It covers a wide range of topics in computer science and information technology, including data mining and data warehousing, high-performance computing, parallel and distributed computing, computational intelligence, soft computing, big data, cloud computing, grid computing, cognitive computing, and information security.
Vikrant Bhateja is associate professor in Department of Electronics Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Technology (UNSIET), Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He holds a doctorate in ECE (Bio-Medical Imaging) with a total academic teaching experience of 20 years with around 190 publications in reputed international conferences, journals and online book chapter contributions; out of which 39 papers are published in SCIE indexed high impact factored journals. One of his papers published in Review of Scientific Instruments (RSI) Journal (under American International Publishers) has been selected as “Editor Choice Paper of the Issue'' in 2016. Among the international conference publications, four papers have received “Best Paper Award''. He has been instrumental in chairing/co-chairing around 30 international conferences in India and abroad as Publication/TPC chair and edited 52 book volumes from Springer-Nature as a corresponding/co-editor/author on date. He has delivered nearly 22 keynotes, invited talks in international conferences, ATAL, TEQIP and other AICTE sponsored FDPs and STTPs. He has been Editor-in-Chief of IGI Global--International Journal of Natural Computing and Research (IJNCR) an ACM & DBLP indexed journal from 2017-22. He has guest edited Special Issues in reputed SCIE indexed journals under Springer-Nature and Elsevier. He is Senior Member of IEEE and Life Member of CSI.
Jinshan Tang is a professor of Health Informatics in the Department of Health Administration and Policy. Before joining George Mason University, Dr. Tang was a full professor in the College of Computing at Michigan Technological University and a Founding Director of the Joint Center for Biocomputing and Digital Health. Dr. Tang’s research covers broad areas related to image processing and artificial intelligence. His specific research interests include biomedical image analysis, biomedical imaging, artificial intelligence in medicine (e.g., computer-aided cancer detection, AI for COVID-19 detection). He has obtained over three million dollars grants as a PI or Co-PI and has published more than 110+ refereed journal and conference papers. He has also served as a committee member at various international conferences. He is a senior member of IEEE and a Co-chair of the Technical Committee on Information Assurance and Intelligent Multimedia-Mobile Communications, IEEE SMC society.
Dilip Kumar Sharma is B.E.(CSE), M. Tech. (CSE) and Ph. D in Computer Engineering. He is Senior Member of IEEE, ACM, and CSI. He is Fellow of IE and IETE. Presently he is working at GLA University, Mathura in the capacity of Dean – International Relations and Academic Collaborations since June 01, 2022 and Professor in the Computer Engineering & Applications Department. Previous to it, he served in the capacity of Associate Dean (Academic Collaborations), GLA University from 22 June, 2019 to 31 May, 2022. He facilitated the signing of more than 160 MoUs/ Academic Collaborations in the last three years with acclaimed institutions, academia and research centres - Nationally and Internationally along with renowned government agencies, bodies and corporate entities. He is working as a Professor in Department of Computer Engineering & Applications, GLA University Mathura from March 27, 2003 to till now. He has delivered/chaired more than 120 invited talks/guest lectures and chaired technical sessions at various institutes/conferences, internationally and nationally. Currently, he is working as PI/Co-PI of three Government funded research projects worth Rupees 27.06 Lacs. He has edited 07 Books published by reputed publisher. He has published more than 200 research papers in International Journals /Conferences of repute indexed in SCI, Scopus and DBLP databases and participated in 60 International/National conferences. He has published 06 patents. Also, he provides consultancy services. He has attended 41 short term courses/workshops/seminars organized by various esteemed originations and worked as Guest Editor of International Journals of repute. He has organized more than 21 IEEE/CSI International/National Conferences and Workshops in the capacity of General Chair, Co-General Chair, Convener, Coconvener etc. He has been conferred with the prestigious Significant Contribution Award by the Computer Society of India, apex body in this field in the years 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2017. Additionally, he is the recipient of IEEE U.P. Section 2018 Outstanding Volunteer Award presented at the IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section Annual General Meeting held on January 19, 2019 at IIT Kanpur, India. Also, he has visited Sri Lanka, Belgium, Netherlands, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia Nepal, Dubai, UAE in connection with academic pursuits. He is also Adjunct Professor in Taylor’s University Malaysia and STIKOM University Indonesia and INSTIKI University Indonesia. He is the past Vice-Chairman/ Secretary/ Joint Secretary of IEEE Uttar Pradesh Section India. He is the Past Chairman of Computer Society of India, Mathura Chapter. His research interestsare Machine Learning, Fake news Detection, Web Information Retrieval, Data Mining, Data Science and Software Engineering. He has guided 5 PhD and 24 M Tech Thesis, projects and oversaw various seminars undertaken by the students at the undergraduate/postgraduate levels. Currently, he is guiding 07 PhDs and numbers of M Tech thesis, Seminars and B Tech Projects.
