Designation	Associate Professor
Educational Qualification	M. Tech, Ph.D
Experience	Teaching:  16 Yrs
Area of Interest	Underwater communication, Signal processing for communication, 5G Communication, Machine learning
Email-ID	ksaraswathi@rvce.edu.in

 Professional Membership:

 IEEE senior member

Awards & Achievements:

• Appreciation letter received, felicitated from RSST Trust for the award of the PhD Degree in Jan 2020
• Received ‘Certificate of Excellence' for successful completion of Samsung Prism worklet on 3^rd March 2022.

Project Guided:

Number of UG projects guided: 26

Number of PG projects guided: 20

Research Profile:

• Samsung Project: Currently Executing the Project under SAMSUNG PRISM in the Worklet ID: CPCS09RV On “Block-Chain based Person authentication on IoT devices for Smart Home Applications”, guiding five students.

• Submitted proposal titled “Smart Water Distribution System Monitoring in Rural Areas” to DST grant of amount Rs 38, 18,000 on 13.3.2021.

• Submitted proposal titled “Microwave technology and Antenna design for wireless communication system” to AICTE of amount Rs 6, 90,800 on 26.12.2020.

• Submitted proposal to establish Centre of Excellence entitled “5G and Allied Technologies” of budget Rs 1, 50, 00,000/- on 13.10.2020.

• Submitted Proposal to DST entitled “Smart Waste management and Segregation for Sustainable Environment” of budget Rs 50,21,250/- on 29.06.2020.

• Submitted Proposal to DST entitled “Development of Automated Real Time Fabric Inspection System using Machine learning” of budget Rs 10,00,000/- on 26.02.2020.

• Submitted Proposal to VGST entitled “Development of ICT based detection of weed, plant leaf diseases and fruit localization in crops”, of budget Rs 53,00,000/- on 6.12.2019.

• Sent Research proposal entitled “Development of Automated detection and grading of cashew kernals”, to ICAR cashew Research, National Research centre for Cashew (NRCC), Puttur, July 2019.

Courses taught :

Broadband Networks, DSP for communication, Advanced Digital Communication, Basic Electronics, Communication System –I, Communication System –II Advanced Computer Networks, Digital Signal Processing.

Publications:

Details of Scopus Indexed/WoS/ICI/Qs publications :

International Conferences

• Saraswathi.K,Ravishankar.S, “Underwater Communications in the Presence of Bubbles and Doppler shift”, IEEE International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications & Informatics(ICACCI),September 13th -16th , Manipal, 2017 (Scopus indexed).

• Saraswathi, Ravishankar,et.al., “Implementation of Doppler shift compensation algorithm for Underwater OFDM Communication Systems”, IEEE International conference on Smart technologies for Smart nation ,REVA university ,17th-19th Aug 2017 (Scopus indexed).

• Samudhyatha B,Saraswathi K, “Maximum Eigen value based spectrum sensing over -k- & -- channels” , IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Montreal ,Canada 8^th-13^th 2017 (Scopus indexed).

• Saraswathi, Ravishankar, et.al, “Study of Doppler Estimation and Compensation for OFDM in Underwater Acoustic Channels”, International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Communication & Robotics Engineering (ICEECR),Bangalore, India, 30^th Dec 2018(Scopus indexed).

• Saraswathi, Ravishankar, et.al, “Novel algorithm for Doppler Estimation and Compensation in Underwater Acoustic Channels”, International IEEE Conference Recent Trends on Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (RTIECT), SVCE, Bengaluru, and 17th -18th May 2019 (Scopus Indexed ).

• Saraswathi, Ravishankar, et.al, “Doppler shift estimation for Underwater Acoustic communication system”, International Journal of advanced research in Engineering & technology (IJARET), Volume 11, Issue 8, pp. 551-556, August 2020 (Scopus indexed).

• Rashmi BS,Saraswathi.K, “ Performance analysis of OFDM,FBMC and UFMC Modulation schemes for 5G Mobile Communication MIMO Systems ”, 2^nd International Conference On IOT based Control Networks and Intelligent systems Elsevier publication (ICICNIS 2021) .

• Pushpalakshmi ,Saraswathi.K, “Design and Simulation of Interference mitigation algorithm for an L-band Digital Aeronautical Communication System”, 2^nd International Conference On IOT based Control Networks and Intelligent systems Elsevier publication (ICICNIS 2021).

