Abhijeet Vijay Salunke

Current Employment

Assistant Professor in the Computer Engineering Department at Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

Research Interest

Mobile Application Analytics, Computer Networks, Wireless Measurements Studies and Virtualization

Education

• Masters of Engineering in Computer Engineering

June 2012 - July 2014
University of Mumbai, India
Research Advisor: Prof. Dayanand Ambawade
Topic: SAEER: Security Aware Energy Efficient Routing Protocol For Wireless Sensor Networks

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

June 2007 - May 2011
University of Mumbai, India

Experience

• Assistant Professor

August 2016 - Present
Department of Computer Engineering
Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India
Faculty Page

• Programmer Analyst

Jan 2016 - July 2016
Banking and Finance Services, Java Developer
Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited, Pune, India
Cognizant

Publications

1. A. Baranwal, V. Gohil, H. Dahat and A. Salunke, "Hate Speech and NSFW Image Classification using BERT and ResNet-34 model," 2024 5th International Conference on Recent Trends in Computer Science and Technology (ICRTCST), Jamshedpur, India, 2024, pp. 388-394, doi: 10.1109/ICRTCST61793.2024.10578379. (PDF)
2. S. Meghani, J. Vele, K. Madrecha and A. Salunke, "Smart Crop Cultivation: Harnessing Machine and Deep Learning for Informed Agricultural Practices," 2024 3rd International Conference on Applied Artificial Intelligence and Computing (ICAAIC), Salem, India, 2024, pp. 1264-1269, doi: 10.1109/ICAAIC60222.2024.10575474 (PDF)
3. M. Bangdiwala, S. Mahadik, Y. Mehta, A. Salunke and R. Das, "Automated Library Management System using Face Recognition and OCR," 2023 4th International Conference for Emerging Technology (INCET), Belgaum, India, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/INCET57972.2023.10170541. (PDF)
4. M. Bangdiwala, S. Mahadik, Y. Mehta and A. Salunke, "ML-Based Retail Innovations: Virtual Fitting, Scanning and Recommendations," 2023 Second International Conference on Electrical, Electronics, Information and Communication Technologies (ICEEICT), Trichirappalli, India, 2023, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICEEICT56924.2023.10157499. (PDF)
5. S. Gadegaonkar, D. Lakhwani, S. Marwaha and P. A. Salunke, "Job Recommendation System using Machine Learning," 2023 Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Smart Energy (ICAIS), Coimbatore, India, 2023, pp. 596-603, doi: 10.1109/ICAIS56108.2023.10073757. (PDF)
6. R. Shinde, S. Chorghe, K. Dhanani and A. Salunke, "Doc-Chain: A University Document Verification Blockchain," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Distributed Systems Security (ICBDS), Pune, India, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICBDS53701.2022.9935950. (PDF)
7. M. Bangdiwala, R. Choudhari, A. Hegde and A. Salunke, "Using ML Models to Predict Points in Fantasy Premier League," 2022 2nd Asian Conference on Innovation in Technology (ASIANCON), Ravet, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ASIANCON55314.2022.9909447. (PDF)
8. A. Salunke and S. Bhambar, "Comparative Study of Trust and Reputation Security Models in IoT Networks," 2019 International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Control Systems (ICCS), Madurai, India, 2019, pp. 830-835, doi: 10.1109/ICCS45141.2019.9065333. (PDF)
9. A. V. Nimkar and A. V. Salunke, "Fire contour approximation algorithm for bord-and-pillar coal mine: Revisited," 2018 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), Seoul, Korea (South), 2018, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/SAS.2018.8336742. (PDF)
10. A. Salunke and D. Ambawade, "Dynamic Sequence Number Thresholding protocol for detection of blackhole attack in Wireless Sensor Network," 2015 International Conference on Communication, Information & Computing Technology (ICCICT), Mumbai, India, 2015, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ICCICT.2015.7045745. (PDF)

Consultancy and Sponsored Projects

• Project Type: Consultancy
  Title: AI Chatbot
  Funding Agency: Yamini India Ltd. (eBZaar)
  Duration: 1 Year
  Approved Budget: Rs 16,350/-
  Objective: To create an AI-enabled chatbot for e-commerce of grocery stores. This was meant for local stores to automate order placements and confirmations.
• Project Type: Research (Not Funded)
  Title: Automatic Smart Attendance System
  Funding Agency: IB-Hub
  Duration: 1 Month
  Objective: This system was to assist the attendance system and not replace it. This system uses students' mobile phones' location services to find out whether they are on college premises or not.

