Curriculum Vitae

ASSOCIATE PROF. TS. DR. SRI DEVI A/P RAVANA

Associate Professor
  • Department of Information System
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
  • sdevi
  • 79676348

BIOGRAPHY

Completed Bachelor of Information Technology (Information Science) in 2000 at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaya), and my Master of Software Engineering in 2001 at Universiti Malaya.

Completed PhD at the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne in 2011.

PhD supervised by: Prof. Alistair Moffat

PhD Advisory Committee: Prof. Justin Zobel and Prof. Tim Baldwin.

Currently she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Systems, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia. She has also completed her tenure as the Head of Department from Aug 2017 - Sep 2019. She has also served as the Program Leader/Coordinator for Master of Computer Science from Jan 2012 to July 2017.

Her research interest is in Information Retrieval Evaluation, Text Retrieval and Heuristics, Data Science, Data Mining and Machine Learning. She has won a couple of Best Paper Awards at International conferences. She actively delivers keynotes and guest lectures at International and National conferences and Research Seminars.

She is also very active in having research collaboration with International researchers from well established Universities. Some of the universities she has collaborated with are Hong Kong University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK), University fo Auckland (NZ), University of Melbourne (Aus), University of Leeds (UK), Alagappa University (India), Amity University (India), Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology (India), Shiraz University (Iran), Mulungushi University (Zambia) and National University of Science and Technology (Pakistan), University of Gunma (Japan).

At National level, she is active in the Society of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (PECAMP) and has been appointed as commitee member (Assistant Secretary). She has also served as the Secratary for the conference (Fourth International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management) organized by PECAMP in 2018. Recently in Dec 2020, she served as the General Chair for the virtually and internationally organized SIRKM 2020 (Seminar on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management)

She is also the recipient of the competative AUA Scholars Award 2019-2020 - Host Institution is The National University of Singapore (Host Professor CHUA Tat-Seng - https://www.chuatatseng.com/

Sri Devi Ravana is also actively involved in community services. She has served as the Vice Chairman (Women Wings) for the Telugu Association of Malaysia (TAM). She is a actively involved in Girl Guides activities locally and internationally. She was also awarded the Queen Guides Award in 1995. At Universiti Malaya she championed the establishment of the Universiti Malaya Girl Guide Movement (Pasukan Pandu Puteri Siswi) in 2020. She currently serves as the Mentor of the Pasukan Pandu Puteri Siswi Universiti Malaya (UM Girl Guides Clovers).

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

  • INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, TEXT HEURISTICS, IR EVALUATION AND METRICS
  • DATA ANALYTICS, DATA SCIENCE
    Data Analytics
  • SEARCH ENGINE
    IR Evaluation (e.g. evaluation metrics, aggregation methods, experiments)

ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES

  • Curriculum Review
    01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2027 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Committee Members
    01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2024 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • MENTOR/ADVISOR FOR PASUKAN PANDU PUTERI SISWI UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM CLOVER GUIDES)
    01 Dec 2020 - 31 Dec 2023 (University Malaya)
  • Coordinator
    01 Oct 2022 - 31 Oct 2023 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Task Force Leader
    25 Jul 2022 - 24 Jul 2023 (University Malaya)
  • Committee Members
    02 Jun 2022 - 01 Jun 2023 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • HEAD OF COMMITTEE FOR MICROCREDENTIALS/ MOOC PROGRAM
    21 May 2021 - 20 May 2023 (Faculty)
  • Task Force Leader
    25 Jul 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (University Malaya)
  • Committee Members
    27 Sep 2022 - 31 Dec 2022 (University Malaya)
  • Ahli Jawatankuasa Kurikulum Sarjana Muda Sains Komputer (Sains Data)
    29 Oct 2019 - 31 Dec 2021 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • TASK FORCE 8 MEMBER: RESEARCH FUND OPPORTUNITIES
    15 Mar 2021 - 16 Apr 2021 (University Malaya)
  • Member, Committee for Master of Cyber Security Curriculum
    07 Aug 2017 - 06 Aug 2020 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Head of Department
    01 Aug 2019 - 06 Oct 2019 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Head of Department
    01 Aug 2017 - 31 Jul 2019 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Member, Timetable Committee
    27 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2019 (Faculty)
  • Head of Department
    01 Aug 2017 - 31 Jul 2019 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Advisor, I-Day 2018
    19 Oct 2018 - 19 Oct 2018 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Advisor, International Workshop on Data Analytics 2018 (IWDA 2018)
    28 Aug 2018 - 29 Aug 2018 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Advisor, Data Science Research Symposium 2018
    12 Jul 2018 - 12 Jul 2018 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Advisor, Research Grant Workshop 2018
    22 Feb 2018 - 22 Feb 2018 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Advisor, Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner Workshop
    23 Jan 2018 - 25 Jan 2018 (Faculty)
  • Committee Member, Rebranding Task Force
    01 Aug 2014 - 31 Jul 2017 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Program Coordinator for Master of Computer Science (Applied Computing)
    01 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2017 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Faculty Quality Assurance Committee 2016 - 2017 (Teaching and Learning of Higher Education)
    01 Aug 2016 - 31 Jul 2017 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Internal Auditor for Graduate Studies (Ijazah Tinggi)
    01 Jan 2016 - 31 Aug 2016 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Committee Member for Higher Education Committee (Postgraduate Studies)
    01 Jan 2014 - 31 Jul 2016 (Faculty)
  • Program Coordinator for Master of Computer Science (MCS)
    01 Jan 2014 - 31 Jul 2016 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Committee member, Curriculum Review Committee for Master of Computer Science
    01 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2015 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Central Committee Member for Postgraduate Research Excellence Symposium (PGReS) 2014
    12 Feb 2014 - 12 Feb 2015 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Internal Auditor for Graduate Studies (Ijazah Tinggi)
    26 Mar 2014 - 26 Mar 2014 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Program Coordinator for Master of Computer Science (MCS)
    16 Aug 2011 - 31 Dec 2013 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Central Committee Member for Postgraduate Research Excellence Symposium (PGReS) 2013
    01 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2013 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Internal Auditor (Higher Education)
    01 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2013 (Dean Office, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Head, Knowledge Engineering and Infomatics Research Group
    05 Mar 2012 - 31 Dec 2012 (University Malaya)
  • Central Committee Member for Postgraduate Research Excellence Symposium (PGReS) 2012
    25 Jul 2012 - 31 Dec 2012 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Committee member, Faculty Programs Roadshow
    15 Aug 2012 - 31 Dec 2012 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)
  • Member, Research Complaint Committee
    01 Jun 2003 - 08 Sep 2007 (Faculty)
  • Member, Implementation of Interactive Learning Committee
    26 Nov 2004 - 09 Aug 2007 (Faculty)
  • Member, Programme Evaluation Division (IPTA Programme Committee)
    01 Dec 2003 - 09 Aug 2007 (University Malaya)
  • Member, Faculty, Parents and Students Committee
    01 Nov 2003 - 09 Aug 2007 (Faculty)
  • Facilitator, Thinking and Communication Skills Course
    01 Aug 2003 - 09 Aug 2007 (University Malaya)
  • Auditor, Research Documents
    12 Jan 2004 - 09 Aug 2007 (Faculty)
  • Auditor, Undergraduate Program Documents
    07 Feb 2003 - 09 Aug 2007 (Faculty)
  • Coordinator and Faculty representative to meetings with Faculty of Business and Administration for the program Bachelor of Information Technology (Management)
    22 Oct 2002 - 09 Aug 2007 (University Malaya)
  • Member, Industrial Training Committee
    25 Oct 2002 - 09 Aug 2007 (Faculty)
  • Committee Member for Undergraduate Studies Committee
    01 May 2006 - 30 Apr 2007 (Department of Information System, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology)

