| Core Discipline | : | Mathematics |
| Areas of Expertise | : | Linear algebra, abstract algebra, wavelet analysis, and harmonic analysis |
| Research Interests | : | Wavelets and related functions |
| Academic Experience | : | |
| Location / Campus | : | Onakkoor campus (Ernakulam) |
Dr. Deepu Benson is a dedicated researcher specializing in Graph Algorithms, Computational Complexity Theory, and Artificial Intelligence. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Palakkad. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Computational Complexity Theory at IIT Gandhinagar. With approximately seven years of research experience, Dr. Deepu has made significant contributions to the field of graph theory, particularly in its applications to operations research. The Theoretical Computer Science group at IIT Palakkad, of which he was a member, currently holds the best-known upper bound for the oriented diameter of undirected graphs. The group also has the best-known bounds for the oriented radius and diameter of mixed multigraphs.
Dr. Deepu has been teaching computer science to undergraduate and postgraduate students for more than eight years and is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Ernakulam, a position he has held since August 2024. His previous academic roles include positions at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally; AWH Engineering College, Calicut; St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai; and Sree Narayana Guru College of Engineering and Technology, Payyanur.
Dr. Deepu has actively contributed to the academic community through numerous paper presentations at esteemed national and international conferences. Notable presentations include the 15th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia (CSR 2020) in June 2020 and the 9th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS) in January 2017. His scholarly contributions extend to various publications in national and international journals. Notable publications include an article titled “An Improvement to Chvátal and Thomassen’s Upper Bound for Oriented Diameter” in the journal Discrete Applied Mathematics (DAM) in December 2021 and an article titled “Improved Bounds for the Oriented Radius of Mixed Multigraphs” in the Journal of Graph Theory (JGT) in August 2023. In addition to his research and teaching endeavors, Dr. Deepu has participated in several workshops and professional development programs, including the Induction Training Programme on Teaching Excellence and Methodologies for Teachers of Engineering Colleges, sponsored by ISTE Kerala Section; the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) Kerala Workshop, organized by Government College of Engineering, Kannur & Chinmaya Institute of Technology, Kannur; and various workshops on theoretical computer science, software tools, and programming languages. Dr. Deepu qualified the UGC-NET in Computer Science and Applications in 2014. He has qualified the GATE exam seven times and the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) three times. His Erdős number is 3.
Dr. Deepu is an avid science and technology communicator. He has written more than 75 articles in various science and technology magazines. Some of his articles are available at https://www.opensourceforu.com/author/deepu-benson/. He maintains a technical blog with more than 200 short articles, available at http://computingforbeginners.blogspot.com/.
Dr. Deepu is a passionate social worker and a founding member of the Galilean Educational & Charitable Trust in Kannur, Kerala. The organization aims to help children suffering from neurodevelopmental challenges such as Down syndrome, autism, and cerebral palsy, as well as victims of Endosulfan poisoning. Dr. Deepu believes in the use of free and open-source technology in special education. Currently, he is leading a group of volunteers who are working to customize an app called Cboard, which is used in special education.
Dr. Deepu’s commitment to advancing knowledge in Graph Algorithms and Complexity Theory, along with his dedication to education, makes him a highly valuable member of the academic community.
EDUCATION
- Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, India – PhD in Computer Science & Engineering
(July 2017 – January 2023) - Government College of Technology, Coimbatore (Anna University),Coimbatore, India – M.E in Computer Science & Engineering(June 2007 – June 2009)
- Vimal Jyothi Engineering College, Chemperi (Kannur University)Kannur, India -B.Tech in Computer Science &Engineering(June 2002 – June 2006)
- Title: An improvement to Chvátal and Thomassen’s upper bound for oriented diameter
Authors: Jasine Babu, Deepu Benson, Deepak Rajendraprasad, and Sai Nishanth Vaka. Journal: Discrete Applied Mathematics, December 2021. - Title: Improved Bounds for the Oriented Radius of Mixed Multigraphs Authors: Jasine Babu, Deepu Benson, and Deepak Rajendraprasad. Journal: Journal of Graph Theory, August 2023.
Papers Presented
- Title: An improvement to Chvátal and Thomassen’s upper bound for oriented diameter
Authors: Jasine Babu, Deepu Benson, Deepak Rajendraprasad, and Sai Nishanth Vaka. Conference: 15th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2020, June 2020. Title: The m-Ranking of nodes in complex networks
Authors: K. Reji Kumar, Shibu Manuel, and Deepu Benson.
Conference: 9th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS), January 2017.
