Dr.M.N.Vimal kumar
Associate professor , Department of Mechatronics Engineering
Sona College of Technology, Salem – 636 005
Ph: +91 – 427 – 4099999 Ext: 888 Email : vimalkumar.mct@sonatech.ac.in,

Academic Profile
Degree Branch Institute Year
Ph.D., Information and Communication Engineering Anna University 2018
M.E., Applied  Electronics Kongu Engineering College 2009
B.E., Electronics and Communication Engineering Government College of Engineering, Salem 2007
Experience
Period No of Years Designation Department Institution
16.08.2020 to Till date - Associate professor Mechatronics Engineering Sona College of Technology, Salem
02-12-2013 to 31-07-2021 7.8 Assistant professor Electronics and Communication Engineering R.M.D. Engineering College
04.06.2012 to 30.11.2013 1.6 Assistant professor Electronics and Communication Engineering K.S.R. College of
Engineering
01.07.2010 to 31.03.2012 1.9 Assistant professor Electronics and Communication Engineering R.M.K. College of Engineering and Technology
24.06.2009 to 30.06.2010 1 Assistant professor Electronics and Communication Engineering R.M.K. College of Engineering and Technology
Publications

International Journals

  1. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, “Convolutional Neural Network Architecture Based on FPGA with Reduced Requirements for Parameters”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol No. 1964, Page No. 1-6, 2021, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1964/6/062082, Impact Factor : 0.55 (Scopus indexed)
  2. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, “Wireless Temperature Read Out System in an Industry to Prevent Outbreak of COVID Cases”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol No. 1964 Page No. 1-6, 2021, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1964/6/062066, Impact Factor : 0.55 (Scopus indexed)
  3. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Optimized Warehouse Management Perishable Goods”, Alinteri Journal of Agriculture Sciences, Vol. 36 Issue. 1, pp, 199 - 203 May 2021, DOI: 10.47059/alinteri/V36l1/AJAS21029, (Web of Science indexed)
  4. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Early-Stage Detection of Cancer in Breast using Artificial Intelligence ”, Revista – Geintec Gestao Inovacao e Technologias , Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 2016-2028, June 2021, DOI: 10.47059/revistageintec.v11i2.1821 (Web of Science indexed)
  5. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “An Identification and Classification of Thyroid Diseases Using Deep Learning Methodology”, Revista – Geintec Gestao Inovacao e Technologias , Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 2004-2015, June 2021, DOI: 10.47059/revistageintec.v11i2.1820 (Web of Science  indexed)
  6. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Single Image Haze Removal using Contextual Regularization”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Vol. 9 Issue. 4, pp 2929-2933, Feb 2020, DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.D1926.029420, Impact Factor : 0.102 (Scopus indexed)
  7. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Partial Product addition in Vedic design-ripple carry adder design fir filter architecture for elecrocardiogram (ECG) signal de-noising application”, Microprocessors and Microsystems, Vol.76, pp.1-8, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpro.2020.103113, Impact Factor : 2.36 (SCI indexed)
  8. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Modified Cuckoo Search-Cascade Forest (MCS-CF) for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Diagnosis”, NeuroQuantology, Vol. 18 Issue. 7 ,pp 83-94, July 2020, DOI: 10.14704/nq.2020.18.7.NQ20196, Impact Factor : 0.44  (Scopus indexed)
  9. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “A Novel Deep Learning Classifier and Genetic Algorithm based Feature Selection for Hybrid EEG-fNIRS Brain-Computer Interface”, NeuroQuantology, Vol. 18, Issue 9, pp 125-134, September 2020, doi: 10.14704/nq.2020.18.9.NQ20224, Impact Factor : 0.44   (Scopus indexed)
  10. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Performance analysis of pre-cancerous mammographic image enhancement feature using non-subsampled shearlet transform”, Multimedia Tools & Applications, Vol.80 Issue.17, 2021, doi.org/10.1007/s11042-018-5951-3. Impact Factor : 2.973 (SCI indexed)
  11. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Region-specific multi-attribute white mass estimation-based mammogram classification”, Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 22, pp. 1093- 1098, 2018, doi.org/10.1007/s00779-018-1135-4. Impact Factor : 2.823 (SCI indexed)
