Presently working as Professor, Department of Computer Applications, MIT, Manipal.

-          National Science Foundation(NSF), USA and           Federation University, Gippsland, Melbourne, Australia 

-          Received Incentive award for excellence in teaching and research from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

1.      Smitha Rajagopal, Katiganere Siddaramappa Hareesha, Poornima Panduranga Kundapur (Feb., 2020),Performance analysis of binary and multiclass models using azure machine learning, , International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol 10, No 1, Pages 978-986, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). (Q2 Journal, Indexed by Scopus)

2.      Smitha Rajagopal, Poornima Panduranga Kundapur, Hareesh Katiganere Siddaramappa,(June, 2020) A predictive model for network intrusion detection using stacking approach, International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Vol 10, No 3, Pages 2734-2741, Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science (IAES). (Q2 Journal,Indexed by Scopus

3.      Rajagopal, Smitha and Hareesha KS and Kundapur, Poornima Panduranga (2020), “Feature Relevance Analysis and Feature Reduction of UNSW NB – 15 using Neural Networks on MAMLS”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol:1082, PP: 321-332, 2020.

4.      Rajagopal, Smitha and Hareesha KS and Kundapur, Poornima Panduranga (2020), “A Stacking Ensemble for Network Intrusion Detection using Heterogeneous Datasets”, Security and Communications Networks, Vol-2020, Hindawi Publications, Jan-2020 https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4586875 (Q2)

5.      Shwetha Redkar, Sukanta Mondal, Alex Joseph, Hareesha KS*(2020), "A Machine Learning Approach for Drug-Target Interaction Prediction using Wrapper Feature Selection and Class Balancing", Molecular Informatics,Vol:39, Issue:5,  May-2020.(Q2)

1. Reviewer, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, Elsevier
2. Reviewer, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications Journal, Scopus Indexed
3. Reviewer, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi
4. Reviewer, International Journal of the International Measurement Confederation (IMEKO), Elsevier.
5. Reviewer, International Journal of Cognitive Computing in Engineering