Awards and Honors

• Mentored team CyberYoddha for project SpamKavach under the problem statement "To detect Email, SMS, and Call Spam," who were Grand Finalists at KAVACH Cyber Security Hackathon 2023.
• Mentored team Hashiras for project ManSick under the problem statement "To automate and compute the detection of possible vulnerability to depression before its onset," who won the Smart India Hackathon 2022.
• Mentored a team that secured the 2nd position at the Fleet Telematics Business Insight Competition, Techfest 2022, IIT Bombay. Team members: Shubh Gupta, Nishant Zaveri, and Sanika Tiwarekar.
• Placed 3^rd in the class while pursuing my Master's degree.
• Placed 2^nd in the class while pursuing my Bachelor's degree.

Professional Development and Training

• MOOC Development and Delivery
  UGC HRDC, 2021-22
  Grade: A
  Participated in two weeks UGC Sponsored Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Refresher Course by HRDC Ranchi University.
• Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation: Tools, Techniques, Challenges and Solutions
  AICTE-ISTE, 2021-22
  Participated in a one-week AICTE Sponsored Refresher/Orientation Course by Sardar Patel Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
• Machine Learning
  IIT Kanpur, 2020-21
  Participated in a two-week Faculty Development Program for CAS on Machine Learning.
• Data Science
  IIT Kanpur, 2020-21
  Participated in a two-week Faculty Development Program for CAS on Data Science.
• IoT BootCamp
  IB-Hub, 2018
  Participated in a 5-day intensive IoT BootCamp.
• Image and Object Classification with DIGITS
  Nvidia Deep Learning, 2018
  Completed a 1-day workshop on image and object classification using DIGITS.
• Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
  Bennett University, 2018
  Successfully completed a 3-day course on artificial intelligence and deep learning.
• Pushing Boundaries of Wireless Technologies
  ISTE-SPIT, 2017
  Participated in a 5-day program focused on pushing the boundaries of wireless technologies.
• NEN Entrepreneurship Educator Program
  Wadhwani Foundation, 2016
  Enrolled in a 2-day program to become an entrepreneurship educator.
• Design Thinking
  SPIT, 2016
  Attended a 2-day workshop on design thinking methodology.

Administration

Institute Level

• Admission Committee 2017 onwards till date
• Library Committee 2022 onwards till date
• Intership NOC Committee 2021 onwards till date
• Convocation Committee 2018 onwards till date
• IoT SIG Member since 2017-18
• SCOPE Course Coordinator for Suven Technology 2018-20
• SCOPE Course Coordinator for JPMC for 2019-20
• CS Lab By Credit Suisse Coordinator for Year 2018-19
• SCOPE Course Coordinator IoT Reliance Unlimit 2017-18
• Admission Mass Mailer Coordination 2022
• ICCICT Conference TPC Committee 2021
• Organizing Committee Interthrone 2017 and 2019

Department Level

• Ecell Coordinator from 2016-17 onwards till date
• R&D Coordinator from 2016-17 onwards till date
• Project Coordinator 2017-20
• IIC Cell Coordinator from 2019-23
• IEDC Committee members from 2020-21 onwards till date
• IPR Committee member from 2020-21 onwards till date
• Department Exam Coordinator for 2020-21
• JUNFO ERP Department Coordinator 2019-22
• Syllabus Coordinator 2017-19 and 2022 onwards till date
• NBA UG Criteria Coordinator 7 for AY 2016-17 onwards till date
• NBA PG Criteria 6 Coordinator from 2018-19 onwards till date
• NAAC Criteria 1.1, 3.2, 4.3, and 6.5
• Mentoring Students from 2016-17 onwards till date
  • 2016-17: TE Comp Batch-C
  • 2017-18: BE Comp Batch-C
  • 2018-19: SE Comp Batch-C
  • 2019-20: TE Comp Batch-C
  • 2020-21: BE Comp Batch-C
  • 2021-22: SE Comp Batch-C
  • 2022-23: BE COMP Batch-D, TE COMP Batch-C, FE Div-B Batch-B1
  • 2023-24: SE Comp Div-A Batch-C, FE Div-C Batch-C2, FE Div-G Batch-G3, FE Div-H Batch-H4
• ABL3 Coordinator for 2020-21
• Mentored SEVA/SATVA Batches 2020-21
• Syllabus Setting for Different Years
  • 2016-17: Object Oriented Programming, Linux-C lab, Data Communication and Internet of Things
  • 2017-18: Mobile Communication and Computing, Structured and Object Oriented Analysis and Design
  • 2018-19: Major Project-I, Major Project-II
  • 2019-20: Structured and Object Oriented Analysis and Design
  • 2020-21: Computer Communication and Networks(SE), Problem-Solving Object-Oriented Programming (FE), Main Project Stage-I (BE), Main Project Stage-II (BE), Mini Project-II (BE), Human Machine Interaction (PE), Internet of Things (PE)
  • 2022-23: Data Driven IoT(OE), Problem Solving using Imperative Programming(FE)

