Dr Aditi Sharma is Discipline Lead – AI and IT and Professor (Assoc.) at Victoria University, India, with over 18 years of experience in higher education, research, academic leadership and international collaboration. A Senior Member of IEEE, she holds a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan, in intelligent cryptosystems, IoT and robotics. She has also served as visiting faculty at Astana IT University, Kazakhstan, and the University of Uyo, Nigeria. Her professional distinctions include selection among 10 participants globally for the InteRussia Fellowship Programme in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and being the First Winner of the IEEE Standards Association Cybersecurity Hackathon 2026, which drew participation from 139 countries.
Dr Sharma’s research brings together Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Cryptography, IoT, 5G, Cyber-Physical Systems and medical robotics. Her work includes a Spiking Neural Network-based AES cryptography implementation on DGX GPUs, FPGA-based hardware acceleration for elliptic-curve cryptography, edge-intelligence solutions for home-based stroke rehabilitation, deep-learning-based femur fracture detection, and the R.ALFRED (Robot for Advanced Long Bone Fracture Reduction) project supported by the World Bank. She has also contributed to AI-enabled healthcare, brain-tumour detection, IoT smart healthcare and blockchain-based smart-city solutions.
She has authored/co-authored 130+ research publications, books and patents, with 20+ granted patents and 10+ patents filed/published. She has served as a DCIS Physical Evaluator for Industry through the Telecom Centre of Excellence on behalf of the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, India contributed to 5G and cybersecurity initiatives, reviewed Qualcomm 5G NR courses, and undertaken academic leadership, research, industry–academia and international collaboration initiatives. At Victoria University, she is committed to advancing AI and IT education, research, innovation and industry engagement.