MANINDER JEET KAUR

82 Castlehill Road
Brampton, Ontario, Canada
+1 416 – 277- 6055 | mani356@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-maninder-jeet-kaur-76668413/
Status in Canada – Permanent Resisdent

Dear Hiring Team,

I am very excited to apply for the position of Associate Vice President, Program and Academic Quality as
advertised on your department website I am extremely interested in obtaining this position at Conestoga
College, where I can contribute to its focus on administration tasks and lead campus and professional service
activities. I would love to share my expertise and experience in education, research and development to ensure
integration of teaching technologies, inclusive learner-focused pedagogy and faculty development and
research within the School of Applied Computer Science and Information Technology as per its policies and
priorities.

I was working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Engineering at Amity University Dubai for
last 5 years (since September 2014). I am Canadian PR and have moved to Canada recently. I have joined the
Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Canada as a part-time Faculty. My academic training and over
10 years of experience working as an Assistant Professor, Visiting Research Assistant and Lecturer in various
organizations prepared me well for this position. My doctoral dissertation was conducted in consultation with
Dr. David Grace, University of York, United Kingdom as I was a visiting research associate at the Department
of Electronics in the University of York (Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship funded by British Council).
My doctoral work tried to explore the use of different soft computing techniques to solve spectrum
management issues (Cognitive Radio). It focused on specifically fuzzy logic and genetic algorithm to help
make the decision making processes in cognitive radio to improve performance and thus provide better QoS
provisioning. I have extended that work and I am doing active research in the field of Artificial Intelligence,
Smart Cities, Big Data, Data Visualization and the Internet of Things. You can review some of my
publications here on this link (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rqTxRDwAAAAJ&hl=en) and same
are listed in my CV as well.

At Amity, I supervised around 20 undergraduate projects, 22 undergraduate thesis and 3 graduate Masters
(Students are considered actively supervised if they were under supervision for at least one semester - 4
Months of that year). I was actively involved with the Amity Training Department, which gave me rich
experience working with cross-functional and international teams and taught me the importance of building
trusted relationships. Through this role, I launched and expanded new research ethics training efforts to
promote research and development across departments and other universities as well.

I would enjoy discussing this position with you. I would be glad to come down to your office and meet you
at your convenience. In the meantime, I am enclosing my curriculum vitae for your consideration. If you
require any additional materials or information. I am happy to supply it. Thank you so much for consideration.

Regards
Maninder
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Maninder Jeet Kaur
January 2020

EDUCATION ___________________________________________________
2008 - 2013 Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Ph.D.
Major: Computer Science Engineering
Advisor: Professor Moin Uddin
(Research work at University of York, United Kingdom –
Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship)

2005 - 2007 Punjab Agricultural University, M.Tech

Major: Computer Science Engineering

2001 - 2005 Punjab Technical University, B.Tech

Major: Electronics and Communication Engineering

EMPLOYMENT ________________________________________
December 2019 – Till date Education Professional (Part-Time), Institute of Robotics and
Intelligent Systems, Canada

 Develop, acquire and provide resources, ideas and best practices for teaching methods.
 Provide Teaching Consultations and participate in student feedback session to evaluate
effectiveness of faculty teaching.
 Provide information and prepare report as and when needed.
 Work collaboratively with the executive team to develop an in-depth understanding of the
opportunities and challenges facing the business and balance planning and delivering on future
information technology requirements with the implementation, maintenance and performance of
current infrastructure and systems.
 Leading a customer focused information systems and records management department including
network administration and help desk support and clerical administrators.
 Managing the information systems and records management expense budgets to contribute to a
cost-effective operation and analyzing the costs, value and risks of information technology
purchases for the institute.