• Saichakri D,Saraswathi.K,et.al “Performance analysis and effect of variation in beam divergence of UWOC system”, Target Classification of Electro-optical/Infrared Image using Machine Learning Algorithm”, 12^th International conference on recent Engineering and Technology,ISBN:978-93-5406-579-8, Oct 2021.

International Journals

• Niveditha VK, Saraswathi.K, “Design and Simulation of FoG Networks for IOT applications” International journal Wutan Huatan Jisuan Jishu(WHJJ),volume XVI,ISSUE VI, June 2020.(UGC- CARE- GROUP-II JOURNAL)

• Shreya Ramakanth, Rohit H.R, Saraswathi K, “Extracting Vital Signs from Continuous Wave Radar based return signals using Discrete Wavelet Transform and Empirical Mode Decomposition”, International research of engineering and technology (IJRET),Volume 7,ISSUE 6, June 2020. .(UGC- CARE- GROUP-II JOURNAL)

• Lakshmi Patil, Saraswathi.K, “Crop yield prediction on the basis of soil composition using machine learning algorithms”, International journal Wutan Huatan Jisuan Jishu(WHJJ),volume XVI,ISSUE VII, July 2020.(UGC- CARE- GROUP-II JOURNAL)

• Vidyashree Dabbgol, Saraswathi.K, “Target Classification of Electro-optical/Infrared Image using Machine Learning Algorithm”, International Journal for research in applied science & Technology (IJRASET), volume 8, Issue IX, pp 74-77, Sep 2020. Journal.(UGC- CARE- GROUP-II JOURNAL)

Collaborative works carried out with academia and industry:

Reviewer in IEEE International Conferences and Journals:

• Reviewer in 6^th International Conference on Computational systems and Information Technology for Sustainable solutions CSITSS 2022 organized by RV College of Engineering in association with Florida International University and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Bangalore Section, conducted during 21st to 23rd December, 2022.

• Reviewed papers for reputed IEEE Journal Of Ocean Engineering (JOE), is the online-only quarterly publication of the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE OES), 2020. 

• Reviewed papers for reputed springer Journal of Marine Science and technology (JMST), journal on current issues in marine science and technology in the year 2020.

• Reviewer in International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies, CONECCT is a flagship conference of the IEEE Bangalore Section, India, held during JULY 9 - 11, 2021.

• Reviewer for the IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference 2021, held during September 30 to October 2, 2021.

• Reviewer for the IEEE International Conference on Mobile Networks and Wireless Communications (ICMNWC) on 3 - 4 December 2021 in association IEEE Bangalore Section, SSIT, Tumkuru.

Invited Talks Delivered:

• Delivered talk on “Signal Processing in MATLAB” in online workshop on “Basics of Matlab and Labview For Engineering Applications” organised by Dept. of ETE under IEEE Signal processing conducted from 1.2.2021 to 5.2.2021.

• Delivered talk on “SDN in Mobile Networks ” in online workshop on “Software Defined Network and its Applications ” organised by Dept. of CSE,RVCE under IEEE Computer Society conducted from 27.9.2021 to 1.10.2021.

Technical events Organized/ Attended :

 Webinars organized:

• Webinar on “Signal processing in wearable devices”, under IEEE RVCE SPS Student branch chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section dated on 2^nd September 2022

• Webinar on “Technology Trends for 5G and IoT based Use cases” Under IEEE SPS on for UG, PG & Faculty on 12^th Aug 2021

• Webinar on “Private 5G Networks" Under IEEE SPS for UG, PG & Faculty on 24^th Aug 2021.

• Webinar on “How Social recruiting can help in Internship and Job career opportunities” for UG, PG & Faculty on 12^th Sep 2020.

• Webinar on “How 5G will reshape business & Open up new opportunities” for UG, PG & Faculty on 10th June 2020.

• Webinar on “Invisible Design”, for UG, PG & Faculty on 24^th July 2020.

• Technical talk on “Design and implementation of signal processing application on TI and PSOC processors” for UG, PG & Faculty on 31^st March 2015.

• Technical talk on “Mobility and Role of Operating Systems” for UG, PG & Faculty on 30^th Nov 2012,by senior architects from Huawei technologies

FDPs organized:

• Organized five day workshop on “Future of 5G with Software Defined Radio”, under IEEE RVCE SPS Student branch chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section during 4^th – 8^th April 2022.

• Organized the 5 Days Online Hands- on Workshop on “5G Wireless Communication systems” during 25th October to 29th October 2021 under the IEEE RVCE SPS Student Chapter.

• One week Hands-on Workshop on “5G NEW RADIO” under IEEE Signal processing student chapter from 14^th Sep – 19^th Sep 2020.

• One week workshop on Emerging Trends in Multi-core Processors & Network on hip Architecture, from 21^st to 25^th January, 2019 under IEEE – RVCE Student Chapter.

• Organized Two day workshop from IIT Professor on “Network on Chip”, from 18th to 19th Dec 2017.

• Six day workshop by experts from IISc, BEL, NAVAL research boards etc. on “Trends in Underwater Acoustic Communication and SONAR”, held at R.V.C.E, Bangalore during 14^th to 19^th July 2014.

Workshops/FDP’s Attended:

• Attended one week workshop on “5G Wireless Communication Systems” organised by Dept. of ETE, RVCE, IEEE RVCE SPS Student branch chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section during 25th Oct-29th October 2021.
• Attended one week FDP on “Machine learning Applications for Autonomous Driving” during 24^th -28^th January, 2022 as organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
• Attended one week FDP on “Role of Smart Cities in Society 5.0” during 17^th -21^st January, 2022 as organized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
• Attended five day workshop on “Future of 5G with Software Defined Radio” organised by Dept. of ETE, RVCE, IEEE RVCE SPS Student branch chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section during 4^th – 8^th April 2022.
• Attended two week FDP on “Matlab Programming” jointly organized by the Electronics and ICT Academies at MNIT Jaipur, NIT Patna and PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur during August 22^nd -September 02^nd, 2022.

• Faculty development program on “Network On Chip” organised by IIT Guwahati &PESIT from 17^th – 19^th July 2017.

• Faculty development program on “Scalable ON-CHIP Interconnects for Many-Core Processors” organised by IIT Guwahati from 11^th – 14^th June 2018.

• Workshop on “Fundamentals of LTE-4G”, organised by Dept. ECE, RVCE from 26^th -30^th Sep 2018.

• Attended one week Faculty development programme on “Analog VLSI Design” from 24^th -28^th June 2019.

• Attended FDP on “Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications in Engineering &Science”, Organised by Government Engineering college, Karad from 16^th May -20^th May 2019.

• Attended two week Faculty development program on SCILAB, Organised by Dept. of ET,ADCET and IIT Bombay from 23^rd May -5^th June 2020.

• Attended workshop on “Practical RF/Microwave Active circuit design &Analysis”, Organised by Dept. of ET,RVCE from 15^th-17^th June 2020.

• Attended FDP on “Research Proposal writing and Opportunities in the field of Science, Engineering and Management”, Organised by Dept. of R&D,BIT from 6^th-11^th July 2020.

• Attended AICTE FDP on UHV, Online during 14^th Aug- 18^th Dec 2020.

• Attended one week workshop on “Recent Advances in RF and Wireless Communication”, organized by MSRIT EC DEPT, in association with IETE Bangalore Centre and SAGE,USA,Online,2^nd -7^th Aug -2021.

• Attended AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy FDP on “Green Communication” organized by Dept. of ETE, BMSIT from 24^th -28^th Aug 2021.

• Attended AICTE FDP on UHV Refresher-I, Online during 30^th Aug- 3^rd Sept 2021.

Webinars Attended:

• Attended webinar on “Signal processing in wearable devices”, under IEEE RVCE SPS Student branch chapter and IEEE Bangalore Section dated on 2^nd September 2022.

• Attended Workshop on “New Model Curriculum Course for PG as per outcome based Education” organised by VTU on 6^th Aug 2018.

• Attended Webinar on “How 5G will reshape business and open up new opportunities”, on 10^th June 2020 organized by ETE dept., RVCE

• Attended Webinar on “5G Technology and its Application”, organized by the Dept. of

• ETE, RVCE on 8^th June 2020.

• Attended Webinar on “Advances in IOT and its Applications”, organized by the Dept. of ECE, Dr AIT on 10^th June 2020.

• Attended Webinar on “Private 5G Networks”, organized by the Dept. of ETE under IEEE SPS on 24^th Aug 2021.

• Attended Webinar on Technology Trends for “5G and IoT based Use cases”, organized by the Dept. of ETE on 12^th Aug 2021.