “HTML for Web Design”, on 23 Sep, 2021 in Bhiwani Institute of Technology and Sciences, Bhiwani, Haryana.
• Delivered talk on “Python for Beginners”, on 16 June, 2023 in Bhiwani Institute of Technology and Sciences, Bhiwani, Haryana

Conference/ Fdp/Workshop/ Short Term Program/ Guest Lecture Organized

• Organizing Committee Member in 16th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2024), JIIT, Noida, India,  8-10 August 2024.
• Organizing Committee Member in 15th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2023), JIIT, Noida, India,  3-5 August 2023.
• Organizing Committee Member in AICTE Sponsored FDP  on Deep Learning for Computer Vision, KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, India,  26-30July, 2021.
• Technical Program Committee Member in 9^th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication (ICSC), JIIT, Noida, India, 21 Dec-23Dec 2023.
• Reviewer in International Conference on Disruptive Technologies (ICDT 2023), GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, India, 11-12 May, 2023.
• Reviewer in International Conference on Computing, Power, and Communication Technology (IC2PCT), Galgotia University, Greater Noida, 9-10Feb, 2024.

Conference/ Fdp/Workshop/ Short Term Program/ Guest Lecture Attended

FDP Attended

• 26 July – 30 July 2021, ATAL Faculty Development Program on “Deep Learning for Computer Vision” organized by KIET group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR.
• 14 June- 19 June, 2021, FDP on "IoT over Edge & Cloud Computing 1.0 (IECC-1.0)”, organized by BBDNIIT in association with TechieNest Pvt. Ltd.
• 9 Aug-13 Aug,2021, AICTE Recognized FDP on “Data Science using Python”, organized by NITTTR, Chandigarh
• 25 Oct-29Oct, 2021, ATAL FDP on “Internet of Things”, organized by SreeVidyanikethan Engineering College.
• 12 Nov-16Nov’2021, ATAL FDP on “Emerging Trends in Area Of Data Science” organized by Institute Of Engineering And Technology, MJP Rohilkhand University.
• 21^st Feb- 25^th Feb, 2022, FDP on “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education”, organized by AICTE.
• 26 Dec-31 Dec, 2023, FDP on “Automated Software Development and Delivery using Microservices and Kubernetes” organized by Institution Industry Linkage Cell and Department of CSE & IT, JIIT.
• 30 Jan-03 Feb, 2023, FDP on “Recent Trends in Computation, Data Processing and Security”, organized by Ashoka Institute of Technology and Management, Varanasi.
• 1 Apr-5 Apr, 2024 FDP on “Empowering Researchers with AI Techniques”, organized by Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, JIIT, Noida.
• 3 June-8 June,2024 FDP on “Autonomous AI for Sustainable Development”, organized by Dept. of CSE & IT, JIIT, Noida.
• 01-13^th July, 2024, summer school on “Emerging Trends in Software Development : Tools and Techniques”, Organized by Dept. of CSe & IT, JIIT, Noida

Training Program/workshop

• 19^th March, 2016, workshop on “Nature Inspired Optimization Techniques”, organized by South Asian University, New Delhi.
• 4-15 July, 2016, DST Sponsored training programmer on “Big Data Analytics”, organized by USICT, GGSIPU, Delhi.
• 24-25 Nov, 2018, workshop on “Swarm And Evolutionary Computation”, organized by South Asian University, New Delhi

Other Academic Activities

• Project Member in a Project under Centre of Excellence on AI for Education, JIIT, Noida, Nov 2022- till date.
• DPMAC member of 1 Ph. D. candidate at JIIT, Noida
• Supervisor: 1 Ph. D. (ongoing), and many B.Tech. project students.

Online Certification

• Received Elite Silver Certificate for 12-weeks course on “Problem Solving through Programming in C” from NPTEL in Oct’ 2021
• Coursera “C for EveryOne: Programming Fundamentals” course completed on 23 July 2021.
• edX “AI0101EN: AI for Everyone: Master the Basics” by IBM course completed on 4 March, 2021
• edX “PY0101EN: Python Basics for Data Science” by IBM course completed on 20 March, 2021