RESUME

Dr. S. SARALA, MCA.,BEd.,Ph.D

Assistant Professor (Senior Scale),

Department of Information Technology

School of Computer Science and Engineering,

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641046.

Office: 0422-2428350 E.mail: sriohmau@yahoo.co.in, sarala.bu@gmail.com

Experience : Fourteen Years + (Teaching and Research)

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Dr. S. Sarala is Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) of the School of Computer Science and

Engineering, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore – 46. She has completed Ph.D in Object

Oriented Software Testing, Anna University, Chennai-25 in December 2008. She has joined as a

Junior Research Fellow in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Anna

University, Chennai- 25 in December 2001. She has completed her B.Sc Physics and BEd in

Physical Science followed by M.C.A in Computer Applications at Madras University, Chennai. She

has experienced in teaching and research more than 14+ years. Her areas of interest include

Software Testing, Software Engineering, Object Oriented Programming Concepts, Data

Structures and Compiler Design. She has published more than 49 International and national

reputed journals and conferences in Computer Science. She is actively involved as member of

Doctoral committee, Board of studies and reviewer of Elsevier journals.

Teaching / Research Experience: (Starting from present position)

S. No Designation Department / Section Period

From To

1.

Asst Professor

(Senior Grade)

Department of Information Technology

School of Computer Science and Engineering,

Bharathiar University

13/04/2009 till date

2. Lecturer

Department of Computer Science and Engg,

Bharathiar University.

13/04/2005 12/04/2009

(4 years)

3.

Junior

Research Fellow

Department of Computer Science and Engg,

Anna University, CEG, Chennai.

12/12/2001 12/04/2005

(3 Years and 4 months)

Papers published and presented:

Sl. No Type of Journal/ Conference Nos.

1. International Journals

16 + 1 book chapter

06-submitted

2. National Journals 1

3. International Conferences 26

4. National Conferences 5

Total 49

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

International Journals

1. Sarala S. and Valli S (2006), ‘Algorithms for Defect Detection in Object Oriented Programs’, Information Technology Journal, Asian Network for Scientific Information, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 876-883.

2. Sarala S. and Abdul Jabbar P (2011), ‘Advanced Information Flow Metrics and Complexity Measurement’, International Journal of Computer Applications, New York, USA, Vol. 2, pp. 29-33.

3. Sarala S. and S. Angel (2011), ‘A Study on Penetration Testing’, “International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science”, Vol-2, No.5, pp.396-398.

4. Abdul Jabbar and S.Sarala (2012), Information Flow Metrics Analysis in Object Oriented Programming and Metrics Validation Process by RAA Algorithm, Journal of Advances in Engineering Software, Elsevier Publication, pp. 30-37, 2012.

5. Mythili S. and S.Sarala (2012), “A Language Independent Approach for Method Level Clone Detection Using Fingerprinting”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science, Vol.3, no.2, pp. 368-371, ISSN: 0976-5697.

6. Mythili S. and S. Sarala (2014), “Detection of Recurring Clones Using Weighted Frequent Itemset Mining”, International Journal of Software Engineering and its Applications, Vol. 8, no.7, pp. 159 - 176, ISSN : 1738-9984, Scopus Index.

7. Mythili S. and Sarala S.(2014), “Efficient Weight Assignment Method for Detection of Clones in State Flow Diagrams”, International Journal of Software Engineering Research and Practices, vol.4, no.2, pp. 12-16, ISSN: 2231-2048.

8. Mythili S. and S. Sarala (2014), “A Measurement of Similarity to identify Identical Code Clones using Hierarchical Clustering”, Accepted in International Arab Journal of Information Technology, ISSN:2309-4524, Impact Factor : 0.390, Science Citation Index.

9. Mythili S and S. Sarala (2014), “A Novel Weight Assignment method to identify clones in Diagrams”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.14, pp.253-263, ISSN : 0973-4562, Indexed by Scopus.

10. S.Sarala and D. Indhumathi(2013), “Fragment Analysis and Test Case Generation using F-Measure for Adaptive Random Testing and Partitioned Block based Adaptive Random Testing”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol-1, pp. 85-92, 2013.

11. S.Sarala and M. Deepika(2014), “Implication of clone detection and refactoring techniques using delayed duplicate detection refactoring”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol.93, no.6, pp.5-10, 2014.

12. R.Beena and S.Sarala(2013), “Code Coverage based Test Case Selection and Prioritization”, International Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (IJSEA), vol. 4, no. 6, pp. 39 – 49, Nov. 2013, ISSN: 0975-9018.

