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Dr. Vidyottama Jain

Associate Professor and Head

Ph.D. (IIT Delhi), Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of California Berkeley USA)

vidyottama.jain@curaj.ac.in

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  • Fuzzy Optimization
  • Decision Making under Risk and Uncertainty
  • Stochastic Modeling in Wireless Networks
  • Performance Analysis of Communication Systems

 

Last modified: Friday, March 22, 2023

Educational Qualification

  • Ph.D. (Fuzzy Matrix and Bi-matrix Games),  Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2005.
  • M.Sc. (Mathematics) with 83.4%,  University of Rajasthan, 1998.

Work Experience

Year Position  Organization
January 2023-Present Associate Professor Department of Data Science and Analytics, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Sciences, CURaj.
June 2012-December 2022   Assistant Professor Department of Mathematics, School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computational Sciences, CURaj.
April 2009-Feb. 2012

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

(worked with Prof. Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh)

Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing, University of California Berkely, USA.
June 2007-June 2008 Sr. Lecturer Department of Mathematics, Amrita School of  Engineering, Bengaluru.
March 2005- May 2005

 Research Associate 

(worked with Prof. S. Dharmaraja)

 Dept. of Mathematics, IIT Delhi.

Teaching Experience

Course Instructor (@CURaj)

  • Post-graduate Courses
    • Mathematical Programming
    • Operations Research
    • Combinatorial Optimization
    • Game Theory
    • Fuzzy Logic and its Applications
    • Probability Theory and Mathematical Statistics
    • Numerical Analysis
    • Linear Algebra
  • Undergraduate Courses
    • Differential and Integral Calculus
    • Vector Calculus and Matrices
    • Linear and Nonlinear Programming
    • Numerical Methods
    • Linear Algebra

Course Instructor (@Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru)

  • Undergraduate Courses
    • Basic Engineering Mathematics
    • ​Probability, Statistics and Queueing Theory

Tutorial Instructor (@IIT Delhi)

  • Undergraduate Courses
    • Basic Engineering Mathematics
    • Introduction to Operations Research and Applications

Achievements

  • Qualified CSIR-UGC-NET in the year 2001.
  • Qualified GATE in the year 1999.
  • Received the best student paper award at the Sixth International Conference of the Association of Asia Pacific Operational Research Societies within IFORS held at Delhi in the year 2003.

 

Students' Supervision

  • Ph.D. Students
    • ​​Ms. Raina Raj (Sept.'17-Feb'23) (Thesis Title: A Study of Retrial Queueing Models with Optimization Problems in Cellular Networks) 
    • Ms. Nikita Garg (Aug. 2019-Present).
    • Ms. Komal Suwalka (Nov. 2022-Present)
  • M.Sc. Major Project Students
    • ​Dept. of Mathematics
      • Deepika Soni, A study on linear regression analysis, Dec-May 2022.
      • Kalpana, A study on fuzzy linear programming problems, Jan-May 2022.
      • Naveen Yadav, A study on support vector machines, Dec-May 2022.
      • Deepesh Yadav, A study of retrial queueing model with catastrophe phenomenon, Feb-June 2021.
      • Krishan Yadav, Attitude of students towards probability theory and random variables at senior secondary level, Feb-June 2021.
      • Tarun Swami, Interest in learning probability theory among senior secondary school students, Feb-June 2021.
      • Abhishek Lavaniya, A study over spectrum sharing in wireless cellular systems, Jan.-May 2020.
      • Praveen Joshi, Mobility prediction using hidden Markov model, Jan.-May 2020.
      • Mahendra Kumar Hinonia, A study on fractional programming problems, Jan.-May 2020.
      • Shishram  Yadav, Dynamic Programming, Jan.-May 2020.
      • Ramniwas Saharan,  Methods for solving matrix games with intuitionistic fuzzy payoffs, Jan.-May 2020.
      • Kartik Koushal Morya, Parametric Linear-Programming, Jan.-May 2019.
      • Noman Zaki, A study of coalition based resource allocation in wireless networks, Jan.-May 2019.
      • Mansi Shekhawat, Study Of fuzzy queues: a parametric non-linear programming approach, Jan.-May 2019.
      • Komal Joshi, A study of single server queue with retrial phenomena, Jan.-May 2019.
      • Bindu Chaudhary, Structure and applications of fuzzy cognitive map, Jan.-May 2018.
      • Deepika Dhewa, A study on fuzzy set, intuitionistic fuzzy set and hesitant fuzzy set,  Jan.-May 2018
      • Suresh Godara, Study on utility and prospect theory, Jan.-May 2018.
      • Priyanka Jangid, Fuzzy similarity measure and its application, Jan.-may 2014.
      • Ruchita Jain, Multi-objective optimization theory, Jan.-may 2014.
    • Dept. of Statistics
      • Kiran Prajapat, Modelling and estimation of individual crop yield for area yield crop insurance under Indian scenario, Jan.-May 2013​.
      • Anil Kumar, Modelling and estimation of loss function for crop insurance under Indian scenario, Jan.-May 2013​.
    • Dept. of Computer Science
      • Tripti Bansal, Fuzzy cognitive map and its application to education level of children in rural area, Jan.-May 2014. 
      • Deepak Kumar, Linear programming and its algorithm for mathematical puzzle, Jan.-May 2014. ​

