Innovations in Data Engineering: Sustainability for Societal and Industrial Impact: Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology (ICDECT 2024), Volume 1

Vikrant Bhateja is an associate professor in Department of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (UNSIET), Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is also serving as the head: Computer Sc. Engg. & Information Technology in the same university. He holds a doctorate in ECE (Bio-Medical Imaging) with a total academic teaching experience of 21 years with around 190 publications in reputed international conferences, journals and online book chapter contributions; out of which 40 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, five papers have received “Best Paper Award''.

Muhammad Ehsan Rana is a highly accomplished academic professional with an extensive background spanning over 20 years in academic management, lecturing, and quality assurance. He holds a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from Universiti Putra Malaysia and possesses additional qualifications including a PGD in Quality Management, a M.Sc. in Mathematics, and a Master’s degree in Computer Science. Currently serving as an associate professor at the Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU) Malaysia, Dr Muhammad Ehsan Rana is responsible for teaching, conducting research, and engaging with industry and professional bodies. Dr Ehsan continues to make significant contributions to the field through his active research pursuits.

Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy is presently working as an associate professor, School of Computer Engineering, KIIT, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has completed Doctorate in Computer Science from Berhampur University, Master in Computer Science Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and received Post-doctoral Fellowship from Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. Dr. Tripathy has 23 years of teaching experience with post-doctorate research experience in the field of Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing, Machine Learning, Speech Processing, Mobile Robotics, and Data Analytics. He had been a visiting faculty for a couple of years in Asia Pacific University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and the Universiti of Utara Malaysia, Sintok, Malaysia.

Roman Senkerik received his Ph.D. degree in Technical Cybernetics from the Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic in 2008. He is currently a full professor at the Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Faculty of Applied Informatics. His research interests include interdisciplinary applications of evolutionary computation, modification and development of evolutionary and swarm based algorithms, computational intelligence, optimization, cyber-security, theory of chaos, emergence and complexity.