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Hema Banati


Professor

Department of Computer Science

Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi.

About Me

Academic Qualifications


➢ Ph.D, University of Delhi, 2006 Topic of dissertation “Determining Web Usability - A Pragmatic Approach”

➢ M.C.A, University of Delhi, 1993

➢ B.Sc(G) Computer Science, University of Delhi, 1990

Teaching Experience


Undergraduate level


➢ Professor, Department of Computer Science, Dyal Singh College (July 2018 onwards), University of Del

➢ Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Dyal Singh College (2009- 2018), University of Delhi

➢ Lecturer(Permanent), I.P.College, July 1995-December 1998

Postgraduate level


➢ Visiting Faculty, University of Delhi, 2007,2009

➢ Visiting Faculty, Jamia Milia Islamia, 1998-2000 to various courses such as M.C.A, M.Sc Computer science, M.S.S.

Research

Ph.D Students

Currently Enrolled

  1. Ms Seema

    Broad area of research: Analysis of Social networks

    Date of Registration: 12 December 2019

    University of Delhi

  2. Ms Asha Yadav

    Broad area of research: Web content mining

    Date of Registration: 12 December 2019

    University of Delhi

  3. Ms Vandita Grover

    Broad area of research: Sentiment Analysis

    Date of Registration: 03 February 2022

    University of Delhi

Ph.D Students

Completed

  1. Reshu Chaudhary(2022)

    Title of Thesis: Enhancing Efficiency in Swarm Intelligence Algorithms Towards Novel Peacock Algorithm

    University of Delhi

  2. Nidhi Arora nee Nidhi Bhatia (2019)

    Title: Enhancing Group Search Optimization (GSO) algorithm for Structural Analysis of Small Scale Networks

    University of Delhi

  3. Puja Munjal(2018)

    Title :Analysing and Predicting the Opinion Dynamics of Some Online Social networks

    Jagan Nath University,Jaipur

  4. Monika Bajaj(2014)

    Title of Thesis: Targeted Product Promotion using Firefly Algorithm on Social Networks

    University of Delhi

  5. Preeti Marwaha (2014)

    Title of Thesis: Temporal Enhancement of Web Services

    University of Delhi

  6. Shikha Mehta(2013)

    Title of Thesis: Contextual Web Search Using Nature Inspired Algorithms

    University of Delhi

  7. Richa Sharma(2013)

    Title of Thesis: Adaptive Content Sequencing Incorporating Social Opinion in an e-Learning Environment.

    University of Delhi (Supervisors: Dr. Punam Bedi and Dr. Hema Banati)

  8. Anjali Thukral ( 2013)

    Title of Thesis: Retrieving and Organizing Web Resources Semantically for Informal e-Mentoring.

    University of Delhi (Supervisors: Dr. Punam Bedi and Dr. Hema Banati)

M.Phil Students

Completed

  1. Monika Bajaj

    Dissertation title Strategic User Interface Designing

    Department of Computer Science, Madurai Kamraj University , 2008

  2. Sujata Bhardwaj

    Dissertation Title A Global Perspective on assessing Web Usability

    Department of Computer Science, Madurai Kamraj University, 2009

Teaching

Ph.D Level(University of Delhi)

2021-2022

Coursework

Undergraduate Level(Dyal Singh College)

2021-2022

Bachelor of Science(Hons) Computer Science

Previously Taught(Dyal Singh College)

