Smitha Kumar

MSc in Computer Science

Role
Associate Professor
Section
School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences
Smitha Kumar

About

Smitha S Kumar is an Associate Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai Campus. She teaches various UG and PG courses and supervises Master's and Undergraduate projects related to Machine learning. Some of the courses that she teaches are Software Engineering, Industrial Programming, Software Development, and Data Structures & Algorithm analysis.

Research

Search-based software engineering, data mining, machine learning 

Publications

KADHAR, A.A., KUMAR, S.S. (2022). Deep-Learning Approach for Sentiment Analysis in Software Engineering Domain. In: Ullah, A., Anwar, S., Rocha, Á., Gill, S. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 350. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7618-5_28

A. MOUMIN AND S. S. KUMAR, "Automatic Speaker Recognition using Deep Neural Network Classifiers," 2021 2nd International Conference on Computation, Automation and Knowledge Management (ICCAKM), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2021, pp. 282-286, doi: 10.1109/ICCAKM50778.2021.9357699.

A. DANGIWA AND S. S. KUMAR, "A Business Card Reader Application for iOS devices based on Tesseract," 2018 International Conference on Signal Processing and Information Security (ICSPIS), DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 2018, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/CSPIS.2018.8642727

S KUMAR, T SHAIKH. “Empirical Evaluation of the Performance of Feature  Selection Approaches on Random Forest”, International Conference on Computer and Applications, Dubai,UAE, 23rd October 2017.

S KUMAR, M MANUEL, S TALAL.”Investigating programming feedback to improve student learning experience in computer science education”,Smart Learning Conference, Dubai, UAE,2017.

GUDMUND GROV, MOHAMMAD HAMDAN, SMITHA S KUMAR, MANUEL MAAREK, LÉON MCGREGOR, TALAL SHAIKH, J. B. WELLS, AND HIND ZANTOUT. “Transition from passive learner to critical evaluator through peer-testing of programming artifacts”. In Horizons in STEM Higher Education Conference: Making Connections and Sharing Pedagogy, Edinburgh, UK, 2017. (presentation and demo).

S VARGHESE, S KUMAR,R POOLEY. “Teacher Information System Using Genetic Algorithm”, Proceedings of Academics World 8 th International Conference, Dubai, UAE, 13th November 2015[ This paper received the Excellent paper Award]

H ZANTOUT, S KUMAR, T SHAIKH. “Criteria for Evaluating Online Programming Courses: A Background Review” Proceedings of 6th Annual International Conference on Computer Science Education: Innovation & Technology (CSEIT 2015), 5th October, 2015, Singapore.