AWARD AND STEWARDSHIP

  • Best Student Paper Award at 14th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2022)
    14th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2022), 2022 (International)
  • Best Paper Award, ASIA STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION 2022: Advances on Applied Statistics and Data Science
    Universitas Islam Indonesia, 2022 (International)
  • Best Paper Award
    Society of Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management, Malaysia (PECAMP), 2022 (National)
  • BEST PAPER AWARD: 5th International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management
    Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management Society, 2021 (International)
  • Gold Award
    Universiti Malaya, 2019 (University)
  • Most supportive Mentors
    Data Science Society Vienna, 2018 (International)
  • Invention,Innovation & Design Exposition (iidex2017) - SILVER (Tweet Filter: Retrieving Credible Tweets)
    UiTM Shah Alam, 2017 (International)
  • International Invention & Innovative Competition 2017 (InIIC) Series 1/2017 - SILVER (Identifying Fake Tweets)
    MNNF Network, 2017 (International)
  • Invention, Innovation and Design Exposition 2016 (IIDEX2016) - SILVER (Tweet Filter: Retrieving Credible Tweets)
    UITM, 2016 (International)
  • Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of contribution as Organising Chair and Instructor for R Statistical Workshop
    Universiti Malaya, 2015 (National)
  • Invention, Innovation and Design Exposition 2015 (IIDEX2015) - SILVER (Credibility Based Web Question Answering Systems)
    UiTM, Shah Alam, 2015 (International)
  • Invention, Innovation and Design Exposition 2015 (IIDEX2015) - SILVER (Sketch-based Image Retrieval Systems Using Texture Extraction and Colour Histogram for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
    UiTM, Shah Alam, 2015 (International)
  • Certificate of Appreciation for Serving as Speaker and Facilitator for Mini Moral Camp
    Telugu Association of Malaysia (Senai/Skudai Branch), Johor, 2014 (National)
  • Excellence Service Award
    University of Malaya, 2013 (University)
  • Certificate of Appreciation Ad-Hoc Committee Member Appraiser for Qualification Recognition of Computer Science Bachelor's Degree (Database Systems)
    Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awam Malaysia/Public Service Department of Malaysia, 2013 (National)
  • Appreciation by Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong for recommending an academic staff for the Faculty's Outstanding Researcher Award. The staff has been announced as the winner of the award for 2013.
    The University of Hong Kong, 2013 (International)
  • Best Poster Award
    AKEPT's 1st Annual Young Researchers International Conference and Exhibition, 2011 (National)
  • Best Paper Award
    The 15th Australasian Document Computing Symposium (ADCS 2010), 2010 (International)
  • Best Paper Award
    The Twentieth Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2009, 2009 (International)
  • ACM SIGIR Travel Grant 2008
    ACM SIGIR, 2008 (International)
  • EXCELLENCE SERVICE AWARD
    University of Malaya, 2007 (University)
  • PhD Study Leave Award [Hadiah latihan cuti belajar (HLCB)/ Skim latihan akademik IPTA (SLAI)]
    University of Malaya and MOHE (Malaysia), 2007 (National)
  • CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENT SERVICE
    University of Malaya, 2006 (University)
  • Highest Evaluation Score for the Teaching of Course WMES3104 Accounting Management System
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006 (Ptj/ Faculty)
  • Research, Invention and Innovation Expo, UM - 18 to 20 July 2006 - BRONZE
    University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2006 (University)
  • Highest Evaluation Score for the Teaching of Course WMES3301 Geographic Information System
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006 (Ptj/ Faculty)
  • Research, Invention and Innovation Expo, UM - 14 to 17 June 2005 - Bronze
    University of Malaya, 2005 (University)
  • Best Lecturer Award/Anugerah Pensyarah Terbaik Session 2004/2005, Semester 1 for the course WRET1103
    Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2004 (Ptj/ Faculty)

