Dr Indu Bala
Lecturer
Optimisation and Stabilisation
Integration Management Office
I have a background in applied mathematics and computational science. My interest lies in optimization, Stochastic Modelling, Artificial Intelligence in Health, Natural Language Processing, and Data Mining techniques
As a researcher and educator, I specialize in designing stochastic algorithms for optimization and leveraging AI and ML tools to enhance healthcare outcomes. My expertise also includes biostatistics and data science, where I am dedicated to developing practical solutions that tackle real-world problems. I am committed to utilizing cutting-edge technologies to boost efficiency and effectiveness across various sectors, including power systems, renewable energy, climate change, water management, and healthcare. My work aims to bridge theoretical research with tangible improvements in these critical areas.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2024 - 2024 | Associate Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - 2024 | Post-Doctoral Researcher | The University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - 2022 | Assistant Professor | Presidency University |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fellowship | Australia India Women Researchers’ Exchange (AIWE) Fellowship | Australian Researcher Cooperation Hub | Australia | 9000 |
| 2025 | Award | STEM Trailblazer Award | Australia Today International Women's Day Awards | Australia | - |
| 2024 | Award | Data Science Pioneer Award | WOC in STEM | Australia | - |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Hindi | Can read, write, speak and understand spoken |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2021 | The Northcap University | India | PhD |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Aggarwal, A., Awasthi, E., Kukreja, D., Kedia, J., & Bala, I. (2025). Modified moth flame optimization and logistic chaotic map integration for image encryption. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEM ASSURANCE ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT, 16(2), 785-804. |
| 2025 | Bala, I., Singh, K., Kiran., Kataria, R., & Sindhu, J. (2025). AIE active Schiff base derived Pd(II) complex as a ratiometric sensor for fluoride ion. INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA, 574, 10 pages. WoS5 |
| 2025 | Bala, I., Karunarathne, W., & Mitchell, L. (2025). Optimizing Feature Selection by Enhancing Particle Swarm Optimization with Orthogonal Initialization and Crossover Operator. Computers, Materials & Continua, 84(1), 727-744. Scopus3 WoS3 |
| 2025 | Bala, I., Sharma, E., & Mitchell, L. (2025). Clinical insight from mesh implant narratives using zero-shot Retrieval-Augmented Generation approach. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SURGERY, 5(4), 476-489. |
| 2024 | Bala, I., Kumar, S., Sandhu, M., Chopra, S., & Kumar, D. (2024). Erratum to Estimation of Geometrical Spreading Factor and Coda-Wave Attenuation Characteristics for the Saurashtra Horst in Western Deccan Volcanic Province, Gujarat, India. BULLETIN OF THE SEISMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 114(5), 2789-2790. WoS2 |
| 2024 | Le, T. N., Afshar Ali, M., Gadzhanova, S., Lim, R., Bala, I., Bogale, K. N., & Gillam, M. (2024). Hernia repair prevalence by age and gender among the Australian adult population from 2017 to 2021. Critical Public Health, 34(1), 1-11. Scopus2 WoS3 |
| 2024 | Bala, I., Kelly, T. -L., Lim, R., Gillam, M. H., & Mitchell, L. (2024). An Effective Approach for Multiclass Classification of Adverse Events Using Machine Learning. Journal of Computational and Cognitive Engineering, 3(3), 226-239. Scopus2 |
| 2024 | Bala, I., Kelly, T., Stanford, T., Gillam, M. H., & Mitchell, L. (2024). Machine learning-based analysis of adverse events in mesh implant surgery reports. Social Network Analysis and Mining, 14(1, article no. 63), 63-1-63-15. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2024 | Bala, I., Yadav, A., & Kim, J. H. (2024). Optimization for cost-effective design of water distribution networks: a comprehensive learning approach. Evolutionary Intelligence, 17(4), 2981-3013. Scopus5 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Bala, I., & Mitchell, L. (2024). Thematic exploration of educational research after the COVID pandemic through topic modelling. Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, 7(1), 26-34. Scopus4 |
| 2023 | Bala, I. (2023). Natural Language Processing in Medical Science and Healthcare. Medicon Medical Sciences, 4(1), 1-2. |
| 2022 | Bala, I., Singh, K., Kataria, R., & Sindhu, M. (2022). Exploration of structural, electrostatic and photophysical behaviour of novel Ni(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes and their utility as potent antimicrobial agents. APPLIED ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY, 36(6), 24 pages. WoS21 |
| 2022 | Bala, I., & Yadav, A. (2022). Niching comprehensive learning gravitational search algorithm for multimodal optimization problems. Evolutionary Intelligence, 15(1), 695-721. Scopus8 WoS6 |
| 2020 | Bala, I., & Yadav, A. (2020). Comprehensive learning gravitational search algorithm for global optimization of multimodal functions. Neural Computing and Applications, 32(11), 7347-7382. Scopus19 WoS15 |
| 2019 | Bala, I., & Malhotra, A. (2019). Fuzzy classification with comprehensive learning gravitational search algorithm in breast tumor detection. International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering, 8(2), 2688-2694. Scopus5 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Gupta, N., Bala, I., Dutta, B., Martínez, L., & Yadav, A. (2025). Enhancing Explainability and Reliable Decision-Making in Particle Swarm Optimization through Communication Topologies. In G. Ochoa (Ed.), Gecco 2025 Companion Proceedings of the 2025 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (pp. 955-958). SPAIN, Malaga: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI |
| 2024 | Bala, I., Chauhan, D., & Mitchell, L. (2024). Orthogonally Initiated Particle Swarm Optimization with Advanced Mutation for Real -Parameter Optimization. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2024 GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION CONFERENCE COMPANION, GECCO 2024 COMPANION (pp. 735-738). AUSTRALIA, Melbourne: ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY. DOI WoS3 |
| 2024 | Bala, I., Chauhan, D., & Mitchell, L. (2024). Orthogonally Initiated Particle Swarm Optimization with Advanced Mutation for Real-Parameter Optimization. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion (GECCO '24) (pp. 735-738). New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery. DOI Scopus3 |
| 2023 | Bala, I., & Yadav, A. (2023). Optimizing Reactive Power of IEEE-14 Bus System Using Artificial Electric Field Algorithm. In Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems Vol. 613 (pp. 651-665). Singapore: Springer, Singapore. DOI |
| 2020 | Bala, I., & Yadav, A. (2020). Optimal Reactive Power Dispatch Using Gravitational Search Algorithm to Solve IEEE-14 Bus System. In Communication and Intelligent Systems Vol. 120 (pp. 463-473). Singapore: Springer Singapore. DOI Scopus3 |
| 2018 | Bala, I., & Yadav, A. (2018). Gravitational search algorithm: A state-of-the-art review. In N. Yadav, A. Yadav, J. C. Bansal, K. Deep, & J. H. Kim (Eds.), Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Vol. 741 (pp. 27-37). Singapore: Springer Nature. DOI Scopus14 WoS7 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2022 | Bala, I. (2022). A Comprehensive Learning Gravitational Search Algorithm and its Applications. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Bala, I. (2025). Enhancing Explainability and Reliable Decision-Making in Particle Swarm Optimization through Communication Topologies. DOI |
| 2025 | Bala, I., Mitchell, L., & Gillam, M. (2025). Analysis of Voluntarily Reported Data Post Mesh Implantation for Detecting Public Emotion and Identifying Concern Reports. DOI |
| 2025 | Chauhan, D., Dutta, B., Bala, I., Stein, N., Bäck, T., & Yadav, A. (2025). Evolutionary Computation and Large Language Models: A Survey of Methods, Synergies, and Applications. DOI |
| 2025 | Liu, S., Zhang, S., & Bala, I. (2025). Robust or Suggestible? Exploring Non-Clinical Induction in LLM Drug-Safety Decisions. DOI |
| 2024 | Bala, I. (2024). Modified CMA-ES Algorithm for Multi-Modal Optimization: Incorporating Niching Strategies and Dynamic Adaptation Mechanism. DOI |
- SET Early mid-career researcher (EMCR) grant (2025)
- Australia-India Women Researchers’ Exchange Fellowship (2024)
- WIMSNG Conference travel grant (2024)
- Cass Travel grant- The CASS Foundation (2023)
- UN-Datathon travel grant (2023)
MATHS 7097A Master of Data Science Research Projects
MATHS7097 B Master of Data Science Research Projects
DATA4800 Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
DATA6000 Capstone: Industry Case Studies
COMP SCI 7100 Research project Master of Computer Science
COMP SCI 3317 - Using Machine Learning Tools
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Location | Program | Supervision Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Al-Driven Text Analytics for Early Detection of Mental Health Risks | University of Adelaide | Internship | Master | - | Yu-Chieh Liao |
| 2025 - ongoing | External Supervisor | Advancing Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Efficient and Generalizable Solutions of Partial and Ordinary Differential Equations in Complex Physical Systems | SLIET | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Subarna Khanra |
| 2025 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Exploring Dynamic Knowledge Structures through Transformer-Based Embedding Techniques | University of Adelaide | - | Master | Full Time | Paul Andrew Lucena |
| 2024 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Developing of a multi-objective AutoML system to optimise neural network architecture | University of Adelaide | Adelaide Summer Research Scholarship 2024-25 | Other | - | Henry James Philip |
| 2024 - ongoing | Principal Supervisor | Adverse Events Detection and Advisory Systems of FDA Database Based on Machine Learning and RAG Model | University of Adelaide | - | Master | Full Time | Yige Wang |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Australian Academy of Science | Australia |
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Association for Computing Machinery | United States |
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication(INSTICC ) | Portugal |
| 2022 - ongoing | Member | MathTech Thinking Foundation | India |
| Date | Topic | Presented at | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - 2025 | Toward transparent evolution: explainability in stochastic and Machine Learning algorithm | Invited talk at National Conference on mathematical and statistical modelling, Simulation and optimization of Energy | University of Bengkulu | Indonesia |
| 2025 - 2025 | A Synergistic Framework of Evolutionary Algorithms and Explainable Machine Learning | Expert talk at Summer School on Evolutionary Algorithms and Machine Learning, | National Institute of Technology | India |
| Date | Title | Type | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | International Advisory Committee Member | Advice | International Conference on Recent Trends in Intelligent Computing, Manufacturing, and Electronics (rTIME-2025) | - |
| 2022 - ongoing | MC Medical Sciences | Editorial | Journal | - |