13. R.Beena and S.Sarala(2014), “Multi-objective Test Case Minimization Collaborated with Clustering and Minimal Hitting Set”, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology (JATIT), vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 200-210, 2014, ISSN: 1992-8645, Scopus Index.

14. R.Beena and S.Sarala, “An Efficient Specific Update Search Domain based Glowworm Swarm Optimization for Test Case Prioritization”, Accepted in The International Arab Journal of Information Technology, ISSN: 2309-4524, Science Citation Index.

15. R.Beena and S.Sarala, “Bi-objective Test Case Selection using Abstract Syntax Tree and Tree Matching Algorithm”, International Journal of Software Engineering and its Applications (IJSEIA), vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 53-66, ISSN : 1738-9984, Scopus Index.

16. R.Beena and S.Sarala, “Regression Test Case Minimization Using Cyclomatic Complexity”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER), Vol-9, no.24, pp.109-123, Jan-2014, ISSN : 0973-4562, Scopus Index.

Book Chapter

17. Sarala S. and Abdul Jabbar (2012), ‘Enhanced Rule Accuracy Algorithm for Validating Software Metrics’, Communications in Computer and Information Science, Book Chapter in Springer Verlag, Vol.305, pp.406-412.

National Journal

18. Sarala S. and Valli S. (2006), ‘Algorithms for Defect Detection in Console Based Applications in C#’, The ICFAI Journal of Systems Management, ICFAI University Press, India, pp. 46-55.

International Conference Proceedings

19. Sarala S. and Valli S. (2004), ‘An Automatic Defect Detection for C++ Programs’, Asian International Workshop on Advanced Reliability Modeling (AIWARM2004), Hiroshima Shudo University, Hiroshima City, Japan, pp. 419-426.

20. Sarala S. and Valli S. (2004), ‘A Tool to Automatically Detect Defects in C++ programs’, In The Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Information Technology (CIT2004), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 3356) by Springer-Verlag, pp. 302-314.

21. Sarala S. and Valli S. (2004), ‘A Tool to Automatically Generate Test Cases for C++ Programs’, In the Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'04), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, Vol. 1, pp. 345-351.

22. Sarala S. (2008), ‘Defects Detection in Imperative Language and C# Applications – Towards Evaluation Approach’, In the Proceedings of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008, Hong Kong, China, Vol. 1, pp. 940-944.

23. Sarala S. (2009), ‘Feasibility Study of Unpredicted Flaws in Console Based Applications Using Static Analysis’, In the Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Infocom Technology, New Delhi, India, Vol. 1, pp. 45-50.

24. Sarala S. and Abdul Jabbar (2010), ‘Information Flow Metrics and Complexity Measurement’, In the proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, China,Vol.2, pp.575-578.

25. Sarala S. and Kanchana (2010), ‘Compressed Pattern Matching in DNA Sequences’, In the proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, China, Vol.9, pp.157-160.

26. Sarala S. and Abdul Jabbar, ‘Authenticate Program Complexity Metrics Using RAA’, In the proceedings of International conference on Computational Intelligence and Information Technology (CIIT’11), Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science, India, Vol.1, pp.358-362, 2011.

27. Sarala S. and Abdul Jabbar, ‘Software Metrics Enhance Test Data Generation and Productivity Measurement’, In the proceedings of IEEE world congress on Information and Communication Technologies, Mumbai, India, Vol.1, pp.116-119, 2011.

28. Sarala S. and Kanchana N, ‘Exact Sequence Computing with DNA Sequences’, In the proceedings of 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Modeling and Simulation, China, Vol.1, pp. 214-217, 2011.

29. Sarala S. and Kanchana N, ‘Handling Issues for Engineering Secure Web Applications’, In the proceedings of First International Conference on Systems, Methodologies, Automation and Research Trends, pp.65-70,2012.

30. Sarala S. and R.Beena, ‘Analysis of Test Case Prioritization using Genetic Algorithm’, In the proceedings of First International Conference on Systems, Methodologies, Automation and Research Trends, pp.113-118, 2012.

31. Sarala S. and R.Beena, ‘A Personalized Approach Code Coverage Based Test Suite Selection’, In the proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Computer and System Modelling, pp.132-139, 2012.

32. Sarala S. and Mythili S, “Experimental Approach for Clone Detection Techniques”, In the Proceedings of International Conference on Systems, Methodologies, Automation and Research Trends, pp.216-220, 2012.

33. Sarala S. and Mythili S, “Detection of Clones in State Flow Diagrams”, In the

Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communication and Computer Vision, pp.2013.