PUBLICATIONS

Article in Journal
WoS
  1. Adli, Nur Aisyah Binti Zakaria; Ahmad, Muneer; Ghani, Norjihan Abdul; Ravana, Sri Devi; Norman, Azah Anir (2024). An Ensemble Classification of Mental Health in Malaysia related to the Covid-19 Pandemic using Social Media Sentiment Analysis, KSII TRANSACTIONS ON INTERNET AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS. 18(2), 370-396. doi:10.3837/tiis.2024.02.006
  2. Huo, Dongyang; Malik, Asad Waqar; Ravana, Sri Devi; Rahman, Anis Ur; Ahmedy, Ismail (2024). Mapping smart farming: Addressing agricultural challenges in data-driven era, RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS. 189. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113858
  3. Joseph, Minnu Helen; Ravana, Sri Devi (2024). Reliable Information Retrieval Systems Performance Evaluation: A Review, IEEE ACCESS. 12, 51740-51751. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3377239
  4. Haldorai, Anandakumar; Ravana, Sri Devi; Lu, Joan; Ramu, Arulmurugan (2022). Big Data in Intelligent Information Systems, MOBILE NETWORKS & APPLICATIONS. . doi:10.1007/s11036-021-01863-w
  5. Muwanei, Sinyinda; Ravana, Sri Devi; Hoo, Wai Lam; Kunda, Douglas (2022). Prediction of the high-cost normalised discounted cumulative gain (nDCG) measure in information retrieval evaluation, INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 27(2). doi:10.47989/irpaper928
  6. Muwanei, Sinyinda; Ravana, Sri Devi; Hoo, Wai Lam; Kunda, Douglas; Rajagopal, Prabha; Sodhi, Prabhpreet Singh (2022). Correlation and prediction of high-cost information retrieval evaluation metrics using deep learning, INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL. 27(1). doi:10.47989/irpaper920
  7. Win, Myat Noe; Ravana, Sri Devi; Shuib, Liyana (2022). SENTIMENT ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS WITH HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION AND AUTOMATIC ASPECT CATEGORIZATION ON ONLINE USER REVIEWS, MALAYSIAN JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE. 35(2), 89-110. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol35no2.1
  8. Chopra, Arpita; Rahman, Anis Ur; Malik, Asad Waqar; Ravana, Sri Devi (2021). Adaptive-Learning-Based Vehicle-to-Vehicle Opportunistic Resource-Sharing Framework, IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS JOURNAL. 9(14), 12497-12504. doi:10.1109/JIOT.2021.3137264
  9. Kabbaj, S., Rahman, A. U., Malik, A. W., Baba, A. I., & Ravana, S. D. (2021). Time-bound single-path opportunistic forwarding in disconnected industrial environments. Vehicular Communications, 27, 9. doi: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100302
  10. Ramu, Arulmurugan; Chen, Mu-Yen; Ravana, Sri Devi; Haldorai, Anandakumar (2021). Signal processing techniques for sustainable cognitive radio communications, WIRELESS NETWORKS. 27(2), 839-841. doi:10.1007/s11276-020-02503-z
  11. Tahir, Y., Rahman, A. U., & Ravana, S. D. (2021). An affect-based classification of emotions associated with images of food. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization, 15(1), 519-530. doi: 10.1007/s11694-020-00650-7
  12. Yang, Chan-Yun; Sharif, Muhammad; Ravana, Sri Devi; Haldorai, Anandakumar (2021). Big Cloud Innovation for Sustainable Wireless Management, WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS. 117(4), 2641-2643. doi:10.1007/s11277-021-08250-4
  13. el Bendali, Ayoub; Rahman, Anis Ur; Malik, Asad Waqar; Khan, Muazzam Ali; Ravana, Sri Devi (2021). On-demand multi-hop forwarding for sustainable vehicular data transfer network, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORKS. 17(5). doi:10.1177/15501477211015147
  14. Badarneh, H. J., Mansoor, A. M., Rahman, A. U., & Ravana, D. (2020). An efficient indexing framework for data dissemination in wireless sensor networks. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 87, 19. doi: 10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106777
  15. Madan, N., Malik, A. W., Rahman, A. U., & Ravana, S. D. (2020). On-demand resource provisioning for vehicular networks using flying fog. Vehicular Communications, 25, 11. doi: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100252
Scopus
  1. Abdalla H.I., Amer A.A., Ravana S.D. (2023). BoW-based neural networks vs. cutting-edge models for single-label text classification, Neural Computing and Applications. . doi:10.1007/s00521-023-08754-z