September 2014 - Assistant Professor, Amity University Dubai

August 2019

Academic Responsibilities –
 Plan and deliver lectures to students. Participate in the preparation and implementation of
department academic plans.
 Developing and promoting best practices in teaching and learning in accordance with Universal
Design for Learning (UDL) which aims to meet the needs of every student in the class.
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 Worked with Dean, Associate Deans and Faculty to plan, develop, implement, assess and
improve courses, programs and services that support the universities missions.
 Monitor issues and concerns related to student affairs and direct activities for the enhancement of
student learning within the department.
 Develop and sustain appropriate structures for management, consultation, decision-making, and
communication with staff and students.
 Assisting integration of educational technology for instructional and course design and teaching.
 Accomplish the college/university’s objectives concerning students in respect of admission
inclusive of instruction, progress, and examination.
 Develop course design and identify needs consistently for revision of curriculum.
 Manage and preserve students’ records of achievements.
 Developing educational development programing for enhanced teaching and learning.
 Supervise academic advising of students in department programs.
 Propose and implement policies within the department to enhance research activities and
academic development.
 Follow-up on the assessment and quality assurance of academic programs within the department
 Integrating and promoting inclusive education environment for learning.
 Experience working with different learning management systems like Banner, Moodle and
Brightspace.
 Understanding of new media, visual communication, e-learning and the need to equip students
with the varied skills to succeed in their career.
 Part of the graduation management team to manage and oversee the preparations of the team for
graduation ceremony.
 Experience working with people from different ethnic backgrounds.

Supervisory and Managerial Responsibilities –

 Participate in the accreditation process and document preparation for the related academic
programs.
 Provide leadership and support to a team of skilled IT professionals while establishing a
collaborative and performance driven culture.
 Research new solutions and emerging technologies and recommend how these solutions and
technologies can improve the education management in the university.
 Ensure reliable day-to-day operation of the technology infrastructure and systems.

Technological Responsibilities –
 Determine how to enhance the current and future use of tools in areas such as document and
knowledge management.
 Ensure the Microsoft, cloud-based environment (SharePoint Online/Office265/Azure) functions
optimally.
 Assess IT risks and design. Implement and test business continuity and disaster recovery
procedures to mitigate those risks.
 Developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure the protection of university’s IT
assets and the integrity, security and privacy of corporate and personal information. Sound
knowledge of information privacy and security, including PCI-DSS compliance, data
classifications, authentication and authorization management and cyber security.
 Ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements as they relate to technology.
 Developing and monitor the annual operating and capital budgets for IT and supporting university
infrastructure.
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September 2010 - Visitor Research Assistant, University of York, United Kingdom

August 2011
 Strong research profile
 Teaching assistantship with proven ability to use technology in teaching.
 Familiarization with the current practices and research pertaining to innovative undergraduate
curricula.
 Getting good understanding of the role of the university in economic development.
 Experience in working with people from different ethnic backgrounds.
 Experience in web design, beginner level of technical skills in web development (Wordpress/Drupal).
 Experience in translating technical content into clear communication.
 Strong experience in writing, editing and publishing research papers.
 Demonstrated strong skills and ability to convey complex ideas, trends and information in analytical
way.
 Familiar with planning ahead and forecast timelines and ability to negotiate timelines with colleagues
in other departments.

July 2007 - Senior Lecturer, Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of

December 2007 Technology

 Teaching/ Training at tertiary level

 Experience in developing course curriculum as per accreditation and international standards.
 Excellent presentation skills both in theoretical and practical. Demonstrated competency to
interact with people at all levels within the organization.
 Participating in onboarding processes to prepare faculty for their role as teachers.
 Working with Dean and Head of Department and Office of Research Support to promote and
support research activities.
 Ensure the activities of the office are in alignment with accreditation guidelines.
 Taught all programming languages – SQL, MySQL, Javascript, ASP, HTML, XML, PHP,
Oracle, Application programming interfaces.

HONORS AND AWARDS ___________________________________________

2010 Commonwealth Split-Site Doctoral Fellowship by British Council

At University of York, United Kingdom
Advisor – Dr. David Grace

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND SERVICES _________________________

Editorial Board/Ad-hoc Reviewer
International Journal of Next-Generation Networks (IJNGN)
International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems
International Journal of Learning Teaching and Educational Research
International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications
International Journal of Electronics Security and Digital Forensics (IJESDF)
International Research Journal of Telecommunications and Info Technology
Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
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Professional Organization Member

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Vice-Chair (Power Electronics/Solid-State Circuits/Circuit and System Society)
UAE Chapter

Committee Member
NAM-SAT Conference 2017
ICCIKE 2019 – Publication Chair
ICCSRE – Technical Program Committee

Committee Member
Netacad Manager for Amity University Dubai

HONOURS AND AWARDS _________________________________________

Split Site PhD Commonwealth Scholarship 2010 funded by British Council

STUDENT PROJECTS_____________________________________________

1. Hand Gesture Game Simulator with Raspberry Pi using ADXL345 accelerometer to

simulate better gaming experience. Supports All Windows Games funtioning over WiFi.