34. Sarala S. and Mythili S, “Enhanced Technique to Identify Higher Level Clones in Software”, In the Proceedings of Second International Conference on Soft Computing and Problem Solving, Springer India, Jaipur, pp. 85-94, 2013.

35. S.Sarala, S.Kavitha, “Translation for Tamil and English Languages Using Word Paradigm Approach”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Science and Engineering, ISBN: 978-81-923541-0-6, pp 63-67, 2012.

36. S.Sarala and S.Kavitha, “Corpora for Natural Language Processing: A Survey”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, ISBN: 978-93-82208-47-1, pp 105-109, 2012.

37. S.Sarala and K.Mahalakshmi, “Feature Based Spatial Quality Analysis For Visual Attributes Towards Test Case Generation”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology, pp. 115-120, 2012.

38. S.Sarala and K.Mahalakshmi, “Prediction of Video Defect rate Analysis Tool using Software Metrics”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vol-1, pp 85-92, 2012.

39. S.Sarala and M.Deepika, “Unifying Clone Analysis and Refactoring Activity Advancement towards C# Applications”, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies, Vol-1, pp. 85-92, 2013.

40. S.Sarala and D.Indhumathi, “Partitioned Block based on Adaptive Random Testing”, Proceedings of the ACEEE and ARTCom Conference Proceedings Series, Elsevier Publication, Vol-1, pp.459-463, 2013.

41. Mythili S. and Sarala S., “ A Novel Weight Assignment approach for Detection of Clones in Simulink Diagrams”, Accepted in WSEAS Transactions on Computers, ISSN: 1109-2750, Scopus Index.

42. R.Beena and S.Sarala, “A Software Metric based Approach for Test Case Minimization”, IEEE International Conference Proceedings of Communication and Computer Vision (ICCCV 2013), pp. Dec. 2013.

43. S.Sarala and Jackuline, “Dynamic Detection of Potential Deadlocks in Large-Scale Multithreaded Programs”, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies, Vol-1, pp. 85-92, 2014.

44. S.Sarala and Jackuline, “Dynamic Detection of Potential Deadlocks in Large-Scale Multithreaded Programs”, Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies, Vol-1, pp. 85-92, 2015.

National Conference/ Seminar Proceedings

45. Sarala S. and Abdul Jabbar (2013), ‘Software Metrics on Test Data Generation Using Estimation of Distribution Algorithm’, In the Proceedings of National Seminar on Advances in Computing, Communication and Application, ACM Students Chapter and SS College, Kerala, India, Vol.1, pp. 44- 47, 2013.

46. Sarala S. and T. Dhanabal (2010), ‘Advanced Framework Design for Statistical Test Tool Automation’ In the National Conference on Statistics and Computer Applications, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, pp. 1-5.

47. Sarala S. (2007), ‘Static Analysis for Defect detection in Object Oriented Programs’ In the National Conference on Frontiers in Applied Statistics and Computer Applications, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, pp. 1-3.

48. Sarala S. (2007), ‘Role of IT in Developed Countries’ In the National Conference on India & Other Emerging Economies – A Comparative Study, SAS Institute of Information, Technology & Research, Mohali, Punjab, 2007.

49. Sarala S. and Valli S. (2004), ‘Generation of Test Cases for Console Based Applications in C#’, In the Proceedings of the National Conference on Trends of Computational Techniques in Engineering (TCTE), Sant Harchand Singh, Longowal, Central Institute of Engineering& Technology, Longowal, pp. 227-230.

Book Published

S.No. Name & Year Title of the Book Name of the

Publisher

ISBN No

1. S.Sarala and Abdul Jabbar, 2013

Measurement in Object

Oriented paradigm

Lambert Academic

Publishing

ISBN 978-3-

659-42686-5

Edited as Book 1. Research Advances in Cloud Computing and Computer Networks, Vol-II, 2014. 2. Research Techniques in Grid computing and Software Engineering, Vol-I, 2014. 3. Proceedings of the National Conference on Innovations in Computing

Methodologies, Vol-1, 2011.

Research Activities PhD awarded – 03 Scholars MPhil awarded – 09 Scholars MCA and MSc project students – more than 125 projects

Faculty Name- Dr. S. SARALA

Ph.D Scholars Awarded List

S.No NAME YEAR &

MONTH

OF

REGISTER

THESIS TITLE YEAR &

MONTH

OF

COMPLETI

ON

1. 1

.

P. ABDUL JABBAR

1/10/2009

Enhanced Algorithms For

Software Complexity Matrix In

Object Oriented Programming

17/7/2015

2. 5

.

