Sujata Navaratnam Email: sujata.n@kdu.edu.my Sujata holds the position of Program Leader with the School of Computing and Creative Media at UOW Malaysia KDU University College. She brings with her more than 20 years of experience in education industry where she has undertaken several positions that encompass faculty management, curriculum development and operations efficiency. Sujata holds a Bachelor (Hons) in Computer Science from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and a Masters in Software Engineering from Open University Malaysia (OUM). She is currently pursuing her PhD in Science and Technology with Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) where she is focusing on computer security and data analytics. As a researcher, Sujata has been actively involved in producing insightful journals and publications in this segment. This will complement well for her postgraduate studies. In her role as a Senior Lecturer, she delivers and developed various subjects in Intelligent Systems and Software Engineering ensuring that they are relevant and suitable for students in the current environment. She is a Certified Software Tester and Certified Hacking and Forensics Investigator, where such knowledge is extremely useful for the students today. In her Program Leader’s role, Sujata plays a vital role to ensure the smooth running and operations of the Software Engineering, Computer Science and Information Systems degrees in the school. This includes managing of credit transfers, student matters, subject development or changes and many others. Under her purview, these programs have achieved full accreditation from MQA. Qualifications PhD Islamic Science University of Malaysia, On-going Research Title: Development of a Framework to Improve Cybersecurity Threat Detection using Data Science for the Malaysian Government Sector Master of Software Engineering Open University Malaysia, 2009 – 2012 Bachelor of Computer Science (Hons) Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), 1997 – 2001 Research & Publications Year Title 2018 Journal Publications Navaratnam,S., Shamsudin, S.F, Raman, V., Perumal, S., (2018), Automated Kidney Stone Segmentation by Seed Pixel Region Growing Approach: Initial Implementation and Results,In International Journal of Engineering and Technology(UAE) https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85054638927&doi=10.14419%2fijet.v7i4.15.21369&partnerID=40&md5=c32e1c9a31c3da857134c9326923c9f6 2017 Journal Publications Perumal, S., Navaratnam,S., Shamsudin, S.F,De Vosse, C., Narayanasamy, G.,(2017, May), Comparative Studies on Mobile Forensic Evidence Extraction Open Source Software for Android Phone. In Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (Vol. 23, Number 5, pp. 4483-4486(4)). https://doi.org/10.1166/asl.2017.8922 2016 Journal Publications Navaratnam,S., Shamsudin, S.F, Raman, V., Perumal, S. (2016, September), Proposed Seed Pixel Region Growing Segmentation and Artificial Neural Network Classifier for Detecting the Renal Calculi in Ultrasound Images for Urologist Decisions,In IJCSI International Journal of Computer Science Issues (Vol. 13, Issue 5, p.62-68) https://doi.org/10.20943/01201605.6268 Raman, V., Perumal, S., Navaratnam,S., Shamsudin, S.F,(2016, September), Computer Assisted Counter System for Larvae and Juvenile Fish in Malaysian Fishing Hatcheries by Machine Learning Approach, Journal of Computers (Vol. 11, no. 5, p. 423-431) doi: 10.17706/jcp.11.5.423-431 2014 Proceeding Semantic Extractor Tool: Matlab Results and Evaluation on Sematic Extraction in Sports Video, International conference on Intelligent Systems, Data Mining and Information Technology (ICIDIT 2014) , Bangkok. Research Grant / Consultancy Project 2021 CONSULTANCY WORK Duration: 1 August 2021 – 31 January 2022 Company: KIPLEPAY SDN BHD Details: Appointed by Islamic Science University of Malaysia as Assistant Consultant (RM20,000) 2020 RESEARCH GRANT Title: A New Algorithm for Ovarian Tumor Classification from Ultrasonic Images Duration: November 2020 – November 2022 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU (RM22,500) 2017 RESEARCH GRANT Title: A Facio Cyber Forensic: Recognition and Extraction of Good Quality Faces In Poor Resolution Videos From Video Surveillance By Integrated Wavelet Technique Duration: November 2017 – November 2019 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU (RM24,900) 2016 RESEARCH GRANT Title: One KDU Forensics Toolkit Duration: November 2016 – November 2018 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU (RM24,900) Title: Kidney Stone Detection System: Leveraging Seed Pixel Region Growing Segmentation and Artificial Neural Network Classifier for Detecting the Different Size of Renal Calculi in Ultrasound Images Duration: November 2016 – November 2018 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU (RM24,900) 2015 RESEARCH GRANT Title: Automated Larvae and Fish Counter: Proposed Computer Assisted Prototype to Count the Larvae and Juveneile Fish by Enhanced Region Clustering Method in Malaysian Fishing Hatcheries Duration: November 2015 – November 2016 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU (RM9,600) 2014 RESEARCH GRANT Title: Semantic Extractor Tool: Matlab Results and Evaluation on Sematic Extraction in Sports Video Duration: November 2014 – November 2015 Sponsors/Grant: UOW Malaysia KDU (RM9,600) Academic, Industry and Ministry Appointments 2021 Appointments as Reviewer 6th International Conference User Science and Engineering 2021 (i-USEr 2021) Awards and Recognitions 2019 KDU University College T.R.I.B.E Award KDU University College Inaugural Award – 2nd July 2019 2012 Book Prize Winner – Higher Achiever Master of Software Engineering at Open University Malaysia Convocation 2012 2010 International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX) ,17-19 May 2012, KLCC- SILVER Augmented Reality Location Based Service Framework International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition (ITEX) ,17-19 May 2012, KLCC- SILVER Augmented Reality Motion Detection Game 2008 Leadership Excellence Award Limkokwing University of Creative Technology Inaugural Award – 27th September 2008