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Dr. Sreenivas Tirumala

Tagline:Cyber Intelligence Researcher

About Me

I am Dr. Sreenivas Tirumala, a dedicated academic and cybersecurity expert with a Postgraduate degree and PhD from New Zealand. My teaching portfolio spans postgraduate and undergraduate courses in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and programming, where I bring practical insights to inspire the next generation of technologists.

My research has been supported by internal and external grants, as well as conference funding, enabling me to contribute to the global academic community. I have published extensively in international journals and conferences, with my work recognized as best papers in 2022 and 2023. Over the past five years, I have authored articles in three Q1 and two Q2 journals, reflecting my commitment to advancing knowledge in my field.

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As a ‘white hat’ hacker, I actively investigate vulnerabilities across diverse domains and products, helping small and medium-scale industries develop robust cybersecurity strategies. One of my funded projects focuses on assessing the security of school submission portals, websites, and Wi-Fi networks to safeguard sensitive information such as assessments, photos, and documents. Currently, I am exploring the health and ethical implications of privacy in virtual reality environments, such as the metaverse, to promote safer digital spaces.

Beyond my professional pursuits, I am fascinated by ancient technologies and the possibilities of future intelligence. As a self-professed ‘Apple lite,’ I embrace the Apple ecosystem in my daily life. I am deeply committed to social good, working to educate individuals and communities about data privacy and cybersecurity awareness to foster a safer digital world.

Talks

  • Gratitude and Mental Health

    Date: May 2025

    Event name: Research Colloquium .Location: RMIT Vietnam, Hanoi .

    Description:

    Gratitude… one word that inspires to do more selfless service. One word that inspires to show our thankfulness. Delight to attend a session on importance of gratitude for mental well being with my psychology colleague joe othman. RMIT University Vietnam provides opportunities to conduct cross disciplinary research. Looking forward for working with him on " Incorporating the ability to understand gratitude and empathy into AI models".
    "My own Gratitude Heart,
    Is all that Matters"
    ~ Sri Chinmoy

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  • Ethical usage of GenAI - Academic misconduct

    Date: Apr 2025

    Event name: Round Table .Location: RMIT University, Hanoi .

    Description:

    Organised a Round table on Ethical usage of GenAI - Academic misconduct has a fruitful discussion on various aspect and challenges including handling GenAI evading software and services
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  • The Impact of Quantum Computing on Cyber Security

    Date: Mar 2025

    Event name: Panel Discussion .Location: RMIT University Vietnam .

    Description:

    Panel Discussion : Torganized at RMIT, Hanoi
    It is important to think about Post-quantum cryptography (PQC) to make sure the new encryptions are quantum-safe. Take some questions from RMIT cyber security students around this topic. It is interesting to see the prospects of companies who develop cyber security products. Thanks Annie Quynh Anh (Tech Lady) from VinCSS and Mr. Luat Nguyen from CyberJutsu

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Research Interests

  • Cyber intelligence - Counter attacks through AI
  • Gen AI and Critical thinking
  • Mental health in Virtual environment
  • Gen AI and Mental well being

Projects

  • Mental wellbeing using Virtual Reality

    date: 2025

    Organization:RMIT University, Vietnam

    Description:

    Exploring the ability of Virtual Reality applications for assessing, analyzing and intervention of stress and anxiety.

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  • Generative AI and Critical Thinking

    date: 2025

    Organization:RMIT Vietnam

    Description:

    How Gen AI tools are impacting critical thinking of individuals. Is Gen AI becoming an addiction ?

  • Privacy and Data perception in Metaverse

    date: 2024

    Description:

    Privacy and Security concerns in Metaverse environment looking at how data is handled and passed on to various companies.

Courses

  • Computer and Internet Forensics

    from: Feb 2025, until: Jun 2025

    Course Number: COSC3079|COSC3080 .Organization: RMIT University, Vietnam .

    Description:

    Forensics - Investigation, evidence gathering and assessment. Computer, Network and Mobile forensics.

  • Introduction to Cyber security

    from: Oct 2024, until: May 2025

    Course Number: INTE2633 .Organization: RMIT University, Vietnam .

    Description:

    Introduction to Cybersecurity concepts - Hands on Focussed

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy

    from: 2016, until: 2020

    Field of study:Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Deep LearningSchool:School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematical SciencesLocation:Auckland, New Zealand

    Description

    Thesis : ‘A Component Based Knowledge Transfer Model for Deep Neural Networks’.
    A deeper dive into why artificial neural networks behave the way they to. Unleashing the true potential of deep transfer learning through theoretical framework

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  • Master of Computer Science

    from: 2013, until: 2015

    Field of study:Computer Science, Nature Inspired Computing, Quantum Inspired ComputingSchool:School of Digital Technologies, Unitec Institute of TechnologyLocation:Auckland, New Zealand

    Description

    Masters Through Research
    Graduated with Honors
    Thesis : A Quantum inspired Competitive Coevolution Evolutionary Algorithm.

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Publications

  • A quantum inspired competitive coevolution evolutionary algorithm

    ThesisDate:2014
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Personalized Learning: Promising future?

