Dr Bhawna Saxena

EDUCATION

• PhD (Computer Science & Engineering), Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida
• M.E. (Software Engineering) from Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala
• B.Tech (CSE&IT) from M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly

BIOGRAPHY

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Noida, July 2020 onwards 
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Technology and Management, (now North Cap University), Gurugram, 2006-2009
• Senior Software Engineer at Vyam Technologies Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2003-2005

INTEREST AREA(S)

Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Web and Front-end Technologies

MILESTONES ACHIEVED

• University Gold Medallist during M.E.
• GATE 2001 Qualified

PUBLICATIONS

International Journals

• S. Sabherwal, B. Saxena and A. Sinha, “Black marketed collusive users primary dataset from twitter/x online social media”, Social Network Analysis and Mining, vol. 14, issue 1, pp. 215, November 2024.
• P. Mathur, S. Saxena, B. Saxena and V. Rani, “MicroRNAs targeting critical molecular pathways in diabetic cardiomyopathy emerging valuable for therapy” Cardiovascular & Hematological Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, vol. 22, issue 3, pp. 298-307, September 2024.
• H. S. Pattanayak, B. Saxena and A. Sinha, “Influence maximization in social networks using community-diversified seed selection”, Journal of Complex Networks, vol. 12, issue 1, February 2024, cnae008, https://doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cnae008 (SCOPUS)
• B. Saxena, V. Saxena, N. Anand, V. Hassija, V. Chamola and A. Hussain, "A Hurst-based diffusion model using time series characteristics for influence maximization in social networks," Expert Systems, vol. 40, issue 9, November 2023. doi: 10.1111/exsy.13375 (SCIE, IF 3.3)
• B. Saxena, M. Gaonkar and S.K. Singh, "Study of the effectiveness of wavelet genetic programming model for water quality analysis in the Uttar Pradesh region," Environ Monit Assess, vol. 195, article 1010, July 2023. doi: 10.1007/s10661-023-11489-y (SCIE, IF 3.0)
• S. Choudhary and B. Saxena, “Analysing Machine Learning based Approaches for Detecting Late Blight Disease in Potato Crop,” J. Int. Acad. Phys. Sci., vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 285–293, Sep. 2023. doi: 10.61294/jiaps2023.2738
• S. Choudhary and B. Saxena, “Image-Based Crop Disease Detection using Machine Learning Approaches: A Survey”, International Journal of Performability Engineering. vol. 19 Issue 2, p121-132, 2023. doi: 10.23940/ijpe.23.02.p5.122132 (SCOPUS)
• B. Saxena and V. Saxena, “Hurst exponent based approach for influence maximization in social networks”, Journal of King Saud University - Computer and Information Sciences, vol. 34, issue 5, 2022, Pages 2218-2230, doi: 10.1016/j.jksuci.2019.12.010 (SCIE, IF 8.839)
• B. Saxena and V. Saxena, “Towards establishing the effect of Self-similarity on Influence Maximization in Online Social Networks”, Social Network Analysis and Mining, vol. 10, article 35, 2020, doi:10.1007/s13278-020-00654-7 (SCOPUS)
• B. Saxena and P. Kumar, “A node activity and connectivity-based model for influence maximization in social networks”, Social Network Analysis and Mining, vol. 9, article 40, 2019, doi:10.1007/s13278- 019-0586-6 (SCOPUS)

INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL CONFERENCES

• M. Singhal and B. Saxena, "Exploring the Performance of Diffusion Models in Weighted Social Networks," 2024 2nd International Conference on Disruptive Technologies (ICDT), Greater Noida, India, 2024, pp. 920-923, doi: 10.1109/ICDT61202.2024.10489068.
• Rhythm, R. Khandelwal, P. Badlani and B. Saxena, "Dysphonic Voice Pattern Based Parkinson Disease Detection Using Machine Learning Models," 2024 2^nd International Conference on Disruptive Technologies (ICDT), Greater Noida, India, 2024, pp. 1475-1479, doi: 10.1109/ICDT61202.2024.10489334
• M. Singhal, B. Saxena, A. P. Singh and A. Baranwal, "Study of the effectiveness of Generative Adversarial Networks towards Music Generation," 2023 2^nd International Conference on Informatics (ICI), Noida, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICI60088.2023.10421735.
• H.S. Pattanayak, B. Saxena and A. Sinha, "Community Detection in Weighted Time-Variant Social Network", in 2023 15^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2023), Noida, 2023, pp. 660-665. doi: 10.1145/3607947.3608077
• B. Saxena, S. Goyal, A. Kumari and A. Agarwal, “Boosting Accuracy of Fake Review Prediction Using Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique”, 2022 International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems (ICCCIS), Greater Noida, India, 2022, pp. 156-161, doi: 10.1109/ICCCIS56430.2022.10037717
• B. Saxena, A. Arora, M. Gupta, P. Mittal and J. Singh, "Features Driven Brain Tumor Detection Using Machine Learning Models", 2022 1^st International Conference on Informatics (ICI), 2022, pp. 53-59, doi: 10.1109/ICI53355.2022.9786905.
• B. Saxena and V. Saxena, “Influence Maximization in Social Networks using Hurst exponent based Diffusion Model”, 10^th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering (Confluence), Noida, India, 2020, pp 167-171, doi:10.1109/Confluence47617.2020.9057811

EXPERT TALKS DELIVERED

• Delivered talk on “Analyzing Large-Scale Social Networks with Python” in FDP on " Network Science using Python ", organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NITTTR, Chandigarh from 13-17 May 2024
• Delivered talk on “KNN and Naïve Bayes Classification” in STC on "Machine Learning using Python", organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NITTTR, Chandigarh from 19-23 Feb 2024
• Delivered talk on “Information diffusion in Social Networks – Models, Algorithms and their implementation in Python” in STC on " Complex Networks Analysis using Python ", organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NITTTR, Chandigarh from 15-19 Jan 2024
• Delivered talk on “Centrality Measures Computation using Python for Influential Node Identification” in STC on " Complex Networks Analysis using Python ", organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NITTTR, Chandigarh from 15-19 Jan 2024
• Delivered talk on “Graph Analytics & Applications” in FDP on "Data Intelligence & Applications", organized by Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT Noida from 7-14 Jan 2023
• Delivered talk on “Diffusion in Social Networks” in FDP on "Graph Analytic Application", organized by Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT Noida from 25-30 July 2022

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES ORGANISED

• Two-week Summer School on “Emerging Trends in Software Development: Tools and Techniques”, at JIIT Noida from 1-13 July 2024
• Faculty Coordinator in Innovation, Design and Entrepreneurship (IDE) Bootcamp from 29 Jan 2024 – 2 Feb 2024 at JIIT Noida organized by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) & AICTE
• One-week Faculty Development Program on “Automated Software Development and Delivery using Microservices and Kubernetes”, at JIIT Noida from 26-31 Dec 2023
• Expert talk on “JIRA - An innovative technological solution for managing projects, collaborations, and academic workflows” at JIIT, Noida on 16 Dec 2023
• Expert talk on “Business Model Canvas” at JIIT, Noida on 31 Jul 2023
• Two-week Summer School on “Cyber Threat Intelligence and Forensics”, at JIIT Noida from 3-15 July 2023
• Expert talk on “Design Thinking, Critical Thinking and Innovation Design” at JIIT, Noida on 27 Feb 2023
• “Intellectual Property Rights Awareness Session under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission”, in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, at JIIT Noida on 2 Feb 2023
• Panel discussion on “Intellectual Property and Sustainable Development: Green Patents”, at JIIT Noida on 5 Dec 2022
• Expert talk on “Problem Solving and Ideation Workshop” at JIIT, Noida on 22 Nov 2022
• Turncoat Debate Competition (IPR Cell in collaboration with Parola X The Jaypee Debsoc) at JIIT Noida on 18 Nov 2022
• Member, Organizing Team, 2022 14^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2022), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 4-6 Aug 2022
• One-week FDP on “Full Stack Engineering”, at JIIT Noida from 4-9 July 2022
• Member, Organizing Team, 2021 13^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2021), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 5-7 Aug 2021

