Wireless Sensor Networks, Vehicular Adhoc Networks, Internet of Things, Soft Computing

1) Worked as Software Engineer in Larsen and Toubro InfoTech Limited, Mumbai from August 1998 till August 2000. 2) Worked as Senior Software Engineer in Satyam Computer Services Limited, Bhubaneswar from September 2000 till June 2005. 3) Currently working as Assistant Professor Grade-III in Department of Computer Science and Engineering, VSSUT, Burla, Odisha since 16th August 2011.

Graduate Level	:	C and Data Structures
Post Graduate Level	:	Computer System Architecture, Object-Oriented Programming using C++, Analysis and Design of Algorithms, Internet of Things

Wireless Sensor Networks, Vehicular Adhoc Networks, Internet of Things, Soft Computing

Ph. D. Candidates	:	Currently guiding four Ph.D scholars in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
M. Tech. Candidates	:	Currently guiding 1 M.Tech candidate

1. Nobel Researcher Award in recognition of the exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions to Research and Development by the scientific Laurels Committee on 7th January 2025.
2. Outstanding Woman Researcher in Wireless Sensor Networks for the contribution and achievement in the discipline of Engineering, Venus International Foundation, Centre for Women Development on 2nd March 2024.
3. Best Researcher Award for the contribution and Honorable Achievement in Innovative Research, International Research Awards on new science inventions (NESIN 2020) Award on 27th November 2020.

Lifetime member of Institution of Engineers (India) and Computer Society of India.

International Publications

1. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A reliable fault-tolerant ANFIS model based data aggregation scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences, Elsevier, Vol. 32, pp. 741-753, 2020.
2. N. Acharya, P. Nanda, S. Panda and S. Acharya, “A comparative study of stability characteristics of mahua and jatropha biodiesel and their blends”, Journal of King Saud University – Engineering Sciences, Elsevier, Vol. 31, pp. 184-190, 2019.
3. N. Acharya, P. Nanda, S. Panda and S. Acharya, “Biodiesel from Non-Edible Vegetable Oils: A Review on Engine Performance and Emission Characteristics”, Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 711-720, 2018.
4. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A Fuzzy Knowledge Based Fault Tolerance Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks”, International Journal of Rough Sets and Data Analysis (IJRSDA), IGI-GLOBAL, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 99-116, 2018.
5. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “An ANFIS estimator based data aggregation scheme for fault tolerant Wireless Sensor Networks”, Journal of King Saud University – Computer and Information Sciences, Elsevier, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp. 334-348, 2018.
6. N. Acharya, P. Nanda, S. Panda and S. Acharya, “Analysis of properties and estimation of optimum blending ratio of blended mahua biodiesel”, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, Elsevier, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 511-517, 2017.
7. S. Acharya, “Study and Analysis of TCP/IP Congestion Control Techniques : A Review”, International Journal of Engineering Associates, Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 57-62, 2012.
8. S. Acharya, “Mathematics in Internet Traffic Data Analysis”, International Journal of Computer Science and Informatics, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 57-65, 2011.

International Conferences

1. Rabindra Patel and Sasmita Acharya, “Trust-aware Firefly Algorithm for Routing and Edge Computing Optimization in IoT Environment”, 4th International Conference on Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Big Data (ICMIB-2024) organized by GIET University, Gunupur, India, March 2024.
2. Rabindra Patel and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic Based Trust Evaluation Model for IoT”, 3rd International Conference on Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Big Data (ICMIB-2023) organized by Department of Computer Science Engineering & Applications, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang from 10th to 12th March 2023.
3. Madhusmita Patra and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic Based Trust Evaluation Scheme for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning (ICADCML-2022) organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineeering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal from 15th to 16th January 2022.
4. Rashmi Ranjita and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic Based Congestion Detection Technique for Vehicular Adhoc Networks”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning (ICADCML-2022) organized by Department of Computer Science and Engineeering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal from 15th to 16th January 2022.
5. Madhusmita Patra and Sasmita Acharya, “Analysis of Performance Characteristics in Social Wireless Sensor Network”, 2nd International Conference on Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Big Data (ICMIB-2021) organized by Department of Computer Science Engineering & Applications, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang from 19th to 20th December 2021.
6. Rashmi Ranjita and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic Based Emergency Vehicle Routing Technique for Vehicular Adhoc Networks”, International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing (ANTIC-2021) organized by Department of Computer Science, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India from 17th to 18th December 2021.
7. S. Acharya, “An ANFIS-Ant Colony Optimization Based Hybrid Data Aggregation Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Advances in Mathematics and Computing (ICAMC-2020), Burla, 2020.
8. N. Acharya, S. Acharya, S. Panda and P. Nanda, “An Artificial Neural Network Model for a Diesel Engine fuelled with Mahua Biodiesel”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Mining (ICCIDM), Bhubaneswar, 2016.
9. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A Fuzzy Knowledge Based Mechanism for Secure Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Mining (ICCIDM), Bhubaneswar, 2016.
10. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A Fuzzy Knowledge Based Sensor Node Appraisal Technique for Fault Tolerant Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Data Mining (ICCIDM), Bhubaneswar, 2015.
11. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “An ANN approach for fault-tolerant wireless sensor networks”, ICT and Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 49th Annual Convention of CSI - Volume 2, Hyderabad, 2015.
12. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “Inter-actor Connectivity Restoration in Wireless Sensor Actor Networks: An Overview”, ICT and Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of CSI - Volume I, Vishakhapatnam, 2014.