R. BEENA

Jan-11

Dynamic Approaches For Test

Case Optimization In

Regression Testing

6/7/2015

3. 1

8

.

S. MYTHILI Jan/2011 Detection Of Clone In

Programming Language

Paradigms And Model Driven

Architecture

6/7/2015

Pursuing List

S.No NAME YEAR &

MONTH OF

REGISTER

THESIS TITLE YEAR & MONTH

OF COMPLETION

1. 1

7

.

S. ANGEL Oct/2010 Pursuing

2. 7

.

S. KAVITHA

Sep-15

Pursuing

3. 6

.

RAHIB Sep-15

Pursuing

MPhil Scholars Awarded List

S.No NAME YEAR &

MONTH

OF

REGISTER

THESIS TITLE YEAR &

MONTH OF

COMPLETION

1. 1

.

V. PRIYA

DHARSHINI

Jul-09

Optimization Code Reusability

For Mobile Application With

Test Case Generation

12/1/2011

2. 1

0

.

M. UMA DEVI 2009 Handling The Residual And

Inherent Risks By Matrix

Techniques

12/1/2011

3. 7

.

S. KAVITHA

Sep-10

"Translation For Tamil And

English Languages Using

Word Paradigm Approach

10/12/2012

4. 6

.

K. MAHALAKSHMI

Sep-10

Visual Quality Estimation Of

Video Using Specification

Based Test Case Generation

10/12/2012

5. 1

3

.

M. DEEPIKA Oct/2012 An Integrated Performance Of

Clone Detection And Removal

Using Refactoring Patterns In

C# Applications

4/7/2014

6. 1

4

.

D. INDUMATHI Oct/2012 Partitioned Block Based

Approach In Adaptive Random

Testing And Test Case

Generation Using Matrix

4/7/2014

7. 2

.

L.S. JACQULINE

SHIRLY

Sep-13

A Linear Based Approach For

Detection Of Potential

Deadlocks In Large Scale

Multithreaded Programs

29/7/2015

8. 4

.

J. NITHYA

Sep-13

Enhanced Project Scheduling

By Using Dynamic Proxy

Based Project Scheduler

29/7/2015

9. 3

.

S. SHANMUGADEVI

Sep-13

Automated INCOUP Tools For

Coupling Based Integration

Testing

29/7/2015

International / National Conference Organized 1. One Day National Conference on “Innovations in Computing Methodologies

(NCICM-2011)” was organized on 16th December 2011. 2. Two days International Conference on “Research Innovation for Quality

Improvement in Higher Education (RIFQIHE-2014)” was organized on 10th and 11th October 2014.

Seminar/ Symposium Organized 1. A One Day National Level Doctoral Symposium on Information Technology was organized on 30th March 2009.

Placement Activities Organized 1. Placement Program titled “Four Days Placement Training Programme” delivered by

Mr. Ganesh Salem, Soft skill Trainer, Coimbatore during 19.3.2012 to 22.03.2012. 2. One day seminar titled “Android Application Development Program” delivered by

Mr. Prince Chandran, Technical Director, Coimbatore on 30.01.2013.

Lectures Organized

1. Lecture titled “A Vision of Career development in IT”, School of Computer Science and Engineering delivered by Kasi. Manickam, Managing Director, KLogic Software Solutions, Coimbatore on December 2007.

Invited Talk / Lectures Presented

1. Invited for Special Lecture on “Research Advances in Software Engineering” in the National Seminar on Advances in Computing and Technology organized by School of CSAE, Bharathiar University and SRNM college, Sattur, India, February 5 -6 , 2015.

2. Invited for Special Lecture on “Recent Advances in Software Engineering” in the National Seminar on Advances in Computing, Communication and Application organized by ACM students Chapter and SS College, Kerala, India, November 20-21, 2013.

3. Invited for Special Lecture on “Software Engineering Methodologies” conducted by Sri Jayendra Saraswathy Maha Vidhyalaya college of Arts and Science, Coimbatore on 9th March 2009.

4. Invited for Special Lecture on “Recent Trends in IT Industry” conducted by ECE Association, Tamilnadu College of Engineering, Coimbatore-59 on July 2007.

5. Invited for Special Lecture on “Project Management Methodologies” A Three Day workshop on Project Management conducted by Coimbatore Institute of Management and Technology, Coimbatore-109 on March 2006.

Workshops Attended

1. National level workshop on “FDP on IT 2352 Cryptography and Network Security” organized by MIT Anna University, Chrompet, Chennai-44, during 17.12.2011 to 23.12.2011.

2. National Level workshop on “ISTE for Data Base Management Systems”, organized by National Mission on Education through ICT, IIT, Mumbai, during 13th to 23rd December 2010.