  2. Norman A.A., Marzuki A.H., Faith F., Hamid S., Ghani N.A., Ravana S.D., Arshad N.I. (2023). Technology Dependency and Impact during COVID-19: A Systematic Literature Review and Open Challenges, IEEE Access. . doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3250770
  3. Samadi N., Ravana S.D. (2023). XML CLUSTERING FRAMEWORK BASED ON DOCUMENT CONTENT AND STRUCTURE IN A HETEROGENEOUS DIGITAL LIBRARY, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science. 36(2), 124-147. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol36no2.2
  4. Win M.N., Ravana S.D., Shuib L. (2022). SENTIMENT ATTRIBUTION ANALYSIS WITH HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION AND AUTOMATIC ASPECT CATEGORIZATION ON ONLINE USER REVIEWS, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science. 35(2), 89-110. doi:10.22452/mjcs.vol35no2.1
Others
  1. A. W. Malik, A. U. Rahman, T. Qayyum and S. D. Ravana, "Leveraging Fog Computing for Sustainable Smart Farming Using Distributed Simulation," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 3300-3309, April 2020, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2020.2967405.
  2. Alsahag, A. M, Ravana, S.D, et.al., 2020. High Performing Multimedia Transmission Approach Based on QoS Support and Admission Control Over IEEE 802.11e Networks, International Journal of Communication Systems. Vol 33, Issue 5.
  3. Anandakumar Haldorai, Muhammad Sharif & Sri Devi Ravana (2020): Artificial intelligence for sustainable internet research, International Journal of Computers and Applications, DOI: 10.1080/1206212X.2020.1737776
  4. Badarneh, Hazem Jihad, Sri Devi Ravana, and Ali Mohammed Mansoor. "A survey on indexing techniques for mobility in Internet of Things': Challenges, performances, and perspectives." International Journal of Network Management: e2097.
  5. Bukhari, S., Hamid, S., Ravana, S. D., Kurnia, S. & Norman, A. A, The use of Facebook by International Students for Information-seeking: A Social Network Analysis, International Journal of Lib and Information Studies. (ACCEPTED)
  6. Maw, M., Balakrishnan, V., Rana, O., Ravana, S.D., Trends and Patterns of Text Classification Techniques: A Systematic Mapping Study. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science. Vol 33. No. 2
  7. Rahman, A., Malik, A., Sati, V., Chopra, A., and Ravana, S.D. 2020. Context-aware opportunistic computing in vehicle-to-vehicle networks. Vehicular Communications, Vol. 24.
  8. Shah, A.A., Ravana, S.D., Hamid, S. and Ismail, M.A . (2020). Web pages Credibility Scores for Improving Accuracy of Answers in Web-based Question Answering Systems. IEEE Access. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3013411
  9. Chu, S. K. W, Ravana, S. D., Sanny and Randolph. (2019). Behavior, Perceptions and Learning Experience of Undergraduates Using Social Technologies, Educational Technology Research and Development
  10. Rajagopal, P. & Ravana, S.D. Measuring the Reliability of Ranking in Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science.
  11. Rajagopal, P., Ravana, S.D, Koh, Y.S. & Balakrishnan, V. (2019). Evaluating the effectiveness of information retrieval systems using effort-based relevance judgment, ASLIB Journal of Information Management, 71(1).
  12. Shah, A.A., Ravana, S.D., Hamid, S. and Ismail, M.A . (2019), Accuracy Evaluation of Methods and Techniques in Web-based Question Answering Systems: A Survey, Knowledge and Information Systems . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10115-018-1203-0 (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10115-018-1203-0) - ACCEPTED
  13. Syed Sarmad Shah, Muhammad Ali, Asad Waqar Malik, Muazzam A. Khan, Sri Devi Ravana, "vFog: A Vehicle-Assisted Computing Framework for Delay-Sensitive Applications in Smart Cities", IEEE Access, 2019 [Impact Factor: 3.557]
  14. Al-Garadi, M. A., Varathan, K. D., Ravana, S. D., Ahmed, E., Mujtaba, G., Khan, M. U. S., & Khan, S. U (2018). Analysis of Online Social Network Connections for Identification of Influential Users: Survey and Open Research Issue. ACM Computing Surveys, 51(1),
