Dr. Rama Abirami received her Doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna  University, Chennai, India, in 2018. She completed her Master of Engineering degree in  Software Engineering from Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, India, in 2011 and  Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, 
Chennai, India, in 2009. She is currently working as a Lecturer I in the School of Engineering  and Technology, PSB Academy, Singapore. She completed her Visiting Post-Doctoral 
Fellowship in Cyber Security at the University of Western Santa Catarina (Universidade do Oeste de Santa Catarina – UNOESC), Brazil, in 2024. She has over 14 years of teaching 
experience and her research area in the field of Network Security, Cyber Security and Machine learning. She is a Senior Member of IEEE and a member of WiCyS, ISTE, and IAENG. She 
has five patent publications and one patent grant. She has published one book under the title  “The Spirit of C Programming”. She has published several research papers in refereed journals 
and conferences. She is an active reviewer in various Springer and Elsevier journals.

Academic History
• Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Cyber Security), University of Western Santa  Catarina, Brazil, South America ,2024
• PhD (Information & Communication Engineering), Anna University, Chennai, India,  2018
• Master of Engineering (Software Engineering), Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, India 2011
• Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering), Dhanalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, India 2009

Working Experiences
1. Lecturer, Curtin University, Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia (October 2023 to December 2025)
2. Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management, Bengaluru, Karnataka,  India (April 2022- Sep 2023)
3. Associate Professor, Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India (June 2019-Feb 2022)
4. Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), KPR Institute of Engineering & Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India (June 2018-April 2019)
5. Assistant Professor, PSNA College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, Tamilnadu (June 2014-May 2018)
6. Assistant Professor, Akshaya College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu (June 2011-March 2014

Research Grants
• Curtin Malaysia Teaching Innovation Project (CMTIP) 2024, Teddy OS: An Instructional platform for a Collaborative Learning Playground for Operating Systems, Project Leader, RM 2200.
• Curtin Malaysia Teaching Support (CMTS) 2024, Unlocking Unix and C Mastery in the Coding Arena: The Coding Contest, Project Leader, RM 1500.
Cybersecurity Certification EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker (ECH), Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI), EC-Council Certified Security Specialist (ECSS), and Certified Network Defender (CND).

Selected Publications
1. P. Prakash, V. Sakthivel, K. Rama Abirami, S. M. K. Paruchuri and M. S. Tallapalli, "Revolutionizing PDF Q&A with Local LLMs and Privacy-Enhanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation," 2025 International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Sustainable Technology (GECOST), Miri Sarawak, Malaysia, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/GECOST66002.2025.11324623.
2. S. Sivsakthiselvan, S. Pavithra, K. Sundaram, H. Y. Chiew and K. Rama Abirami, "A Trust-Enabled Edge-Assisted Depth-Based Protocol for Reliable and Secure Data Transmission in Underwater IoT," 2025 International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Sustainable Technology (GECOST), Miri Sarawak, Malaysia, 2025, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/GECOST66002.2025.11324819.
3. Sylvia Law Hui Ling,W. K. Wong, Lenin Gopal,I. M. Chew, Rama Abirami K, “ Power transformer health index (HI) prediction using Kolmogorov-Arnold Network”, IET Conference Proceedings, Vol. 2024, Iss. 30, pp 77–82, 11-13 December 2024.
https://doi.org/10.1049/icp.2025.0237 (Best paper award)
4. Rama Abirami K, Tiago Zonta and Mithileysh Sathiyanarayanan, “A Holistic Review on Detection of Malicious Browser Extensions and Links using Deep Learning,” 2024 IEEE 3rd International Conference on AI in Cybersecurity (ICAIC), Houston, TX, USA, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICAIC60265.2024.10433842. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10433842.
5. Yuvaraj Natarajan, Gitanjali Wadhwa, Sri Preethaa K R and Karthic Sundaram and Rama Abirami K, “Advancing Sustainable IoT Appliance Load Monitoring Through Edge-Enabled Federated Transfer Learning”, International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Sustainable Technology 2024 held between 17th to 19th January 2024. (Best Paper Award)

6. Sakthivel V, Jueying Li, Rama Abirami K, Dugki Min, Jae Woo Lee, Eunmi Choi, “STaaS: Cost Effective and Scalable Union Mounting in ICP for Aerospace Applications”, International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Sustainable Technology 2024 held between 17th to 19th January 2024.
7. S. Oswalt Manoj, K. Rama Abirami, Akila Victor, Monika Arya, “Automatic Detection And Categorization Of Skin Lesions For Early Diagnosis of Skin Cancer Using Yolo-V3-Dcnn Architecture”, Image Analysis & Stereology, Vol.42:Pp.101-117, July 2023, doi: 105566/ias.2773.
8. P.Ramya, B.Deepa, R.Nirmala, Malathi Murugesan, K. Rama Abirami, and S.Kannadhasan, “Multimode Textile Array Antenna for Millimeter Wave Wearable Applications”, Journal of Communications (Scopus),vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 941-947, November 2022. (IF: 4.19), ISSN: 2374-4367, http://www.jocm.us/list-278-1.html.
9. K. Rama Abirami, M.G. Sumithra, “Preventing the Impact of Selfish Behavior under MANET using Neighbor Credit Value Based AODV Routing Algorithm”, Springer Sadhana – Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science, vol.no.43, no. 4, April 2018 – (SCIE)Impact Factor (2021) -1.214. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-018-0803-4.ISSN: 09737677
10. K. Rama Abirami, M.G. Sumithra, “Evaluation of Neighbor Credit Value Based AODV Routing Algorithms for Selfish Node Behavior Detection”, Springer, Cluster Computing- The Journal of Networks Software Tools and Applications, Volume 22; No. 1; Pages 13307-13316; November 2019. (SCIE) Impact Factor (2021) – 2.203. DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10586-018-1851-6.ISSN: 1386-7857