Computer Engineering Faculty

Dr. Kavita Sonawane
 

Dr. Kavita Sonawane

  • HOD & Professor

  • Unique ID :1-422753831

  • Qualification : Ph.D. Computer Engg., M.E Computer Engg., B.E. Computer Engg.

  • Email : kavitasonawane@sfit.ac.in

  • Phone : 28928585-236

  • Area of Interest : Image Processing, Image retreival, Medical Image Analysis, Software Engineering and analysis modeling


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Academic Background

  • Ph.D. Computer Engineering
    • MPSTME, NMIMS University,Mumbai 2015
    • Research Topic: Bins Approach To Content based Image retrieval

  • M.E Computer Engineering

    • Thadomal Shahani Engg. College, Mumbai Univ. 2008

    • Dissertation Title: Retrieval of Images Based on Contents

  • B.E.Computer Engineering

    • M.I.E.T, Gondia, Nagpur Univ 2001

    • Project: E commerce Website

Research Interests

Image Processing, Image retreival, Medical Image anayslsis, Data Analytics

Work Experience

Total Experience: 20 years

 Teaching Experience 20 years

  • Professor : 6.5 Year
  • Associate Professor: 5 years
  • Assistant professor: 5 years
  • Lecturer: 3.5 years

Affiliations with Professional Bodies

  1. Michelle Alva ; Neil Castellino ; Rashmi Deshpande ; Kavita Sonawane, Monalisa Lopes, "An image based eye controlled assistive system for paralytic patients", 2nd International Conference on Communication Systems, Computing and IT Applications (CSCITA), 2017, DOI: 10.1109/CSCITA.2017.8066549, 178-183, April, 2017.

  2. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Histogram Bins Matching Approach for CBIR Based on Linear grouping for Dimensionality Reduction", I.J. Image, Graphics and Signal Processing,MECS, vol.6. No.1, 68-82, October, 2014.

  3. Ashish Jagdale, kavita Sonawane, Shamsuddin Khan, "Data Mining and Data Pre-processing for Big Data", International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research, Volume 5, Issue 7, 1156-1161, July, 2014.

  4. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Role of Histogram Modification Functions EQH, LOG, POLY, Linear Equations for CBIR Based on 64 Bins Approach", International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Vol.59 . No.2, 53-70, October, 2013.

  5. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Performance Evaluation of Bins Approach in YCbCr Color Space with and without Scaling", International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering, Volume-3, Issue-3, 203-210, July, 2013.

  6. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Linear Equation in Parts as Histogram Specification for CBIR Using Bins Approach", International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Volume 4, Issue 4, 73-85, October, 2012.

  7. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Row, column and fused row-col R, G, B plane", International Conference on Communication, Information & Computing Technology ICCICT -2012, DOI 10.1109/ICCICT.2012.6398147, 1-6, October, 2012.

  8. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Statistical Moments Extracted from Eight Bins Formed by CG Partitioning of Histogram Modified using Linear Equations", IJCSI International Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 5, No 2, 421-430, September, 2012.

  9. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Effect of Similarity Measures for CBIR Using Bins Approach", International Journal of Image Processing (IJIP),, Volume (6) : Issue (3), 182, June, 2012.

  10. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Performance of Histogram Modification by LOG Function for CBIR using Statistical Parameters of Bins Contents", International Journal of Electronics Communication and Computer Engineering, Volume 3, Issue 6, 1255-1260, June, 2012.

  11. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "BIN PIXEL COUNT, MEAN AND TOTAL OF INTENSITIES EXTRACTED FROM PARTITIONED EQUALIZED HISTOGRAM FOR CBIR", International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST), Vol. 4 No.03, 1233-1243, March, 2012.

  12. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Bins Formation using CG based Partitioning of Histogram Modified Using Proposed Polynomial Transform ‘Y=2X-X2’for CBIR", International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, Vol. 3, No. 5,, 23-30, June, 2011.