  15. Bukhari, S., Hamid, S., Ravana, S.D. & Ijab, M.T. (2018). Modelling the information-seeking behaviour of international students in their use of social media in Malaysia Information Research, 23(4), paper 804. Retrieved from http://www.informationr.net /ir/23-4/paper804.html (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/74LkZMkZ2)
  16. Ravana, S.D, Samimi, P. & Rajagopal, P. (2018). Quality of crowdsourced relevance judgments in association with logical reasoning ability. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science. (Published)
  17. Al-Garadi, M.A., Varathan, K.D., Ravana, S.D.: Identification of influential spreaders in online social networks using interaction weighted k-core decomposition method. Phys. A, 468, 278 288 (2017)
  18. Rajagopal, P., Ravana, S.D., Srivastava, H. & Taheri, M. (2017). Document Level Assessment of Document Retrieval Systems in a Pairwise System Evaluation. Information Research: an international electronic journal, 22(2).
  19. Samimi, P., Ravana, S.D., Webber, W. & Koh, Y.S. (2017). Effects of Objective and Subjective Competence on Reliability of Crowdsourced Relevance Judgments. Information Research: an international electronic journal, 22(1).
  20. Shuxiang, Z & Ravana, S.D. (2017). Estimating reliability of the retrieval systems effectiveness rank based on performance in multiple experiments. Cluster Computing, 20 (1).
  21. Balakrishnan, V., Ahmadi, K. & Ravana, S.D. (2016). Improving retrieval relevance using users explicit feedback, Aslib Journal of Information Management, Vol. 68 Iss: 1, pp.76 - 98
  22. H. M. C. C. Somarathna, S. N. Raman *, K. H. Badri, A. A. Mutalib, D. Mohotti, S. D. Ravana. 2016. Quasi-Static Behavior of Palm-based Elastomeric Polyurethane: For Strengthening Application of Structures under Impulsive Loadings. Polymers (Accepted for Publication) - ISI Q1
  23. Hamid, S., Bukhari, S., Ravana, S.D., Norman, A. A. & Ijab, M.T., (2016). Role of social media in information-seeking behaviour of international students: A systematic literature review. Aslib J. Inf. Manag. 68(5): 643-666
  24. Koh, Y.S and Ravana, S.D. 2016. Unsupervised Rare Pattern Mining: A Survey. ACM Transactions on Knowledge Discovery from Data (TKDD). (Online first)
  25. Mohammed Ali Al Garadi, Kasturi Dewi Varathan, Sri Devi Ravana. Cybercrime Detection in Online Communications: The Experimental Case of Cyberbullying Detection in the Twitter Network. Computers and Human Behavior.(Q1)
  26. Mohammed Ali Al Garadi, Kasturi Dewi Varathan, Sri Devi Ravana, Ejaz Ahmed, Victor Chang(2016). Identifying the influential spreaders in multilayer interactions of online social networks. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems(Q1)
  27. Samimi, P., Ravana, S.D. & Koh, Y. S. (2016). Effect of verbal comprehension skill and self-reported features on reliability of crowdsourced relevance judgments. Computers in Human Behavior 64: 793-804
  28. Ravana, S.D and Taheri, M.S. 2015. Document-based approach to improve the accuracy of pairwise comparison in evaluating information retrieval systems. Aslib Journal of Information Management. Vol. 67(4). pp.408 - 421.
  29. Ravana, S.D, Rajagopal, P. and Balakrishnan, V. 2015. Ranking Retrieval Systems Using Pseudo Relevance Judgments. ASLIB Journal of Information Management.
  30. Shah, A. A., Ravana, S.D., Hamid, S. and Ismail, M.A. 2015. Web credibility assessment: affecting factors and assessment techniques. Information Research-an International Electronic Journal, Vol. 20(1).
  31. Rajagopal, P., Ravana, S.D., and Ismail, M.A. (2014), Creation of Relevance Judgments Exclusive of Human Assessors in Large Scale Information Retrieval Evaluation Experimentation, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 27(2), 80 - 94
  32. Rajagopal, P., Ravana, S.D., and Ismail, M.A., Creation of Relevance Judgments Exclusive of Human Assessors in Large Scale Information Retrieval Evaluation Experimentation. Malaysian Journal of COmputer Science.
  33. Ravana, S.D., Gurusamy, N., & Varathan, K. (2014). Autism and the Need for Special User Interface Design for Web Surfacing. Education Practice and Innovation, Volume 1 (Issue 2), pp.93-105.
  34. Samimi, P. & Ravana, S.D., Creation of Reliable Relevance Judgments in Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Experimentation through Crowdsourcing: A Review. The Scientific World Journal - Q1
