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Helping Teachers to Teach and Students to Learn
Helping Teachers to Teach and Students to Learn
Helping Teachers to Teach and Students to Learn
SWATI V. SHINDE, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCoE), Pune, where she serves as Dean of Management Information Systems. She completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University in 2015, following her B.E. (2001) and M.E. (2006) in Computer Engineering.
With 23 years of academic and research experience, Dr. Shinde has dedicated her career to advancing AI education and research. She has published over 142 research papers, including 23 in SCI/Scopus-indexed journals, 9 book chapters, and 5 books with leading international publishers (CRC Press and Elsevier). Her research focuses on Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Artificial Neural Networks, and Soft Computing.
Dr. Shinde is a certified NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute Ambassador and Instructor, training students and professionals in AI technologies. She holds multiple certifications from NPTEL, Coursera, and NVIDIA, demonstrating her commitment to continuous learning. Her innovative work has been widely recognized. She has received six Best Paper Awards at IEEE conferences, the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Women Achievers Award, and the Indo Global Engineering Excellence Award. Her research team developed an AI-enabled cervical cancer screening device that won First Prize at the SERB Conclave, IIT Kanpur.
Dr. Shinde holds 9 patents (3 granted) and 7 copyrights. She has successfully secured major research funding, including a `36 lakh DST project, and has guided Ph.D. students in cutting-edge AI research. Her passion for making AI accessible to all students inspired this book, where she shares decades of teaching experience to help readers master neural networks.
