मालवीय राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान जयपुर (राष्ट्रीय महत्व का संस्थान)
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur (An Institute of National Importance)
Department of Computer Science & Engineering

26

Journal Publications

42

Conference Publications

3

Research Projects

5

PhD Research Supervised

5

Awards & Honours

Qualifications
  • Ph.D.(Computer Engineering) from Delhi Technological University(2015)
    M.E.(Computer Tech. & Applications) from Delhi College of Engg., Delhi University(2010)
    B.Tech.(Computer Sc. & Engg.) from JSSATE, Noida, UP Techical Univ.(2008)
Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence, Bio And Nature Inspired Algorithms, Computational Intelligence, Evolutionary Computing, Intelligent Systems, Machine Learning, Optimization, Remote sensing, Image processing and pattern recognition.

Brief Research Profile

Dr. Goel has published around 101 research papers in SCI-indexed International conferences, journals & book chapters,, including Elsevier, IEEE, T&F, Springer, etc. She has written a textbook on Artificial Intelligence for UG students, which was published in January 2021 by Wiley Publications and is amongst the top 10 bestseller books globally on the Amazon website to date. She received in August 2019 and in October 2022, external fundings of Rs. 40 lakhs and Rs. 30 lakhs, respectively, as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) and Principal Investigator from the Department of Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems division and SERB-CRG (Science and Engineering Research Board- Core Research Grant) divisions. She is also a life member of the Institution of Engineers India Ltd. and Machine Intelligence & Research Labs, USA, a Senior member of IEEE, and a Senior member of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society. She was awarded the prestigious Young Scientist Award by the VIFRA International Foundation in 2015. She is also the Joint Winner of the IEEE India Best Women Professional Award given by IEEE India Council, 2021, at the IEEE Flagship conference INDICON held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati. This achievement of hers was featured as an article in the Dainik Bhaskar newspaper on 20th Jan 2022. Her research interests include nature-inspired optimization, machine learning, hybrid intelligence, pattern recognition and remote sensing.

Professional Background
  • Assistant Professor at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur [24 February 2020 - Present].
    Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology and Science , Pilani [27 July 2015 - 10 January 2020].
    Assistant Professor at SRM University, NCR Campus [03 February 2015 - 07 July 2015].
    Assistant Professor (on contract) at Delhi Technological University , Delhi [28 July 2014 - 16 January 2015].
    Member Technical Staff at ORACLE India Pvt Ltd [29 July 2010 - 31 January 2011].

  • AI and Expert Systems
  • Computer Science and Programming
  • Computer Systems and Programming
  • Concurrent and Parallel Programming
  • Data structures and algorithms
  • Logic System Design
  • Programming Methodology
  • Programming with Python
  • Technical writing

