Author: Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh is currently working as a Professor in the Department of CSE at ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India.  He has completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Gautam Buddha University (State Government University), Greater Noida, UP, India. He received his M.Tech. (CSE) with Distinction from GGSIPU, New Delhi, India. Dr. Singh is having life membership of Computer Society of India (CSI), a life member of IEI and promoted to Senior Member Grade from CSI and ACM. He is an associate editor of IJAEC, IJISMD journals IGI Global USA, Security and Privacy, WILEY, and section editor of Discover Io T journal from Springer. He has published almost 100 research papers in various international journals and conferences of repute. He has received three sponsored research projects grant from Government of India and Government of HP worth Rs. 25 Lakhs. He has edited total 14 books from Springer and Elsevier and also edited several special issues for SCI and SCIE Journals from Elsevier and IGI Global. He has total 829 google scholars, h-index 17, and i-10 Index 31 in his account. Prof. Sławomir T. Wierzchoń received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Technical University of Warsaw, Poland. He holds Habilitation (D.Sc.) in Uncertainty Management from Polish Academy of Sciences. In 2003, he received the title of Professor from the President of Poland. Currently, he is Full Professor at the Institute of Computer Science of Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interests include computational intelligence, uncertainty management, information retrieval, machine learning, and data mining. He is an author/co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers in international journals and international conferences. He published, as an author/co-author, 11 monographs from the field of machine learning. In the period 2000–2013, he co-organized 13 international conferences on intelligent information systems. Co-authored proceedings from these conferences were published by Springer. He co-edited two volumes of proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management, and he has served as a guest co-editor of three special issues of Information & Control journal. Currently, he is a member of the editorial board for some international journals, as well as a member of many program committees for international conferences. He cooperated with medical centers in the area of statistical data analysis and knowledge discovery in databases. Dr. Sudeep Tanwar is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. He is visiting Professor in Jan Wyzykowski University in Polkowice, Poland and University of Pitesti in Pitesti, Romania. He received B.Tech in 2002 from Kurukshetra University, India, M.Tech (Honor’s) in 2009 from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India and Ph.D. in 2016 with specialization in Wireless Sensor Network. He has authored or coauthored more than 150 technical research papers published in leading journals and conferences from the IEEE, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, etc. Some of his research findings are published in top cited journals such as IEEE TNSE, IEEE TVT, IEEE TII, Transactions on Emerging, Telecommunications Technologies, IEEE WCM, IEEE Networks, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Access, IET Software, IET Networks, JISA, Computer Communication, Applied Soft Computing, JPDC, JNCA, PMC, SUSCOM, CEE, IJCS, Software: Practice and Experience, MTAP, Telecommunication System. He has also edited/authored 10 books with International/National Publishers like IET, Springer. One of the edited text-book entitled, “Multimedia Big Data Computing for Io T Applications: Concepts, Paradigms, and Solutions” published in Springer in 2019 is having 3.7 million downloads till 10 September 2020. It attracts the attention of the researchers across the globe. He has guided many students leading to M.E./M.Tech and guiding students leading to Ph.D. He is Associate Editor of IJCS, Wiley and Security and Privacy Journal, Wiley. His current interest includes Wireless Sensor Networks, Fog Computing, Smart Grid, Io T, and Blockchain Technology. He was invited as Guest Editors/Editorial Board Members of many International Journals, invited for keynote Speaker in many International Conferences held in Asia and invited as Program Chair, Publications Chair, Publicity Chair, and Session Chair in many International Conferences held in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He has been awarded best research paper awards from IEEE GLOBECOM 2018, IEEE ICC 2019, and Springer ICRIC-2019.  Dr. Maria Ganzha is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science. She has an M.S. and a Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from the Moscow State University, Russia, and a Doctor of Science degree (in Computer Science) from the Polish Academy of Sciences. Maria has published more than 200 research papers, is on editorial boards of 6 journals and a book series, and was invited to program committees of more than 150 conferences. She is also Technical Coordinator of the European project  ASSIST-Io T (Architecture for Scalable, Self-*, human-centric, Intelligent, Secure, and Tactile next generation Io T) project. She has 1797 google citations, h-index 20, and i-10 index 62 in her account. Her area of interest includes computational intelligence, distributed systems, agent-based computing, and semantic data processing. Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues [S’01, M’06, SM’06, F’20] is a professor at the Federal University of Piauí, Brazil; senior researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal; and collaborator of the Post-Graduation Program on Teleinformatics Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil. Prof. Rodrigues is the leader of the Next Generation Networks and Applications (Net GNA) research group (CNPq), an IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, Member Representative of the IEEE Communications Society on the IEEE Biometrics Council, and the President of the scientific council at Park Urbis – Covilhã Science and Technology Park. He was Director for Conference Development – IEEE Com Soc Board of Governors, Technical Activities Committee Chair of the IEEE Com Soc Latin America Region Board, a Past-Chair of the IEEE Com Soc Technical Committee on e Health, a Past-chair of the IEEE Com Soc Technical Committee on Communications Software, a Steering Committee member of the IEEE Life Sciences Technical Community and Publications co-Chair. He is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications and editorial board member of several high-reputed journals. He has been general chair and TPC Chair of many international conferences, including IEEE ICC, IEEE GLOBECOM, IEEE HEALTHCOM, and IEEE Latin Com. Hehas authored or coauthored over 950 papers in refereed international journals and conferences, 3 books, 2 patents, and 1 ITU-T Recommendation. He had been awarded several Outstanding Leadership and Outstanding Service Awards by IEEE Communications Society and several best papers awards. Prof. Rodrigues is a member of the Internet Society, a senior member ACM, and Fellow of IEEE.