Educational Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Information Security at SRM University,Chennai
• MTech in Computer Science & Engineering, BIT, Trichy
• BTech in Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Chengannur

Employment History

• Associate Professor at SCMS School of Engineering & Technology, Karukutty from 2004 till date
• Guest Lecturer at College of Engineering, Adoor Chengannur during 2000 - 2004
• Programmer At CyberPrism International, Ernakulam during 1999-2000

Key Responsibilities Held

Responsibilities Held

• Class Co-ordinator (2002 Admissions Onwards till date)
• Part of Organising Committee ICACCI 2015 at SCMS Muttom
• Part of Organising Committee FDP 2013 at SSET Karukutty
• Resident Tutor ,SCMS Ladies Hostel (2007-2008)
• External and Internal Examiner for BTech and MTech University Lab Exams
• Evaluator in the CV Camp for BTech and MTech University Exams
• Faculty coordinator in Student Chapter, Synergy
Observer for KTU Exams-2016
• Part of research and development activities of the department.

Present Responsibilities

• IEEE Students Branch Counsellor
• Faculty In charge Coordinator of Computer Lab -1
• Part of the Antiragging squad and Antiragging committee at SSET
• Maintainer of University Mark Register for CSE Dept
• Maintainer of ISO files for CSE Dept
• Part of the TimeTable Committee for the Department
• Core member in Infosys Campus Connect Programme at SSET

Teaching Interests

• Data Structures
• Computer Organization
• Operating Systems
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms
• Compiler Construction
• Computer Networks
• Network Computing
• Artificial Intelligence
• High Performance Computing
• System Software

Research Interests

• Image Processing
• Cryptography
• Data Mining
• Machine Learning
• Pattern Recognition

Publications

• Sonal Ayyappan, C Lakshmi, Varun Menon (2019), “A Secure Reversible Data Hiding System for Embedding EPR in Medical Images”, Current Signal Transduction Therapy,Vol.14, No:1. DOI: 10.2174/1574362414666190304162411 [SCOPUS]
• Sonal Ayyappan, Dr. C Lakshmi published paper titled “A Review on Reversible Data Hiding Techniques” in International Journal of Applied Engineering Research , Volume 13, Number 5 (2018) pp. 2940-2947
• Comparison of Digital Watermarking Techniques - IEEE International Conference for Convergence of Technology, Pune, India, April 5th to 7th2014 2014
• Comparison of Digital Watermarking Techniques - Third IEEE sponsored International Conference on Computation, Power, Energy, Information and Communication, April 2014 2014
• Handwritten Character Recognition - IEEE International Conference for Convergence of Technology, Pune, India, April 5th to 7th2014
• Robust Feature Extraction Scheme for Handwriting Recognition - 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology (ICAET 2014) , Nagapattinam, 2-3 May 2014 2014
• Off-line Handwritten Character Recognition Using Hidden Markov Model - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Great Noida, September 24th – 27th 2014
• Relevant Features Cognitive Lip Reading - IEEE International Conference for Convergence of Technology, Pune, India, April 5th to 7th2014 2014
• Ranking Relevant Features Cognitive Lip Reading -International Conference on Information Science 2014 (ICIS'14), Cochin, Kerala, July 4-5, 2014 2014
• Investigation of Effectiveness of Ensemble Features for Visual Lip Reading - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Processing, Great Noida, September 24th – 27th 2014
• JBot: Java Based Botnet - 1stInternational Conference on Advances in Information Technology & Networking (ICATN 14), Coimbatore, 22nd January, 2014 2014
• GrayBot: Java Based Botnet - 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Engineering & Technology-2014, Nagapattinam (ICAET) may 2nd and 3rd 2014 2014
• GrayBot: Java Based Botnet - 4th IEEE International Conference on Advances in Engineering & Technology-2014, Nagapattinam (ICAET) may 2nd and 3rd 2014 2014
• A reversible crypto-watermarking system for secure medical image transmission –INDICON 2015 from 17-20 th December 2015 New Delhi
• A novel technique for LiDAR data segmentation and three-dimensional space projection- INDICON 2015 from 17-20 th December 2015 New Delhi

Book chapter

• Vinod P, JikkuKuriakose, Ansari T.K, Sonal Ayyappan, Optimal Features for Metamorphic Malware Detection, In the IGI Edited Book Chapter of Data mining and Data Engineering, pages 1-32, 2014.

Professional Activities

• Graduate Member - IEEE
• Life Member – ISTE

Technical programs attended

• Foundation Programme –Infosys Campus Connect at Infosys, Mangalore, 2008
• Workshop on Image Processing Techniques organised by St Joseph’s College of Engineering, Palai with ISTE, July 2009
• Seminar on High Performance Computing at Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, February 2011
• FDP Program on Machine Learning at SCMS School of Engineering & Technology Karukutty, June 2013
• Seminar on Pattern Recognition at SRM University, Chennai, June 2014
• Workshop on image analysis at IIITK-M, Trivandrum, Jan 2015
• Conferenece- ICACCI 2015 at SCMS Muttom
• Android Workshop –Infosys Campus Connect at ASIET, Kalady20`6