Dr. Annavarapu Chandra Sekhara Rao Download Resume

Dr. Annavarapu Chandra Sekhara Rao

Associate Professor

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Experience:20+ years
Nationality:Indian
Address:Department of CSE, IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Phone:3262235420
Mobile:+91 9471191414
Email:acsrao@iitism.ac.in
Research Interests:Bioinformatics, Evolutionary Algorithms, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Knowledge-Based Systems

Experience

March 2023 – Present

Associate Professor
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Sep 2010 – March 2023

Assistant Professor
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Dec 2007 – Aug 2010

Teaching Assistant
National Institute of Technology, Warangal

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Nov 2006 – Dec 2007

Assistant Professor
G.I.T.A.M University, Vizag

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

July 2005 – Oct 2006

Assistant Professor
Vardhaman College of Engineering, Shamshabad

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Education

2017

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad

Computer Science and Engineering (Bioinformatics)

2005

Master of Technology
Andhra University, Vizag

Information Technology (with Distinction)

2002

Bachelor of Technology
Koneru Lakshmaih College of Engineering, Guntur

Computer Science and Engineering

Publications & Projects

R & D Projects & Consultancy

  1. Secure Decentralized Deep Learning for Communications – funded by TCOE India (Rs. 2.5049 Cr, 2022–2025, Ongoing, Co-PI).
  2. Design of Machine learning techniques for specialized Biological online Database mining – funded by CSIR (Rs. 16.05 Lacs, 2022-2025, Completed, Co-PI).
  3. Bioinformatic tool and mathematical models for analysis of Ebola virus – funded by TEQIP-II (Rs. 3.0 Lacs, 2024-2025, Completed, PI).
  4. Blast design optimization for controlled deep hole blasting at different patches of Selected Dhori Opencast Mines (SDOCM) using soft skills – funded by Central Coal field Ltd (Rs. 6.49 Lacs, 2024-2025, Completed, PI).
  5. A Two-week FDP on Sensor Networks, Internet of Things – funded by ICPS, DST (Rs. 10.0 Lacs, 2019-2020, Completed, Co-PI).

