Dr. Pooja Nagpal is an academician, presently working as Associate Professor in the School of Computer Science & Engineering at IILM University, Gurugram. She has a rich and diverse experience spanning over 20 years across teaching, research, industry, and academic administration, including more than 1.6 years of industry experience as a DevOps Architect and technical collaborations with organisations such as IBM and Capgemini. Her primary research interests lie in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Software Engineering, Software Testing, and DevOps. As a researcher and author, she has published more than 40 research papers in reputed and UGC-indexed journals and conferences (including 2 SCI and 15 Scopus-indexed publications), holds three published patents with two more in communication, and has authored a Springer-published book along with a book chapter. She has guided one student to a completed Ph.D. and is currently supervising three more, and has been recognised with the Women Researcher Award, and a Best Reviewer Award from a reputed journal.

Educational Qualification

• Ph.D., Computer Science, CP University, Kota (2021)
  – Topic: A Test Driven and Measurement Based DevOps Evaluation Framework
• M.Tech., Computer Science, NIT Kurukshetra (2011)
  – Dissertation: Comparative Study of Density Based Clustering Algorithms (8.45 CGPA)
• MBA, IT Systems, IMT, Ghaziabad (2015)
• B.Tech., Computer Science, KUK University (2006)

Research and Scholarly Publication

BOOK

• “Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Psychophysical and Human Lifestyle”, Springer, 2023.
• “AI-Driven Business Strategy: Unlocking Innovation and Efficiency in the Digital Age” 

PATENTS

• Vapor Free Smart Face Mask, 2022, Granted.
• A Novel Self-Sustainable Robotic Gynaecologic Surgery Machine, 2022, Granted.
• IoT-Enabled Campus Safety Companion App and Device for Student Affairs Managers, Filed Oct. 29, 2024.
• IoT-Enhanced Student & Industry Professionals Networking Device, Filed Dec. 13, 2024.

SCOPUS PUBLICATION

• “Health Monitoring Multifunction Band Using IoT”, Proceedings of International Conference on IoT Inclusive Life (ICIIL), NITTTR Chandigarh, pp. 159–165, 2020.
• “DevOps: Practices, Challenges and Implications”, IJAST, SERC Australia, 2020.
• “Advanced Deep Learning Autonomous Robot for Fire Fighting and Surveillance”, IJAST, SERSC Australia, 2020.
• “Design and Implementation of Drone Using Deep Learning”, Machine Intelligence and Smart Systems: Proceedings of MISS 2020, Springer Nature, pp. 243–248, 2020.
• “A Review: Abstractive Text Summarization Techniques Using NLP”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Computing, 2020.
• “Measurement Based Performance Evaluation of DevOps”, Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation, 2020.
• “Pose Estimation and 3D Model Overlay in Real Time for Applications in Augmented Reality”, Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of SCIS 2021, Springer Nature, pp. 201–205, 2021.
• “Prediction Model for Cervical Cancer in Female Patients Using Machine Learning”, Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of SCIS 2021, Springer Nature, pp. 289–295, 2021.
• “Software Quality Enhancement Using Hybrid Model of DevOps”, Intelligent Systems: Proceedings of SCIS 2021, Springer Nature, pp. 281–286, 2021.
• “Hybrid Model for Evaluation of Quality Aware DevOps”, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering (IJASE), 2021.
• “Detection of Disease in Plants with Android Integration Using Machine Learning”, International Conference on Emerging Technology in Data Mining and Information Security, 2022.
• “A novel federated swarm learning for increased resilience in latency-aware cloud-native applications”, Neural Computing and Applications, May 2026
• Legal Challenges of Generative AI in India: Scope and Limitations of the IT Act, 2000, International journal of Drug Deliv very and Technology, Feb 2026

SCI INDEXED PUBLICATION

• “A New Approach for Navigation and Traffic Signs Indication Using Map Integrated Augmented Reality for Self-Driving Cars”, Scalable Computing: Practice and Experience, pp. 441–450.

UGC/Web OF Science PUBLICATIONS

• “Need of Goal Oriented Requirement Engineering”, National Conference on Next Generation Computing (NGC-2010), GITM Gurgaon.
• “Online E Demand Draft Generator”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology & Computing (ETIC-2010), GITM Gurgaon.
• “Survey of Density Based Clustering Algorithms”, UACEE, IJCNS, ISSN 2250-3765, 2011.
• “Comparative Study of Density Based Clustering Algorithm”, IJCA, Vol. 27, No. 11, August 2011.
• “Web Page Categorization to Enhance Searching”, IJERT, Vol. 2, Issue 6, ISSN 2278-0181, June 2013.
• “Comparative Study of Link Analysis Algorithms”, IJERT, Vol. 2, Issue 6, ISSN 2278-0181, June 2013.
• “An Efficient Approach for Test Suite Reduction Using Density Based Clustering Techniques”, IJCA, Vol. 97, Issue 11, ISSN 0975-8887.
• “An Emerging 3-Tier Architecture Model and Frameworks for Big Data Analytics”, IJRRA, Vol. 2, Issue 2, ISSN 2349-7688, June 2015.
• “Emerging Clustering Techniques on Big Data”, GE-IJER, Vol. 2, Issue 6, ISSN 2321-1717, June 2015.
• “A Perlustration of Various Image Segmentation Techniques”, IJCA, Vol. 39, Issue 12, ISSN 0975-8887.
• “Contrivance DBSCAN Algorithm on Spatial Data Using Matlab”, International Journal of IT & Knowledge Management, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 10–14, 2016.
• “Prevention of Email Spoofing by Proposed Network Techniques”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 5, 2017.
• “Comprehensive Model Driven Approach for Requirement Management System”, International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 4, 2017.
• “Performance Enhancing Modified DBSCAN Algorithm”, International Journal Technical Innovation in Modern Engineering and Science, 2018.
• “Architecture of Software Defined Wide-Area Network: A Review”, GRD Journal – Global Research and Development Journal for Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 6, pp. 1–4, 2020.
• “AI Based Traffic and Automobile Monitoring System”, IJIRCST, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 54–57, May 2020.
• “Diet and Nutrition Tracker for Android Devices”, Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol. 10, Issue 6, June 2020.
• “Design and Development of Android Based Multimedia Player”, IJIRCST, Vol. 8, Issue 4, pp. 148–153, 2020.
• “Big Data Analytics and Its Network Architecture: A Survey”, International Conference on Soft Computing for Engineering and Technology (ICSCTET), Graphic Era Hill University, Bhimtal Campus, 2014.