Reviewer/Referee

  • IEEE Transactions on Reliability
  • Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability.
  • Applied Soft Computing
  • Telecommunications Systems
  • Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
  • National Academy Science Letters
  • Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems
  • Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • Proceedings of the National academy of Sciences
  • OPSEARCH

Membership in Scientific Societies 

  • Life member, Operational Research Society of India (ORSI), India.
  • Life member, Indian Mathematical Society (IMS), India.

 

S. No. Authors Title of Article Journal/Conference Details Journal/Conference Publication Year
1 Nikita Mittal, Kuldeep Saini, Vidyottama Jain and Viswanathan Arunachalam Analysis of Power Efficiency of NB-IoT Devices through Semi-Markov Model with Auxiliary State Communicated Journal 2023
2 Nikita Mittal and Vidyottama Jain Analysis of M^X/M/m/2m queueing model for bandwidth allocation in 5G networks Communicated Journal 2023
3 Nikita Mittal and Vidyottama Jain Power Efficient Multi Server Based Semi-Markov Modeling for NB-IoT Devices in 5G Networks Communicated Journal 2023
4 Nikita Mittal, Nika Ivanova, Vidyottama Jain and V. M. Vishnevsky Reliability and Availability Analysis of High Altitude Platform Stations through Semi-Markov Modeling Communicated Journal 2023
5 Nikita Mittal and Vidyottama Jain Stochastic Analysis of Split PO for Paging in beyond 5G Networks in RRC Modes Communicated Journal 2023
6 Priyanka Kalita, Vidyottama Jain and S. Dharmaraja Energy Efficiency in Hybrid Base Station for 5G Networks: An Analytical Approach Communicated Journal 2023
7 K.A. Venkatesh and Vidyottama Jain The Effect of Covariates on the Duration of Unemployment in India: A Quantile Regression Approach Communicated Journal 2023

Project 1:

Title:  Probability and Statistics Lab

PI/Co-PI: Co-PI

Amount: 20 Lakhs

Duration: Oct. 2022 - March 2024

Funding Agency: Virtual Labs (An MoE Govt. of India Initiatives-Under the National Mission on Education through ICT)

Status: Ongoing

 

Project 2:

Title:  Queueing Theory and Modelling Lab

PI/Co-PI: Co-PI

Amount: 20 Lakhs

Duration: Oct. 2022 - March 2024

Funding Agency: Virtual Labs (An MoE Govt. of India Initiatives-Under the National Mission on Education through ICT)

Status: Ongoing

 

