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Dr. Varuna Kumara

Dr. Varuna Kumara

  • Associate Professor & HOD
  • B.E, M.Tech, Ph.D

Designation

Associate Professor & HOD

Department

Electronics and Communication Engineering

Educational Qualifications

B.E, M.Tech, Ph.D

Email ID

varunakumara@mitkundapura.com

Experience

13

Professional membership

1. Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Since 2020. 2. Member, IEEE 3. IEEE Young Professionals. 4. IAENG.

Area of Interest

Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence

Paper Published

1. An IoT-enabled vision-aid for the blind integrating ultrasonic obstacle detection and GPS-based location tracking
Journal: International Journal of Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems (IJRES)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijres.v15.i2.pp386-395

2. IoT-enabled smart hydroponic system using nutrient film technique for precision agriculture
Journal: International Journal of Informatics and Communication Technology (IJ-ICT)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijict.v15i2.pp900-908

3. Review of sliding-mode observer and fault-tolerant control in sensor-driven platforms
Journal: Progress in Artificial Intelligence
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13748-026-00466-4

4. Outage probability analysis using transmit laser selection technique for underwater optical wireless communication system under varying turbulence with pointing errors and attenuation losses
Journal: Optical Engineering
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/1.oe.65.2.028101

5. Explainable AI for Precise Leaf Disease Diagnosis: A Comparative Study
Journal: Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.16335

6. Enhanced Detection of Breast Cancer Microcalcifications in MRI via Hybrid LOOP and Haralick Features with Stacked Autoencoder Classification
Journal: Journal of Robotics and Control (JRC)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18196/jrc.v6i6.26502

7. Optimized fuzzy sliding mode control for energy-efficient wastewater treatment
Journal: Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/eei.v15i1.10663

8. Hierarchical prompt learning for vision-language models with enhanced generalization
Journal: International Journal of Information Technology
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41870-025-03080-0

9. An Internet of Things based mobile-controlled robot with emergency parking system
Journal: IAES International Journal of Robotics and Automation (IJRA)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijra.v14i3.pp370-380

10. A novel fuzzy logic based sliding mode control scheme for non-linear systems
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijai.v14.i4.pp2676-2688

11. A Second-Order Sliding Mode Control Scheme with Fuzzy Logic-Based Online Sliding Surface Adjustment for Buck Converters
Journal: IEEE Access
URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3551127

12. Advanced Breast Cancer Detection Using Spatial Attention and Neural Architecture Search (SANAS-Net)
Journal: SN Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-024-03568-9
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85212684477&partnerID=MN8TOARS

13. Enhanced sequence-to-sequence contrastive learning for text recognition using hybrid instance mapping and transformer-based encoding
Journal: Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105013753675&partnerID=MN8TOARS

14. Low-Cost IoT-Enabled Visible Light Communication System for Smart Industrial Automation and Safety Control
Journal: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Innovative Mechanisms for Industry Applications ICIMIA 2025
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105021918844&partnerID=MN8TOARS

15. Self-organising fuzzy sliding-mode controller for wastewater treatment
Journal: International Journal of Global Warming
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-105007945830&partnerID=MN8TOARS

16. Seeding precision: a mask region based convolutional neural networks classification approach for the classification of paddy seeds
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijai.v13.i4.pp4138-4146

17. Efficient Wastewater Treatment Optimisation with Solow-Polasky-JAYA Algorithm and Self-Organising Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control
Journal: Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability
URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-024-00435-1

18. A fuzzy logic scheme based on spread rate and population for pandemic vaccine allocation
Journal: International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijece.v14i5.pp5941-5948

19. A novel approach to wastewater treatment control: A self-organizing fuzzy sliding mode controller
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijai.v13.i3.pp2796-2807

20. A survey of detecting leaf diseases using machine learning and deep learning in various crops
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijai.v13.i3.pp2498-2505

21. Fuzzy logic for the management of vaccination during pandemics: A spread-rate-based approach
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijai.v13.i3.pp2808-2815

22. SANAS-Net: spatial attention neural architecture search for breast cancer detection
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI)
URL: https://doi.org/10.11591/ijai.v13.i3.pp3339-3349

23. A Novel Fuzzy Logic Based Operating System Scheduling Scheme
Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5391/ijfis.2024.24.1.30

24. A Novel Approach to Wastewater Treatment Control: A Self-Organizing Fuzzy Sliding Mode Controller
Journal: International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85213227226&partnerID=MN8TOARS

25. Advanced Deep Learning Model for Breast Cancer Detection via Thermographic Imaging
Journal: 8th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing VLSI Electrical Circuits and Robotics Discover 2024 Proceedings
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85211947423&partnerID=MN8TOARS

26. Dynamic and Static Wireless Charging of EVs Using Solar Energy
Journal: 8th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing VLSI Electrical Circuits and Robotics Discover 2024 Proceedings
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85211934870&partnerID=MN8TOARS

27. EarlyNet: A Novel Transfer Learning Approach with VGG11 and Efficient Net for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection
Journal: International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85184920531&partnerID=MN8TOARS

