R ElakkiyaR. Elakkiya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Dubai. She has acted as a machine learning and data analytics consultant, delivering many solutions to a variety of industries.During the COVID-19 pandemic, she developed an Artificial Intelligence-based screening tool for preliminary screening and deployed it as an open-source tool in three Government Hospitals in Tamilnadu, India. She holds three patents, has published two books, and has authored more than 50 research articles in reputable international journals on topics including AI enhancement of conductor reliability and optimization algorithms for machine learning. Read More Read Less