  35. Shah, A.A. & Ravana, S.D., Evaluating Information Credibility of Digital Content using Hybrid Approach, International Journal of Information Systems and Engineering (IJISE), Vol 2 (Issue 1), April 2014.
  36. Shah, A.A. and Ravana S.D., 2014. Enhancing Collaborative Learning in Wikis through anIterative Model by Supporting Various User Roles. Malaysia Journal of Computer Science.
  37. Barakat, H.M., Ismail,M.A and Ravana, S.D., (2013), Utilization Of Cross- Terms To Enhance The Language Model For Information Retrieval, Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 26(3), 196-210
  38. Moghadasi, S.I., Ravana, S.D. and Raman, S.N, 2013. Low-Cost Evaluation Techniques for Information Retrieval Systems: A Review. Journal of Informetrics. Vol.(7), Issue(2):301-312. (Q1)
  39. Halim, A. H. A., Ismail, M. A. and Ravana, S. D., Integration between Location Based Service (LBS) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP): Semantic Approach, Journal of Information System, Research and Practice
  40. Halim, A. H. A., Ravana, S. D. and Ismail, M. A., 2007. Application of XML in Location Based Service: Solving Syntactic and Semantic Barriers. Location, 2(2): pp.34 - 39 (Indexed by Google Scholar).
  41. Ravana, S. D, Raman, S. N. and Ooi, P. P., 2007. Analysis, Design and Development of Sports Information Portal: Supporting Participation in Sports Events. Journal of Applied Sciences Research. 3(8): pp.757 - 763. (Indexed by CAB Abstracts/ISI Web Services, DOAJ and Google Scholar).
  42. Ravana, S. D., Rahman, S. S. A. and Chan, H. Y., 2006. Web-based Diet Information System with Case-Based Reasoning Capabilities. Int. Journal of Web Information Systems. 2(3/4): pp.154 - 163. (Indexed by Emerald, Compendex and Google Scholar)
Article in Proceeding
  1. Muwanei, S., Hoo, W. L., Ravana, S. D., & Kunda, D. (2019, December). Bandit algorithms in information retrieval evaluation and ranking. In International Conference on Computer Science and Engineering.
  2. Wei Ting Pang, Prabha Rajagopal, Mengjia Wang, Shuxiang Zhang and Sri Devi Ravana, Exploring Topic Difficulty in Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation, Journal of Physics: Conference Series: International Conference Computer Science and Engineering, International Conference Computer Science and Engineering (IC2SE 2019), 26 - 27 April 2019
  3. Samimi, P., Rajagopal, P. and Ravana, S.D. (2018). Association between logical reasoning ability and quality of relevance judgments in Crowdsourcing. proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP).
  4. Sarah Bukhari, Suraya Hamid, Sri Devi Ravana, Mohamad Taha Ijab(2018), Information-Seeking Behaviour Model of International Students Use of Social Media. Proceeding of Knowledge Management International Conference (KMICe) 2018, pp 298-304, 25 27 July 2018, Miri Sarawak, Malaysia http://www.kmice.cms.net.my/
  5. Bukhari, S., Hamid, S. and Ravana, S.D. (2016). Merging the Models of Information Seeking Behaviour to Generate the Generic Phases. Proceedings of the 2016 Third International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP), Melaka, Malaysia
  6. Rajagopal, P. and Ravana, S.D. (2016). Document Level Assessment For Pairwise System Evaluation. Proceedings of the 2016 Third International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP), Melaka, Malaysia
  7. Samimi, P. and Ravana, S.D. (2016). Effect of Cognitive Ability on Reliability of Crowdsourced Relevance Judgments. Proceedings of the 2016 Third International Conference on Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management (CAMP), Melaka, Malaysia
  8. Samimi, P. and Ravana, S.D. (2015). Agreement of Relevance Assessment between Human Assessors and Crowdsourced Workers in Information Retrieval Systems Evaluation Experimentation, Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy, Signal Processing and Computer Science, Istanbul, Turkey.
  9. Samimi P., Ravana S.D. (2014) Agreement between Crowdsourced Workers and Expert Assessors in Making Relevance Judgment for System Based IR Evaluation. In: Herawan T., Ghazali R., Deris M. (eds) Recent Advances on Soft Computing and Data Mining. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 287. Springer, Cham
  10. Shah, A.A. & Ravana, S.D., 2014, Evaluating Information Credibility of Digital Content using Hybrid Approach, Proc. of Information Systems and Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ISBN: 978-967-11851-3-1)
