Name: Prof. Saravanan Venkataraman

Designation: Deputy Dean – Academic

Department: Administration

Course(s) Taught: Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence

Faculty Overview

Prof. Saravanan Venkataraman is a strategic professional holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Bharathiar University, India. He brings 25 years of overall experience, including 20 years of post-Ph.D. academic experience and 3 years of industry experience.

Bio

Prof. Saravanan has an impressive track record in planning, organizing, and directing comprehensive educational programs for undergraduate and postgraduate students. He is resourceful in managing BS/B.Tech./M.Tech./MCA/M.Sc. students and staff members on campus, and has steered efforts in identifying students’ learning needs while developing customized learning solutions using the latest educational theories.

He has facilitated MOUs with universities for the exchange of students and faculty members, engaging in joint research activities and publications, and has led the development of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) curricula for UG/PG programmes. He is an expert in participating in webinars and preparing course and study material as per the syllabus for presentation to students, with a clear understanding of trends in the training and education industry, instituting innovative techniques and quality solutions to achieve service excellence at the lowest overall costs. He also possesses strong knowledge of Academic Regulations, the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), and the NAAC/NBA/NCAAA/ABET accreditation processes.

Work Experience

Prof. Saravanan served as Professor at Riyadh ELM University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, from November 2022 to July 2024, and has also served as Vice Principal (Academics) at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.

Projects

As Principal Investigator, Prof. Saravanan led the development of software metrics and a recommendation system for improving the quality of undergraduate student projects in computer science, information science, information technology, and computer engineering, funded by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (August 2015 to September 2016, SAR 119,750). As Co-Investigator, he also worked on association rule-based e-advising models to augment conventional models, funded by Majmaah University’s Deanship of Scientific Research, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (September 2014 to August 2015, SAR 36,000).

Publications

Prof. Saravanan’s publications include a hybrid Grey Wolf-meta heuristic and random forest classifier approach for handling imbalanced credit card fraud data (International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering, 2023), an optimized attribute selection method using an Artificial Plant algorithm with ESVM classifier and improved singular value decomposition for large microarray biological data (Interdisciplinary Sciences: Computational Life Sciences, Springer, 2021), and a novel Particle Agent Swarm Optimization approach for semantic mining in web page recommender systems from a healthcare perspective (Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer, 2020). His other works include an extractive multi-document summarization method using weighted TF-IDF and centroid-based K-means clustering for large text data (Journal of Critical Reviews, 2020), and a study on minimizing fault reports and bug-fixing time through integration of instance and aspect preferment algorithms (International Journal of Current Signal Transduction Therapy, 2019).

Awards

Prof. Saravanan has received several honors, including the Techguru Award from SNS Institutions, Coimbatore, India (March 2020); the Best Researcher Award from the College of Computer and Information Sciences, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (May 2017); the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Deanship of Scientific Research, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (April 2016); and the Outstanding Faculty Award in Computer Science from the Venus International Foundation, Chennai (2015). He also received the Research Recognition Award from the College of Computer and Information Sciences, Majmaah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (January 2014), and “The Best Faculty” Award from the School of Computer Applications, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India (April 2013).

Areas of Research

His areas of research include Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security.