Dr. Urmila Pilania is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, India. Dr. Pilania earned an engineering degree (BTech in computer science and engineering) in 2007 at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India. She earned an MTech in computer science and technology in 2009 at Vaish College of Engineering, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Dr. Pilania earned a PhD in computer science and technology in 2021 at Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, India. Her primary research interests are in information security, image processing, machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Dr. Pilania has published many research papers related to information security, object detection and classification. She is the author of more than 34 research publications with journals/conferences of repute, and some papers are under review or in press for publication with leading publishers. Dr. Pilania has published 3 national patents, and 1 design patent is under examination. She has participated in various workshops and faculty development programs. Dr. Pilania has also been associated with many conferences, journals as a reviewer and a member of their technical committee.
She has conducted various special sessions in many reputed conferences. Dr. Pilania has delivered guest lectures in some reputed conferences, and she has chaired many sessions in international conferences. Dr. Pilania is currently guiding 3 PhD research scholars. Dr. Manoj Kumar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Manav Rachna University, Faridabad, India. He has more than 14 years' experience, including academics, industry and research.
He earned a PhD in computer vision in 2022 with a thesis titled "Automatic Detection of Moving Object in a Video for Smart Surveillance System". His areas of expertise include computer vision, artificial intelligence, machine learning, image processing, IOT and blockchain. Dr. Kumar has published many research papers related to moving object detection and tracking in videos and also extracts features moving object/vehicles from video in real-time video surveillance system. He has published more than 10 papers in SCIE, SCOPUS, Web of Science indexed journals. Dr. Kumar has presented more than 20 papers in various Scopus indexed international conferences. The proceedings of the conferences are Scopus indexed and a few are published as a book chapters.
He has published 4 national patents and participated in various workshops and faculty development programs. Dr. Kumar has been on the reviewer board of the International Conference on Disruptive Technologies (ICDT-2023), the Fourth International Conference on Advancement in Electronics and Communication Engineering (AECE-2023) etc. He has conducted various special sessions in many reputed conferences and workshops. Dr. Kumar has chaired many sessions at various reputed international conferences.