  13. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Retrieval of Images Using DCT and DCT Wavelet Over Image Blocks", International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications,, Vol. 2, No. 10, 98-106, June, 2011.

  14. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "CBIR Using Kekre’s Transform over Row column Mean and Variance Vectors", International Journal on Computer Science and Engineering, Vol. 02, No. 05,, 1609-1614, October, 2010.

  15. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Standard Deviation of Mean and Variance of Rows and Columns of Images for CBIR”. Published in", International Journal of Computer, Information and System Science and Engineering.(WASET. org) http://www.waset.org/ijecse/v1.html ,, vol.3 no.3, 6125, January, 2009.

  16. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Walsh transform over color distribution of rows and columns of images for CBIR", International Conference on Content Based ImageRetrieval ICCBIR- 2008, Conference Proceedings, 56-61, July, 2008.

  17. Dr. H. B. Kekre, Kavita Sonawane, "Comparative study of color histogram based bins approach in RGB, XYZ, Kekre", International Conference on Circuits, Systems, Communication and Information Technology Applications (CSCITA)-2014, DOI: 10.1109/CSCITA.2014.6839288, 364 - 369, January, 1970.

  18. Shweta Joshi, Kavita Sonawane, Shamsuddin Khan, "ole of genetic algorithm in performance improvement of image steganography combined with transform and its hybrid wavelet", 2nd International Conference on Communication Systems, Computing and IT Applications (CSCITA)-2017, DOI: 10.1109/CSCITA.2017.8066539, 133-138, January, 1970.

  19. Shweta Joshi, Kavita Sonawane, "Selection of Image Blocks using Genetic Algorithm and Effective Embedding with DCT for Steganography", COMPUTE -9th Annual ACM India Conference , ACM New York, NY, USA 2016, doi:10.1145/2998476.2998495, 161-166, January, 1970.

  20. Nikita Lemos, Kavita Sonawane, Bidisha Roy, "Secure data transmission using video", Eighth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3)- 2015, DOI: 10.1109/IC3.2015.7346684, 231-234, January, 1970.

  • Minor Research Grant of Rs. 30000/- procured from Mumbai University for research project on 'Electronic Health Record System', for duration of 1 year in the academic year 2018-19.
  1. Conducted a session on, " Experience of Research and Research paper ", in 30 mins Conference on International Conference on Innovative and Advance Technology organized by ACE Mumbai, 23rd March,2018.
  2. Conducted a session on, " Performance Evaluation in Data Science In AICTE Approved STTP on Analytics Essentials and Tools in Applied Research ", in 3 Hrs, 1 Week STTP on Faculty Induction Program organized by SFIT, IT Dept., 06th December,2017.
  3. Conducted a session on, " Applications of Image Processing ", in 3 Hrs Seminar on R & D Lectures organized by PCCOE, PUNE IT Dept., 29th September,2017.
  4. Conducted a session on, " Personal Research Experience- Image processing and Computer Vision ", in 30 Mins, Conference on IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication, Control and Automation ‘ICCUBEA – 2017' organized by PCCOE PUNE, 17th August,2017.
  5. Conducted a session on, " Love Your Research and Research paper ", in One Week STTP on Faculty Development Program organized by SFIT, 04th July,2016.
  6. Conducted a session on, " How to Write an Effective Research paper ", in One Week STTP on Faculty Induction Program organized by SFIT, 09th July,2015.
  7. Conducted a session on, " Enhance Knowledge and Project Quality ", in 30 Mins, 1 Day Workshop on SAVISHKAR- 2015 organized by MPSTME, Mumbai, 09th April,2015.
  8. Conducted a session on, " Personal Research Experience In Image Processing ", in 30 Mins, Two Days Conference Conference on Image Processing Track at International Conference & Workshop On Emerging Trends in Technology organized by TCET, Mumbai, 24th February,2012.
  9. Conducted a session on, " Content Based Image Retreival ", in 3 Hrs STTP on Image Processing Applications Basics to Advanced organized by SFIT, 13th January,2010.