National Conferences

1. S. Acharya, “Energy Harvesting Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks : A Review”, National Conference on Green Technology Revolution : India’s Future Energy Perspective (NCGTR-2019), Organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, Sponsored by AICTE and TEQIP-III, VSSUT, Burla, 2019.

Workshops

1. 3 Days Face-to-Face FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by AICTE at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Sambalpur from 19th July to 21st July 2024.
2. Attended AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Sensors Applications through Internet of Things” at University B D T College of Engineering (Constituent College of VTU Belagavi) from 20th September 2021 to 24th September 2021.
3. Attended AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “Emerging Techniques and Applications in IoT” at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla from 9th August 2021 to 13th August 2021.
4. Attended a one week Faculty Development Programme on “CLOUD AND FOG COMPUTING PLATFORMS FOR INTERNET OF THINGS APPLICATIONS” sponsored by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), GoI organized by E&ICT Academy, NIT, Warangal from 16th December 2020 to 23rd December 2020.
5. Member of the Core Organizing Committee of TEQIP-III sponsored One Week Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Emerging Technologies: Theory and Applications” organized by the Departments of IT and CA, VSSUT, Burla from 5th September 2020 to 10th September 2020.
6. Attended a one week TEQIP-III sponsored Faculty Development Program on “Machine Learning and Deep Learning Applications in Engineering & Science (MLDLAES-2020)” organized by Government College of Engineering, Karad and Rajkiya Engineering College, Azamgarh from 16th May 2020 to 20th May 2020.
7. Attended a two weeks TEQIP Certification course on “Digital Transformation in Teaching Learning Process” organized by NPIU and TEQIP-III from March 16th to March 30th 2020.
8. Attended a TEQIP-III sponsored Workshop on “Large Scale Dependent Materials Behavior (LSDMB-2019)” organized by the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at VSSUT, Burla, Odisha, India from 10th February 2019 to 14th February 2019.
9. Attended a One week Faculty Induction Workshop on “Active Learning” organized by Continuing Education Cell, IIT, Kharagpur from 12th to 16th June 2018.
10. Attended a TEQIP-III Sponsored Two Week Workshop on “Cloud Computing (CC)” organized by the Department of Information Technology at VSSUT, Burla, Odisha, India from 8th January 2018 to 20th Janurary 2018.
11. Attended a TEQIP-III Sponsored One Week Short Term Course on “Soft Computing Techniques for Engineering Problems (SCTEP)” organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering and Department of Information Technology at VSSUT, Burla, Odisha, India from 3rd January 2018 to 8th Janurary 2018.
12. Attended a Computer Society of India (CSI) sponsored one-week Workshop on “Cloud Computing (CSI-CC-2016)” organized by the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Application, VSSUT, Burla from 31st October 2016 to 6th November 2016.
13. Organizing Committee member for the TEQIP-II sponsored two day Workshop on “Internet of Things devices and Sensor Networks (IoTSN-2016)” organized by the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Application, VSSUT, Burla from 22nd October 2016 to 23rd October 2016.
14. Attended a one week Short Term Course under Quality Improvement Programme on “Application of AI Techniques to Power System Operation and Control (AAITPSOC)” organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, VSSUT, Burla from 2nd May 2016 to 7th May 2016.
15. Attended a one week Short Term Course under Quality Improvement Programme on “Intelligent Robotics, Control and Communication (IRCC)” organized by the Department of Electronics and TeleCommunication Engineering, VSSUT, Burla from 4th April 2016 to 9th April 2016.
16. Organizing Committee member for the one day Workshop on “Ubiquitous Computing (WUC-2016)” organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Application, VSSUT, Burla on 31st January 2016.
17. Attended a two day Workshop on “Management Capacity Enhancement – A Technical Education Perspective” organized by TEQIP-II, VSSUT, Burla from 29th January 2016 to 30th January 2016.
18. Organizing Committee member of the 1st International Conference on “Computational Intelligence in Data Mining (ICCIDM-2014)” organized by the Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology and Computer Application, VSSUT, Burla from 20th December 2014 to 21st December 2014.
19. Participated in AICTE-sponsored two weeks Faculty Development Programme on “Recent Trends in Advanced Computing (RTAC-2013)” at VSSUT, Burla from 29th April 2013 to 11th May 2013.

