Dr. B. Prabavathy
B.E., M.Tech., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department Of Computer Science and Engineering
- PhD. in Computer Science from Anna University, Chennai.
- M.Tech. (CSE) in First Class with Distinction from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli.
- B.E. (CSE) , from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
Teaching Experience: 28 Years
- Associate Professor in SSN College of Engineering since 2007
- Earlier, worked in Sriram Engineering College as Assistant Professor
Subjects Specialized (Teaching):
- Data Structures, Internet Programming, Compiler Design, Object Oriented Programming, Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning
Research Interests:
Indian Sign Language Interpretation and Recognition, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, Image Processing, Generative AI, Computer Vision, Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics.
Shiv Nadar Foundation Collaboration Grant Winner (2024)
- Recognized as a Distinguished Winner of the Shiv Nadar Foundation Inter-Institution Collaboration Grant 2024, worth 40 Lakhs.
- Project Title: "AI-DIDI: AI-generated Avatar for Digital Inclusion of Deaf Individuals"
- Internal Funded Projects (Funded by SSN): Obtained fund of worth Rs. 3,17,000/- for both Student and Faculty funded projects, completed, and produced International Conference papers.
- Faculty project fund of worth Rs. 2,67,000/-
- Student project funds of worth around Rs. 50,000/-
BAFO - Bus Assist for Visually Impaired and Ophthalmologically Treatable Individuals, 202541007630.
Consultancy Projects done for Caterpillar India, Chennai
- 2021–2022:
- Project: WebApp Creation using WYSIWYG Editor (Builder.io)
- Amount Earned: ₹1.56 Lakh
- 2018–2019:
- Project: An Efficient Algorithm for Fast Processing of Message Quadruples
- Amount Earned: ₹1.87 Lakh
- 2016–2017:
- Project: Improved Data Transformation Strategy for Visualizing Historical Data
- Amount Earned: ₹0.90 Lakh
- 2014–2015:
- Project: Benchmarking Real-time Query Processing Solutions in Hadoop
- Status: Completed
- Recipient of the Best Teacher Award, SSN Institutions (2013–2014)
- Second Winner, iSIGCSE Teaching Video Challenge #1 by ACM India Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (2021)
- Shortlisted in the Top 1000 teams out of 15,337 in TNSDC - Naan Mudhalvan Niral Thiruvizha 2.0 Hackathon for the idea "Zoom++: An Inclusive Virtual Conferencing Tool for Continuous Indian Sign Language Recognition", submitted with final year UG students G. Gnana Sai and Aswath Venkatesh
Recognized Supervisor in Anna University to Guide Ph.D / M.S Full-time & Part-time research Scholars
Conducted various Workshops, Faculty Development Programs, Pre-Conference Tutorials, International Conference, Hackathon Events, and Outreach Hands-on Workshop Programs for Diploma Students.
2023-2024
Prabavathy Balasundaram, Pradeep Ganesh, Pravinkrishnan K, Rahul Kumar Mukesh, A Novel Technology Stack for Automated Road Quality Assessment Framework using Deep Learning Techniques, Emitter International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol. 12, No. 1, June 2024, pp. 62-89 (Web of Science) Emerging SCI. DOI : 10.24003/emitter.v12i1.837.
2022–2023
Prabavathy Balasundaram, Lekshmi Kalinathan, Anu Lekshmi K, An Improved Face Recognition Model for Image-based Attendance System (2022), Indian Journal of Natural Sciences, 13(75):50307–50316
Prabavathy Balasundaram, Lekshmi Kalinathan, Sushaanth Srinivasan, Sharvesh Shankar, W Angeline Hilda, A Novel Generalized Handwritten Character Recognition Model using Few-Shot Learning, Indian Journal of Natural Sciences, 13(75):50509–50518
Chaithanya A, Hariharan R, Harishkumar S, Prabavathy Balasundaram, Enhancing GraphQL Data Fetching Technique, International Journal of Computer Applications(2022), 184(20):1–6
2021–2022
Pravinkrishnan K, Prabavathy Balasundaram, Lekshmi Kalinathan, An Overview of Chatbots using ML algorithms in Agricultural Domain, International Journal of Computer Applications(2022), 184(14):15–22
2018–2019
Prabavathy Balasundaram, Chitra Babu, Pradeep Rengaswamy, A Distributed Load Balancing Algorithm for Deduplicated Storage, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (2019), 27(5): 3994–4008 (Annexure I) Thomson Reuter’s Impact Factor: 0.587
2017–2018
Prabavathy Balasundaram, Chitra Babu, Concurrency Control Algorithms for Deduplicated Cloud Storage, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (2018), 26(2): 936–947. (Annexure I) Thomson Reuter’s Impact Factor: 0.587
2016–2017
Prabavathy Balasundaram, Chitra Babu, Subha Devi M, Improving Read Throughput of Deduplicated Cloud Storage using Frequent Pattern-Based Prefetching Technique, The Computer Journal (2017), 60(3): 444–456. (Annexure I) Thomson Reuter’s Impact Factor: 0.962
- Life Member, ISTE
- Member, IEEE
- Member, ACM