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Dr. Heena Rathore

  • Assistant Professor - Computer Science
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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

Research Interests

  • Carter, Kamarie B, Adi, Mohamad Nadim, Perkins, Alexandra Gonzenbach, Royal, Cindy L, Evans, Mark William, Burke, Patricia Jean, Shroff, Piyush Ravindra, Hustvedt, Gwendolyn, Rathore, Heena, Blasingame, Dale C, King, Jennifer Anne, Van Loan, Zengara A, Moon, KeriAnne Mauch, Forsythe, Michelle Elizabeth, Taylor, Adrienne, Mondal, Sejuti. CAP: Expanding AI Curriculum and Infrastructure at Texas State University to Advance Interdisciplinary Research and Grow a Diverse AI Workforce, NSF, Federal, $1500. (Funded: December 2025 - Present). 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, 2026). Grant.
  • Griffith, Henry, Rathore, Heena. Empowering Pathways: Enabling Research Computing Careers for Underrepresented Students at Two-Year Institutions, Google exploreCSR, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $125000. (Funded: 2024 - Present). Grant.
  • Rathore, Heena. AI and Healthcare Workshop, IEEE EMBS, Technical professional organization, $5000. (Submitted: 2024, Funded: 2024 - 2026). Grant.
  • Griffith, Henry, Rathore, Heena. Enhancing Interest in Research Computing Pathways using Generative AI, Tensorflow, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $10000. (Submitted: 2023, Funded: 2024). Grant.
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  • Das, R., Griffith, H. K., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Distinguishing Sensor Faults and Malicious Attacks in Connected Vehicles Using Machine Learning.
  • Ganesh, R., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Scaling MLFFN-based Lexicon Generation for Trustworthy and Explainable Cyber Physical Systems.
  • Tripathi, S., Rajesh, T., Griffith, H. K., & Rathore, H. (n.d.). Paragraph-Level Hallucination Detection and Correction for Trustworthy Large Language Models in Networked Systems.
  • Rathore, H. (n.d.). Trust is the Bottleneck.
  • Rathore, H., Chowdhary, P., & Griffith, H. (2025). Asessing Gender and Age Influences on Moral Decision-Making in Autonomous Vehicles Using Large Language Models.
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE EMBS Appreciation Award. 2024 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE EMBS Best Professional Regional Chapter Award, North America. 2024 - Present
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Alpha Chi Favorite Professor. 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: IEEE EMBS Outstanding Leadership Award. 2025
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  1. Chair

    IEEE EMBS Lone Star Section

  2. Speaker

    ACM

  3. Coordinator / Organizer

    24th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications

  4. Speaker

    EGR 6991 Engineering Education Research Seminar Series, UTSA

  5. Speaker

    Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Data Driven Computing & IoT (DDCIOT 2025)

  6. Speaker

    Keynote Speaker, 5th International Conference on “Advancements in Nano-Electronics & Communication Technologies (ICANCT-2025), SKIT

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