Faculty Profile for Dr. Heena Rathore
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Dr. Heena Rathore
Assistant Professor — Computer Science
CMAL COMAL 309E
phone: (512) 245-3409
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Heena Rathore is an Assistant Professor at Texas State University. Academically, she has worked as Assistant Professor of Instruction at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University, Texarkana. She also worked as a Data Scientist and Program Manager at Hiller Measurements in Austin, Texas. Prior to that, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher for the US-Qatar Joint Collaborative Project between Temple University, University of Idaho, and Qatar University. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering on a Tata Consultancy Services Research scholarship at the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur India. She has been the winner of a number of prestigious awards including REYA Award, Educationist Empowering India, IEEE R5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Award, IEEE Achievements Award, Young Engineer Award, Global Engineering Impact Award and Graphical System Design Achievement Award. She was also featured on TedX, Qatar held by TedXAlDafnaEd in Qatar and her work is covered in professional and major trade publications, major media, such as IEEE.TV, Microwave Journal, Everything RF, Financial Express, Science Reporter, the Times of India, and India Today. She is IEEE senior member and Chair of IEEE EMBS chapter, Lone Star Section.Teaching Interests
Computer security, cryptography, programming languagesResearch Interests
Security, cyber physical systems, cognitive AI, biologically inspired systemsSelected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Agarwal, H., & Rathore, H. (2024). BGRL: Basal Ganglia inspired Reinforcement Learning based framework for deep brain stimulators. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 147, 102736. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2023.102736
- Voce, G., Griffith, H., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Avoiding False Social Conformity in Majority- Malicious Connected Vehicle Networks Employing Consensus-Based Reputation Estimates.
- Chowdhary, P. J., Griffith, H., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Detecting and Mitigating Colluding Attacks in Connected Vehicles Using Reinforcement Learning.
- Chowdhary, P. J., Griffith, H., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). A Multi-Level Dempster-Shafer and Reinforcement Learning-Based Reputation System for Connected Vehicle Security.
- Saaid, Y., Rathore, H., & Griffith, H. (n.d.). Advancing Skill-Based Pathways to Good Jobs in Artificial Intelligence at Community Colleges. IEEE.
Selected Awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: REYA Award, Recognizing Excellence in Young Alumni. 2021
- Award / Honor Recipient: Educationist Empowering India. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE R5 Outstanding Individual Achievement Award. 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Global Engineering Impact Award (Advanced Research Category) for “Machine Learning on FPGA for Secure Cyber-Physical Systems”, NI. 2019
- Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE Achievement Awards for or Commitment, Dedication and Contribution towards IEEE. 2019
Selected Grants
- Griffith, Henry, Rathore, Heena. Enhancing Interest in Research Computing Pathways using Generative AI, Tensorflow, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $10000. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2024). Grant.
- Rathore, Heena. AI and Healthcare Workshop, IEEE EMBS, Technical professional organization, $1000. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: 2024). Grant.
- Metsis, Vangelis (Principal), Ngu, Hee Hiong (Co-Principal), Guirguis, Mina S (Supporting), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Supporting), Hou, Tao (Supporting), Lee, Chul Ho (Supporting), Rathore, Heena (Supporting), Wang, Lu (Supporting). High Performance Computing GPU Server for Machine Learning Research, Materials Application Research Center (MARC), Texas State University, $49512. (Submitted: September 7, 2022, Funded: 2022 - 2023). Grant.
- Rathore, Heena. Cooperative Neuro-Inspired Actor Critic Model for Anomaly Detection in Connected Vehicles, NSF CRII, Federal, $174998. (Submitted: 2022, Funded: July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2024). Grant.
- Yang, Kecheng (Principal), Ngu, Hee Hiong (Co-Principal), Chen, Xiao (Supporting), Islam, Tanzima Z (Supporting), Metsis, Vangelis (Supporting), Hou, Tao (Supporting), Rathore, Heena (Supporting), Wang, Lu (Supporting), Queiroz de Farias, Mylene Christine (Supporting), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Supporting). REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Edge Computing, National Science Foundation (NSF), Federal, $389995. (Submitted: August 2021, Funded: March 1, 2022 - February 28, 2025). Grant.