  11. Asad Ali Shah & Sri Devi Ravana. 2013. Study of Factor Variables for Evaluating Information Credibility of Digital Content using Hybrid Approach. Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Social Education and Community. Langkawi, Malaysia
  12. Sri Devi Ravana, Nor Aliza Mohd Amin & Sudharshan N. Raman. Effects of Assessment on Wiki Activities during Group Work. Proc. of First Asian Conference on Society, Education and Technology. Osaka, Japan.
  13. Ravana, S. D. and Moffat, A., 2010. Estimating System Effectiveness Scores with Incomplete Evidence. 15th Australasian Document Computing Symposium, Melbourne, Australia, 10 December 2010. (Best Paper Award)
  14. Ravana, S. D. and Moffat, A., 2010. Score Estimation, Incomplete Judgments, and Significance Testing in IR Evaluation. Lecture Notes in Computer Science of 6th Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 1 - 3 December.
  15. Ravana, S. D. and Moffat, A., 2009. Score Aggregation Techniques in Retrieval Experimentation. Proc. 2009 Australasian Database Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, January 2009. (Best Paper Award)
  16. Ravana, S. D. and Moffat, A., 2009. System Scoring Using Partial Prior Information. Proc. 32nd Ann. Int. ACM SIGIR Conf. on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 19 - 23 July.
  17. Ramli, N. H. M., Nasaruddin, F. H. M. and Ravana, S. D., 2008. E-Construction Waste Exchange in Malaysia: A Preliminary Study. 3rd International Symposium on Information Technology, Malaysia, 26 - 29 Aug.
  18. Ravana, S. D. and Moffat, A., 2008. Exploring Evaluation Metrics: GMAP versus MAP. Proc. 31st Ann. Int. ACM SIGIR Conf. on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Singapore, 20 - 24 July.
  19. Halim, A. H. A., Ravana, S. D. and Ismail, M. A., 2007. Semantic Integration Between GIS and OLAP, 2nd Int. Conf. on Informatics, Malaysia, 27 - 28 Nov.
  20. Ahmad Haris Abdul Halim, Sri Devi Ravana and Maizatul Akmar Ismail.(2006). Integration of Open Location Service with Data Mining Capabilities. Proceedings of the Asia GIS 2006 International Conference. Malaysia, 9-10 March.
  21. Halim, A. H. A., Ravana, S. D. and Ismail, M. A., 2006. The Development of Location Based Services in Malaysia. Proc. of the 1st Annual National Conf. on Geographical Information Technology and Application(Map Malaysia), Malaysia, 3 - 4 May.
  22. Halim, A. H. A., Ravana, S. D. and Ismail, M. A., 2006. XML Data Management for Open Location based Services Platform. Proc. of the 5th Ann. Int. Conf. and Exhibition on Geographical Information Technology and Applications (Map Asia), Queen Sirikit National Convention Center, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 Aug - 1 Sep.
  23. Ravana, S. D., Raman, S. N. and Parameswaran, R. K., 2006. Mentorship to Support the Needs of New Faculty Members. Proc. of the 6th Ann. SEAAIR Conf., Malaysia, 5 - 7 Sept.
  24. Ravana, S. D. and Raman, S. N., 2005. A Study on Computer Literacy Levels Among Engineering Undergraduates. Proc. of AEESEAP Int. Conf., Malaysia, 7 - 8 June.
  25. Thangarajo, M. and Ravana, S. D., 2005. Applying Technology and Value Chain Analysis in Advertising. Proc. of The MMU Int. Symposium on Information and Communications Technologies, Malaysia, 24 - 25 Nov.
  26. Hussin, N., Ravana, S. D., Idna, M. Y., Ridzuan, M. N. and Fazmidar, N., 2004. Training for Employability. Persidangan Pendidikan Tinggi ICT Negara - Cabaran Pendidikan ICT Abad ke-21, Malaysia, 20 - 21 May.
  27. Ravana, S. D. and Chan, H. Y., 2004. WebDIET: Customised Prototype of A Web-based Diet System. Proc. of the 6th Int. Conf. on Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services (iiWAS2004): pp.57 - 64, Indonesia, 27 - 29 Sept.
  28. Ravana, S. D. and Cheah, C. H., 2003. Design and Development of a Centralised Online Tourism Package System. Proc. of the Conf. on Computer Integrated System (ConCis): pp.69 - 75, Malaysia, 20 - 21 May.
  29. Ravana, S. D. and Ong, Y. F., 2003. Web-based Employee Evaluation System: A Prototype. Proc. of the 2nd WSEAS Int. Conf. on E-Activities, Singapore, 7 - 9 Dec.

RESEARCH INTEREST

  • Data Communication (Smart Farming, IoT)
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • Data Mining (Data Mining)