Dr. Shomona Jacob

Head of School ICT - Assistant Professor

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shomona.jacob@polytechnic.bh

Academic Qualifications Obtained

2014	Ph.D, Anna University, Chennai, India
2006	M.E., Anna University, Chennai, India
2004	B.E., University of Madras, Chennai, India

Teaching Expertise

2024-Present	Head of School – ICT, EDICT, Bahrain Polytechnic, Kingdom of Bahrain
2023-Present	Assistant Professor, Department of ICT, EDICT, Bahrain Polytechnic University, Kingdom of Bahrain
2020-2023	Senior Lecturer, Department of Engineering, University of Technology and Applied Sciences, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman
2013-2018	Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, India
2011-2013	Research Scholar, Department of Information Science and Technology, Anna University, India
2009-201	Lecturer, Department of IT, PIT, Chennai, India
2008-2009	Lecturer, Department of IT, CIPET, India
2006-2008	Lecturer, Department of IT, RMD Engineering College, India

Research

Areas of Research Interest
Data Analytics, Machine Learning, AI Applications in healthcare, finance, academia, cybersecurity.

Computational Investigations on Neuro-degenerative disorders & Autism Detection

Served as PI in research projects funded by Government of India (2015-2018) and Sultanate of Oman (2021-2023). The project required devising novel computational methods using hybrid machine learning techniques to detect potential gene and protein mutants that contribute to early onset of neurodegeneration and autism. The subsequent project involved identifying, via automated machine learning methods, the most contributing factors that could lead to autism and potential markers for early detection of autism.

Publications

Lokeswari, Y. V., D., V. V., Jacob, S. G., M., M. M., Aravind, B., & Mohanram, P. B. (2024). Rating-Based Guidance System for Public Safety Using Classified Localities: Public Safety Application. In R. Rajappan, N. Gowri Ganesh, J. Daniel, A. Ahmad, & R. Santhosh (Eds.), The Convergence of Self-Sustaining Systems With AI and IoT (pp. 309-329). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-1702-0.ch016.
Jacob, S. G., Bennet, B., & Sulaiman, M. (2023, March). A Computational Investigation on Precision Autism and Metabolic Disorders: Predictive Machine Learning for Hepatic Ailment Classification. In Proceedings of the 2023 5th International Conference on Image, Video and Signal Processing (pp. 76-82).
Jacob, S. G., Sulaiman, M. M. B. A., & Bennet, B. (2023). Feature signature discovery for autism detection: An automated machine learning based feature ranking framework. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2023.
Jacob, S. G., Bennet, B., & Sulaiman, M. M. A. (2023, March). Investigating the Role of PTEN and P53 in Autism: Design of A Mutant Information Prediction System (MIPS). In 2023 15th International Conference on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE) (pp. 17-20). IEEE.
Jacob, S. G., Ali Sulaiman, M., & Bennet, B. (2022). Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework for COVID Therapy: A Research Perspective. Current Bioinformatics, 17(5), 393-395.

Patents

Shomona Gracia Jacob, Dr. Majdi Mohammed Bait Ali Sulaiman, Dr. Bensujin Bennet, Lokeswari Y V, Venkata Vara Prasad, Saraswathi S, A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS APPROACH FOR DATA MINING FRAMEWORK ON DIVERSE BIOLOGICAL DATA AND OTHERS. Indian Patent (Application Number: 202121056005), Published December 12, 2021.
Shomona Gracia Jacob, DESIGN OF VISUAL IMAGE BASED AUTISM SCREENING METHOD USING HAAR CLASSIFIERS AND AUTOML, Indian Patent (Application No: 202341011295), Published March 03, 2023.