    2024
  • Siddhi Kumari Sharma, Lavika Goel, Namita Mittal, "NatureInspired Optimization Techniques for Heart Disease Detection: A Comprehensive Survey" , Neural computing and applications (Springer ) Volume :0 / 1-32 / 2024 DOI: --
  • Aishwarya Mishra, Lavika Goel, "Optimizing Artificial Neural Network for Demography Based Crop Recommendation: An Ocean Water Current Inspired Approach in Precision Agriculture" , International Journal of Information Technology (Springer ) Volume :0 / 1-18 / 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s41870-024-02253-7
  • Jyoti Nagpal, Lavika Goel, P.S. Shekhawat, "A hybrid deep learning neural network for early plant disease diagnosis using a real-world WheatBarley vision dataset: challenges and solutions" , International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (Springer ) Volume :0 / 1-22 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41060-024-00578-x
  • Meghna Raj, NB Harshini, Shashank Gupta, Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Oshin Rawlley, Lavika Goel, "Leveraging Precision Agriculture Techniques using UAVs and Emerging Disruptive Technologies" , Energy Nexus (Elsevier) Volume :0 / 100300 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2024.100300
  • Lavika Goel, Nilarnab Debnath, Sanskar Mundaniya, "A Visual Question and Answering System with Support for Compound Emotions using Facial Landmark Identification with MediaPipe and CNN classifier" , Neurocomputing (Elsevier) Volume :588 / 127623 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2024.127623
  • Lavika Goel, Pankaj Patel, "Improving YOLOv6 using Advanced PSO optimizer for weight selection in Lung Cancer Detection and Classification" , Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer ) Volume :0 / 1-34 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-024-18441-3
  • Aishwarya Mishra, Lavika Goel, "An Ocean Water Current Inspired Geo Science-Based Optimization Algorithm" , International Journal of Information Technology (Springer ) Volume :16(4) / 2619-2633 / 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-023-01683-z
  • 2023
  • Lavika Goel, Satyansh Mishra, "A Hybrid of Modified YOLOv3 with BBO/EE Optimizer for Lung Cancer Detection" , Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer ) Volume :83 / 52219-52251 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-17454-8
  • Lavika Goel, Jyotishree Kanhar, Vij Patel, Aishwary Vardhan, "Hybrid nature-inspired techniques for Natural Scene Character Recognition" , Soft Computing (Springer ) Volume :0 / 1-17 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-023-08667-y
  • Aishwarya Mishra, Lavika Goel, "Nature Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms in Smart farming: Analytical Survey" , IETE Technical Review (Taylor & Francis) Volume :0 / 1-20 / 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2023.2219226
  • Lavika Goel, Giriraj Vaishnav, Siddharth Chand Ramola, Tushar Purohit, "A Modified Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm with Pheromone Mutations for Dynamic Travelling Salesman Problem" , IETE Technical Review (Taylor & Francis) Volume :0 / 1-16 / 2023 DOI: pp. 1-16, 2023, DOI: 10.1080/02564602.2023.2167742.
  • 2022
  • Lavika Goel, "A novel approach for Face Recognition using Biogeography Based Optimization with Extinction and Evolution (accepted)" , Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer (Springer) Volume :81(8) / 10561-88 / 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-12158-x
  • Lavika Goel, Jyoti Nagpal, "A Systematic Review of Recent Machine Learning Techniques for Plant Disease Identification and Classification" , IETE Technical Review (Taylor & Francis) Volume :0 / 1-17 / 2022 DOI: 10.1080/02564602.2022.2121772
  • 2021
  • Lavika Goel, Rajat Jain, "A Plate-Tectonics Based Neighborhood Search Optimizer and Its Application for Fault Monitoring in IoT Systems" , Knowledge Based Systems (Elsevier) Volume :234 / 1-17 / 2021
  • 2020
  • Lavika Goel, "An Extensive Review of Computational Intelligence Based Optimization Algorithms: Trends and Applications (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-020-04958-W)" , Soft Computing (Springer ) Volume :24 / 16519–49 / 2020
  • Lavika Goel, Abhilash Neog, Ashish Aman, Arshveer Kaur, "Hybrid Nature-Inspired Optimization Techniques in Face Recognition" , LNCS Transactions on Computational Science XXXVI (Springer ) Volume :12060 / 99-126 / 2020
  • 2019
  • Lavika Goel, Sundaresan Raman, Subham Swastik Dora, Anirudh Bhutani, Aditya A.S, Abhinav Mehta, "Hybrid Computational Intelligence Algorithms and their Applications to detect Food Quality" , Artificial Intelligence Review (Springer ) Volume :53 / 1415-1440 / 2019
  • 2018
  • Lavika Goel, Anubhav Garg, "Sentiment Analysis of Social Networking Websites using Gravitational Search Optimization Algorithm" , International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation (IJAEC) (IGI Global) Volume :9 / 76-85 / 2018
  • 2015
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Two-phase anticipatory system design based on extended species abundance model of biogeography for intelligent battlefield preparation" , Knowledge Based Systems (Elsevier) Volume :89 / 420-445 / 2015
  • 2013
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Performance Analysis of Biogeography Based Land Cover Feature Extractor for Building Hybrid Intelligent Models" , International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation (IJAEC) (IGI Global) Volume :4 / 1-26 / 2013
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, V. K. Panchal, "Land Cover Feature Extraction of Multi-spectral Satellite Images Based on Extended Species Abundance Model of Biogeography" , LNCS Transactions on Computational Science XXI (Springer) Volume :8160 / 90-118 / 2013
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Biogeography and geo-sciences based land cover feature extraction" , Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier) Volume :13 / 4194-4208 / 2013
  • 2012
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Hybrid bio-inspired techniques for land cover feature extraction: A remote sensing perspective" , Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier ) Volume :12 / 832-849 / 2012
  • 2011
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, V.K. Panchal, "Information Sharing In Swarm Intelligence Techniques: A Perspective Application for Natural Terrain Feature Elicitation in Remote Sensing Images" , INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS) Volume :32 / 34-40 / 2011
  • 2010
  • Lavika Goel, "Land cover Feature Extraction using Hybrid Swarm Intelligence Techniques-A Remote sensing perspective" , ACEE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON SIGNAL & IMAGE PROCESSING (ACEE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL on SIGNAL & IMAGE PROCESSING) Volume :1 / 1 / 2010
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta and V.K. Panchal, "Embedding Expert Knowledge to Hybrid Bio-Inspired Techniques: An Adaptive Strategy towards Focused Land Cover Feature Extraction" , International Journal of Computer Science & Information Security (IJCSIS) (International Journal of Computer Science & Information Security) Volume :1 / 244-253 / 2010