3. National Level workshop on “IBM’S Rational Analysis and Design Tool”, Department of Computer Science, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore during 6th & 7th March 2009.

4. State Level Workshop on “Data Mining Using Rough Set Theory”, Department of Computer Science, Periyar University, Salem, 2007.

Programmes Participated

1. National Level One Day Sensitization Programme on “Promoting Higher Education for Women with Disabilities”, Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore on 12.09.2012.

International Conferences Attended and Paper Presented

1. International Conference on Intelligent Information Technologies (ICIIT) organized by DIST, College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, December 11-13, 2014.

2. International Conference on Information Technology in signal and Image Processing organized by ACEEE and IET, Mumbai, India, October 18-19, 2013.

3. National Seminar on Advances in Computing, Communication and Application

(ICQRIT 2009) organized by ACM students Chapter and SS college, Kerala, India, November 20-21, 2013.

4. 4th International Conference on Quality, Reliability and Infocom Technology (ICQRIT 2009) organized by University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, December 2009.

5. The International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008, Hong Kong, China in March 2008.

6. The 7th International Conference on Information Technology (CIT2004) organized by University of Hyderabad, India in December 2004.

Membership

1. Life Member, Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers. 2. Life Member, International Association of Computer Science and Information

Technology. 3. Life Member, International Association of Engineers. 4. Life Member, International Association of Engineers Society of Computer Science. 5. Member, International Federation of Information Processing.

Funded Projects

1. UGC supported a minor research project titled “A Model of Defect Detection in Object Oriented Programming Languages and Console Based Applications”, fund sanctioned Rs. 98,000/- with effect from Feb-2009 to Aug-2010.

Teaching

1. Software Engineering, 2. Software Testing, 3. Object Oriented Programming, 4. Principles of Programming Languages, 5. Compiler Design, Data Structures, 6. Software Quality Assurance, 7. Software Reliability, 8. Software Project Management, 9. Object oriented languages C++, Java and 10. Advanced Java Programming, 11. C# and .Net Programming, 12. Object oriented Analysis and Design, 13. Design and Analysis of Algorithms, 14. Grid Computing and 15. Unix programming.

Other than Teaching

1. Doctoral Committee Expert for External PhD from 2009 to till date 2. Chief Editor in National Conference Proceedings (Book) preparation for 2011

conference. 3. Committee member in Students scholarship committee from 2007 to till date. 4. Associate Editor in University News letter Preparation from 2006 to 2010. 5. Residential Warden in Kannammal Ladies Hostel from April 2005 to August 2010. 6. Course Co-ordinator for MSc – Computer Science (2005-2007 batch, 2006-2008)

and MSc-Information Technology (2010-2012) 7. Research paper reviewer of International Journal of Computer Science and

Engineering. 8. Acting as a Member of Inspection committee from 2009 to till date 9. Acting as a reviewer for many International conferences and journals till date 10. Member of board of studies (UG, PG, MPhil and PhD) in various universities 11. Acted as MSc-IT Course Co-ordinator for School of Distance Education during 2010-

2011. 12. Acted as University Representative for conducting School of Distance Examinations

in Coimbatore, Tirupur and New Delhi. 13. Acted as a Chief Superintendent of conducting University examinations (MCA,

MSc-IT and MSc- CS) from 2007 to 2008.

Career development Programmes Participated

1. Refresher Course in Bioinformatics, organized by UGC-ASC, Bharathiar University in January 2006.

2. Orientation Course, organized by UGC-ASC, Madurai Kamaraj University in May 2007.

3. Refresher Course in Computer Science organized by UGC-ASC, Bharathiar University in December 2007.

4. Refresher Course in Computer science organized by UGC-ASC, Bharathiar University in July 2013 (17.7.2013 to 06.08.2013).

Books Published and Reviewed for Distance Education:

S. No. Book Title Name of the Programme Publisher Year

1. Software Engineering M.Sc (Computer Science) Directorate of Distance Education,

Bharathiar University 2008

2. Introduction to

Information Technology

P.G. Diploma in Computer

Science

Directorate of Distance Education,

Bharathiar University 2008

3. Reviewed

Software Testing

B.Sc (Computer Science) Directorate of Distance Education,

Bharathiar University 2009

4. Software Testing

M.C.A(Computer Applications) Directorate of Distance Education,

Bharathiar University 2009

5. Foundations of Computer Science

P.G. Diploma in Computer

Science

Directorate of Distance Education,

Bharathiar University 2010

I hereby declare that the particulars furnished above are true. Signature