Dr. Neeraj Pathak

Biography

I started my career as an Assistant Professor in Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, where I taught Theory of Computation, Discrete Mathematics. I completed my PhD from JNU in the area of Combinatorial Optimization. I am working as an Assistant Professor in JIIT, Noida since July, 2024.

Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D. (Computer Science & Technology), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, 2022.
• M.Tech (Computer Science &  Technology ),  Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, 2016.
• MCA (Computer Applications), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2013.
• B.Sc. (Mathematics), Dr. R. M. L. Avadh University, Ayodhya, 2009.

Work Experience

• Presently working as an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT), Sector 128, Noida, U.P. from 16-07-2024 to till date.
• Worked as an Assistant Professor-II in Department of Computer Applications (MCA) at Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, U.P. from 21/11/2022 to 15/07/2024.

Interest Area 

• Combinatorial Optimization
• Evolutionary Algorithms

Fellowships And Scholarships

• Qualified CSIR (Direct-SRF) -2019

Participation/Organizing Member In Seminars/ Workshops/ Courses

• Participated in the AICTE Recognized Faculty Development Programme on  Cloud Computing: A Hands on Approach with AWS Cloud- CSE Department GCET, Greater Noida.
• Participated in the conference ICSCSP (International Conference on Soft computing and signal processing)– Hyderabad (2019)
• Participated in the conference  ICSCCP (International Conference  on Information, communication and computing technology) – New Delhi (2018)

Publications

• Pathak, N., & Kumar, R. (2019). Improved wisdom of crowds heuristic for solving sudoku puzzles. In
• Soft computing and signal processing (pp. 369–377). Singapore: Springer.
• Pathak, N., & Kumar, R. (2017). A hybridized evolutionary algorithm for bi-objective bi-dimensional
• bin-packing problem. In Information, communication and computing technology (pp. 296–304). Singapore: Springer.
• Pathak, N., & Kumar, R. (2023). Entropy guided evolutionary search for solving sudoku. Progress in
• Artificial Intelligence, 1–16 (Indexed in ESCI, Impact Factor: 4.2).
• Pathak, N., & Kumar, R. (2020). Hybrid evolutionary algorithm for travelling thief problem.
• INFOCOMP Journal of Computer Science, 19(2), 132–140 (Indexed in SCOPUS).