Selected Journal Publications

  1. M Wankhade, ACS Rao, C Kulkarni, "A survey on sentiment analysis methods, applications, and challenges", Artificial Intelligence Review, Vol. 55(7), 5731-5780 (2022). Link
  2. DP Kumar, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "Machine learning algorithms for wireless sensor networks: A survey", Information Fusion, Vol. 49, 1-25 (2019). Link
  3. TK Balaji, CSR Annavarapu, A Bablani, "Machine learning algorithms for social media analysis: A survey", Computer Science Review, Vol. 40, 100395 (2021). Link
  4. PK Donta, SN Srirama, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "Survey on recent advances in IoT application layer protocols and machine learning scope for research directions", Digital Communications and Networks, Vol. 8(5), 727-744 (2022). Link
  5. P Kumar, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "ACO-based mobile sink path determination for wireless sensor networks under non-uniform data constraints", Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 69, 528-540 (2018). Link
  6. E Jangam, AAD Barreto, CSR Annavarapu, "Automatic detection of COVID-19 from chest CT scan and chest X-Rays images using deep learning, transfer learning and stacking", Applied Intelligence, Vol. 52(2), 2243-2259 (2022). Link
  7. PK Donta, BSP Rao, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, S Swain, "Data collection and path determination strategies for mobile sink in 3D WSNs", IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 20(4), 2224-2233 (2019). Link
  8. P Agrawal, A Sinha, S Kumar, A Agarwal, A Banerjee, VGK Villuri, CSR Annavarapu, et al., "Exploring artificial intelligence techniques for groundwater quality assessment", Water, Vol. 13(9), 1172 (2021). Link
  9. A Chawla, S Chawla, S Pasupuleti, ACS Rao, K Sarkar, R Dwivedi, "Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Darjeeling Himalayas, India", Advances in Civil Engineering, Vol. 2018, 6416492 (2018). Link
  10. NV Keetha, CSR Annavarapu, "U-Det: A modified U-Net architecture with bidirectional feature network for lung nodule segmentation", arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.09293 (2020). Link
  11. PK Donta, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "An extended ACO-based mobile sink path determination in wireless sensor networks", Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Vol. 12(10), 8991-9006 (2021). Link
  12. A Jain, ACS Rao, PK Jain, YC Hu, "Optimized levy flight model for heart disease prediction using CNN framework in big data application", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 223, 119859 (2023). Link
  13. K Kumar, ACS Rao, "Breast cancer classification of image using convolutional neural network", 2018 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT) (2018). Link
  14. A Chawla, S Pasupuleti, S Chawla, ACS Rao, K Sarkar, R Dwivedi, "Landslide Susceptibility Zonation Mapping: A Case Study from Darjeeling District, Eastern Himalayas, India", Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Vol. 47(3), 497-511 (2019). Link
  15. A Wahid, CSR Annavarapu, "NaNOD: A natural neighbour-based outlier detection algorithm", Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 33(6), 2107-2123 (2021). Link
  16. A Jain, ACS Rao, PK Jain, A Abraham, "Multi-type skin diseases classification using OP-DNN based feature extraction approach", Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 81(5), 6451-6476 (2022). Link
  17. CSR Annavarapu, "Deep learning-based improved snapshot ensemble technique for COVID-19 chest X-ray classification", Applied Intelligence, Vol. 51(5), 3104-3120 (2021). Link
  18. M Karri, CSR Annavarapu, "A real-time embedded system to detect QRS-complex and arrhythmia classification using LSTM through hybridized features", Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 214, 119221 (2023). Link
  19. PK Donta, SN Srirama, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "iCoCoA: Intelligent congestion control algorithm for CoAP using deep reinforcement learning", Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Vol. 14(3), 2951-2966 (2023). Link
  20. PK Donta, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "Delay-aware data fusion in duty-cycled wireless sensor networks: A Q-learning approach", Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, Vol. 33, 100642 (2022). Link
  21. CSR Annavarapu, S Dara, H Banka, "Cancer microarray data feature selection using multi-objective binary particle swarm optimization algorithm", EXCLI Journal, Vol. 15, 460 (2016). Link
  22. E Jangam, CSR Annavarapu, "A stacked ensemble for the detection of COVID-19 with high recall and accuracy", Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 135, 104608 (2021). Link