Zdzislaw Polkowski is professor of WSG University Bydgoszcz, professor of UJW at Faculty of Social and Technical Sciences and Rector's Representative for International Cooperation and Erasmus+ Program at the Jan Wyzykowski University Polkowice, Poland. Also, he Since 2019 he is also Adjunct Professor in Department of Business Intelligence in Management, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business and The Karkonosze University of Applied Sciences inJelenia Góra Poland. Moreover, he is visiting professor in Univeristy of Pitesti, Romania, Swami Sahajanand School of Management, Bhavnagar, India and adjunct professor in Marwadi University, Swami Sahajanand College Of Commerce & Management, Bhavnagar, India. He is the former dean of the Technical Sciences Faculty during the period 2009 -2012 at UZZM in Lubin. He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science and Management from Wroclaw University of Technology, Post Graduate degree in Microcomputer Systems in Management from University of Economics in Wroclaw and Post Graduate degree IT in Education from Economics University in Katowice. He obtained his Engineering degree in Computer Systems in Industry from Technical University of Zielona Gora. He has published more than 130 papers in journals, 35 conference proceedings, including more than 65 papers in journals indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus, IEEE. Dr. Polkowski is co-editor of 11 books which have been published in Springer and CRC Press Taylor & Francis. He served as a member of Technical Program Committee in many International conferences, journals in Poland, India, China, Iran, Syria, United Kingdom, Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria. Till date he has delivered over 75 invited talks at different international conferences across various countries. He is also the member of the Board of Studies and expert member of the doctoral research committee in many universities in India. He is also the member of the editorial board of several journals and served as a reviewer in a wide range of international journals. His area of interests includes IT in Business, IoT in Business and Education Technology. He has successfully completed a research project on Developing the innovative methodology of teaching Business Informatics funded by the European Commission. He also owns an IT SME consultancy company in Polkowice and Lubin, Poland.
Afaq Ahmad received his Ph. D in computer engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He obtained M.Sc., B.Sc. degrees from Aligarh Muslim University. He also earned a post graduate diploma in industrial management. Currently, he is working as Professor at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. Before joining Sultan Qaboos University, he was associate professor at Aligarh Muslim University in India. Prior to starting carrier at Aligarh, he also worked as consultant engineer, instructor and senior research fellow. Prof. Ahmad a recipient of various student scholarships, award and recognitions has authored more than 300 scientific papers, book chapters, numerous technical
reports, and manuals. He received best scientific research papers awards. His field of specialization is VLSI testing, AI, machine learning, deep learning, algorithm design and testing, fault-tolerant computing, data security, coding and its commercial applications and development low-cost engineering educational tools. He has undertaken and satisfactorily completed many highly reputed and challenging consultancies and project works. He serves as editor, associate editor and member international advisory boards for many worlds’ reputed journals. He has honor of continually serving as program, technical, tutorial chairs and member of the committees for more than 465 conferences including many IEEE sponsored annually organized conferences. He chaired many technical sessions, meetings and panel discussions of international conferences, symposia and meetings. He conducted many workshops and short courses. He has delivered more than 45 invited talks and keynote addresses on current issues in various areas of importance. He has over forty-five years of professional experience with universities and industries.