1998-2021

Computer Science Department

Publications

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Professional Activities

Lectures Delivered/ Paper Presentations

  • Keynote Address in the 2021 Sixth International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICRCICN 2021) organized by Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya, Birbhum, India in association with Acuminous Research Foundation (AcuminoR) during December 11 to December 12, 2021 in virtual mode. Title of talk : “Exploring Strategies to Improve Computational Intelligence”(1hr 15min talk)
  • Delivered a talk as keynote speaker in the IMPRESS-ICSR sponsored “ International Conference on Digital Communication: A Challenge for Developing Nations “ from 9- 11 November 2019 , Madhya Pradesh, India.Title of talk : “Social Media Communication for Efficient Online Marketing”(one hr talk)
  • Delivered a talk as Keynote Speaker in the UGC sponsored “National Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology” organized by Department of Computer Science , Kalindi College, University of Delhi. Title of the talk : “Nature Inspired Techniques and their Applications” (1 hour talk)
  • Delivered Inaugural lecture “ Nature Inspired Outlook for Algorithm design” on 29 March 2019, at the Computer Society fest, CIENCIA 2019, Maitreyi College, University of Delhi(1 hour talk)
  • A talk on “Nature Inspired Computing” in “Women in Science: A career in Science” on August 09 , 2017 (Wednesday) at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi(45 min talk)
  • A talk on “Nature Inspired Outlook for Social Networking” on June 30,2017,as a part of one week FDP on “Web & Social Media Analytics “organized by Jagannath International Management School, Vasant kunj,Delhi(150 min presn)
  • Resource person in Faculty Development program in Algorithms 2016, conducted by Department of Computer Science, University with of Delhi in collaboration ACM India Education and ACM Delhi NCR Chapter, July 7- 13,2016, New Delhi, India
  • “Issues & Challenges in Data Analytics” Speaker at Technical session at National Seminar on Trends in Data Analytics hosted by GitaRattan International Business School, Delhi, India on 08 October 2016. (120 min talk)
  • “Technical Impact of Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems in Real Life Applications” Speaker at Technical session at National Seminar on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems hosted by GitaRattan International Business School,Delhi,India on 11 April 2015. ( 90 min talk)
  • “Cyber crime-social media” Technical Speaker at Technical session I at TechnoWhiz 2015, annual symposium specially organized for the undergraduate students of Bachelor of Computer Applications B.C.A hosted by Jagan Institute of Management Studies hosted at India International Centre IIC,Max Mueller Marg on 11 April 2015. ( 45 min talk)
  • “Role of Pervasive computing in Education”, invited lecture at TechByte 2011, JIIMS 8th Annual IT symposium, “InfoTech Innovations in Global Scenario” held at NCUI Convention Centre, New Delhi on 5 November 2011.
  • “Usability of Web systems” Invited lecture at Winter school on Development of expert system in agriculture (2-22 Dec. 2010) at IASRI on 13 December 2010.
  • “Designing User Interfaces for E-learning packages”, Invited lecture at IASRI, under CAS training programme "Development of Contents for Online e-Learning Systems" on 17 September 2008
  • “Improving the Look of the Site”, Invited lecture, at Refresher course in Computer Applications for the teachers of Higher Education conducted by Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education, (CPDHE), University of Delhi, on 23 September 2008.
  • Paper titled “Trust Dimension to Usability”, presented virtually in the 2nd International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society at Hyderabad in 2005.
  • Paper titled A Structured Approach to Study Usability, presented at SEPP’04, Patiala.
  • Presentation on paper Usability and Metrics presented on the author’s behalf at GOR’05, Switzerland.
  • Poster on International Standards and Usability Measurement presented at ICEIS’05 at U.S.A.

Member, Advisory Committee for Ph.D. Students

  • Ms Musarrat Ahmed- (Supervisor: Dr Harmeet Kaur)- Registration 08 March 2021
  • Mr Sushant Yadav (Supervisor: Dr Archana Singhal)- Registration 04 March 2021
  • Ms Pratibha Yadav (Supervisor: Dr Harmeet Kaur)- Registration 13 December 2019
  • Ms Shivani (supervisor : Dr Punam Bedi) – Registration 2019
  • Ms Mansi Sood(Supervisor: Dr Harmeet Kaur)- Registration 08 August 2016
  • Ms. Jaya Gera (Supervisor: Dr Harmeet Kaur)- Degree awarded 2020
  • Ms. Vandana Gandotra(Supervisor: Dr. Archana Singhal) – Degree awarded March 2013
  • Ms. Sonia (Supervisor: Dr Archana Singhal)- Degree awarded May 2015
  • Ms. Deepali (Supervisor: Dr Harmeet Kaur)- Degree awarded December 2015