  23. M Karri, CSR Annavarapu, S Mallik, Z Zhao, UR Acharya, "Multi-class nucleus detection and classification using deep convolutional neural network with enhanced high dimensional dissimilarity translation model on cervical cells", Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 42(3), 797-814 (2022). Link
  24. CSR Annavarapu, S Dara, "Clustering-based hybrid feature selection approach for high dimensional microarray data", Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems, Vol. 213, 104305 (2021). Link
  25. M Wankhade, C Kulkarni, ACS Rao, "A survey on aspect base sentiment analysis methods and challenges", Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 167, 112249 (2024). Link
  26. M Wankhade, CSR Annavarapu, A Abraham, "MAPA BiLSTM-BERT: multi-aspects position aware attention for aspect level sentiment analysis", The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 79(10), 11452-11477 (2023). Link
  27. CSR Annavarapu, SAB Parisapogu, NV Keetha, PK Donta, G Rajita, "A Bi-FPN-based encoder–decoder model for lung nodule image segmentation", Diagnostics, Vol. 13(8), 1406 (2023). Link
  28. BG Gutam, PK Donta, CSR Annavarapu, YC Hu, "Optimal rendezvous points selection and mobile sink trajectory construction for data collection in WSNs", Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, Vol. 14(6), 7147-7158 (2023). Link
  29. M Karri, CSR Annavarapu, UR Acharya, "Skin lesion segmentation using two-phase cross-domain transfer learning framework", Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Vol. 231, 107408 (2023). Link
  30. M Wankhade, CSR Annavarapu, A Abraham, "CBMAFM: CNN-BiLSTM multi-attention fusion mechanism for sentiment classification", Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 83(17), 51755-51786 (2024). Link
  31. E Jangam, CSR Annavarapu, AAD Barreto, "A multi-class classification framework for disease screening and disease diagnosis of COVID-19 from chest X-ray images", Multimedia Tools and Applications, Vol. 82(10), 14367-14401 (2023). Link
  32. M Karri, CSR Annavarapu, UR Acharya, "Explainable multi-module semantic guided attention based network for medical image segmentation", Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 151, 106231 (2022). Link
  33. S Dara, H Banka, CSR Annavarapu, "A rough based hybrid binary PSO algorithm for flat feature selection and classification in gene expression data", Annals of Data Science, Vol. 4(3), 341-360 (2017). Link
  34. M Wankhade, ACS Rao, "Opinion analysis and aspect understanding during COVID-19 pandemic using BERT-Bi-LSTM ensemble method", Scientific Reports, Vol. 12(1), 17095 (2022). Link
  35. M Wankhade, CSR Annavarapu, MK Verma, "CBVoSD: context based vectors over sentiment domain ensemble model for review classification", The Journal of Supercomputing, Vol. 78(5), 6411-6447 (2022). Link
  36. M Karri, CSR Annavarapu, KK Pedapenki, "A Real-Time Cardiac Arrhythmia Classification Using Hybrid Combination of Delta Modulation, 1D-CNN and Blended LSTM", Neural Processing Letters, Vol. 55(2), 1499-1526 (2023). Link
  37. A Jain, V Bhatnagar, ACS Rao, M Khari, "Retina disease prediction using modified convolutional neural network based on Inception‐ResNet model with support vector machine classifier", Computational Intelligence, Vol. 39(6), 1088-1111 (2023). Link
  38. A Wahid, ACS Rao, "Rkdos: A relative kernel density-based outlier score", IETE Technical Review, Vol. 37(5), 441-452 (2020). Link
  39. A Wahid, CSR Annavarapu, "RDOF: An outlier detection algorithm based on relative density", Expert Systems, Vol. 39(2), e12859 (2022). Link
  40. A Banerjee, SCK Jagupilla, S Pasupuleti, CSR Annavarapu, "Alternative relationships to enhance the applicability of nonlinear filtration models in porous media", Acta Geophysica, Vol. 71(4), 1787-1799 (2023). Link
  41. TK Nayak, ACS Rao, "Rapid and accurate classification of Covid-19 severity in CT scans using DRIEN model and advanced feature selection", Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Vol. 109, 108052 (2025). Link
  42. SN Bhukya, CSR Annavarapu, "Hybrid reliable clustering algorithm with heterogeneous traffic routing for wireless sensor networks", Sensors, Vol. 25(3), 864 (2025). Link
  43. TK Nayak, ACS Rao, SR Nayak, "A novel patch-based ensembling approach with perceptual attention for skin lesion classification", Traitement du Signal, Vol. 41(5), 2233 (2024). Link
  44. A Wahid, CSR Annavarapu, "ODRA: an outlier detection algorithm based on relevant attribute analysis method", Cluster Computing, Vol. 24(1), 569-585 (2021). Link
  45. A Wahid, ACS Rao, "A distance-based outlier detection using particle swarm optimization technique", Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies (2018). Link
  46. A Wahid, ACS Rao, D Goel, "Server communication reduction for GPS-based floating car data traffic congestion detection method", Integrated Intelligent Computing, Communication and Security, 415-425 (2018). Link