Project 3:

Title:  Development and study of methods for reliability enhancement of tethered high-altitude unmanned telecommunication platforms

PI/Co-PI: Co-PI

Amount: 98 Lakhs

Duration: Feb. 2023 - Jan. 2026

Funding Agency: DST

Status: Ongoing

 

Project 4:

Title:  Farmer satisfaction over crop insurance: A fuzzy cognitive map approach (UGC-BSR)

PI/Co-PI: PI

Amount: 6 Lacs

Duration: 2014-2016

Funding Agency: UGC

Status: Completed

 

 

 

Attended

Invited Speaker/Keynote Speaker

  1. "Queueing Models and Inventory Models", Webinar Series on Optimization Techniques, Data Science - Applied Mathematics & Computational Science Dept., Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, March 10-27, 2024.
  2. "LaTeX for All: Empowering Your Writing Process", Faculty Development Program on Enhancing Computation and Visualization through AI Powered Tools, Manipal University, Jaipur, Feb. 6, 2024,
  3. “A Semi‐Markov Approach for Reliability Analysis of High‐ Altitude Platforms”, 26th International Conference on Distributed Computer and Communication Networks: : Control, Computation, Communications (DCCN 2023), Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2023. 
  4. "Semi-Markovian analysis for power efficiency in 5G networks", International Conference on Computational Applied Sciences and Its Applications  (ICASSA 2023), University of Engineering and Management, Jaipur, India, July 13-14, 2023.
  5. "Mathematics behind Principal Component Analysis", National Seminar on  Perspectives of Data Science, VIT Chennai, India, June 05, 2023.
  6. "Power Efficient Model for NB-IoT Devices in 5G Networks: A Semi- Markov Approach", International Conference on Applied Mathematics and Computing (ICAMC 2023), Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, Chennai, India, February 28, 2023.
  7. "Semi-Markov modeling for power efficiency of NB-IoT devices in 5G networks", International Conference on Recent Trends in Applied Mathematics (ICRTAM2023), Loyola College, Chennai, India, February 25, 2023.
  8. "Stochastic Modeling for Performance Enhancement in 5G Wireless Networks", Fifth International Conference on Applied Mathematical Models, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India, January 06, 2023.
  9. "Analysis of Power Management in a Tethered High Altitude Platform using MAP/PH[3]/1 Retrial Queueing Model", 25th International Conference on Distributed Computer and Communication Networks (DCCN 2022), Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia, September 27, 2022.
  10. "Multi-Server Preemptive Priority Queueing Model with PH Retrial Times", Short Term Training Workshop Program on “Emerging Applications of Mathematics and Statistics in Engineering Science and Technology (EAMSEST-2022)”, NIT Rourkela, May 10, 2022.
  11. "Combinatorial and Stochastic Optimization", SERB sponsored Karyashala on Statistical Modelling  & Computational  Intelligence, NIT Tiruchirappalli, Dec. 12, 2021.
  12. "Modelling of  Retrial Queueing Model with Correlated Arrival Flows in Cellular Networks", International Conference on  Advances in Applied and Computational Mathematics (ICAACM-2021), Manipal University Jaipur, September 17, 2021.
  13. "Application of Calculus in Management", Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, Aug. 9, 2021.
  14. "An Introduction to Optimization Techniques", Gyan-Ganga Programme, Online short term training programme, Feb. 4, 2021.
  15. "Integer Linear Programming Problems", 1-week online short term course on Operations Research and its Applications, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Dec. 9-10, 2020.
  16. "Linear Optimization, Non-linear Optimization and Fuzzy Optimization",  1-week short course on Computational Techniques and their Applications in Engineering, Government Engineering College, Ajmer, Sep. 11-12, 2018.
  17. "Introduction to Fuzzy Set Theory", 1-week National Workshop on Mathematical Modelling and Simulation, Central University of Rajasthan, March 18, 2016.
  18. "Introduction to Fuzzy Set Theory", Faculty Development Programme (FDP), Manipal University, Jaipur, July 23, 2015.
  19.  A series of lectures over "Latex",  Faculty Development Programme (FDP), Manipal University, Jaipur, July 22-23, 2015.