  12. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Adaptive clustering based breast cancer detection with ANFIS classifier using mammographic images”, Cluster Computing, Vol.22, pp. 13975-13984, 2019, doi.org/10.1007/s10586-018-2160-9. Impact Factor : 2.04 (SCI indexed)
  13. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for classification of Mammographic image using Electro-Magnetism-like Optimization”, International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 26/(3/4), pp. 376-388, DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2018.090011. Impact Factor : 1.01 (Web of Science indexed)
  14. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Classification of Mammographic Image Abnormalities Based on EMO and LS-SVM Techniques” Research Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 15/1, pp. 35- 40, 2017. Impact Factor : 0.45  (Web of Science indexed)
  15. Dr.Vimal Kumar M N, “Analysis and Diagnostic of Women Breast Cancer using Mammographic Image”, Asian Journal of Information Technology, Vol. 15/12, pp. 2048-2056, 2016, Research Journal of Biotechnology Impact Factor : 0.121 (Scopus indexed)
Books/Book Chapters
  1. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, ”Chapter 16 - Smart Agricultural Robot”, Green Engineering and Technology – Innovations, Design and Architectural Implementation, CRC Press – Taylor & Francis Group, pp 273 – 292, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003176275 (Scopus Indexed)
  2. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, “Chapter 4 - Medical   Data   Compression   For   Lossless Data Transmission and Archival”, Internet of Medical Things: Remote Health Care Systems and Applications, Springer, pp 55 – 74, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63937-2_4, (Scopus Indexed),
  3. Dr.K.Helen Prabha, Professor & Head and Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Assistant Professor authored a book titled “Principles of Digital Signal Processing”, Anuradha Publications second edition 2017, ISBN 978-81-8472-285-7.
  4. Dr.K.Helen Prabha, Professor & Head and Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Assistant Professor authored a book titled “Control Systems Engineering”, Anuradha Publications second edition 2017, ISBN 978-81-847721-04-8.
Patent/Design
  1. Smart Versatile Health Monitoring System (Applicant), Application No. 202141058585 – Published (2021).
  2. Smart Saline Monitoring System (Inventor), Application No. 202141050900 – Published (2021).
  3. Smart Clothes for Security Forces in Borders to Track their Health Records Instantly, (Applicant), Application No. 202141016358 - Published (2021).
  4. Classification and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Using Mammographic Images (Inventor), Application No. 201841035246 – Published (2018).
Consultancy
Title Client Amount Responsibility
Three Days Workshop on Impact of IOT in Industry SCT Students 42,000 Coordinator
Automatic Hand Sanitizer Dispensing Machine with Body Temperature Monitoring and Mask Detection System JISSHA
Management Solutions		 75,000 PI
Multipurpose All-terrain Robot Foundation for Advancement of Education and Research,
Bangalore		 5,000 Coordinator
Online Courses
Name of the Course Online Platform Month and Year of Completion Grade
Introduction to Project Management Coursera June 2020 100%
Object-Oriented Programming with Java Coursera June 2020 100%
Cloud Computing Basics (Cloud 101) Coursera May 2020 98%
Principles of Communication Systems-I NPTEL April 2020 100%
Introduction to Internet of Things NPTEL October 2019 66%
Digital Image Processing NPTEL October 2019 78%
Elite + Silver
Antennas NPTEL April 2019 61%
Principles of Signals and Systems  NPTEL  April 2019 84%
Elite + Silver
+ Topper 5%
Digital Circuits NPTEL October 2018 70%
Control Engineering NPTEL October 2017 54%
Discrete Time Signal Processing NPTEL October 2016 66%
Elite
International Conferences
  1. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Real Time Interaction Approach for Aiding Typhlosis. International Virtual Conference on Advances in Communication, Machine Learning, Embedded with Internet of Things, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai
  2. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Wireless Temperature read out system in an Industry to prevent outbreak of Covid Cases, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Science, Engineering & Management, MC Square Scientific Research, Chennai.