- One-Day Symposium on ‘Data Science’ organized by the Centre for Research and Education in Data Science (CREDS), IIT Palakkad, 22 February 2022.
- Ramanujan Math and IT Conference (RMIT 2019), held at IIIT Bangalore, 29-31, October 2019.
- The Summer School on ‘Gibonacci Family: Ubiquity, Properties, and Applications’, organized by the Koshy Institute Of Mathematics at CMS College, Kottayam, 18 April – 02 May 2018.
- Two-Week ISTE Workshop on ‘Introduction to Design of Algorithms’, conducted by IIT Bombay held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD), 27 April – 30 May, 2015.
- The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) Kerala Workshop, organized by Government College of Engineering Kannur & Chinmaya Institute of Technology, Kannur, 20-21, October 2014.
- Two-Week ISTE Workshop on ‘Computer Programming’, conducted by IIT Bombay held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD), 20 May – 21 June, 2014.
- National Workshop on ‘Probability Theory and its Applications’, sponsored by Indian National Science Academy and organized by the Department of Basic Sciences, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, 28-30, April 2014.
- Workshop on ‘Simulation Tools in Communication System – ns-2’, sponsored by TEQIP Phase II and organized by the the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, 22-24, November 2013.
- Faculty Development Programme on ‘Digital Trends’ organized by TCS Kochi, 09 October 2013.
- One-Day ISTE e-Workshop on ‘Creative Teaching’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with ISTE Kerala Section, 05 October 2013.
- Two-Week ISTE Workshop on ‘Research Methodologies’, conducted by IIT Bombay held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD), 25 June – 04 July, 2012.
- Training on ‘ns-2 Software’, organized by Sharpscript Technology Solutions, Coimbatore, 05-17, January 2012.
- Induction Training Programme on ‘Teaching Excellence and Methodologies for Teachers of Engineering Colleges’, sponsored by ISTE Kerala Section and organized by Government Engineering College, Thrissur, 27 June – 02 July, 2011.
- Faculty Development Programmae on ‘Network Security’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 29-30, March 2009.
- Training Programme on ‘SAP Software’, sponsored by TEQIP and organized by the the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Information Technology, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, 14-24, August 2007.
Workshops Organized
- Coordinator: Two-Day workshop on ‘Programming as Engineering’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 18-19, April 2017.
- Coordinator: One-Day Hands-on workshop on ‘Hadoop’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 11 April 2017.
- Coordinator: One-Day workshop on ‘Rust Programming’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with ACM Kottayam Chapter and Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, 22 February 2017.
- Coordinator: One-Day CSI workshop on ‘Intel Galileo Gen2: System on Chip’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 04 February 2017.
- Coordinator: One-Day CSI workshop on ‘Raspberry Pi 2’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 01 October 2016.
- Coordinator: Two-Day CSI workshop on ‘Raspberry Pi 2’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 18-19, March 2016.
- Teaching Assistant: Two-Week ISTE Workshop on ‘Computer Networking’, conducted by IIT Bombay held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD), 28 May – 5 July, 2014.
- Teaching Assistant: Two-Day ISTE Workshop on ‘Writing Effective Conference Papers’, conducted by IIT Bombay held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD), 18-19, February 2012.
- Teaching Assistant: Two-Week ISTE Workshop on ‘Software Development Techniques for Teachers of Engineering and Science Institutes’, conducted by IIT Bombay held under the National Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD), 05 November – 04 Decmber, 2011.
Workshops Conducted as a Resource Person
- Three-Day Workshop on ‘Advanced Topics in Python’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with ACM Student Chapter and Google Developer Student Clubs (GDSC), 2, 5-6, December 2022.
- Three-Day Online Workshop on ‘Introduction to Python’, as an Add-on Course, organized by the Department of Physics, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, 02-04, February 2022.
- Two-Day Online Workshop on ‘Introduction to Python’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, AWH Engineering College, Calicut, 24-25, May, 2021.
- One-Day workshop on ‘Simulation of Wireless Networks using ns-2’, sponsored by TEQIP-II and organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, T.K.M. College of Engineering, Kollam, 16 February 2019.
- Three-Day Hands-on Workshop on ‘Networking Tools, ns-2, and ns-3’, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, 11-13, August, 2018.
- One-Day Faculty Development Programme on ‘LaTeX and Network Simulation’, sponsored by TEQIP-II and organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Adoor, 31 March 2017.
- Two-Day Hands-on Training Programme on ‘Wireless Communication Networks and Simulation using ns-3’, organized by SDM College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka, 28 February & 01 March, 2017.