    2024
  • Siddhi Kumari Sharma, Lavika Goel , Namita Mittal, "Hybridizing Earthquake Dynamics-Based Optimization With Multiple Adaptative Differential Evolution: Towards a Faster Convergence Metaheuristic" , Ninth International Conference on Data Mining and Big Data DMBD 2024 by :Springer at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / 1-12 / 2024
  • Vijay Kumari, Miloni Mittal, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel, "FAQ-Based Question Answering Systems With Query-Question and Query-Answer Similarity" , 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence ICAART 2024 by :SCITEPRESS at Rome, Italy / 1189-1196 / 2024
  • Lavika Goel, "2-D Global Routing Using Hybrid Biogeography-Based Optimization and Maze Routing Algorithm" , International Conference on Business Intelligence and Information Technology, BIIT 2024, Springer Publications by :Springer at Harbin, China / 1-10 / 2024
  • Siddhi Kumari Sharma, Lavika Goel , Namita Mittal, "A New Nature-Inspired Technique Based on Earthquake Dynamics" , 5th International Conference on Data Science and Applications ICDSA 2024, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer by :Springer at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, / 1-8 / 2024
  • Aishwarya Mishra, Lavika Goel , "Computational Intelligence in Smart Farming: Vision and Trials" , World Congress on Smart Computing WCSC 2024, Springer Publications, Algorithms for Intelligent Systems by :Springer at Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow / 1-8 / 2024
  • Jyoti Nagpal, Lavika Goel, "Deep Learning-Based Classification of Plant Leaf Diseases Using Advanced Particle Swarm Optimization" , 3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Expert Applications and Security ICE-TEAS 2024 by :Springer at JECRC Jaipur / 1-8 / 2024
  • Jyoti Nagpal, Lavika Goel, "DAMPSO: Dynamic Accelerated Memory-Based PSO for Hyperparameter Tuning of Plant Disease Classifiers" , 5th Doctorial Symposium on Computational Intelligence DOSCI 2024 Springer LNNS Publications by :Springer at Delhi / 1-6 / 2024
  • 2023
  • Vijay Kumari, Abhimanyu Sethi, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel , "Visual Question Answering Analysis Datasets,Methods and Image Featurization Techniques" , 12th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods ICPRAM 2023, Science and Technology Publications by :Springer at Lisbon, Portugal / 281-288 / 2023
  • Lavika Goel, Siddhi Kumari Sharma, Namita Mittal , Atulya Raj, and Sachi Pandey, "Integrating Hybrid Feature Extraction Techniques With Support Vector Machine for Efficient Facial Emotion Recognition" , 7th International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communications SmartCom 2023, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer by :Springer at Jaipur / 111-129 / 2023
  • Vijay Kumari, Abhishek Ashwanikumar Sharma, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel, "Scalability and Sustainability in Chatbot and Mobile Application Development" , 2023 13th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering Confluence by :IEEE at Delhi / 397 - 403 / 2023
  • Aishwarya Mishra, Lavika Goel, "A Natural Way to Stability: A New Evolutionary Algorithm Based on Ocean Water Currents" , 3rd International Conference on Intelligent Vision and Computing ICIVC 2023, Springer Publications by :Springer at NIT Agartala / 1-6 / 2023
  • 2022
  • Vijay Kumari, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel, "A Comparative Analysis of Transformer-Based Models for Document Visual Question Answering" , International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Engineering. ICCIDE 2022 by :Springer at VIT-AP University / 1-8 / 2022
  • Aishwarya Mishra, Lavika Goel, "Geo Science-Based Optimization Algorithms: A New Paradigm" , 4th International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems 2022 by :Springer at NIT Delhi, 19-20th December, 2022. / 1-6 / 2022
  • Lavika Goel, Jyoti Nagpal, "A Hybrid Convolutional Neural Network - Random Forest Model for Plant Disease Diagnosis" , World Conference on Information Systems for Business Management , 2022 by :Springer at Bangkok, Thailand / / 2022 ISBN: 2190-3018
  • L. Goel and A. Mishra, "A Survey of Recent Deep Learning Algorithms Used in Smart Farming, Doi: 10.1109/TENSYMP54529.2022.9864477, 2022." , 2022 IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP) by :IEEE at IIT Bombay / 1-6 / 2022
  • Vijay Kumari, Srishti Keshari, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel , "Context-Based Question Answering System With Suggested Questions" , 2022 12th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering (Confluence), IEEE Publications. by :IEEE at New Delhi, India / 368-37 / 2022
  • 2021
  • Lavika Goel, "Path Extraction and Planning for Intelligent Battlefield Preparation Using Particle Swarm Optimization" , International Conference on Intelligent Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS-2021), Springer Publications by :Springer at IIIT Kota, India / / 2021
  • Vijay Kumari, Chinmay Gosavi, Yashvardhan Sharma and Lavika Goel, "Domain-Specific Chatbot Development Using the Deep Learning and AI-Powered RASA Framework" , 3rd International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems , ICCIS 2021, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Publications by :Springer at Delhi / -- / 2021 ISBN: --
  • Vijay Kumari, Ayush Jain, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel, "Conversational Question Answering System Using RASA Framework" , Global Conference on Artificial Intelligence & Applications (GCAIA-2021) (Accepted). by :CRC Press, Taylor and Francis at Jaipur, India / / 2021
  • Abhishek Agarwal, Vijay Kumari, Yashvardhan Sharma, Lavika Goel, "Ranking Based Question Answering System With a Web and Mobile Application" , Confluence 2021, 11th International Conference on Cloud Computing, Data Science & Engineering by :IEEE at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India / 52-58 / 2021 ISBN: 978-0-7381-3160-3