1. Patel, Rabindra, and Sasmita Acharya. "A Fuzzy Logic Based Trust Evaluation Model for IoT", S. K.Udgata et al. (eds.), Intelligent Systems, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems 728, pp. 147-156, 2023.
2. Rashmi Ranjita and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic-Based Emergency Vehicle Routing Technique for Vehicular Adhoc Networks”, Research Advances in Network Technologies, CRC Press, pp. 75-84, 2023.
3. Rashmi Ranjita and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic-Based Congestion Detection Technique for Vehicular Adhoc Networks”, R. R. Rout et al. (eds.), Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol. 427, pp. 167-177, 2022.
4. Madhusmita Patra and Sasmita Acharya, “A Fuzzy Logic-Based Trust Management Scheme for Wireless Sensor Network”, R. R. Rout et al. (eds.), Advances in Distributed Computing and Machine Learning, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol. 427, pp. 155-166, 2022.
5. Madhusmita Patra and Sasmita Acharya, “Analysis of Performance Characteristics in Social Wireless Sensor Network”, S. K. Udgata et al. (eds.), Intelligent Systems, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, Vol. 431, pp. 113-121, 2022.
6. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A Fuzzy Knowledge Based Fault Tolerance Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks”, Sensor Technology: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, pp. 679-697, 2020.
7. N. Acharya, S. Acharya, S. Panda and P. Nanda, “An Artificial Neural Network Model for a Diesel Engine fuelled with Mahua Biodiesel”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 556, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 193-201, 2017.
8. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A Fuzzy Knowledge Based Mechanism for Secure Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 556, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 77-88, 2017.
9. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “A Fuzzy Knowledge Based Sensor Node Appraisal Technique for Fault Tolerant Data Aggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 411, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 59-69, 2016.
10. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “An ANN approach for fault-tolerant wireless sensor networks”, Volume 2, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 338, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 475-483, 2015.
11. S. Acharya and C.R. Tripathy, “Inter-actor Connectivity Restoration in Wireless Sensor Actor Networks: An Overview”, Volume I, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 248, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 351-360, 2014.

1) Member of the Core Organizing Committee of TEQIP-III sponsored One Week Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Emerging Technologies: Theory and Applications organized by the Departments of IT and CA, VSSUT, Burla from 5th September 2020 to 10th September 2020. 2) Member of Registration Committee in TEQIP-III sponsored One Week STC on Latex from 28th August 2017 to 1st September 2017. 3) Member of Registration Committee in theWorkshop on Ubiquitous Computing (WUC) organized by the Department of CSE, IT and CA, VSSUT, Burla on 31st January 2016. 4) Member of Registration Committee in the TEQIP-II sponsored Workshop on Internet of Things devices and Sensor Networks (IoTSN) organized by the Department of CSE, IT and CA, VSSUT, Burla on 22nd and 23rd October 2016. 5) Organizing member in the one-week Computer Society of India sponsored Workshop on Cloud Computing organized by the Department of CSE, IT and CA, VSSUT, Burla from 31st October 2016 to 6th November 2016.

1) Warden, Arundhati Hall of Residence since March 2024. 2) Professor Incharge, Institute Seminar since 2022. 3) Faculty In Charge, PG Project and Seminar for the Department of Computer Science and Engg. since 09/07/2024. 4) Faculty Incharge, Linux Laboratory (CS-115) for the Department of Computer Science and Engg since 09/07/2024. 5) Member of Ragging Prevention Committee since 30/10/2024 6) Member of Mentor Committee of Veer Surendra Sai Space Innovation Centre (VSSSIC) since 27/01/2025

1. Passed the 8 Weeks NPTEL AICTE FDP Online Certification Course on “Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks” with 93% score (Elite + Gold Certificate).
2. Passed the 8 Weeks NPTEL AICTE FDP Online Certification Course on “Introduction to Soft Computing” with 83% score (Elite + Silver Certificate).
3. Passed the 12 Weeks NPTEL AICTE FDP Online Certification Course on “Introduction to Internet of Things” with 64% score  (Elite Certificate).

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