Selected Conference Publications

  1. PK Donta, T Amgoth, CSR Annavarapu, "Congestion-aware data acquisition with q-learning for wireless sensor networks", 2020 IEEE International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference (IEMTRONICS) (2020). Link
  2. A Wahid, ACS Rao, "An outlier detection algorithm based on KNN-kernel density estimation", 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), 1-8 (2020). Link
  3. A Wahid, ACS Rao, K Deb, "A relative kernel-density based outlier detection algorithm", 2018 12th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA), 1-7 (2018). Link
  4. PSA Babu, CSR Annavarapu, A Mohapatra, "A novel method for next-generation sequence data analysis using PLSA topic modeling technique", 2019 Second International Conference on Advanced Computational and Communication Paradigms (ICACCP) (2019). Link
  5. E Jangam, ACS Rao, "Segmentation of lungs from chest X rays using firefly optimized fuzzy C-means and level set algorithm", International Conference on Recent Trends in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (2018). Link
  6. E Jangam, ACS Rao, "Public datasets and techniques for segmentation of anatomical structures from chest x-rays: Comparitive study, current trends and future directions", International Conference on Recent Trends in Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (2018). Link
  7. K Kumar, ACS Rao, "Breast cancer classification of image using convolutional neural network", 2018 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT) (2018). Link
  8. ACS Rao, S Dara, H Banka, "An improved quantum inspired immune clone optimization algorithm", International Conference on Swarm, Evolutionary, and Memetic Computing, 84-91 (2015). Link
  9. ACS Rao, DVLN Somayajulu, H Banka, "Modified correlation based technique in micro array data analysis for searching differentially expressed genes", 2012 1st International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT) (2012). Link
  10. ACS Rao, D Somayajulu, H Banka, R Chaturvedi, "Outlier detection in microarray data using hybrid evolutionary algorithm", Procedia Technology, Vol. 6, 291-298 (2012). Link
  11. ACS Rao, D Somayajulu, H Banka, S Roy, "Feature binding technique for integration of biological databases with optimized search and retrieve", Procedia Technology, Vol. 6, 622-629 (2012). Link
  12. M Wankhade, N Jain, ACS Rao, "Code-mixed language understanding using bilstm-bert multi-attention fusion mechanism", International Conference on Machine Learning, Image Processing, Network Security and Data Sciences (2023). Link
  13. A Wahid, R Sharma, CSR Annavarapu, "A Graph Convolutional Neural Network based Framework for Estimating Future Citations Count of Research Articles", arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.04939 (2021). Link
  14. CSR Annavarapu, EV Gownipuram, "Deep Learning Based Approach for Classification and Detection of Papaya Leaf Diseases", Intelligent Systems Design and Applications: 18th International Conference (2019). Link
  15. M Wankhade, ACS Rao, "Bi-directional lstm attention mechanism for sentiment classification", 2022 2nd Asian Conference on Innovation in Technology (ASIANCON), 1-6 (2022). Link
  16. SD Jyothula Dharma Teja, A Chandra Sekhara Rao, "A New Image Steganography Technique for Hiding the Data in Multi Layers of the PNG Images", International Journal of Scientific Research in Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (2017). Link
  17. Gurudev Aradhye, ACS Rao, Mastan Mohammed MD, "A Novel Hybrid Approach for Time Series Data Forecasting using Moving Average Filter and ARIMA-SVM", IEMIS, Springer (2018). Link
  18. DR Manchikanti, CSR Annavarapu, "A Novel Approach to Internal Rate of Return (IRR) Calculation Using Both NFV and NPV", 2025 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT) (2025). Link
  19. SD Sagiraju, CSR Annavarapu, "Optimization of Solid Waste Collection Routes for Emissions Reduction Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm", 2025 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT) (2025). Link
  20. ABP Samson, SRA Chandra, "A deep neural network approach for the prediction of protein subcellular localization", Neural Network World, Vol. 31(1), 29 (2021). Link

Book Chapters & Textbooks

  1. A C S Rao, Suresh Dara, Haider Banka, "An Improved Quantum Inspired Immune Clone Optimization Algorithm", LNCS Vol. 9873, pp. 84-91, 2016. Link
  2. Rathan Kumar V., Chandra Sekhara Rao Annavarapu, Sreenivasula Reddy T. "A Developer's Guide to DBMS", KDP Amazon, 2018. Link
  3. Balaji T. K, Satya Rajendra Singh R, Annavarapu Chandra Sekhara Rao, "Introduction to Big Data", Amazon Kindle, 2017. Link

Patents

  1. Reddi China Appala Naidu, ANNAVARAPU CHANDRA SEKHARA RAO, KARRI MEGHANA, SRUJAN ATLURI, "A Modern approach of the protecting poultry boilers...", Official Journal of the patent office (Issue: 13/2019), 29th March 2019.
  2. KARRI MEGHANA, Reddi China Appala Naidu, ANNAVARAPU CHANDRA SEKHARA RAO, Mayur Kishor Wankhade, "SMART TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING", Official Journal of the patent office, 13th March 2020.

