Gene-Based Predictive Modelling for Enhanced Detection of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Using CNN-Based DL Algorithm

S. Jothimani received her M.Tech. degree in Mainframe from Anna University in 2013 and is now pursuing a PhD in machine learning. She works as an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, Erode. She has 13 years of teaching experience. Her research interests are machine learning, cloud computing, image processing, and networking. She has published 4 papers in SCI in reputed journals and 10 in Scopus-indexed journals. She has also published three chapters and two books. In addition, she published four patents.

Dr. G. Sathish Kumar is currently working as an associate professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore. He completed his Ph.D. under the faculty of Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, in 2022 and received supervisory recognition from Anna University, Chennai, in 2023. Prior to his doctoral studies, he attained his Master’s degree and Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. He has 9 years of teaching experience. In addition, he worked as a systems engineer at TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), Chennai, for 1.2 years. Dr. G. Sathish Kumar’s research interests encompass data mining, machine learning, soft computing, optimisation techniques, and cloud computing. He has published six papers in reputed SCI journals (Elsevier and Springer) and eleven papers in Scopus-indexed journals. He has published two book chapters and four patents. He is a lifelong member of technical societies like ISTE and IETE.

Thippa Reddy Gadekallu is currently working as a professor at The College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Zhejiang A&F University, Hangzhou 311300, China, as well as an adjunct professor at the Division of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India, and also as an adjunct professor at the Centre of Research Impact and Outcome, Chitkara University, Punjab, India. He obtained his Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Nagarjuna University, India, in 2003; his Masters in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2011; and his Ph.D. from Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India, in 2017. He has more than 15 years of experience in teaching. He has more than 200 international and national publications in reputed journals and conferences. Currently, his areas of research include machine learning, the Internet of Things, deep neural networks, blockchain, and computer vision. He is an editor for several publishers, like Springer, Hindawi, Plosone, Scientific Reports (Nature), and Wiley. He also acted as a guest editor for several reputed publishers, like IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Hindawi, and MDPI. He was recently recognised as one of the top 2% of scientists in the world, as per the survey conducted by Elsevier in the years 2021, 2022, and 2023. He is also recognised as a highly cited researcher in the young scientist category by Clarivate for the period 2017–2022.