  • Lavika Goel, "Travelling Salesman Problem Solution Using Plate Tectonics Based Neighborhood Search Optimization" , 6th International Conference on Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2021) , Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Springer Publications by :Springer at Goa, India / 597-606 / 2021
  • 2020
  • Rajat Thakur, Sergi Pujades, Lavika Goel, Rolf Pohmann, Jrgen Machann, Michael J Black, "GENTEL : GENerating Training Data Efficiently for Learning to Segment Medical Images" , RFIAP 2020 - Congrs Reconnaissance Des Formes, Image, Apprentissage Et Perception, Vannes, France by :RFIAP 2020 - Congrs Reconnaissance Des Formes, Image, Apprentissage Et Perception, Vannes, France at France / 1-17 / 2020
  • 2019
  • Lavika Goel, Joy Mukherjee, "Characterizing High Level LIGO Gravitational Wave Data Using Deep Learning" , Proceedings of SAI Intelligent Systems Conference by :Springer at London, United Kingdom / / 2019
  • Lavika Goel, Shreedhar Dalal, Swarup N, "Multi-Lingual Paraphrase Detection Using Shared CNN–GRU Model" , ICCCMLA 2019: International Conference on Cybernetics, Cognition, 16th - 17th August 2019, Goa by :Springer at Goa, India / / 2019
  • 2018
  • Lavika Goel, Mallikarjun Swamy, Raghav Mantri, "Swarm and Artificial Immune System-Based Intelligence Techniques for Geo-Spatial Feature Extraction" , International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Engineering by :Springer at Andhra Pradesh / / 2018
  • 2017
  • Aditya Sarma, Anirudh Bhutani, Lavika Goel, "Hybridization of Moth Flame Optimization and Gravitational Search Algorithm and Its Application to Detection of Food Quality" , 2017 Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) by :IEEE at London, United Kingdom / / 2017
  • Anuraj Singh, Chirag Chhablani, Lavika Goel, "Moth Flame Optimization for Land Cover Feature Extraction in Remote Sensing Images" , 8th International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT) by :IEEE at IIT Delhi / / 2017
  • Lavika Goel, Nilay Jain, Shivin Srivastava, "A Novel PSO Based Algorithm to Find Initial Seeds for the K-Means Clustering Algorithm" , Communication and Computing Systems: Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Computing Systems ICCCS by :CRC Press, Taylor and Francis at Gurgaon / / 2017
  • 2016
  • Lavika Goel, Anurag Prakash, "Sentiment Analysis of Online Communities Using Swarm Intelligence Algorithms" , 2016 8th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN) by :IEEE at Tehri, India / / 2016
  • Lavika Goel, Sunita Singhal, Sharthak Mishra, Satyajit Mohanty, "Hybridization of Gravitational Search Algorithm and Biogeography Based Optimization and Its Application on Grid Scheduling Problem" , 2016 Ninth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3) by :IEEE at Noida / / 2016
  • Lavika Goel, Rashi Khandelwal, Eloy Retamino, Suraj Nair, Alois Knoll, "Application of a Hybrid Relation Extraction Framework for Intelligent Natural Language Processing" , The International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications by :Springer at Jaipur / / 2016
  • 2015
  • Lavika Goel, "A 2D Illumination Based Adaptive Gaze Tracking Approach for Varied Head Orientations" , 2015 2nd International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom) by :IEEE at New Delhi, India / / 2015
  • 2014
  • Tanu Varshney, Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Efficient Resolution of Mixed Pixels Using Bio-Inspired Heuristics" , 2014 International Conference on Reliability Optimization and Information Technology (ICROIT) by :IEEE at Faridabad, India / / 2014
  • Daya Gupta, Lavika Goel, Ashish Chopra, "Enhanced Heuristic Approach for Travelling Tournament Problem Based on Extended Species Abundance Models of Biogeography" , 2014 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI) by :IEEE at New Delhi, India / / 2014
  • 2013
  • Daya Gupta, Lavika Goel, Vipin Aggarwal, "A Hybrid Biogeography Based Optimization on Traveling Tournament Problem" , Third International Conference on Contemporary Computing by :IEEE at Noida, India / / 2013
  • Daya Gupta, Lavika Goel, Abhishek, "An Efficient Biogeography Based Face Recognition Algorithm" , 2nd International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE 2013) by :Atlantis Press at Los Angeles, CA, USA / / 2013
  • 2012
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, Vinod Panchal, "Extended Species Abundance Models of Biogeography Based Optimization" , 2012 Fourth International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation by :IEEE at Kuantan, Malaysia / / 2012
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Biogeography Based Anticipatory Computing Framework for Intelligent Battle Field Planning" , 2012 12th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS) by :IEEE at Pune, India / / 2012
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Biogeography and Plate Tectonics Based Optimization for Water Body Extraction in Satellite Images" , Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving (SocProS 2011) December 20-22, 2011 by :Springer Berlin Heidelberg at IIT Roorkee, India / / 2012
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, Ajith Abraham, "Taxonomy of Nature Inspired Computational Intelligence: A Remote Sensing Perspective" , 2012 Fourth World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired Computing (NaBIC) by :IEEE at Mexico City, Mexico / / 2012
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Dynamic Model of Blended Biogeography Based Optimization for Land Cover Feature Extraction" , International Conference on Contemporary Computing by :Springer Berlin Heidelberg at Noida, India / / 2012
  • 2011
  • Lavika Goel, Daya Gupta, VK Panchal, "Performance Governing Factors of Biogeography Based Land Cover Feature Extraction: An Analytical Study" , 2011 World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies by :IEEE at Mumbai, India / / 2011