  3. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Voice Controlled Autonomous Vehicle using IoT, International Conference on Innovations in Communication Computing and Science, Chandigarh Engineering, Punjab
  4. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Waste Monitoring and Management using IoT, International Conference on Innovations in Communication Computing and Science, Chandigarh Engineering, Punjab
  5. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Smart Companion Robot for Elders Health Care with Emergency Rescue System, AICTE Sponsored First International Conference on Challenges and Opportunities for Development of Smart Cities, PSR Engineering College, Sivakasi
  6. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Early Stage Detection of Cancer in Mammogram Using Statistical Feature Extraction, International conference on Recent Advancements in Electrical, Electronics and Control Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Virudhunagar.
  7. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Dynamic Time Warping in Voice Verification System, International Conference on Operations Research Application in Engineering and Management (ICOREM), Anna University of Technology, Tiruchirappali.
National Conferences
  1. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, A Modern Methodology Preventing Vehicle Accident and Attacker Identification System using Blackbox in Cars, National Conference on Computing Communication & Information Technology, T.J.S Engineering College, Chennai.
  2. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Building Automation system based on Zigbee and WSN, National Conference on Emerging Technologies, Sri Vidya College of Engineering & Technology, Madurai.
  3. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, An Efficient Voice Verification System using Neural Network, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Computer Science and Engineering, K.S.R College of Technology, Tiruchengode.
  4. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, An Efficient Voice Verification System using RASTA and Back Propagation Network, National Conference on Recent Advances in Computer Vision & Information Technology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore.
  5. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Voice Verification System using RASTA and Wavelets, National Conference on Convergence of IT Research, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, Virudhunagar.
  6. Dr.M.N.Vimal Kumar, Wavelets based Voice Verification System, National Conference on Emerging Technologies in Soft computing, R.M.D Engineering College, Kavaraipettai.
FDP Attended
  1. One Week FDP under the title Machine Learning in Biomedical Engineering at R.M.K. Engineering College, Kavaraipeetai, (Dec 2021).
  2. Five Days FDP under the title Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning at GCT, Coimbatore (Sep 2021).
  3. One Week STTP under the title Medical Healthcare for Betterment of Humanity Via Non Invasive Technique at Panimalar Institute of Technology, Chennai (April 2021).
  4. One Week FDP under the title Machine learning and Deep learning at SRM, Kattankulathur, (May 2020)
  5. One Week FDP under the title Teaching and Learning for Accreditation in Technical Education at NITTTR-Chandigarh, (April 2020)
  6. One Week FDP under the title 8051 and its Applications at NITTTR-Chandigarh, (May 2020)
  7. One Week FDP under the title Image and Embedded Systems at NITTTR-Chandigarh, (May 2020)
  8. Five days FDP under the title Robotic Process Automation at USHA RAMA College of Engineering and Technology, (May 2020)
  9. Three days FDP under the title Improving Your Research Visibility - Research Impact and Metrics at VCET, Erode (May 2020)
  10. Three days FDP under the title Improving Your Research Visibility - Research Impact and Metrics at VCET, Erode (May 2020)
  11. Two Weeks FDP under the title Introduction to Internet of Things at IIT, Kharagpur (Oct 2019)
  12. Two Weeks FDP under the title Digital Image Processing at IIT, Kharagpur (Oct 2019)
  13. Two Weeks FDP under the title Antennas at IIT, Kharagpur (April 2019)
  14. One Weeks FDTP under the title EC6503-Transmission Lines and Waveguides at R.M.K College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai (June 2016)
  15. Two Weeks FDTP under the title wireless Networks at R.M.D Engineering College, Chennai (Dec 2016)
  16. Two Days FDP under the title Presentation skills, at Cognizant, R M.K Engineering College, Chennai (June 2015)
  17. Two Weeks SDP under the title Recent Advances in Pattern Recognition – Artifical Intelligence Models and Analysis in Biometrics at K.S.R. college of Technology, Tiruchengode (March 2013)
  18. One Weeks FDTP under the title EC2302 – Digital Signal Processing at K.S.R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode (June 2013)
Seminar/Conference/Workshop organized
  1. Three days workshop on Impact of IOT in Industry on 21st to 23rd Dec. 2021 under Dept. of Mechatronics Engineering, SCT.
