Profile
| Name : | Prof. Rachana Oza |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | M.Tech (Computer engineering) |
| Designation: | Assistant Professor |
| Department: | Computer Engineering |
| Experience: | 12.5 years |
| Email: | rachana.oza@scet.ac.in |
| Courses / Subject involved: | Surgical Analytics, Medical Image Analysis, ML, DL, DL Accelerations, Computer Vision, Computer Algorithms, Python Programming, Computer Organization and Architectures, Microprocessors and Rasberry-Pi processing |
Extra Duty
Research Projects
| 1 | Guided M.Tech Dissertation on "Feamer Fracture Localization" |
| 2 | Guided M.Tech Dissertation on "SSL for object detection" |
| 3 | Guided M.Tech Dissertation on "FAcial Landmarking Techniques" |
| 4 | Guided M.Tech Dissertation on "Tumor localization" |
Patents/Copyrights
| 1 | An Indian Utility Patent titled “An IoT based Neonatal Caddy” (Application No. 202221000306). Filed on 4th January 2022, published on 14th January 2022, Granted on 19th July 2024. |
| 2 | An Indian Utility Patent titled “AI-Enabled Display Device Integrated with Fluoroscopy Machine” (Application No. 202421026505). Filed on 30th March 2024, published on 10th May 2024. |
| 3 | An Indian Utility Patent titled “GPS Activated IoT based Optimised Center Pivot Irrigation System for Low Energy Precision Valley” (Application No. 202221000436). Filed on 4th January 2022, published on 14th January 2022. |
| 4 | Utility Patent titled “A Novel Electro Acupuncture Device for Covid Treatment” (Application No. 202131022724). Filed on 21st May 2021, published on 18th June 2021. |
Books Published
Research Publications
| International Journals | |
| 1 | D. Kumar, M. A. Mehta, V. C. Joshi, R. S. Oza, K. Kotecha, J. C. Lin, “Acceleration of Convolutional Neural Network using Filter Pruning Method,” Multimedia Tools and Applications, 7 Dec 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-17656-0 |
| 2 | R. S. Oza, M. A. Mehta, K. Kotecha, and J. C. Lin, “Analytics of deep model-based spatiotemporal and spatial feature learning methods for surgical action classification," Multimedia Tools and Applications, 14 Nov 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-023-17344-z |
| International Conference | |
| 1 | R. B. Cheruku, V. M. Badiyani, F. D. Chauhan, M. A. Mehta and R. S. Oza, "Classification of Multiple Eye Diseases using Pretrained Convolution Neural Network," Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on recent trends in Microelectronics, Automation, Computing and Communications Systems (ICMACC-24), Hyderabad, India, Dec 2024. |
| 2 | V. Chauhan, R. Oza and M. A. Mayuri, “Detection and Localization of High-Grade Glioma Brain Tumor using Fusion of MRI and MRSI,” Proceedings of the 19th IEEE India Council International Conference INDICON 2022. Kochi, India, 24-26 Nov 2022. doi: 10.1109/INDICON56171.2022.10039883. |
| 3 | Shivangi Modi and Rachana Oza, “Review on Abstractive Text Summarization Techniques (ATST) for single and multiple documents”, Proceedings of International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON – 2018), Vol. 2, ISSN NO : 978-1-5386-4491-1, Noida India. |
| 4 | Parth Shah and Rachana Oza, “Improved Parallel Rabin-Karp Algorithm Using Compute Unified Device Architecture”, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Intelligent System (ICTIS-2017), Vol. 2, Ahemdabad, India. |
| 5 | Hruta Desai and Rachana Oza, “A Study of Dynamic Load Balancing in Grid Environment”, Proceedings of the 1st IEEE international Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking (WiSPNET),Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Chennai-603110, India, pp.128-132 , ISBN – 978-1-4673-9338-6, Sept. 2016. |
| 6 | Rachana S. Oza, Ritesh P. Patel, Ankita Desai, “An Application of Hybrid ACL Approach in Cloud Environment”, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Computer Science and Application, CSA- 2013, Elsevier Science & Technology Digital Library Track, ACEEE Sponsored, Lucknow June 21-22,2013,vol-5. |
| 7 | Ankita desai, Rachana S. Oza, Pratik Sharma, Bhautik Patel, ”Hypervisor: A Survey on Concepts & Taxonomy”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering [IJITEE], ISSN: 2278-3075, Vol. 2, Issue – 3, February 2013. |
| 8 | Pratik Sharma, Bhautik Patel, Ankita Desai, Rachana Oza, “A Survey and Comparative analysis of Integrity Checking in Cloud Environment”, International Journal of Societal Applications of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 5, 15th May 2013 |
| National Conference | |
| 1 | Rachana S. Oza, Ankita Desai, Pratik Sharma, Bhautik Patel, “A research on ACL (Access Control List) models used in cloud environment”, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on computer science and security, COCSS-April – 2013, Vasad, India. |
Expert Lectures Delivered
| 1 | Talk on “Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery using AI-based CAS System" on th Nov 2024 in AICTE ATAL-sponsored FDP titled “AI and Explainable AI in Healthcare: Current Trends and Future Research Opportunities” organized by SCET, Surat. |
| 2 | Conducted one hands on session in GUJCOST-DST sponsored 3 days works on “Recent Developments and Application of Deep Learning ” during 28th to 29th September, 2018. |
Achievements / Awards
| 1 | Received fund of Rs. 75,000/- from Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP), Government of Gujarat for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of a utility patent titled "AI-Enabled Display Device Integrated with Fluoroscopy Machine" in March 2024. |
| 2 | Received fund of Rs. 50,000/- from Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP), Government of Gujarat for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of an utility patent titled "An IoT based Neonatal Caddy" on 29th Dec 2021. |
| 3 | Received fund of Rs. 50,000/- from Student Startup and Innovation Policy (SSIP), Government of Gujarat for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of an utility patent titled "GPS Activated IoT based Optimised Center Pivot Irrigation System for Low Energy Precision Valley" on 29th Dec 2021. |
| 4 | A team of BE IV students (Raut Neha, Solanki Nisha, Patel Divya, Patel Sonali, Mirza Nilofarbanu) with a title "“Automatic Detection Of Fire Equipment”" under my guidance was shortlisted for the Final round of SSIP grant approval round 2 during 2019-20 organized by GTU SSIP and SCET. |
| 5 | Received Appreciation letter from SCET college to serve as an organizing committee member in 3-days GUJCOST-DST sponsored workshop on “Python for Data Science” from 28th to 30th June, 2019. |
| 6 | Received Appreciation letter from SCET college to serve as an organizing committee member in 3-days GUJCOST-DST sponsored workshop on “Recent Applications and Future Scope of Internet of Things” from 2nd to 4th August, 2018. |
| 7 | Our poster titled “MultiCLR: A Self-Supervised Learning Framework for Surgical Tool Detection” won the 2nd prize on 2nd March 2024 in “IGNITE - Symposium on Ph.D. Forum and Poster Presentation” organized by IEEE Signal Processing Society, Gujarat Section and hosted by Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Ahmedabad. |
| 8 | Received an Appreciation letter from SCET college to serve as a chairperson in the National SCIT Conference organized by SCET college. |
Administrative Duties
| 1 | Serving as a class teacher for the batch 2023-27 Div 2. |
| 2 | Served as a member of Departmental MOM committee in 2021 to 2023. |
| 3 | Served as an active member of SU 100 Activity Point team and formulated SU 100 activity guidelines. |
| 4 | Serving a member of departmental SU exam coordinator. |
| 5 | Memebr ofInstitute admission committee for ACPC during july 2020-21 to 2021-22. |
| 6 | Member of Institute UG Regulation Committee since 2020. |
| 7 | Serving as a member of Institute Academic Committee |
| 8 | Served as an active member of the Institute WDC committee during 2017 to 2019. |
| 9 | Member of departmental NBA committee for handling criterion number 5 of NBA manual. |
| 10 | Member of college level Academic Committee for handling and monitoring smooth conduction of the academic. |
| 11 | Departmental GTU BE Co-ordinator. |
| 12 | Member of departmental Academic committee |
| 13 | Mentor of BE I CO , Shift II. |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| 1 | IEEE student member |
| 2 | Associated Member of Institute of Engineering body. |
Workshop / Seminar / STTP
| 1 | Certified Cyber Cadet – ISEA & MeitY in Day, 2022-23. |
| 2 | Attended MeitY & GOI sponsored 10 days training workshop on "Data Science and Its Applications" organized by NIT Warangal & NIT Raipur in 2021-22. |
| 3 | One day online workshop by Elsevier on "Mendeley Training" in 2020-21. |
| 4 | I have achieved a badge of Industry (IBM) Certified for the Courses: Deep Learning Essentials, Deep Learning using Tensorflow, Applied Data Science with Python - Level 2, Data Analysis using Python, Data Visualization using Python, Machine Learning with Python - Level 1. |
| 5 | Successfully completed following courses in Coursera : Machine Learning with R – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2019-20), Neural Networks and Deep Learning – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2020-21), Introduction to AR & VR – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2020-21), Hyper Parameters Tuning – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2020-21), Basic GANS – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2020-21), Practical Machine Learning with R – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2020-21), Introduction to Augmented Reality and ARCore – Coursera (Self-Paced, 2020-21), Improving D |
| 6 | Successfully completed 3 NPTEL courses (mentioned below) in the span of (Jan-Apr 2020) during academic year 2019-20. • Machine Learning – NPTEL (12 Weeks, 2019-20) • Introduction to Research – NPTEL (8 Weeks, 2019-20) • Medical Image Analysis – NPTEL (4 Weeks, 2019-20) |
| 7 | Attended 6 days ATAL AICTE sponsored FDP on "Deep Learning, Machine Learning, and Pattern Recognition" in 2019-20. |
| 8 | 3 Days GUJCOST-DST sponsored workshop on "Recent Trends and Future Scope of IoT" organized by SCET in 2018-19. |
| 9 | Attended 15 days FDP on "Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Design Thinking to Funding" organized by GTU EDC Cell, SCET in 2017-18. |
| 10 | I have participated in multiple activities to bridge the gap between the Academic and Industry by conducting Industrial Training & Visits on :Industrial Visit to Pune - Imedita + CDAC – March 11, 2017, 1-Day Industrial Visit to Sumul Dairy – July 8, 2018, 15-Day Industrial Training on "Modern Web App Development using Vue.js, React.js, and CSS Classes" at Kalkani Systems Pvt. Limited – April 25, 2022, to May 7, 2022, Industry MOU signed by the CO Department – January 2022, Industrial Visit to Ad |
| 11 | Attended Workshop on Database Management System at SVNIT, 11-12 December 2010. |
| 12 | Attended TEQIP II sponsored STTP on “Wireless Sensor Networks and its Issues” Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), May 5, 2010. |
| 13 | Attended MHRD sponsored Workshop on “Computer Networks” Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology Surat from June 30 To July 6th , 2014. |
| 14 | Attended TEQIP II sponsored STTP on “Secure Data Aggregation on Wireless Sensor Networks and its Issues” at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat from July 14th to July 18th , 2014. |
| 15 | Attended TEQIP II sponsored STTP on “Wireless Mobile Computing and its Issues at Glance”, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat from May 16th to 20th , 2016. |
| 16 | Attended TEQIP II sponsored STTP on “Wireless Sensor Networks and Applications” from 19th to 24th December, 2016 at BVM, Vidyanagar |
| 17 | Attended TEQIP III sponsored STTP on “High Performance Computing”, organized by Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat from 4th June to 08th June 2018. |
| 18 | Attended GUJCOST – DST sponsored 3-days workshop on “IOT”, organized by Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology (SCET) Surat from 2th August to 4th August 2018. |
| 19 | Attended GTU-AIC sponsored 5-days STTP on “Analysis and Design of Algorithms”, organized by DAIICT, Gandhinagar in collaboration with GTU from 26th November to 30th November 2018. |
Participation in Other Activities
| 1 | Won 1st prize in “TUG of WAR” sports event, organized during departmental sports week in Feb-2013. |