  • Reference Book, "Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Computing ICRTC 2021" ISBN: ISBN 978-981-16-7118-0 published by - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 341, Springer Publications, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7118-0, 2022. Year: 2022 authors- Rajendra Prasad Mahapatra, Sateesh Kumar Peddoju, Sudip Roy, Pritee Parwekar, Lavika Goel
  • Text Book, "Artificial Intelligence: Concepts and Applications , Link: https://www.amazon.in/Artificial-Intelligence-Applications-Lavika-Goel/dp/812651" ISBN:978-8126519934 published by - Wiley Publications (Amongst Top 20 Bestseller books in Artificial Intelligence on Amazon website globally since May 2021- till date) Year: 2021 authors- Lavika Goel

  • Book Chapter, "Design and Implementation of Hybrid Plate Tectonics Neighborhood-Based ADAM’s Optimization and Its Application on Crop Recommendation" ISBN:978-981-15-1362-6 published by - Springer, Singapore Year: 2020 authors- Lavika Goel, Navjot Bansal, Nithin Benny
  • Book Chapter, "Hybrid Biogeography-Based Optimization Techniques for Geo-Spatial Feature Extraction: A Brief Survey" ISBN:978-981-15-1362-6 published by - Springer, Singapore Year: 2020 authors- Lavika Goel, Arshveer Kaur
  • Book Chapter, "Lung cancer detection: A deep learning approach" ISBN:978-981-13-1595-4 published by - Springer, Singapore Year: 2019 authors- Siddharth Bhatia, Yash Sinha, Lavika Goel
  • Book Chapter, "Hybridization of Biogeography-Based Optimization and Gravitational Search Algorithm for Efficient Face Recognition" ISBN:9781522573395 published by - IGI Global Year: 2019 authors- Lavika Goel, B Lavanya, Pallavi Panchal
  • Book Chapter, "Hybrid Swarm Intelligence Algorithm for Detection of Health of an Apple" ISBN:978-981-13-1132-1 published by - Springer, Singapore Year: 2019 authors- Lavika Goel, Faizan Mustaq, Charu Tak
  • Book Chapter, "Feature extraction through information sharing in swarm intelligence techniques" ISBN:9781466642300 published by - IGI Global Year: 2013 authors- Lavika Goel, VK Panchal
  • Book Chapter, "Nature-Inspired Intelligence: A Modern Tool for Warfare Strategic Decision Making" ISBN:978-1-4822-0703-3 published by - CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Year: 2014 authors- Lavika Goel
  • Book Chapter, "Collective Intelligence of Gravitational Search Algorithm, Big Bang–Big Crunch and Flower Pollination Algorithm for Face Recognition (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5243-4_45)" ISBN:978-981-15-5243-4 published by - In: Patnaik S., Yang XS., Sethi I. (eds) Advances in Machine Learning and Computational Intelligence. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Year: 2020 authors- Arshveer Kaur, Lavika Goel
  • Book Chapter, "Design and Implementation of a Crop Recommendation System Using Nature Inspired Intelligence for Rajasthan, India" ISBN:9780323852142 published by - CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publications, pp. 109-128, Academic Press, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85214-2.00005-7, 2022. Year: 2021 authors- Lavika Goel, Akshina Jindal, Shray Mathur
  • Book Chapter, "Visual Question Answering system using integrated models of image captioning and BERT" ISBN:XXXX published by - CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publications (accepted) Year: 2021 authors- Lavika Goel, Mohit Dhawan, Rachit Rathore, Satyansh Rai, Aaryan Kapoor
  • Book Chapter, "Improving Machine Learning classifiers using Hybrid Deep learning and Nature Inspired Optimization models for Efficient Plant disease detection" ISBN:0 published by - CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publications Year: 2024 authors- Vivek Jain, Janhavi Satpute, Lavika Goel

Level Type Collaborator Organization Year
InternationalPublication: Leveraging Precision Agriculture Techniques using UAVs and Emerging Disruptive TechnologiesDr. Shashank GuptaBirla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani2024
InternationalPublication: A Hybrid Deep Learning Neural Network for Early Plant Disease Diagnosis using a real-world Wheat-Barley Vision Dataset: Challenges and SolutionsDr. Pradeep Singh ShekhawatRajasthan Agricultural Research Institute , Durgapura2024
NationalPublication: Dr. Sachi PandeySRM University, NCR Campus2021
InternationalPublication: Dr. Sergi Pujades Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tubingen, Germany2020
NationalProject: Dr. Yashvardhan SharmaBirla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani2019
InternationalProject: Dr. Suraj NairCo-Principal Investigator (SERC Industrial Robotics Programme), TUM CREATE Centre for Electromobility, Singapore2016
InternationalPublication: Prof. Ajith AbrahamDirector, Machine Intelligence and Research Labs, Washington, USA2012
NationalPublication: Col. Rajiv BholaDefense and Terrain Research Lab, DRDO, Delhi2011

Journal Name Publisher Role Duration
Scientific Reports JournalNature Publishing groupEditor15-10-2024 - Present
Soft Computing JournalSpringerEditorial Review Board Member01-08-2020 - Present
Machine Learning JournalSpringer PublicationsEditorial Review Board Member01-08-2020 - Present
Information Sciences, ElsevierElsevierEditorial Review Board Member01-08-2018 - Present
Applied Soft ComputingElsevier Editorial Review Board Member01-08-2016 - Present
Knowledge Based SystemsElsevierEditorial Review Board Member01-08-2016 - Present

