Faculty
Ms. Vinita Nair
Assistant Professor
Alliance School of Advanced Computing
Ms. Vinita Nair is a dedicated academician with over 16 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership, complemented by industry exposure and a strong focus on emerging technologies and curriculum innovation into higher education. She demonstrates exceptional skill in mentoring and guiding students toward academic and professional excellence. Ms. Vinita is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Alliance School of Advanced Computing.
She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Department of Computer Science at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, with her research focused on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Her research contributions have been acknowledged through publications in well-regarded Scopus and WOS journals and actively presented scholarly papers at prominent national and international conferences. She earned her master’s in computer applications and bachelor’s in science, graduating from Gujarat University with distinction. Her teaching expertise are in subjects such as Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Mobile Application Development, NoSQL Databases, Python, Advanced Java, Data Warehousing & Mining, Web Services and Business Requirement Modelling.
In addition to her teaching expertise, she has held several academic and administrative roles at reputed institutions across Gujarat and Karnataka. Dring her tenure in Gujarat, she served as the Programme, Placement, and Industry Internship Co-ordinator for postgraduate students, actively contributing to academic planning, industry collaboration, and student career development. She also served as an instructor at the Department of International Studies, contributing to globally oriented academic programs and cross-cultural learning initiatives. She further contributed as an editorial member of the institutional student magazine and actively contributed as a review member for university’s multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal. Passionate about student development, she has initiated and organized soft skills sessions, technical seminars, and hands-on workshops. Her contributions extend to designing innovative pedagogies, curriculum development, mentoring in national hackathons (SIH and SSIP), coordinating various institutional events, and counselling prospective post graduate students.
She holds a lifetime membership with the Computer Society of India (CSI). With a strong academic background and a passion for learning, she brings a commitment to both teaching and research excellence. Ms. Vinita actively engages in scholarly activities, curriculum
development, and collaborative research initiatives that align with the university’s mission of fostering innovation and academic rigor.
- Paper titled "A Knowledge-based Deep Learning Approach for Automatic Fake News Detection using BERT on Twitter", published in Procedia Computer Science-Elsevier (ISSN:1877-0509) 235(1): 1870-1882 June 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2024.04.178 (Scopus indexed)
- Paper titled "Transformative User Credibility Assessment on Twitter: A RNN based Heuristic approach", published in Indian Journal of Science and Technology (ISSN: - 5645). Volume 17, Issue: 20, Pages 2056-2063. May 2024. DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v17i20.3108 (Web of Science Indexed)
- Paper titled "Stylometric Author Profiling for Social Media: A Bird’s Eye View", published in Scopus indexed, HTL JOURNAL (ISSN: 1006-6748) Volume 27, Issue 12, December 2021.ISSN NO: 1006-6748 DOI: 10.37896/HTL27.12/4863 (Peer Reviewed)
- Nair V, Pareek J. A Rule-Based Psycholinguistic Model for Credibility Assessment of Twitter News. Unpublished manuscript. Under review (Submitted in: Annals of Data Science, Springer Publisher) (Scopus indexed)
- Paper titled "Revolutionizing Data Annotation with Convergence of Deep Learning and Active Learning to enhance Credibility on Twitter Datasets" presented in 5th International Conference on Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning (ICADCML) on 5-6th January 2024, organised by VIT-AP University, India. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-1841-2_18 (Scopus indexed)
- Paper titled "A Knowledge-based Deep Learning Approach for Automatic Fake News Detection using BERT on Twitter" presented in 2nd International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Engineering (ICMLDE 2023) on 23 - 24 November 2023, organised by UPES-Dehradun, India. DOI:10.1016/j.procs.2024.04.178 (Scopus indexed)
- Paper titled "Evaluation of Supervised Classifiers for Fake News Detection Using Twitter Dataset" presented in the 2nd International Conference on Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics (ICMLBDA) 2022 on 29- 30 March 2022, organised by IIT-Patna, India.DOI:10.1007/978-3-031-15175-0_36 In book: Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics(pp.435-446) Publisher: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics(ISSN: 214-100),99 June 2023. (Scopus indexed)
- Paper titled "Cloudlets improving Quality of Service in Clouds" in National Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Technology & Management, organised by Indus University on 30th Jan - 1st Feb 2014. Paper published in Proceedings with ISBN:978-81-2304--1