    Journal ArticleDate:2025
    Authors:
    David NandigamSreenivas Sremath TirumalaNilufar Baghaei

  • Performance analysis of QCCEA vs CCEA for Maze problem

    Journal ArticleDate:2025
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaDavid NandigamLi Zuojin

  • Assessing Web Application Security Through Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages and Environments

    Conference PaperPublisher:14th Annual CITRENZ conference - 2023, Auckland, New ZealandDate:2024
    Authors:
    Desmond Kerr-Smith ThomasSreenivas Sremath. TirumalaMichael Andrews

  • Accountability for User Actions: A Study on Aspects of Privacy and Misinformation in Metaverse

    Conference PaperPublisher:2024 20th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD)Date:2024
    Authors:
    Charles YuSS Tirumala

  • A Chitchat on Using ChatGPT for Cheating

    Conference PaperPublisher:14th Annual CITRENZ conference - 2023, Auckland, New ZealandDate:2024
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaChris Mayhew

  • Pre-empting Online Hate Speech through AI

    Conference PaperPublisher:Proceedings of Citrenz conference, 2022Date:2023
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Assessing Web Application Security Through Vulnerabilities in Programming Languages

    Conference PaperPublisher:13th Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ 2022) At: Christchurch, New ZealandDate:2023
    Authors:
    Narong LonSreenivas Sremath TirumalaSayan Kumar RayMichael Andrews

  • Liver disease detection using machine learning techniques

    Conference PaperPublisher:13th Computing and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ 2022) At: Christchurch, New ZealandDate:2023
    Authors:
    Deepika BhupathiChristine Nya-Ling TanSreenivas Sremath TirumalaSayan Kumar Ray

  • Raspberry pi-based intelligent cyber defense systems for SMEs and smart-homes: An exploratory study

    Journal ArticleDate:2022
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaηNarayan NepalαSayan Kumar Rayη

  • Assessing Machine Learning Approaches for Imputing Missing Values in Cardiovascular Dataset

    Conference PaperPublisher:2022 IEEE 7th International conference for Convergence in Technology (I2CT)Date:2022
    Authors:
    Prabhjot KaurZahira NisaSS Tirumala

  • Towards Mitigating Privacy Concerns in Camera-Based Fall Detection Techniques

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Wellington, New ZealandDate:2022
    Authors:
    Bo ZhangSreenivas Sremath TirumalaSayan Kumar Ray

  • A novel weights of weights approach for efficient transfer learning in artificial neural networks

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Procedia Computer ScienceDate:2022
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Exploring neural network layers for knowledge discovery

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Procedia Computer ScienceDate:2021
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Raspberry pi-based intelligent cyber defense systems for smes: An exploratory study

    Book ChapterPublisher:International Summit Smart City 360°Date:2021
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaNarayan NepalSayan Kumar Ray

  • Artificial intelligence and common sense: The shady future of ai

    Conference PaperPublisher:Advances in Data Science and Management: Proceedings of ICDSM 2019Date:2020
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Evolving deep neural networks using coevolutionary algorithms with multi-population strategy

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Neural Computing and ApplicationsDate:2020
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Evaluation of feature and signature based training approaches for malware classification using autoencoders

    Conference PaperPublisher:2020 International Conference on COMmunication Systems & NETworkS (COMSNETS)Date:2020
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaMaheswara Rao ValluriDavid Nanadigam

  • A component based knowledge transfer model for deep neural networks

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Ph. D. dissertationDate:2020
    Authors:
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  • An Investigation on Ability of Pre-trained Convolutional Neural Networks Trained on ImageNet to Classify Melanoma Images Without Re-training

    Conference PaperPublisher:Intelligent Technologies and Applications: Second International Conference, INTAP 2019, Bahawalpur, Pakistan, November 6–8, 2019, Revised Selected Papers 2Date:2020
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaNoreen JamilBahman A Sassani

  • FireNot–an IoT based fire alerting system: design and implementation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart EnvironmentsDate:2020
    Authors:
    Bahman A SassaniNoreen JamilMaria VillapolM Abbas MalikSreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • FireNot-An IoT based Fire Alerting System: Design and Implementation

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart EnvironmentsDate:2019
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Classification and diagnostic prediction of prostate cancer using gene expression and artificial neural networks

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Neural Computing and ApplicationsDate:2019
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaA Narayanan

  • A survey on cybersecurity awareness concerns, practices and conceptual measures

    Conference PaperPublisher:2019 International Conference on Computer Communication and Informatics (ICCCI)Date:2019
    Authors:
    SS TirumalaMaheswara Rao ValluriGA Babu

  • Evaluating Big Data Technologies for Statistical Homicide Dataset

    Conference PaperPublisher:Recent Developments in Machine Learning and Data Analytics: IC3 2018Date:2019
    Authors:
    Roland AskewSreenivas Sremath TirumalaG Anjan Babu

  • A technical evaluation of Neo4j and elasticsearch for mining twitter data

    Conference PaperPublisher:Advances in Computing and Data Sciences: Second International Conference, ICACDS 2018, Dehradun, India, April 20-21, 2018, Revised Selected Papers, Part II 2Date:2018
    Authors:
    Janet ZhuSreenivas Sremath TirumalaG Anjan Babu