Workshops Organized/Attended

  • Member organizing committee IEEE International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and and Communication Networks (ICRCICN 2016) - since 2015
  • Co-organizer of Special Session on Computational Intelligence Paradigms For Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery(CIDK 2016) conducted in conjunction with 2nd IEEE International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and and Communication Networks (ICRCICN 2016) September 23-25, 2016, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  • Member, Organizing committee, Faculty development program in Algorithms 2016, conducted by Department of Computer Science, University with of Delhi in collaboration ACM India Education and ACM Delhi NCR Chapter, July 7- 13,2016, New Delhi, India.
  • Organizing committee, “Workshop on bringing Computational Thinking to Schools”, for teachers held on June 20, at Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram, Delhi, India.(ACM India K12 CS Education Initiative)
  • Member,Local organizing committee, APSEC Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference, Dec 1-4, New Delhi, India, 2015
  • Co-organizer of Special Session on Trends in Soft Computing Techniques (TSCT) conducted in conjunction with 2015 IEEE International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and and Communication Networks (ICRCICN 2015) November 20-22, 2015, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
  • Co-organized special session Evolution of an Intelligent Knowledge Society (EIS'12)held in conjunction with 12th International Conference on Intelligent S y s t e m s D e s i g n a n d A p p l i c ati o n s ( I S D A ) , I E E E , N o v e m b e r 27-29,2012,Kochi,India.
  • Co­organized special sessions in Special Session on Trends in Computational Web Intelligence (TCWI'12) in conjunction with IEEE Twelfth Edition of Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS) Conference,December 04-07,2012, India.
  • Member working committee for the International Mathematics conference “The Legacy of Ramanujan” held from 17-22 December 2012 at the University of Delhi.
  • Member working committee for the Turing Centenary Celebrations organized by the University of Delhi and ACM Delhi Chapter held on September 29 2012.
  • Partcipated in International conference on Big Data Analytics BDA 2012 held at India International Center, Lodi Road from December 24-26, 2012.
  • Attended an author workshop conducted by Springer in collaboration with Delhi University Library system held at University of Delhi
  • Participated in one day workshop "Design Science Research in Information Technology", held in the Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi on 12 November 2010 .
  • Participated in five days Teachers’ Training Programme in Algorithms, organized by Department of Computer Science, at Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi, on 20,21,22,24 and 25 April 2009.
  • Participated in workshop, conducted by Sun Micro Systems on Java Programming Language, at Computer Centre, University of Delhi, from 29 Dec 2008 to 02 Jan 2009.
  • Participated in the one day National Seminar on e-Security Education through e-Learning, e-learn’2007 held on 14 December 2007 at Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida.
  • Participated in Supported Blended Learning Workshop organized by the University of Delhi from 28 – 30 May 2007 at Delhi.
  • Attended a one day symposium on Information Security organized by the Department of Computer Science on 27 April 2007, at University of Delhi, Delhi.
  • Participated in the Autonomic Computing Workshop, organized by the IBM Research Lab on 28 March 2007.
  • Participated in course on Introduction to Networking conducted by Novell Netware on 16 & 17 February 2001
  • Participated in a three day training programme on Windows programming from 12 July to 14 July 1999 conducted by Riverrun Software group at Department of Computer Science, University of Delhi

Other Activities


  • Member Editorial board- International Journal of Hybrid Intelligence, InderScience Publishers, ISSN online 2515-4281, ISSN print 2515-4273
  • Member Technical Program Committee ICRCICN – -since 2015 -IEEE International Conference on Research In Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks,
  • Member Technical Program Committee ICACCP - 2017 , First International Conference on Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms , 08-10 September , 2017,Sikkim,India
  • Committee member GHCI 2016 – Technical Track: Data Science and Machine Learning (Technology),7-9 December, 2016.
  • Member Local Organizing Committee APSEC -2015 ,Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference 1-4 December, 2015,New Delhi,India.
  • Committee member GHCI 2015 – Track(Technology) Made In India,2-4 December, 2015.
  • Member Technical Program Committee WCI 2015- Third International symposium on Women in Computing and Informatics,10-13 August 2015,Kerala,India
  • Member Technical Program Committee ICACCI 2013- 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, 22-25 August, 2013,Mysore,India
  • Member Technical Program Committee International Symposium On Women In Computing and Informatics (WCI-2013) 23-24 August,2013. Mysore, India
  • Member – Board of Research Studies ,2010-2012
  • Member – Departmental Research committee 2010-2012, University of Delhi
  • Member- Course framing and review committee at the university level
  • Associated with Institute of Lifelong Learning (ILL), University of Delhi, for review of online courses relevant to B .Sc(Prog) syllabi
  • Head of Department Computer Science- Dyal Singh College
  • Jury member of technical festivals across various Delhi technical institutes

Get in Touch

Email ID - hemabanati@dsc.du.ac.in