Professional/Industrial Activities

Industrial Visits, Expert Talks, Events, Guest Lectures, STTP, FDP, Judge, Workshop, Industrial/Professional Training, Symposiums, and many more.

Organised

1. Organized Python Workshop for SY students by Divyaank Tiwari 2022-23
2. Organized Guest/Expert Talk by Adwait Hedge on ANOVA 2022-23
3. Organizing Committee Research Colloquium 2022
4. As a judge for the competition “Fueling Your Imagination” by E-Cell SPIT, 2020-21
5. Internship Evaluation as Internal Expert for 2020-21.
6. Coordinated Expert talk by Lori Beers, CIO Global Business, JPMC held in IIT Bombay about "Global perspective on Advancement in Technology" on 5th Nov 2019
7. Organised International “IoT Symposium” 2017-18.
8. One Week FDP on “Technology Convergence and Its Practices” in collaboration with IEEE and WIE from Dec 19 to 23 Dec, 2016
9. Two days workshop on “Android Application development” from 24 to 25 September 2016
10. A Guest Lecture by Dhaval Dalal on “Think Objects” to help students understand the interplay between object-oriented design and coding.
11. Organised Talk on “Opportunity for Higher Studies in Abroad”, 2018-19

Conducted

1. Resource person for hands-on Session on “Insight into intelligent Automation Machine Learning and Data Science: PySpark in Google Colab”, 2020-21.
2. Guest Lecture on “BlockChain and Cloud Computing Lecture” at VIVA Institute of Technology, 2018-19

Outreach and Industrial Interaction

1. Chairman
   Industry: MeritTrack
   Conducted MH-CET, LLB, B.Ed Exam 2021-22
2. Chairman
   Industry: MotFire Management Service Pvt. Ltd.
   Conducted GMAT Exam 2021-22
3. As a judge for the competition “SPECTRA-The Fest: Hackathon” by SPCE, 2020-21
4. Industrial Visit and Meet at JP Morgan India Services Pvt Ltd on 26th Sept 2019
5. Industrial Meet Automation Expo on 26th Sept 2019
6. Guest Lecture on “BlockChain and Cloud Computing Lecture” in VIVA Institute of Technology, 2018-19

Professional Membership

• ACM Student Member since 2022.
• ISTE Member since 2017.

Courses Taught

• 2016-17: Structured and Object Oriented Analysis and Design (93.44%), Mobile Communication and Computing (100%), Network Technology Lab (90%), Structured Programming Approach Lab, Big Data Analysis Lab
• 2017-18: Computer Networks (92.35%), Computer Network Lab (91.35%), Programming Methodology Data Structure Lab (Odd Sem), Mobile Communication and Computing (96.35%), Mobile Communication and Computing Lab (96.28%), Web Technology Lab, Programming Methodology Data Structure Lab (Even Sem)
• 2018-19: Data Communication and Computer Networks, Data Communication and Computer Networks Lab, Enterprise Technology Lab, Operating System, Operating System Lab, Human Machine Interaction
• 2019-20: Embedded System and Real Time Operating System (91.22%), Structured Programming Approach (97.32%), Structured Programming Approach Lab (99.61%), Data Communication and Computer Networks Lab (92.5%), Python Programming Lab (93.75%)
• 2020-21: Probability and Statistics (95%), Computer Communication and Network (93.02%), Computer Communication and Network Lab (99.61%), Embedded System and Real Time Operating System, Embedded System and Real Time Operating System Lab
• 2021-22: Probability and Statistics (88.96%), Object Oriented Programming (100%), Problem Solving using Imperative Programming (93.37%), Problem Solving using Object Oriented Programming (COMP-B) (86.16%), Probability and Statistics (DSE) (85%)
• 2022-23: Probability and Statistics (82.86%), Computer Communication and Networks (81.51%), Problem Solving using Imperative Programming (100%), Problem Solving using Object Oriented Programming (91.20%)