FDP / CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP ATTENDED

• FDP on “Recent Trends in Blockchain Enabled Internet of Things” organized by Department of IT, Dr B R Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar from 4-8 Dec 2023
• 2^nd International Conference on Informatics (ICI-2023), organized by JIIT Noida, 23-25 Nov 2023
• Workshop on “Cloud Powered Data Analytics” organized by IILC and Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT, Noida from 16-18 Nov 2023
• Workshop on “Data Engineering” organized by IILC and Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT, Noida from 21-23 Sep 2023
• 15^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2023), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 3-5 Aug 2023
• IPR Awareness Session under National Intellectual Property Awareness Mission organized by JIIC & IPR cell in collaboration with Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 24 Jul 2023
• FDP on "Data Intelligence & Applications" organized by Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT Noida from 7-14 Jan 2023
• 14^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2022), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 4-6 Aug 2022
• FDP on “Becoming Better Management Educators” organized by Jaypee Business School, Noida from 25-30 July 2022
• FDP on "Graph Analytics Application" organized by Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT Noida from 25-30 July 2022
• 1^st International Conference on Informatics (ICI-2022), organized by JIIT Noida, 14-16 Apr 2022
• FDP on “Data Science Tools” organized by IILC and Department of CS&E and IT, JIIT, Noida from 1-6 Feb 2022
• ATAL FDP on “Data Science” organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology, Pune from 20-24 Dec 2021
• 13^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2021), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 5-7 Aug 2021
• Workshop & Hands-on Training on “Bioinformatics Approaches for Data Analysis and Research” organized by Department of BioTechnology, JIIT, Noida from 12-14 Aug 2021
• ATAL FDP on “Computational Foundation for Data Science” organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from 26-30 July 2021
• Online FDP on “Blockchain Technologies and Applications” organized by Department of CS&E and IT of JIIT, Noida from 28 Dec 2020 - 2 Jan 2021
• Online FDP on “Research Aspects in Modern Analytics and Cyber Security” organized by the Department of CS&E and IT of JIIT, Noida from 20-24 July 2020

SESSION CHAIR / REVIEWER / TPC MEMBER

• Session Chair in 3rd International Conference on Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICACIS-2024), organized at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 16-17 May 2024

• Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT), IGI Global
• Member, Technical Program Committee, 2023 9^th International Conference on Conference on Signal Processing and Communication, organized by JIIT Noida, 21-23 Dec 2023
• Session Chair in 15^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2023), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 3-5 Aug 2023
• Reviewer in International Conference on Disruptive Technologies (ICDT-2023), organized by GL Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management, Greater Noida, 11-12 May 2023
• Reviewer in International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing (ANTIC) 2022 organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 22-24 Dec 2022
• Session Chair in 14^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2022), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 4-6 Aug 2022
• Reviewer in IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning, Big Data, Cloud and Parallel Computing: Trends, Perspectives and Prospects (Com-IT-Con-2022) organized by Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, 26-27 May 2022
• Session Chair in 1^st International Conference on Informatics (ICI-2022), organized by JIIT Noida, 14-16 Apr 2022
• Reviewer in International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing (ANTIC) 2021 organized by Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 17-18 Dec 2021
• Session Chair in 13^th International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3-2021), organized by JIIT and University of Florida at JIIT Noida, 5-7 Aug 2021
• Session Chair in International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainable Engineering (AISE-2020) organized by NIT Goa from 18–20 Jan 2021

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

• Coordinator, Institute Website Committee
• Departmental Coordinator, Outcome Based Education (OBE) Committee of JIIT, Noida (since Mar 2022)
• Member, Institution’s Innovation Council 6.0 of JIIT, Noida
• Member, IPR, Legal & Ethical Matters Committee, Research and Development Cell of JIIT, Noida (since Aug 2022)
• Member, Institution’s Innovation Council 5.0 of JIIT, Noida
• Member, Intellectual Property Right (IPR) Cell of JIIT Noida

MEMBER-PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

• ACM Member (Membership # 1465603)
• IEEE Member (Membership # 97316779)
• ISTE Life Member (Membership # 52422)