2026

• Josna Philomina at, Karukutty, delivered a guest lecture on “Introduction to gem5 and Simulation Techniques” on 2 February 2026 at the VLSI Lab, Division of Electronics, School of Engineering, CUSAT, Kochi.
• Deepa K, delivered an invited seminar on “Vedic Mathematics in the Era of Artificial Intelligence” on 3rd March 2026. Organized by the in association with the IKS Centre and IQAC, the session highlighted the relevance of Vedic mathematical techniques in modern computational mets and Artificial Intelligence, promoting the integration of traditional Indian knowledge with emerging technologies.
• Manish T I and, has been appointed by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University as the Chairperson for the External Viva Examination of B.Tech S4 (R) Examination April 2026 (2024 Scheme) for the Computer Science and Business Systems branch. This appointment recognizes his academic expertise and leadership in engineering education.
• Varun G. Menon (R&D) and (CSE), delivered an expert session on “Transforming Final Year Projects to Research Papers” on 18 June 2026. The session guided students on converting project outcomes into quality research publications, emphasizing academic writing, publication strategies, and research dissemination, thereby fostering a strong research culture among aspiring engineers.
• Anu S completed NPTEL Online Certification course on “Computer Networks and Internet Protocol” during the Jan–Apr 2026 session. She secured Elite certification with a consolidated score of 58% in the 12-week course conducted by NPTEL, demonstrating commendable academic dedication and technical proficiency in computer networking concepts.
• Bini Omman completed NPTEL Online Certification course on “Data Base Management System” during the Jan–Mar 2026 session. She secured Elite certification with a consolidated score of 66%. This achievement reflects her dedication to continuous learning and academic excellence in the field of database management systems.
• Demy Devassy completed NPTEL Online Certification course on “Fundamental Algorithms: Design and Analysis” during the Jan–Feb 2026 session. She secured Elite certification with a consolidated score of 75% in the 4-week course conducted by NPTEL, showcasing strong analytical and problem-solving skills in algorithm design and analysis.
• Neethu Roy completed NPTEL Online Certification course on “Data Base Management System” during the Jan–Mar 2026 session. She secured Elite certification with a consolidated score of 64% in the 8-week course conducted by NPTEL, reflecting her strong understanding and dedication towards database management concepts and applications.

• The proudly congratulates Dr. Litty Koshy, on being awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science and Engineering. Her doctoral research on “Securing Multimedia Integrity on Social Media: Advanced Deep Learning Techniques for Copy-Move Forgery Detection” contributes significantly to the fields of multimedia security, digital forensics, and deep learning-based forgery detection.

2025

• Divya M.P. completed NPTEL course titled “Foundation of Cloud IoT Edge ML” conducted during February to April 2025. The course, which spanned 8 weeks, covered foundational concepts in Cloud Computing, Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing, and Machine Learning. She achieved a consolidated score of 78, demonstrating commendable performance and understanding of the subject. This achievement reflects her commitment to continuous learning and professional development in emerging technologies.
• Asha S. in the at, Karukutty, has been sanctioned ₹51,000 as Research Seed Money by APJAKTU for her project titled “Developing Ultra Low-Cost and Simplified Device for Water Level Monitoring,” recognizing her contribution to innovative and affordable water management solutions