  • A quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm using gaussian distribution-based quantization

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Arabian journal for science and engineeringDate:2018
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • A deep neural network approach for classification of watermarked and non-watermarked images

    Conference PaperPublisher:International Conference on Intelligent Technologies and ApplicationsDate:2018
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaNoreen JamilMG Abbas Malik

  • Speaker identification features extraction methods: A systematic

    Journal ArticleDate:2017
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaSeyed Reza ShahamiriAbhimanyu Singh GarhwalRuili Wang

  • Speaker identification features extraction methods: A systematic review

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Expert Systems With ApplicationsDate:2017
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaSeyed Reza ShahamiriAbhimanyu Singh GarhwalRuili Wang

  • Transpositional neurocryptography using deep learning

    Conference PaperPublisher:Proceedings of the 2017 international conference on information technologyDate:2017
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaAjit Narayanan

  • A deep autoencoder-based knowledge transfer approach

    Conference PaperPublisher:Proceedings of International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Engineering: ICCIDE 2017Date:2017
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • A deep autoencoder approach for speaker identification

    Conference PaperPublisher:Proceedings of the 9th international conference on signal processing systemsDate:2017
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaSeyed Reza Shahamiri

  • Light-adaptive face registration based on drivers' video.

    Conference PaperPublisher:ICCI* CCDate:2016
    Authors:
    Zuojin LiJun PengLiukui ChenSreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Performance analysis of svm ensemble methods for air pollution data

    Conference PaperPublisher:Proceedings of the 8th international conference on signal processing systemsDate:2016
    Authors:
    Shahid AliSreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • A Hybrid Agile model using SCRUM and Feature Driven Development

    Journal ArticleDate:2016
    Authors:
    SS TirumalaShahid AliAnjan Babu

  • Light-adaptive face registration based on drivers' video

    Conference PaperPublisher:2016 IEEE 15th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics & Cognitive Computing (ICCI* CC)Date:2016
    Authors:
    Li ZuojinJun PengLiukui ChenSreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • A survey on internet usage and cybersecurity awareness in students

    Conference PaperPublisher:2016 14th annual conference on privacy, security and trust (PST)Date:2016
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaAbdolhossein SarrafzadehPaul Pang

  • Year of Publication: 2016

    Journal ArticleDate:2016
    Authors:
    SS TirumalaShahid AliAnjan Babu

  • Attribute selection and classification of prostate cancer gene expression data using artificial neural networks

    Conference PaperPublisher:Trends and Applications in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: PAKDD 2016 Workshops, BDM, MLSDA, PACC, WDMBF, Auckland, New Zealand, April 19, 2016, Revised Selected Papers 20Date:2016
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaA Narayanan

  • A review on deep learning approaches in speaker identification

    Conference PaperPublisher:Proceedings of the 8th international conference on signal processing systemsDate:2016
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaSeyed Reza Shahamiri

  • Evolving deep neural networks: A new prospect

    Conference PaperPublisher:2016 12th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD)Date:2016
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaShahid AliC Phani Ramesh

  • Deep learning using unconventional paradigms

    Journal ArticlePublisher:Int J Comput ResDate:2016
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • ETL tools for data warehousing: an empirical study of open source Talend Studio versus Microsoft SSIS

    Journal ArticlePublisher:[ "Institute of Electrical", "Electronics Engineers (IEEE)" ]Date:2015
    Authors:
    Ranjith KatragaddaSreenivas Sremath TirumalaDavid Nandigam

  • Effect of quantization on competitive co-evolution algorithm-QCCEA versus CCEA

    Journal ArticlePublisher:[ "International Institute of Engineers", "Researchers (IIER)" ]Date:2015
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaDavid NandigamShahid AliZuojin Li

  • Teaching computer programming with a coaching mindset

    Journal ArticlePublisher:[ "Institute of Electrical", "Electronics Engineers (IEEE)" ]Date:2015
    Authors:
    Naseem RahmanDavid NandigamSreenivas Sremath Tirumala

  • Analysis and prevention of account hijacking based incidents in cloud environment

    Conference PaperPublisher:2015 International Conference on Information Technology (ICIT)Date:2015
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaHira SathuVijay Naidu

  • Ensemble learning methods for decision making: Status and future prospects

    Conference PaperPublisher:2015 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC)Date:2015
    Authors:
    Shahid AliSreenivas Sremath TirumalaAbdolhossein Sarrafzadeh

  • Free and open source intrusion detection systems: A study

    Conference PaperPublisher:2015 International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics (ICMLC)Date:2015
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaHira SathuAbdolhossein Sarrafzadeh

  • Hierarchical data classification using deep neural networks

    Conference PaperPublisher:Neural Information Processing: 22nd International Conference, ICONIP 2015, Istanbul, Turkey, November 9-12, 2015, Proceedings, Part I 22Date:2015
    Authors:
    Sreenivas Sremath TirumalaA Narayanan