Contributed Talks

  1. "Analysis of power efficiency of NB-IoT devices in 5G Networks: A semi-Markov Approach", 56th Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India (2023-ORSI) & 10th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (2023-ICBAI),  IISc Bangalore, India, December 18-20, 2023.
  2. "The effect of covariates on the duration of unemployment in India", 56th Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India
    (2023-ORSI) & 10th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (2023-ICBAI),  IISc Bangalore, India, December 18-20, 2023.
  3. "Optimization of Traffic Control in Multiserver Preemptive Priority Queueing Model", International Conference of Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Interdisciplinary Areas, GLA University, Mathura, June 23-25, 2022. 
  4. "Crop Insurance: A Game Theoretic Approach", 49th Annual Convention and International Conference of Operational Research Society of India and International Conference on Analytics in Operational Research, BIMTECH, Delhi, Dec 12-14, 2016.
  5. "Crop Insurance in India: A Mathematical Survey", 48th Annual Convention of the Operational Research Society of India , Bhubaneswar, Orissa, Dec 17-19, 2015.
  6. "Perception Based Modelling on Energy Options-Towards Decision Making under Risk",  World Conference on Soft Computing 2011, San Francisco, USA, May 24-26, 2011.
  7. "Constrained Matrix Games with Fuzzy Goals", Conference on Fuzzy Logic and its Applications in Technology and Management-2004, IIT Kharagpur, India, May 20-21, 2004.
  8. "Matrix Games with Fuzzy Goals and Fuzzy Linear Programming Duality", Conference on Fuzzy Set Theory and Its Mathematical Aspects, BHU Varanasi, India, Dec. 25-27, 2002.
  9. "Matrix Games with Fuzzy Goals and Fuzzy Payoffs", Sixth International Conference APORS 2003, New Delhi, India, Dec 8-11, 2003.
  10. "Bi-Matrix Games with Fuzzy Goals and Fuzzy Payoffs", International Conference on Operations Research with Economic and Industrial Applications, ISI Kolkata, India, Jan. 8-10, 2004.

    Participation

    1. UGC Approved Short Term Professional Development Programme on "Implementation of NEP-2020 for University and College Teachers" (Grade-A+), IGNOU, Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education, New Delhi,  October 07-15, 2022
    2. 13th International Workshop on "Retrial Queues and Related Topics", Centre for Research in Mathematics, Dept. of Mathematics, CMS College Kottayam, Kerala, Dec. 6-8, 2021.
    3. One-week Faculty Development Programme on "ICT-Enabled teaching and Learning" (Grade-A+), TLC-Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Sept. 20-26, 2021. 
    4. Two-week Online Refresher Course on "Artificial Intelligence" (Grade-A), UGC-HRDC Jawaharlal Nehru Technological  University  Hyderabad, Nov. 9-23, 2020. 
    5. 5-day Workshop on "Enhancing of Teaching and Learning Skills in Statistics", Central University of Rajasthan, March 12-16, 2019.
    6. International symposium in the honour of Dr. A. Ravi Ravindran,  IISc Bangalore, India, March 12-13, 2015.
    7. QIP sponsored short term course on Applied Game Theory for Engineers and Managers, IIT Kanpur, June 20-24, 2014.
    8. Short term course on Computational Techniques in Engineering and Science, MNIT Jaipur, April 1-5, 2013.

    Organized

    1. Convener, "International Webinar Series on Applications of Stochastic Models and Queueing Theory", at Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan,  held on six days during Oct. 11-Nov. 11, 2021.
    2. Coordinator,  “Ten Days Online Faculty Development Program on Teaching Learning and Assessment" , under the scheme of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) at Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, March,  15-25, 2021.
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