  2. Two days training on MATLAB and SIMULINK on 11th & 12th June 2021 under Automotive Electronics CoE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  3. Four days of training on Vehicle Diagnostics Basics (OBD) and Measurement and Testing of Sensors and Actuators by JCC of RMK Group & Bosch on 2nd to 6th June 2021 under Automotive Electronics CoE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  4. Three days of training on Impact of Electronics in Automotive Industry, Overview of In- Vehicle Networking and C Programming Assessment through Hacker Earth on 21st to 24th May.2021 under Automotive Electronics CoE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  5. Five days of Internship on Internet of Things on 17th to 21st April.2020 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  6. One day Workshop on Logic Design and Computer Organization Virtual Lab on 30th Jan.2019 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  7. One day Workshop on IOT for Smart Cities on 27th Feb..2018 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  8. National Conference on SMARTCOM’16 on 25th April 2016 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  9. One day Workshop on Developing Trends in Electronics on 20th July.2015 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  10. One day Workshop on Cadence tool for VLSI Design and MATLAB on 4th March.2015 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  11. One day Workshop on Wireless Communication and 4G on 21st Dec.2014 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  12. One day Workshop on MATLAB Hands on training program on 12th July.2014 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
  13. One day Workshop on E - Surveillance on 29th Jan.2014 under Dept. of ECE, R.M.D. Engineering College
Seminar/Conference/Workshop attended
  1. Two days Workshop under the title Artificial Intelligence on 30th & 1st May 2021 at Pantech eLearning, Chennai
  2. Five days Workshop under the title Electric Vehicle Design using MATLAB on 29th to 2nd April 2021 at Pantech Solutions, Chennai
  3. Nine days Workshop under the title National IP Literacy Week on 15th to 23rd Oct 2020 at KAPILA, AICTE, MHRD
  4. Two Weeks Workshop under the title AI Master Class on 5th to 14th Oct 2020 at APSSDC, Pantech Prolabs India Pvt.Ltd
  5. One day Seminar under the title Eminent Engineers of India on 29th Sep 2020 at R R Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
  6. Two days Workshop under the title Internal Auditor Training on Quality Management System as per High Level Structure (HLS) ISO 9001:2015 & ISO 19011:2011 on 21st & 22nd Dec 2017 at R.M.D. Engineering College, Kaveraipettai
  7. One day Workshop under the title NBA Pre-Visit Workshop on 25th July 2016 at R.M.K Engineering College, Kavaraipettai
  8. Two days Workshop under the title Hands-on DSP on 21st & 22nd May 2015 at IIT Hyderabad
  9. Two days Seminar under the title Advancements in Biomedical Signal and Image Processing on 29th & 30th Oct 2015 at MIT Campus
  10. Two Weeks Workshop under the title Control Systems on 2nd to 12th Dec 2014 at IIT Kharagpur
  11. One day Workshop under the title Research Methodology on 11th Dec 2014 at Anna University
  12. Two days Seminar under the title Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Health Care on 10th & 11th Aug 2012 at BIT
  13. One day Workshop under the title Architectures for Digital Signal Processing on 13th Nov 2011 at R.M.K Engineering College
  14. One day Seminar under the title Research Issues in Digital Image Processing on 21st  March 2009 at Mepco Schlenk Engineering colleges
Awards and Achievements
  1. Received Best Scientist in Engineering and Production Awards from International Journal of MC Square Scientific Research, Chennai from 21 – 23 January 2021.
