S. Sivakumari graduated from Madurai Kamaraj University, in Electronics and Communication Engineering during the year 1988. She obtained her Master degree in Applied Electronics from PSG College of Technology, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore in the year 1995 and currently pursuing PhD degree in the area of Data mining. At present she is a Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore, India. She has published many research papers in International/National conferences and journals. Her research areas include Data mining, Neural Networks, Swarm intelligence and Softcomputing. She has more than 19 years of experience in teaching and research. She is a member of ISTE and Computer Society of India