  • International level Conference on International Conference on Sports Engineering - BITS Pilani, Elsevier Publications at BITS pilani, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India from 23-10-2017 to 25-10-2017
  • International level Conference on 8th International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction Pilani, Rajasthan, India at Organised by CSIR-CEERI Pilani, BITS Pilani and IIIT-Allahabad., Pilani, Rajasthan, India from 12-12-2016 to 13-12-2016
  • International level Conference on Elsevier Third International Conference on Recent Trends in Computing (ICRTC) organized by the Dept. of CSE, SRM University at Dept. of CSE, SRM University , Ghaziabad, India from 12-03-2015 to 13-03-2015
  • National level Workshop on Dissemination of national knowledge network and national mission on education through Information and Communication Technology at Delhi Technological University organized by the Dept. of Computer Engineering. , New Delhi, India from 09-09-2014 to 09-09-2014
  • International level Conference on IEEE conference on Computational Intelligence, Modelling and Simulation (CIMSim), IEEE Xplore and CSDL, Kuantan, Malaysia at Organized by Nottingham Trent University, U.K. , Kuantan, Malaysia from 25-09-2012 to 27-09-2012

  • Senior Member of IEEE
  • Life member of IE (India)
  • Member of Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Senior Member of IEEE CIS (Computational Intelligence Society)
  • Member of Soft Computing Research Society

    Awarded
  • Jyoti Nagpal on A service-oriented framework for crop disease classification using hybrid machine learning techniques Year - 2021
  • Aishwarya Mishra on Mathematical Models of Geo-Science based Computational Intelligence for Smart farming Year - 2020
  • Ongoing
  • Pankaj Kumari on Hybrid Nature Inspired and Deep learning Based Intelligent Optimization Models for Lung Cancer Detection and Classification on Chest CT Scan Images Year - 2024
  • Siddhi Sharma on Improving clinical machine learning using geo-science-based nature-inspired techniques for early-stage cardiovascular disease detection Year - 2021
  • Vijay Kumari on Multi-Modal Question Answering System Using Machine Learning Techniques Year - 2019

    2024-2025
  • Nawdeep Kumar on Hybrid geo-science based nature inspired intelligent optimisation models for Crop rotation modelling in Precision Agriculture in Rajasthan, India Year - 2024-2025 (Ongoing)
  • Sachin Kumar on A Multilingual Question Answering System Using Roberta With LightGBM and the XGBoost Machine Year - 2024-2025 (Ongoing)
  • 2023-2024
  • Siddharth Chand Ramola on A Hybrid Ocean Water Current Based Optimization Algorithm with L-SHADE for single objective bound constraint problems Year - 2023-2024 (Completed)
  • Aishwary Vardhan on A hybrid BBO/EE-DOX and machine learning based intelligent optimization model for crop recommendation in Rajasthan: A remote sensing perspective Year - 2023-2024 (Completed)
  • 2022-2023
  • Pankaj Patel on A Hybrid of Modified YOLOv6 with Advanced PSO Optimizer for Lung Cancer Detection Year - 2022-2023 (Completed)
  • Vij Sanjay Patel on Machine Learning Based Intelligent Models for Crop Recommendation in Rajasthan, India. Year - 2022-2023 (Completed)
  • 2021-2022
  • Satyansh Mishra on A Hybrid of Modified YOLOv3 with BBO/EE Optimizer for Lung Cancer Detection Year - 2021-2022 (Completed)
  • Jyotishree Kanhar on Hybrid Elephant Herding Optimization Big Bang Big Crunch for Pattern Recognition from Natural Images Year - 2021-2022 (Completed)
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Title Total Outlay
(In Lacs)
Year Funding Agency Role
Design and Implementation of a Hybrid Nature Inspired and Machine Learning Based Intelligent Optimization Model for Crop Recommendation in Rajasthan, India29.392023-2026Department of Science and Technology (DST), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)PI
Design and Implementation of Content Based Recommender System for effectively answering web based user queries (Co-PI) 40.002019-2023Department of Science and Technology (DST), Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (ICPS) divisionPI
Framework for Safe Storage of Food based on Nature Inspired Intelligence 2.002015-2017BITS PilaniPI

  • Member, Department disposal committee for disposal of obsolete items in Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur from - 30-07-2024 to Till Date
  • Program Advisor in B.Tech. (Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering) from - 03-07-2023 to Till Date
  • Faculty in charge in Knuth and Minsky Research Lab from - 03-07-2023 to Till Date
  • Library Coordinator in Institute Library from - 01-08-2022 to Till Date
  • Faculty-in-charge, Dance Club: Planning of activities, budget and organizing events. in Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur from - 01-01-2024 to 13-09-2024
  • Member in Department Undergraduate committee from - 03-07-2023 to 30-07-2024
  • Faculty Advisor in English Press Club from - 17-10-2022 to 01-01-2024
  • Record keeping of the minutes of meeting in Department Faculty Board from - 01-08-2022 to 30-07-2024
  • Member in Department Postgraduate committee (DPGC) from - 01-08-2022 to 15-07-2023
  • Time table coordinator in Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur from - 01-08-2020 to 31-07-2022
  • Faculty in charge of all teaching labs in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from - 01-08-2019 to 10-01-2020
  • Faculty coordinator, Postgraduate student council, BITS Pilani in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from - 01-08-2018 to 10-01-2020
  • Faculty coordinator at BITSAT center, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from - 15-05-2018 to 27-05-2018
  • Faculty coordinator at BITSAT center, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from - 17-05-2017 to 29-05-2017
  • Faculty in charge of "Multimedia and HCI Lab" in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani from - 01-08-2016 to 10-01-2020