28. EarlyNet: A Novel Transfer Learning Approach with VGG11 and EfficientNet for Early-Stage Breast Cancer Detection
Journal: International Journal of Intelligent Systems and Applications in Engineering
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85185495255&partnerID=MN8TOARS

29. Optimized robust fuzzy sliding mode control for efficient wastewater treatment: a comprehensive study
Journal: IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85185477523&partnerID=MN8TOARS

30. Smart Deep Learning Model to Recognize PCM Optimization Performance on Solar Cooling System
Journal: Electric Power Components and Systems
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15325008.2023.2281630

31. Empowering Farmers, Enriching Lives: The One Stop Solution for Agricultural Assistance
Journal: Journal of Advanced Zoology
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/jaz.v44i3.697

32. Development of Secure Hardware Architectures for Preventing Side-Channel Attacks and Protecting Sensitive Data in VLSI Systems
Journal: 2023 4th International Conference on Smart Electronics and Communication (ICOSEC)
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icosec58147.2023.10275833

33. Machine Learning Approach for a Novel Facial Recognition System
Journal: 2023 8th International Conference on Communication and Electronics Systems (ICCES)
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/icces57224.2023.10192743

34. Data Detection Poisoning Attack Using Resource Scheme Multilinear Regression
Journal: 2023 4th International Conference for Emerging Technology (INCET)
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/incet57972.2023.10170256

35. An Enhancement of Service Function Chaining in Metro Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks in 5G Communication Using Machine Learning
Journal: 2023 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery in Concurrent Engineering (ICECONF)
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iceconf57129.2023.10084334

36. An Artificial Intelligence-Based Scheme for the Management of Vaccines during Pandemics
Journal: Engineering Proceedings
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85188240443&partnerID=MN8TOARS

37. IMPROVING ACCURACY IN EMOTION CLASSIFICATION USING GAME THEORY AND MULTI-PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS
Journal: Journal of the Balkan Tribological Association
URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85172867249&partnerID=MN8TOARS

38. Leaf and skin disease detection using image processing
Journal: Global Transitions Proceedings
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gltp.2022.03.010

39. A Multifaceted Analysis of Pioneering Strategies and Leading-Edge Technology for Waste Segregation
Journal: Journal of Research Administration

40. Review of the Application of CNNs to Detect Newly Emerging Plant Diseases
Journal: Journal of Survey in Fisheries Sciences

Patent filed/granted/published

Patent Published
1. A three-arm pesticide sprayer on automatic climber, Patent No: 6396598
2. A Hybrid Logarithmic-exponential Tanh Convolutional Neural Network P- Transformer System for improving Language translation with low resource, Patent Application No: 202024104347
3. A Deep Learning Hybrid Model for Improving Machine Translation of Low-Resource Language, Patent Application No: 202441032018A
4. Network Security for SDN-based Cloud IoT Using Deep Learning, No.202241066487 A
5. Artificial Intelligence and IoT Based Automatic Accident Detection System Using Ai Camera, Image Processing and Machine Learning Algorithms, No. 202241070140 A
6. Artificial Intelligence and IoT-Based Automatic Smart Health Care System to Monitor and Predict All Types of Thyroid Diseases and Blood Sugar Level Using Image Processing, Cloud, And Deep Learning Algorithms, No 202241070140
7. Innovations in natural language processing for efficient data privacy and security, No.202341065260 A.
8. Hybrid Visible Light Communication and Optical Fiber-Based Indoor Internet System, Application No.202541123894 A
9. A Tide Adaptive Underwater Communication System and Method Thereof, Application No.202541124687 A
10. An Autonomous Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) And Vision-Based Rover System and Method Thereof, Application No.202541123881 A
11. In-Situ Spectrometer System for Real-Time Detection and Classification of Aquatic Debris, Application No.202541078603 A

Patent Granted
1. AI enabled Digital Dissolved Oxygen Meter, No 391042-001

Book Published

1. Experimental Study on a Reliable Smart Hydroponics System
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4118-3.ch002

2. An AI-integrated green power monitoring system: empowering small and medium enterprises
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-0338-2.ch013

3. Efficient wastewater management with optimized fuzzy sliding-mode control in smart urban planning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-9770-1.ch007

4. Microplastic Menace: Ecological Ramifications and Solutions for a Sustainable Future
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-3447-8.ch012

5. AI-Optimized Nanoelectronics from Design to Fabrication: Nanotechnology in Device Fabrication
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-2883-6.ch009

6. Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Controller with Fuzzy Logic-Based Moving Sliding Surface
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1007172

Certification

1. Fuzzy sets, Logic and Systems & Applications- Elite+Gold in NPTEL
2. Python for Data Science – Elite in NPTEL
3. Azure: create a REST API using NodeJS Serverless Functions – Coursera
4. Linear Regression with NumPy and Python- Coursera
5. Understanding Research Methods- Coursera
6. Cryptography and Network Security-NPTEL
7. Affective Computing-NPTEL
8. Introduction to Internet of Things-NPTEL

Additional Info

Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=58191411400
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9671-0546
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=n8pX33oAAAAJ

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