2. Smart Mirror for better lifestyle – paper has been published mentioned in publications.

TEACHING INTERESTS __________________________________________

Lectures: Wireless technology, Cellular Communication and GSM, Database Management

Systems, Machine learning, Computer Architecture and Organization, Mobile Computing,
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks, Genetic Algorithm, Wearable Computing, Fuzzy
Logic, Soft Computing Techniques, Human Computer Interaction. MATLAB.

SKILL SET_____________________________________________________
 10+ years experience in reseach design, data collection and retrieval, statistical analysis
and modeling and reporting.
 Familarity with disemmination of data and statistical packages (SPSS, R Python etc.)
 Familarity with data visualization and business intelligence softwares (Tableau, Power BI
etc)
 Excellent technical writing skills. Ability to present large amounts of technical
information clearly to senior administrators.
 Strong interpersoanl and collaboration skills, including ability to navigate sensitive
relationships and environments.
 Familiar with grant/funding application processes and budget planning.
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VOLUNTEERING________________________________________________
1. Dubai Club for People of Determination – Dec 2017
2. Volunteer – Art of Living
3. Volunteer – Dubai Cares – 2017
4. Beach Clean drive – Dubai – 2018
5. UAE Special Olympics – March 2019

PUBLICATIONS ___________________________________________________

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES AND INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

Maninder Jeet Kaur, M. Uddin and H. K. Verma (2010), “Analysis of Decision Making Operation In Cognitive Radio
Using Fuzzy Logic System”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Foundation of Computer Science (0975-
8887), Vol. 4(No.10), pages 35-39.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, M. Uddin and H. K. Verma (2011), “The Role of Cognitive Radio in 4G
Communications”, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, Vol. 2(No. 2),
pages 108-112.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, M. Uddin and H. K. Verma (2012), “Performance evaluation of multichannel cognitive radio using
CSMA/TDMA”, International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering (IJSCE), Vol. 2(No. 3), pages 145-149.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, M. J., H. K. Verma and M. Uddin (2012), “QoS Provisioning in Cognitive Radio Using Soft
Computing Techniques”, International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Information Security, Vol. 3(No. 5),
pages 51-63.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, M. Uddin and H. K. Verma (2012), “Optimization of QoS Parameters in Cognitive Radio using
Adaptive Genetic Algorithm”, International Journal of Next- Generation Networks (AIRCC), Vol. 4(No. 2), pages 276-
285.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, H. K. Verma and M. Uddin (2012), “QoS Provisioning in Channel Allocation Strategy in Cognitive
Radio Using Fuzzy Logic”, International Journal of Machine Intelligence and Sensory Signal Processing (Inderscience),
Vol. 1, No. 3, 2014, pp 215-224.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Handover Mechanism in IEEE 802.22 WRAN”, International Journal of Advanced Information
Science and Technology, ISSN: 2319:2682, Vol.40, No.40, August 2015, August 2015, pp 78-82.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, P. Maheshwari, S. Anand (2017), “Smart Mirror: A Reflective Interface to Maximize
Productivity,” International Journal of Computer Applications (IJCA), Volume 166 – Number 9, pp 30-35. May 2017.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, M. Uddin and H. K. Verma (2010), “Performance evaluation of QoS parameters in Cognitive
Radio Using Genetic Algorithm”, International Conference on Computer, Electrical, and Systems Science, and
Engineering, WASET, Vol. 70, pages 957-962.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Spectrum Management in IEEE 802.22 WRAN - A Survey”, Proc. Of The 3rd World Congress on
Computer Applications and Information Systems, N&N Global Technology, 2016.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, P. Maheshwari, “Building Smart Cities Applications using IoT and Cloud-based Architectures”,
IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics and Computer Systems (CIICS), 2016.