- One-Day Workshop on ‘C++ Programming’, in connection with the UGC aided Add-on Course on ‘Electrical and Electronic Equipment Maintenance’, organized by the Department of Physics, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad, 09 February 2017.
- Three-Day Faculty Development Programme on ‘Wireless Communication Networks using ns-3’, sponsored by TEQIP and organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering and Technology (BVBCET), Hubballi, Karnataka, 5-7, January, 2017.
- Two-Day Hands-on Workshop on ‘Simulation of Networks using ns-3’, oraganized by the Department of Computer Science & IT, Amrita School of Arts & Sciences, Kochi, in association with Computer Society of India (CSI), 14-15, November 2016.
- Faculty Development Programme on ‘Computer Simulation and Visualization Tools for Research’, at Govt. Model Engineering College, Ernakulam, organized by IHRD, Thiruvananthapuram, 12 July 2016.
- Two-Day Faculty Development Programme ‘Workshop on Network Simulators- ns-2 & ns-3’, sponsored by TEQIP-II and organized by College of Engineering, Cherthala, 09-10, February 2016.
- Three-Day ACM Workshop on ‘LaTeX Typesetting Tool & Technical Paper Writing’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with ACM Student Chapter. 27-29, October 2015.
- TEQIP-II Sponsored Faculty Development Programme on ‘Network Simulator 3’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, College of Engineering, Kidangoor, 17-18, September 2015.
- Two-Day CSI Workshop on ‘Network Simulation: ns-2 & ns-3’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 20-21, August 2015.
- One-Day Workshop on ‘LaTeX Software’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Musaliar College of Engineering & Technology, Pathanamthitta, 01 July 2015.
- ISTE Workshop on ‘LaTeX- Typesetting Tool’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with ISTE Kerala Section, 1-4, December 2014 & 22-23, January 2015.
- Six-Day CSI Workshop on ‘LaTeX- Typesetting Tool’, organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, in association with CSI Cochin Chapter, 7-8, 11-12, 19-20, November 2013.
- Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Ernakulam (August 2024 to present) Assistant Professor (Computer Science & Engineering)
- Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally, (August 2013 – July 2017, September 2022 – December 2023) Assistant Professor (Computer Science & Engineering) Taught the following papers prescribed by the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, for B. Tech students.
- Discrete Computational Structures
- Reinforcement Learning
- Foundations of Computer Science
- Introduction to C Programming
- Theory of Computation
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Objected Oriented Programming with C++
- Parallel Algorithms
- Virtualization Systems
- AWH Engineering College, Calicut (December 2012 – May 2013) Assistant Professor (Computer Science & Engineering) Taught the following paper prescribed by the University of Calicut, for B. Tech students.
- Data Structures and Algorithms
- St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai (June 2011 – July 2012) Assistant Professor (Computer Science & Engineering) Taught the following paper prescribed by the Mahatma Gandhi University,Kottayam for B. Tech students.
- Fundamentals of Computer Science
- Compiler Design
- Sree Narayana Guru College of Engineering and Technology, Payyanur(November 2009 – November 2010) Lecturer (Computer Science & Engineering) Taught the following papers prescribed by the Kannur University for B. Tech students.
- Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- Introduction to Java Programming
- Principles of Programming Languages
- Theory of Computation
- Computer Society of India (CSI). June 2015 – June 2017
- Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). – Life Member. June 2016 – Present
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). – Professional Member. June 2016 – May 2017
- Paper Reviewer for the 9th Annual International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM 2023), organized by Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, 09-11, February 2023.
- Counselor for the CSI student chapter of Amal Jyothi College of Engieneering, Kanjirappally, June 2015 – June 2017.
- Paper Reviewer for the International Conference ‘Global Colloquium on Recent Advancements and Effectual Researches in Engineering, Science, and Technology (RAEREST’16) organized by St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, 22-23, April 2016.
- Session Chair for National Conference on Research in Emerging Areas (Nacore-16), sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, in association with ISTE Kerala Section and organized by Amal Jyothi College of Engieneering, Kanjirappally, 28-30, January 2016.
- Paper Reviewer for National Conference on Research in Emerging Areas (Nacore-16), sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, in association with ISTE Kerala Section and organized by Amal Jyothi College of Engieneering, Kanjirappally, 28-30, January 2016.
- Paper Reviewer for the Kerala Technological Congress (KETCON 2016) jointly organized by the APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala and Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Thiruvananthapuram, held at Amal Jyothi College of Engieneering, Kanjirappally, 08-09, January 2016.
- Session Chair for the National Conference ‘Recent Advances in Computer Science and Information Engineering (RACIE’14) organized by the the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai, 15 March 2014.