PhD Completed under my Supervision

Name Title Year Profile
Dr. Praveen Kumar Donta Machine Learning-based Algorithms for Wireless Sensor Networks 2021 Resume
Dr. Samsonanoshbabu P Study and Analysis of Biological Data using Machine Learning Techniques 2021 Resume
Dr. Abdul Wahid Study and Analysis of Outlier Detection Techniques in High-Dimensional Data 2021 Resume
Dr. Jangam Ebenezer Study and Analysis of Biomedical data using Machine Learning Techniques 2021 Resume
Dr. Meghna K. Medical Image Analysis using Deep Learning 2023 Resume
Dr. Arushi Jain Deep Learning for Healthcare 2023 Resume
Dr. Tapan Nayak Analysis, Classification, and Interpretation of Medical Imaging Data 2025 Resume
Dr. Sreenu Naik Bhukya Energy Efficient Clustering Algorithms for WSNs and IoTs 2025 Resume

Current PhD Scholars

Anshumala Rakesh
Text Mining and Machine Learning

DOJ: March 07, 2017

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Kunal Roy
Explainable AI in Biomedical Domains

DOJ: December 20, 2024

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Madhab Paul Choudhury
Explainable AI in Medical Image Processing

DOJ: July 18, 2023

Resume

Shiv Shankar
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Subhadeep Robin Majumdar
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Tharun Satla
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Arijit Das
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Additional Responsibilities

  1. DUGC Convener(2026+)
  2. Faculty Coordinator of SIG-AI/ML.(2026)
  3. Ex. Vice Chairperson, Career Development Centre (CDC), IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
  4. Associate Dean, Student Activity (2022-2023).
  5. SPEC President, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad (2023-2024).
  6. Recipient of ACM ICPC Coaching Award, 23rd ACM ICPC World Finals, Egypt (2024).
  7. Coordinator, Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2022, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.
  8. Faculty In-Charge / Coordinator, Hackfest (36-hour coding contest) since 2014.
  9. Co-Convener, BASANT 2025; Convener, PARAKRAM 2024, IIT(ISM).
  10. Sports Councillor (2021-22); Institute Coordinator for Alumni Association (2021-22).
  11. DUGC Member (2020+); DFSC Member (2019-2022).
  12. Chief Election Officer, Student Gymkhana since 2018.
  13. Chief Warden, Jasper Hostel (capacity 2430 students) 2018-2020.
  14. Senate Member (as Chief Warden) 2018-2020.
  15. Reviewer for IEEE/ACM TCBB; Session Chair RAIT 2012-2018.
  16. Advisory Board Member, Publication Co-Chair, Finance Co-Chair for conferences.
  17. Executive Member, Center for Societal Mission (CSM) 2017-2018.
  18. Board of Courses and Study (BOCS) since 2010; M.Tech(CSE) executive since 2014.
  19. ACM ICPC mentor; conducted 4 skill development programs under CSM (trained 500+).
  20. Warden (2017-18); Software Lab In-charge (2012-2020); Biometric Attendance In-charge (2013).
  21. Departmental Purchase Committee member since 2011; UPS & Server Room In-charge (2020-2021).
  22. Faculty In-charge for 2nd year & final year B.Tech CSE (2013-2020).
  23. General Secretary, SCOLOMIN club (2018-2024).
  24. Micro Observer in Jharkhand Assembly (2014) and Lok Sabha (2014) elections.
  25. Participated in Inter IIT staff tournaments (IIT Madras 2017, IIT Guwahati 2018, IIT Kharagpur 2019).

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Guest Lectures & Projects

  • Bioinformatics
  • Evolutionary Algorithms

Projects Guide

  • PhD Guiding (Full time) - 04
  • PhD Co-guiding (Full time) - 01
  • PhD Guiding (Part time) - 02
  • PhD Thesis Evaluated - 03
  • M.Tech (Guiding) - 07 / (Guided) - 25
  • B.Tech (Guiding) - 12 / (Guided) - 50

Events

Event

RAIT 2025 Convener

6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Information Technology (RAIT 2025) held on 6-9 March 2025.

Event

Computer Awareness Program

Skill Development programme on "Computer Awareness Program" 25th June 2018 under Center of Societal Mission.

Event

Data Mining and its Applications

Short term course 27th Feb – 3rd Mar 2017.

Event

HackFest

Faculty advisor for 36-hour coding contest in 2016, 2017, 2018.

Event

CONCETTO (Techfest)

Departmental In-charge for CONCETTO in 2014-2017.

Memberships

  1. IEEE Senior Member
  2. International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
  3. International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
  4. The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC)
  5. Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE)

Contact

Contact Info

Address

Prof. A. C. S. Rao, Department of CSE, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad, Jharkhand 826004, India.

Mobile

+91 9471191414

Email

acsrao@iitism.ac.in

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