Maninder Jeet Kaur, Ved P Mishra, “Analysis of Big Data Cloud Computing Environment on Healthcare Organizations
by implementing Hadoop Clusters” IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Trends, Nov 28-29, 2018.
10.1109/CTIT.2018.8649546
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Maninder Jeet Kaur, Piyush Maheshwari, “Comparison Study of Big Data Processing Systems for IoT Cloud
Environment” IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Trends, Nov 28-29, 2018,
10.1109/CTIT.2018.8649502

Insha Meeraj, Piyush Maheshwari, Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Data Conversion from Traditional Relational Database to
MongoDB using XAMPP and NoSQL” IEEE International Conference on Information Technology Trends, Nov 28-29,
2018.

Sadia Riaz, Rida Ansari, Badriya Abdul Jaffar, Maninder Jeet Kaur, Arif Mushtaq, “Datamining to alert the formation of
women objectification stereotypes in video games” 2019 Amity International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
(AICAI), 4-6 Feb, 10.1109/AICAI.2019.8701256

Sadia Riaz, Rubia Mehreen, Maninder Jeet Kaur, Arif Mushtaq, “Framework to measure mental distress caused by
economic crisis” 2019 Amity International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AICAI), 10.1109/AICAI.2019.8701417

Sadia Riaz, Sandhya Java, Fathima Linsha Basheer, Maninder Jeet Kaur, Arif Mushtaq, “Detection of Online
manipulation to prevent users’ victimization” 2019 Amity International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AICAI),
10.1109/AICAI.2019.8701330

Sadia Riaz, Maninder Jeet Kaur, Arif Mushtaq, “Internet Addiction Disorder: Outcome of Social Disorientation and
psychological disorder based on Boostrapping procedure” [Communicated]

Aliya Sheikh, Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Comprehensive Survey of Massive MIMO for 5G Communications” 2019
Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET) 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714426

Prashanth, Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Review of security in Mobile Edge Computing with Deep Learning” 2019 Advances in
Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET) doi: 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714349

Sadia Riaz, Arif Mushtaq, Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Intelligent Tutoring for Informed Feedback in Interactive Learning
Environments” 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET),
10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714555

Ved P Mishra, Joanita Dsouza, Laura Elezabeth, Nibhrita Tiwari and Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Business Intelligence and
Security-The Process Mining Approach” 2018 International Conference on Computational Techniques, Electronics and
Mechanical Systems (CTEMS), 10.1109/CTEMS.2018.8769142

Nibhrita Tiwari, Ved P Mishra, Joanita Dsouza, Laura Elezabeth and Maninder Jeet Kaur, “Study and Comparison of
OCS and Hybrid Switching in FSO Data Centers” 2018 International Conference on Computational Techniques,
Electronics and Mechanical Systems (CTEMS), 10.1109/CTEMS.2018.8769242, 10.1109/CTEMS.2018.8769242

S. Yogeshwaran, Maninder Jeet Kaur, Piyush Maheshwari “Predicting Bit coin prices using Deep Learning, 2019 IEEE
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) [10.1109/EDUCON.2019.8725091

Book Chapters -

Maninder Jeet Kaur (2018) A Comprehensive Survey on Architecture for Big Data Processing in Mobile Edge
Computing Environments, Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99061-3_3

Maninder Jeet Kaur, Ved P Mishra, Piyush Maheshwari 2018, ‘The Convergence of Digital Twin, IoT and Machine
Learning (AI): Transforming data into action’, Book Name – Digital Twin Technologies and Smart Cities by Springer
[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030-18732-3]

Maninder Jeet Kaur - Kaur M.J., Riaz S., Mushtaq A. (2020) Cyber-Physical Cloud Computing Systems and Internet of
Everything. In: Peng SL., Pal S., Huang L. (eds) Principles of Internet of Things (IoT) Ecosystem: Insight Paradigm.
Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 174. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33596-0_8