PG Level

  • Management Information System
  • Ethical Hacking and Digital Forensics
  • Parallel Computing and Cyber Security

UG Level

  • Digital Forensics

  • Image processing,

  • Software Engineering

  • Structured and Object Oriented Analysis and Design

  • Object Oriented Software Engineering

  • Computer Organization & Architecture and

  • Data Structures

  • operating System

  • Enterprise Reource Planning & Supply Chain Management

  • Database Management System

Workshop / Seminar / STTP Attended

  • Attended 16 Weeks "Algorithms for Medical Image Processing" organized by IITB CEP Department from 09th Jan - 07th Apr, 2017 at IIT Bombay.
  • Attended Two Days "Digital Forensics: Open Source Tools and Techniques" organized by ISTE, FCRCOE, Bandra from 29th Jan - 30th Jan, 2016 at FCRCOE, Bandra.
  • Attended Two Weeks "Pedagogy for Effective use of ICT in Engineering Education" organized by IIT Bombay on 05th Jan, 2015 at SFIT Remote Center.
  • Attended TWO WEEKS "Cyber Security" organized by MHRD Sponsored -IITB from 10th Jul - 20th Jul, 2014 at SFIT Remote Center.
  • Attended Two Days "Circuits,Systems,Communication and Information Technology CSCITA 2014" organized by SFIT Mumbai from 04th Apr - 05th Apr, 2014 at Hotel Kohonnor, .
  • Attended One Day "Author Workshop National Live WebEx by Keith Lambert" organized by Elsevier Publishing Connect on 11th Sep, 2013 at SFIT.
  • Attended Two Days "NBA- Workshop -Outcome Based Accreditation Process For Stakeholders" organized by National Board of Accreditation from 12th Aug - 13th Aug, 2013 at MPSTME.
  • Attended One Day "Outcome Based Accreditation Process For Stakeholders" organized by National Board of Accreditation on 25th Jul, 2013 at MPSTME.
  • Attended Two Days "Research Methods In Educational Technology" organized by IITB from 10th Jun - 12th Jun, 2013 at SFIT Remote Center.
  • Attended Two Week "Introduction to Research Methodology" organized by ISTE, IITB(MHRD-ICT) from 25th Jun - 04th Jul, 2012 at SFIT, Remote Center.
  • Attended Two Weeks "Integrating Security and Software Engineering" organized by ISTE from 09th Jun - 20th Jun, 2008 at DJSCE, Mumbai.
  • Attended Two Days "Faculty Development Workshop" organized by L&T infotech from 17th Jan - 18th Jan, 2008 at L&T infotech, Mumbai.
  • Attended One Week "Java with open Source and IBM Tools" organized by IBM Academic Initiative from 11th Jul - 14th Jul, 2007 at SPIT Mumbai.

Workshop / Seminar / STTP Conducted

  • Conducted "Upgrading Technical Skill Sets" from 17th Dec - 21st Dec, 2018 organized by Dept. of Computer Engg. SFIT.
  • Conducted "Seminar on Analysis Modeling using UML" on 29th Oct, 2018 organized by Dept of Computer Engg.
  • Conducted "Transformational Ladder to Digitize India (TL2DI)" from 02nd Jul - 06th Jul, 2018 organized by AICTE-ISTE.
  • Conducted "First Intercollege -BE Project Competition" from 06th Apr - 07th Apr, 2018 organized by Computer Engineering Department.
  • Conducted "Faculty Induction Programme" from 06th Jul - 10th Jul, 2015 organized by SFIT.
  • Conducted "Image Processing Applications : Basics to Advanced" from 11th Jan - 15th Jan, 2010 organized by Computer Engg. Department, SFIT.
  • Conducted "BE Project Competition 2017" from 04th Apr - 30th Nov, -0001 organized by Dept of Comp Engg.