Back
Dr. Pooja Sharma

Dr. Pooja Sharma

Assistant Professor

  • Mobile Number
  • Email Address
  • Teaching Experience
  • Area of Interest (Teaching)
  • Area of Interest (Research)
  •   Complete Profile
  • login

Brief Biography

Dr. Pooja Sharma is working as Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, I K Gujral Punjab Technical University, Main Campus, Kapurthala, Punjab, India. She has teaching and research experience of more than 18 years.  She is gold medalist in master degree and her other academic achievements include national fellowship for regular PhD from UGC, New Delhi after qualifying UGC NET and JRF, several merit certificates, gold and silver medals in matric, higher secondary, undergraduate and post graduate levels. She has been awarded PhD in 2013. She has several research publications in peer reviewed International journals of Springer and Elsevier with significant Thomson Reuters impact factors. She is author of various research book chapters and she has published three books on “Programming in Python”, “Simplified Machine Learning”, and “Data Preparation and Analysis”. She is the reviewer of various International journals of Elsevier, IET (IEEE Computer Society), and Scientific Research and Essays. She has participated in various conferences and workshops. Her areas of specialization include Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Content Based Image Retrieval, Face Recognition, Pattern Recognition, and Digital Image Processing. She worked and selected at various eminent Universities and Colleges during last 9 years including Central University. She had been the Head of Department at DAV University for 3 years and coordinator of various events and major activities in her present employment. She has supervised various M. Tech. dissertations and PhD thesis.

 

Educational Qualification

  • PhD in Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, India, 2013.

Teaching Experience

  • Assistant Professor IKGPTU Main Campus, Kapurthala (since June, 2017)
  • Assistant Professor and Coordinator Department of Computer Science and Applications at DAV University, Jalandhar (August, 2013 to May 2017)
  • Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Central University of Jammu, Jammu (June 2013 to July 2013)
  • Assistant Professor Computer Science, Guru Nanak Dev University College, Jalandhar (July, 2012 to May, 2013)
  • Senior Research Fellow Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (July, 2011 to July, 2012)
  • Junior Research Fellow Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala (July, 2009 to July, 2011)
  • Lecturer Department of Computer Science, Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar ( July, 2008 to February, 2009)
  • Lecturer Department of Computer Science, Govt. Arts and Sports College, Jalandhar (July, 2007 to February, 2008)

Area of Interest (Teaching)

  • Programming Languages(C, C++, Java, Python), Database Management Systems, Operating Systems, Soft Computing, Computer Vision, Computer Graphics. Data Structures

Area of Interest (Research)

  • Machine Learning, Data Analysis, Digital Image Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Image Retrieval, Image Reconstruction, Face Recognition, Soft Computing

Awards & Honors

  • Junior Research Fellowship and Senior Research Fellowship by UGC, New Delhi (National)
  • 1st University Position and Gold Medal in Master's Degree (State)
  • 4th University Position in Bachelor's Degree (State)
  • NIIT (3rd National IT Aptitude Test) Merit Position among top 14% candidates (National)

Research Publications

Title of Paper Name of Author/s Journal Year ISSN Link
Improved shape matching and retrieval using robusthistograms of spatially distributed points and angular radial transform Pooja Sharma Optik - International Journal for Light and Electron Optics 2017  0030-4026 Ref Link
Local and global features based image retrieval system using orthogonal radial moments Chandan Singh, Pooja Optics and Lasers in Engineering 2012 0143-8166 Ref Link
Analysis of algorithms for fast computation of pseudo Zernike moments and their numerical stability Chandan Singh, Ekta Walia, Pooja, Rahul Upneja Digital Signal Processing 2012 1051-2004 Ref Link
An effective image retrieval using the fusion of global and local transforms based features Chandan Singh, Pooja Optics & Laser Technology 2012 0030-3992 Ref Link
Performance analysis of various local and global shape descriptors for image retrieval Chandan Singh, Pooja Multimedia Systems 2012 0942-4962 Ref Link
Improving image retrieval using combined features of Hough transform and Zernike moments Chandan Singh, Pooja Optics and Lasers in Engineering 2011 0143-8166 Ref Link
On Image Reconstruction, Numerical Stability, and Invariance of Orthogonal Radial Moments and Radial Harmonic Transforms Chandan Singh, Pooja, Rahul Upneja Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis 2011 1054-6618 Ref Link
Smart healthcare: the role of AI, robotics, and NLP in advancing telemedicine and remote patient monitoring Pooja Sharma BMC: Artificial Intelligence 2025 3005-1924 Ref Link
A Comprehensive Review of Multifactorial Determinants and Predictors of Malnutrition in Adolescent Girls Harminder Kaur, Pooja Sharma Discover Public Health 2026 3005-0774 Ref Link
Other International Peer Reviewed Journals: 09  
International Books: 03  
International Book Chapters: 08  

Administration Experience

  • Board of Studies Coordinator (Computer Applications)

  • Admission Coordinator

  • NAAC Coordinator

  • DDE Coordinator

    (See Complete Profile PDF)

Conferences

S.No Authors Title of Paper Name of Conference
1 Nargisdeep Kaur, Pooja Sharma Synthetic Data Generation for Smart Farming on the basis of Agricultural Images by using various Generative AI Models International Conference on Computer and Information Science (CCIS), 2025, AVB-IIIT, Guwahati
2 Manpreet Kaur, Pooja Sharma Energy-Aware Cloud Task Scheduling with XGBoost and Tabu Search: The XGTabu Approach International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Network Systems (CINS), 2024, BITS, Dubai
3 Pooja Sharma Effective image retrieval using polar cosine transform and local binary patterns India International Conference on Information Processing (IICIP). 2016, DTU, New Delhi
4 Pooja Sharma Analysis of Biomedical Image Reconstruction International Conference on latest Trends on Science, Technology, and Management, NITTTR Chandigarh

Expert Talks

  • Talk on International Day Against Violence And Bullying and Cyberbullying, 3rd November, 2022, Prasar Bharti, Jalandhar (DD National)
  • Using ICT for Effective Educational Communication on Faculty Development Programme on "Paradigm Shift in Teaching Pedagogy Due to Covid-19",, 24th June, 2021, 24th June, 2021 Lyallpur Khalsa College, Technical Campus, Jalandhar