Ph.D – NIT, Tiruchirapalli

Assistant Professor

School of Computational Intelligence

Prof. Dr. Chithra D Gracia is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing & Information Systems under the School of Computational Intelligence, Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. She has her Bachelor’s Degree (B.E) in Computer Science and Engineering from Manonmanian Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Master’s Degree (M.E) in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli.

She has worked as faculty in Engineering Colleges and University in Tamil Nadu and has handled classes in National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli. Prior to joining Joy University, she has 12 and 6 years of experience in teaching and research respectively. She is the only recipient of HTRA fellowship (2011 to 2016) in the department of Computer Science and Engineering for pursuing Ph.D at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli from Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India.

She has presented her research papers in leading international and national conferences in leading institutions in India.  She has published more than 20 research papers in SCI and SCOPUS indexed International Journals, Conferences and Book chapters of repute in the field of Data Science. She has delivered many invited lectures on Machine Learning, Recommender Systems. She has been a professional facilitator of students and her teaching experience includes experiments on Learner centric teaching and flipped classroom. During her tenure, she was a nominated member in various committees assisting the administration in matters of importance. She is a reviewer of the reputed International journal, IEEE Systems. Her research areas include Machine Learning, Web services, Cloud computing, Fog computing and Edge Computing. She is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE).