Areas of Interest/Specialization: 

Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Theory of Computation and Computer Networks.

Experience:  14 Years (Teaching)

Administrative responsibilities undertaken: 

• Teacher-In-Charge, Department of Computer Application, North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Tura Campus, from 26.09.2012 to 19.02.2017.
• Member, Academic Council, NEHU (2012-2017)
• Member, School Board for School of Technology, NEHU (2012-2017 & 2019-2022).
• Member, BOS, Dept. of Computer Application, NEHU (2012-2017 &  2019-2022)
• Member, BOS, Dept. of Information Technology, NEHU (2016-2019).
• Member, BOS, Dept. of ECE, NEHU (2019-2022).
• Member, BOS, Dept. of Nanotechnology, NEHU (2019-2022)
• Member, BOS, Dept. of Energy Engineering, NEHU (2016-2019)

Member of Organizing Committee:

• Two weeks National Online Workshop on Art of Computer Programming, Organized by Department of Computer Application, NEHU, Tura Campus, Meghalaya, 14-25 March 2022.
• National Workshop on Computer Network Security,  In association with E-Cell IIT Kanpur, Organized by Department of Computer Application, NEHU, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, 26-27 May 2016.
• National Workshop on Android Application Development,  In association with Aspirevision Tech Education Pvt. Ltd, Organized by Department of Computer Application, NEHU, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, 11-15 March 2019.
• North-Eastern Workshop on LATEX a document preparation System, Organized by Department of Computer Application, NEHU, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, 16-17 September 2014.

Ph.D. Supervision:

Ongoing: Ms. Bornali Baruah (Registration #  A/F) in North-Eastern Hill University, on the Ph.D. thesis titled  “Protein Classification and Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions”.

Publications

International Journals (Peer Reviewed):

• Kumar and A. Halder, “Greedy fuzzy vaguely quantified rough approach for cancer relevant gene selection from gene expression data”, Soft Computing (Springer), Impact factor: 3.732, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-022-07312-4, Indexed in SCI, Scopus etc.
• D. C. B. Marak, A. Halder, A Kumar. “Semi-supervised Ensemble Learning for Efficient Cancer Sample Classification from miRNA Gene Expression Data”, New Generation Computing (Springer), 1-27, ISSN:02883635 /  18827055 Impact factor: 1.180, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00354-021-00123-5, Indexed in SCIE, Scopus etc.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Ensemble-based active learning using fuzzy-rough approach for cancer sample classification”. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier), ISSN: 0952-1976, Impact factor: 7.802, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2020.103591, vol. 91 (May), pp,103591 (12 pages), 2020, Indexed in SCI, Scopus etc.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Active Learning using Fuzzy-Rough Nearest Neighbour Classifier for Cancer Prediction from Microarray Gene Expression data”. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (World Scientific), ISSN: 0218-0014, Impact factor: 1.261, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218001420570013,vol. 34 (1), pp,2057001 (28 pages), 2019, Indexed in SCI E, Scopus etc.
• Halder and A. Kumar. “Active Learning using rough fuzzy classifier for cancer predication from microarray gene expression data”. Journal of Biomedical Informatics (Elsevier), ISSN: 1532-0464, Impact factor: 8.00, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103136, vol: 92(April), pp. 103136, 2019, Indexed in SCI, Scopus, PubMed/Medline etc.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Semi-supervised ordered weighted average fuzzy-rough nearest neighbour classifier for cancer pattern classification from gene expression data”. International Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 20, No. 5, p. 45-52, 2022. Indexed in Web of Science.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Extreme learning machine for cancer classification from miRNA gene expression data”. International Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 20, No. 5, p. 169-175, 2022. Indexed in Web of Science.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Ensemble based Fuzzy-Rough Nearest Neighbor Approach for Classification of Cancer from Microarray Data”. International Journal of Research in Advent Technology, E-ISSN: 2321-9637, Vol. 7(5), pp 1287-1294, 2019.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Cancer Classification from Gene Expression data using Fuzzy-Rough techniques: An Empirical Study”. International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, ISSN: 2347-2693, vol: 6(6), pp. 415-420, 2018.
• Kumar and A. Halder. “Semi-supervised Fuzzy Vaguely Quantified Rough Nearest Neighbour Classifier for Cancer Sample Classification from Gene Expression Data”. Journal of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, ISSN: 0976 - 5727, vol:9(7), pp. 840-849, 2018.

Book Chapter

• A. Halder, S. Dey and A. Kumar, Active learning using fuzzy k-NN for cancer classification from microarray gene expression data, in Advances in Communication and Computing, eds. P. Bora, S. Prasanna, K. Sarma and  N. Saikia, Vol. 347(4) (Springer India, 2015), pp. 103 – 113.

National Conference/Workshop/ Seminar:

• A. Kumar and A. Halder, Ensemble technique using fuzzy-rough approach for cancer sample classification from gene expression data.  National Conference on Mathematical Sciences & Applications in Science, Engineering & Technology (MSASET-2018), 25-26 March 2019.
• A. Kumar and A. Halder, Active learning using multi-class support vector machine based on breaking ties and mutual information for cancer prediction from microarray gene expression data. National Conference on Recent Advances in Science and Technology (NCRAST-2018), 15-17 March 2018.
• A. Halder, S. Dey, A. Kumar, Active learning using  fuzzy k-NN for cancer classification from microarray gene expression data, In Proceedings of the National Workshop on Advances in Communication and Computing (WACC), ISSN: 1876-1100,pp.103-113, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (Springer) organized by  Assam Engineering College, Assam during 26-27 September, 2014 (3^rd best  paper in the Workshop).

Participated in Seminar/Conference/Workshop/FDP/OP/RC:

• Participated in Refresher Course (ICT), organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 18 June -01 July, 2022.
• Delivered a talk in Two weeks National Online Workshop on Art of Computer Programming, organized by Dept. of Computer Application, NEHU, Tura Campus, Meghalaya, on 16 March and 17 March 2022.
• Participated in One week Online International FDP on Machine learning and Computer Vision: Applications, Research Challenges, jointly organized by NIT, Silchar, Assam and IST, Gauhati  University, Assam, 24-28 August, 2021.
• Participated in online FDP on Advanced Optimization Techniques and hands-on with MATLAB/SCILAB, jointly organized by Electronics and ICT Academies under the “Scheme of financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies” by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. 13 – 24 July 2020.
• Participated in One Week Online Faculty Development Programme on LaTeX, organized by the Department of Information Technology, Mizoram University, 29 June – 03 July 2020.
• Participated in National Short Term Training Program on Introductory Bioinformatics: A journey from Sequence to Structure, organized by Dept. of RDAP, NEHU, Tura Campus, Meghalaya, 21 – 23 March 2018.
• Participated in Refresher Course (IT), organized by UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 02 -22 December 2015.
• Participated in Orientation Programme, organized by UGC Academic staff College, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 05 November - 02 December 2014.
• Participated in Short Term course on Wireless Networks and Security, Organized by Department of Information Technology, NIT Patna, Bihar, 15-19 October 2012.
• Participated in ISI-AU on Intelligent Data Analysis: Theory and Application, organized by Department of Information Technology, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, 1-5 March 2011.
• Participated in Faculty Development Programme, organized by Department of Computer Science, NERIM, Guwahati, Assam, 19 -31 January 2009.
• Participated in ADCOM-2007, organized by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, 18 -21 December 2007.
• Participated in National Conference on Trends in Advanced Computing, Organized by Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Tezpur University, Assam, 22-23 March 2007.