2024

• Varun G Menon, the of Research, attended a patent analytics session at SSTM on January 9, 2024, refining his expertise in the field.
• Varun G Menon of Research and (CSE) served as judge at the 24 hours hackathon organized by APJAK Technological University at the TECHFEST & Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON) held at the Ahalia School of Engineering and Technology, Palakkad from 16 to 18, February 2024.
• Deepa K attended and completed Master Trainer Program on High-Performance Computing conducted by C-DAC Bengaluru in collaboration with the AICTE during 3rd June, 2024 to 14th June, 2024.
• Varun G. Menon delivered a session on “Quality Research Publishing” in the five day workshop on Research Proposals, Publications, and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) organized by D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Pune on 26th September 2024.
• I. Ashraf, M. Guizani, V. G. Menon and S. Mumtaz, “Series Editorial: Ultra-Low Latency and Reliable Communications for Future Wireless Networks,” in IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 26-26, September 2024, doi: 10.1109/MCOMSTD.2024.10666397.
• Dhanya K. A. in CSE, has successfully defended her PhD dissertation on 13-November-2024 from TIFAC-CORE in Cyber Security, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. Her research, titled “Leveraging Machine Learning and Deep Learning to Combat the Threat of Obfuscated Mobile Malware” focuses on developing robust machine learning and deep learning models to detect obfuscated mobile malware in Android ecosystem with System call sequences and Visualization Techniques.
• Jaiswal, S. Shivateja, A. Hazra, N. Mazumdar, J. Singh and V. G. Menon, “UAV-Enabled Mobile RAN and RF-Energy Transfer Protocol for Enabling Sustainable IoT in Energy-Constrained Networks,” in IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 1118-1127, Sept. 2024, doi: 10.1109/TGCN.2024.3403662.
• Deepa K served as resource person for online FDP conducted by Maha Guru College of Engineering on the topic “Demystifying Deep Learning” on 16/07/24.
• Varun G. MenonComputer Science Engineering reached a significant milestone of 5,000 citations on Google Scholar.
• Varun G Menon has nominated as Secretary of IEEE Kochi section.
• IEEE project titled “Enhancing the Midday Meal Program through Sustainable Agricultural Development in Kerala Schools” has received funding of US $7030 from the IEEE Humanitarian Technologies Board proposed by Anupriya B, Abhinav Vinodan, and Jino Johnson from the 2021-25 batch, and the Principal Investigator,
• Bansal, A. K. Tripathi, V. G. Menon and V. Balasubramanian, “A Federated Generative Adversarial Network With SSIM-PSNR Based Weight Aggregation for Consumer Electronics Waste,” in IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TCE.2024.3411785. SCIE, SCOPUS indexed, IF-4.3.
• Sajmi Salam qualified UGC Net Computer Application Aug 2024-PhD only Joined for PhD in Computer Science & Engineering at School of Engineering,CUSAT.
• Sruthy K Joseph submitted project proposal for The Inventors Challenge 2024 with theme ‘Artificial Intelligence at the Edge’ and project titled ‘JetsonRover: Autonomous Waste Management with Edge Computing’ by S6 CSE students (Johan Biju Paul, Jyothish T R, Muhammed Sameer, Nikitta Kuriakose).
• Deepa K ,Ms.Litty Koshy,Ms.Reshma K V and Ms.Doney Daniel completed ATAL FDP at Adi Shankara College of Engineering on “Exploring Explainable and Generative AI in Contemporary Machine Learning”.
• Shruti K. Joseph has completed a 6 – day ATAL FDP (Online) on “Smart Healthcare Systems: Enhancing Patient Care with IoT and AI” at Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Amity University from 02/12/2024 to 07/12/2024.
• The research proposal titled ‘Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detector for Cybersecurity,’ evaluated by Dr.

2023

• Varun G. Menon was a resource person for the one-day workshop on “Designing Your Research Journey” organized by SCMS School of Technology and Management on 26th July 2023 at our SCMS Kalamassery Campus.
• Mumtaz, M. I. Ashraf, V. G. Menon, T. Abbas and A. Al-Dulaimi, “Guest Editorial Special Issue on Intelligent Autonomous Transportation Systems With 6G—Part IV,” in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 7363-7366, July 2023, doi: 10.1109/TITS.2023.3288978.
• A SURE Funding proposal titled “Scientific analysis of Ganga river basin and its origin using SAR and Machine learning techniques” submitted to DST SERB with File Number : SUR/2023/000074 by Dr.
• A project titled “Gamified Intervention System for Depression Therapy” was submitted to the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award.
• Baofeng Ji Yi Wang; Lvxi Yang; Charalampos Tsimenidis; Varun G Menon “Optimization of Resource Allocation for V2X Security Communication based on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning,” in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, doi: 10.1109/TVT.2023.3340424.
• Deepa K delivered online talk on the topic “GAN and its Applications” as Resource person in International Webinar conducted by Mar Dionysius College, Pazhanji.
• Manish T. I. received the Patent Application Fees using the Kalam Program for IP Literacy and Awareness (KAPILA) funding scheme for design patent titled ‘ IOT based Camera for Healthcare Management’.
• Varun G Menon represented the IEEE Kerala Section and participated in the inauguration of ICITIIT’24 at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam.
• Varun G. Menon received membership to the Computer Society from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
• Varun G. Menon was the reviewer of project proposals submitted to SRISTI Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards, 2023.
• Varun G. Menon and featured in the Stanford University’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists for the year 2023.
• Adhikari, V. G. Menon, D. B. Rawat and X. Li, “Guest Editorial Introduction to the Special Section on Computational Intelligence and Advanced Learning for Next-Generation Industrial IoT,” in IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 2740-2744, 1 Sept.-Oct. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TNSE.2023.3293695.
• The following four project proposals were submitted to the call for digital solutions for the C-CAMP MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology)