About

Brief profile:

Dr. Nidhi Manan Patel is an accomplished academician serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Sardar Vallabhbhai Global University (SVGU), with over 15 + years of teaching experience in higher education. Her areas of expertise include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Explainable AI, with a focused research contribution in early-stage heart disease prediction using advanced hybrid machine learning models. She is committed to academic excellence through outcome-based education, experiential learning, and the effective integration of research with teaching. She has published several research papers in reputed journals and international conferences and actively contributes to collaborative research initiatives. She is also dedicated to student mentorship, project guidance, and fostering a research-driven academic environment that encourages innovation, critical thinking, and professional development. 

Names of previous Industry Affiliations:

1. Digicorp Pvt. Ltd.
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Names of previous Academic Affiliations:

1. L.J. Institute of Computer Application (LJMCA)
2. SAL Education Campus

Subjects Taught:

Artificial intelligence, advance java, core java, mobile computing and wireless communication, information and network security, .net technology, web technologies, c & c++, service oriented architecture, database management system

Patent
1.  “hsm-xai: a smart system for prediction of heart disease,” indian patent application no. 202521050229a, filed may 26, 2025, published jun. 13, 2025.
 
Book authored
1. operating systems, scientific international publishing house, isbn: 978-93-6674-976-1, may 2025.
 
Journal and conference publications
1. “hsm-xai: hybrid stacking model with explainable ai for heart disease prediction,” utilitas mathematica, vol. 122, jun. 2025. (scopus indexed)
2. “improving cardiac disease prognosis through machine learning: an extensive examination of algorithms and predictive models,” in proc. International conference on advancements in smart, secure and intelligent computing (assic), ieee, 2024.
3. “heart disease prediction using machine learning techniques,” iapqr transactions, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 74-82, 2024.
4. “a way to predict heart disease using machine learning,” gradiva review journal, vol. 8, no. 7, 2022.
5. “an approach towards woman safety: safegirl application,” international journal of research and analytical reviews (ijrar), 2019.
6. “a study on various aspects of tweetads,” journal of emerging technologies and innovative research (jetir), 2018.
7. “study on issues in managing and protecting data of iot,” international journal for scientific research and development (ijsrd), 2017.
 
Conference publications
8. “interpretable artificial intelligence for high-stakes medical decision making,” in proc. International conference on emerging technologies (icet), gandhinagar university, 2025.
9. “a survey paper on security aspects of art treasure: an android application,” in proc. Ijirst national conference on latest trends in networking and cyber security, 2017.
10. “a survey: security and payment issues in stay n play,” in proc. Ijirst national conference on latest trends in networking and cyber security, 2017.
11. “survey paper on security issues in e-commerce pathology,” in proc. Ijirst national conference, 2017.
12. “a survey on security issues of in-secure apis of cloud,” in proc. Ijirst national conference, 2017.
13. “a survey on cloud computing,” in proc. Ijirst national conference, 2017.
14. “big data concern with web applications: the growth enhancement for free venture proposal,” in proc. Ijirst national conference, 2017.
15. “anomaly detection using reverse proxy,” in proc. Salcon national conference, 2013.
 
Reviewer experience
1. Technical committee member and reviewer, Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security (ascis), 2025.
2. Technical committee member and reviewer, Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security (ascis), 2024.
3. Technical committee member and reviewer, Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security  (ASCIS), 2023.
4. Technical committee member and reviewer, Advancements in Smart Computing and Information Security (ascis), 2022.

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