Vimala Nunavath

Vimala Nunavath

Associate Professor
Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences
Department of Science and Industry systems
Campus Kongsberg (5403)
Dr. Vimala Nunavath is an Associate Professor in software engineering and holds the position of program responsible for the computer science master's program at the Department of Science and Industry Systems, University of South-Eastern Norway (USN), Kongsberg. She obtained her Ph.D degree in ICT from University of Agder in 2017. Prior to her current position, she worked as an Associate Professor at University of Bergen. In addition, she contributed her expertise as a postdoctoral fellow and senior researcher in Artificial Intelligence at the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research group (CAIR), UiA. Currently, she is actively involved in cutting-edge research, exploring diverse areas such as machine learning, deep learning, big data analytics and management, human-computer interaction, meta-modelling, semantics, software engineering, and model-based data integration. She also imparts her knowledge through teaching bachelor's, master's and Ph.D level courses in the field of computer science and engineering.

Responsibilities

Ph.D courses:

2022 - present: Advanced data management

Master courses:

2022 - present : CS5000 - Master thesis

2022 - present : Research Methods

2021 - present  : CS4010 - Data Management

2021 - present  : CS4020 - Data Science

Bachelor courses:

Autumn 2021 - present : PB2080 - Algorithms and Data structures

Autumn 2020: DFON2110 - Operating Systems, Computer Networks and Programming Languages

EVU course:

Spring 2021: PIDAOO21 - Databases and Object-Oriented Analysis and Design

Master's Thesis supervision:

2021 - present:  CS5000 - Master's Thesis (60 ECTS)

Research projects:

2023 - present: How to use basic health data to warn of negative health trends and avoid lifestyle diseases using machine learning funded by RFFVFOLDTELEMARK

2020 - 2021: Pilot T -Unmanned Air Traffic Management (UTM) funded by Innovation Norge.

Competences

Machine learning

Deep learning

Big data analytics and management

Domain/data/meta-modelling

Semantics

Model-based integration/interoperability

Human-Computer Interaction

Software engineering

 

 

CV

Work Experience

07/2022 - present, Program Coordinator for Computer Science Master, Department of Science and Industry Systems, USN, Kongsberg.

08/2020 - present, Associate Professor, Department of Science and Industry Systems, USN, Kongsberg.

11/2021 - 06/2023, Lecturer, School of Economics, Innovation, and Technology, Kristiania University college, Oslo, Norway

07/2018 - 12/2020Associate Professor II, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. 

10/2018 - 07/2020, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in AI, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder, Norway.

09/2017 - 08/2018, Senior Researcher in AI, Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, Department of Information and Communication Technology, UiA, Norway.

Education

02/2013 - 04/2017 Ph.D in ICT, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder, Norway. Ph.D thesis: Model-Driven Data Integration for Emergency Response

08/2008 - 06/2011 M.Sc in ICT, Department of Information and Communication Technology, University of Agder, Norway. 

06/2001- 05/2005 B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, Andra University, India.

Publications

Publications in Cristin