  • Priti Shankar Stree Shakti Samman for Received the 2022 Priti Shankar Stree Shakti Samman for being a feminine faculty in CS & IT given by Rethink India Year - 2022
  • Commendable contribution to Science and Technology Award for given by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Rajasthan Year - 2022
  • IEEE India Best Women Professional Award 2021. for Best Women Professional of the year. given by IEEE India Council and Hope Foundation and Research Center at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati Year - 2021
  • Young Scientist Award for Engineering/Artificial Intelligence given by Venus International Foundation at the VIFRA Annual Research Meet, Chennai Year - 2015
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test for Eligibility for Assistant Professor given by CBSE-UGC Year - 2015

SNo. Type Title Event Place Schedule
1Expert MemberTechnical writing using Beamer: An advanced tool for creating presentations in Overleaf7-Days Workshop on Scientific Research and Technical Writing SkillsRajasthan Agricultural Research Institute, Durgapura.Nov-2024
2KeynoteKeynote speaker on Computational Intelligence in Crop Recommendation3rd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Expert Applications and Security (ICE-TEAS) 2024Jaipur Engineering College and Research Center, JaipurMar-2024
3TalkComputational Intelligence Optimisation Algorithms and their application in the design of a crop recommendation expert systemthe Short-Term Course titled Computational Techniques Using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Social Science and Engineering ApplicationsDepartment of Chemical Engg., Computer Science Engg. and Humanities & Social Sciences, MNIT JaipurMar-2024
4ExaminerJudgeCoding Hackathon during the Technical Fest Sphinx 2023 Malaviya National Institute of Technology, JaipurNov-2023
5ExaminerJudgeCode Zeal event under the National Techno Cultural Fest RenaissanceJaipur Engineering College and Research Centre (JECRC) by Principal, JECRC, JaipurApr-2023
6ExaminerJudgegroup discussion on opportunities and possibilities for women in engineering industry on the occasion of International Womens day Society of Civil Engineers, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, JaipurMar-2023
7ChairSession Chair2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Expert Applications and SecurityDepartment of Computer Science Engineering, Information Technology, and AI & DS at JECRC, JaipurFeb-2023
8ChairSession ChairSeventh International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and Communication (SmartCom 2023) JaipurJan-2023
9ChairSession ChairSpringer SIST World Conference on Information Systems for Business Management (ISBM) Bangkok, Thailand Sep-2022
10ChairSession ChairSpringer FICR International Conference on Rising Threats in Expert Applications and Solutions Dept. of CS & IT, IIS University, JaipurJan-2022
11ChairSession ChairRTU TEQIP-III sponsored 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Advances and Applications (ICAIAA 2021) Poornaima College of Engineering, Jaipur and Rajasthan Technical University, Kota Mar-2021
12TalkRecent Trends in Artificial Intelligence: A Research perspectiveTEQIP-III sponsored Faculty Development Program on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for a smart detection of cyber security Coimbatore Institute of Technology Mar-2021
13TalkRecent trends in Artificial Intelligence: A Research PerspectiveBhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studies DelhiMar-2021
14KeynoteRecent trends in Artificial IntelligenceTEQIP-III sponsored Faculty Development Program on AI for a smart detection of cyber securityCoimbatore Institute of TechnologyMar-2021
15TalkTrends in Artificial Intelligence: A modern perspectiveWebinar hosted by SJIT Chennai in association with IEEE Madras Chapter, ACM Chennai and Wiley publications VirtualMay-2020
16TalkTrends in Artificial Intelligence: A modern perspectiveWebinar hosted by CMREC, Hyderabad in association with Wiley publications VirtualMay-2020
17TalkTrends in Artificial Intelligence: A modern perspectiveWebinar hosted by APJ Abdul Kalam University in association with Wiley publicationsVirtualMay-2020
18TalkComputational IntelligenceFaculty Development Program in the third National Workshop Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Sector-128, Noida. Apr-2019
19TalkSoft computing and its applicationsGuest lecture by the Director, BKBIET, Pilani, Rajasthan as a part of faculty development program BKBIET, Pilani, RajasthanApr-2018
20Keynote on “Soft Computing and its applications”Guest lecture to scientists during CEP Training courseScientific Analysis Group (SAG) lab, DRDO, Metcalfe house, DelhiOct-2017
21Keynote “Machine Learning & its applications in Image Understanding” Delivered invited talkGoogle India Pvt Ltd., HyderabadApr-2017
22KeynoteComputational Intelligence Keynote speaker at CiRG and IEEE, CSI sponsored workshopSBIT, DCRUST, Sonipat Feb-2015

S.No. Category Name of Activity Organization Place Position Schedule
1NationalParticipated in 1-week TEQIP-II sponsored Faculty Development Program on Intelligent Systems & Applications by Delhi Technological University during December 2014.Delhi Technological UniversityNew Delhi, IndiaParticipantDec-2014
2NationalParticipated in Two-week Entrepreneurship Development Program organized by NIESBUD, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Scale Industries (MSME), Govt. of IndiaSRM University, NCR Campus Ghaziabad, Uttar PradeshReceived approval for government funding for setting up small scale business in India.Mar-2015
3International2nd International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom-2015) Bharti Vidyapeeth, New Delhi. New DelhiTechnical Committee Member to the special session on “Computational Intelligence”Mar-2015
4International“Outcome Based Learning Using Pedagogy Framework Model” organized by Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Pilani Campus BITS Pilani and Centre for Educational Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), KharagpurPilaniParticipated in 2 days workshop Nov-2016
5International“Food security and Safety” organized by BITS-PILANI and TEL AVIV university, IsraelBITS PilaniPilaniParticipated in 2 days workshop Nov-2016
6International“Intelligent and green building” by Johnson Controls in collaboration with Dept. of EEE and CSIS, BITS-Pilani Johnson Controls in collaboration with Dept. of EEE and CSIS, BITS-Pilani BITS-PilaniParticipated in 1 day workshop Oct-2016
7Nationalrecruitment for the post of technical officers in CSIR-CEERI held at CEERI, Delhi CSIR-CEERI Delhi Appointed as a panel member in the selection committee for interviewMar-2018
8NationalDoctoral research committee of research scholar of Director, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani for JRF to SRF upgradation held in CSIR-CEERI, Pilani.CSIR - CEERI, PilaniPilaniAppointed as Examiner Feb-2018
9InternationalReviewerKnowledge Based Systems Journal, Elsevier PublicationsElsevier PublicationsReviewerNov-2020
10NationalPhD research committeeSRM University, NCR CampusGhaziabadExternal Research Committee memberSep-2020
11NationalFive days online workshopMalaviya National Institute of Technology, JaipurJaipurParticipantOct-2020
12NationalExternal Research Committee memberSRM University, NCR CampusGhaziabadInvited by HOD, Dept. of CSE, SRM UniversitySep-2020
13International2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision (AICV2021)Scientific Research Group in Egypt (SRGE) and the Computer, Networks, Mobility and Modeling Laboratory (IR2M), Hassan 1st University, Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Settat, Morocco MoroccoSession ChairJun-2021
14InternationalRTU TEQIP-III sponsored 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence: Advances and Applications (ICAIAA 2021) Poornaima College of Engineering, Jaipur and Rajasthan Technical University, KotaKotaSession ChairMar-2021
15National;Participated in Faculty Development Program Advanced Optimization Techniques and hands-on with MATLAB/SCILAB jointly organized by MeitY, Electronics and ICT Academies, MNIT Jaipur, NIT Patna, IIITDM Jabalpur & IIT Guwahati OnlineThis programme is endorsed by NBA/AICTE/UGC.Sep-2021
16InternationalIEEE sponsored 2021 International Conference on Innovative Computing, Intelligent Communication and Electrical System (ICSES 2021) Department of Computer Science and Engineering, St. Joseph’s Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaChennaiSession chairSep-2021
17InternationalSpringer FICR International Conference on Rising Threats in Expert Applications and SolutionsDept. of CS & IT, IIS University, Jaipur IIS University, JaipurSession chairJan-2022
18InternationalConferenceSpringer SIST, World Conference on Information Systems for Business Management (ISBM)Bangkok, ThailandSession ChairSep-2022
19NationalWorkshop High Performance Computing and its multidisciplinary ApplicationsNational Institute of Technology, MeghalayaExpert talk on Visual Question answering system using High Performance ML"Aug-2022
20NationalM.Tech dissertation viva voceDept. of CSE at National Institute of Technology, KurukshetraNational Institute of Technology, KurukshetraExternal examinerNov-2022
21InternationalSeventh International Conference on Smart Trends in Computing and CommunicationSmartCom 2023JaipurSession chairJan-2023
22InternationalInternational Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applications (ICAIA) Alliance Technology Conference (ATCON-1), IEEE International ConferenceAlliance University BengaluruBengaluruSession chairApr-2023
23NationalM.Tech dissertation viva voce National Institute of Technology, Surathkal SurathkalExternal ExaminerJun-2023
24International3rd International Conference on Advanced Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICACIS 2024), Springer PublicationsJawaharlal Nehru University, DelhiDelhiHonorary chairMay-2024
25International6th International Conference on Data and Information Sciences ICDIS-2024Raja Balwant Singh Engineering & Technical Campus, Bichpuri, AgraAgra, Uttar PradeshSession chairMay-2024
26NationalDoctoral Committee Meeting of the Part Time Ph. D Scholar, Ms. Madhuri Sharma, Reg No. PA2013003012006 SRM institute of Science and Technology, NCR Campus, UPModinagar, Ghaziabad, UPExternal expertJun-2024

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