  2. Received Certificate of Mentor for Participating in the RMK Toy Hackathon 2020 Conducted in Collaboration with Virtusa Software services Pvt Ltd on 3rd October 2020.
  3. Received certificate of Guidance for participating in the FAER – McAfee Scholar Award Program on 30th July 2020.
  4. Received Certificate of NPTEL for Participating in the SPOCATHON event held as part of Content Augmentation effort on 17th May 2020.
  5. Received the award for IIC Innovation Ambassador Training Series from Institutions Innovation Council of MHRD’s Innovation Cell held at RMK Engineering College, Chennai on 8-9 January 2020
  6. Received the award for NPTEL Discipline Star on December 2019
  7. Received the award for Appreciate of IoT Internship from Experts Hub Industry Skill Development Center at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and technology from 5-12-2019 to 12-12-2019.
  8. Received the award for International Best Researcher in Medical Image Processing from Rula Award, Research Peace Award of 2019, at Grandeur Hall, Hotel Breeze Residency, Trichy on 15th August of 2019.
  9. Received the award for Outstanding Faculty in Engineering from Venus International Foundation, Centre for Advanced Research and Design, at Radha Regent, Chennai on 06.07.2019.
  10. Received Certificate of Mentor for NPTEL Online Course “Principles of Signals and Systems”, Jan-April 2019
  11. Received First Rank with Gold Medal in M.E from Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore.
  12. Received the award for Appreciation from Kongu Engineering College for First Rank with Gold Medal in M.E.
  13. Received Certificate of appreciation for producing 100% results in Control Systems.
  14. Received Certificate of appreciation for producing 100% results in Principles of Digital Signal Processing.
Guest Lectures/Seminars delivered (Outreach)
Topic Delivered at Period
Digital Signal Processing Concepts Er.Perumal Manimekalai  College of Engineering, Hosur 20.09.2021
Prospects for Student Entrepreneurs Annapoorana Engineering College, Salem 08.09.2021
Fundamentals of Signals and Systems Er.Perumal Manimekalai  College of Engineering, Hosur 04.09.2021
How to Build a Start-up Ecosystem Adhiyaman Arts and Science College for Women, Uthangarai 27.06.2021
Digital Signal Processing Er.Perumal Manimekalai  College of Engineering, Hosur 24.05.2021
Noise Characterization in Communication Annapoorana Engineering College, Salem 11.05.2021
Internet of Things RMD Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, 12.04.2020
Evolution of 5G to the Transmission Section Executives – BSNL, Dharmapuri 18.01.2020
Logic Design and Computer Organization Virtual Lab RMD Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, 30.01.2019.
Signals and systems Vellalar college of Engineering and technology, Erode 02.06.2016
Digital Image Processing RMD Engineering College, Kavaraipettai, 06.02.2013.
Digital Signal Processing Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem 21.02.2011
Membership
Name of the society Period
Indian Society for Technical Education (LISTE) Life member
International Association of Engineers (IAENG) Life member
Internet Society Life member
The Society   of   Digital       Information    and      Wireless Communications (SDIWC) Life member
Other activities/achievements
  1. Reviewer of KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems
  2. External member for Fourth Quarter my council Meeting Annapoorana Engineering College, Salem, 9th Nov 2021.
  3. Session chair - 7th National conference AGNICON 2020, Agni College of Technology on 25th September 2020.
  4. Session Chair – ICRTECC20, Saveetha School of Engineering on 15th June 2020.
  5. Editor of International Journal of Medical Imaging.
  6. Member of the Scrutinizing Board of ECE Vel Tech University
  7. DC member in Saveetha University
  8. Reviewer of Inderscience