Biographical note

Dr. Akash Kumar Bhoi, holds degrees in B.Tech, M.Tech, and Ph.D., and has been contributing to the field of computer science and engineering. He assumed the role of Assistant Professor (Research) at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (SMIT), India, in 2012. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Bhoi extended his expertise during a research tenure as a Research Associate at the Wireless Networks (WN) Research Laboratory, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council (ISTI-CRN) in Pisa, Italy, from January 20, 2021, to January 19, 2022. Dr. Bhoi further serves as the University Ph.D. Course Coordinator for "Research & Publication Ethics (RPE)." He is an active member of professional organizations such as IEEE, ISEIS, and IAENG, and holds associate membership with IEI and UACEE. He plays a significant role as an editorial board member and reviewer for esteemed Indian and international journals and regularly contributes as a reviewer. His research expertise encompasses a wide array of domains, including Biomedical Technologies, the Internet of Things, Computational Intelligence, Antenna technology, and Renewable Energy. Dr. Bhoi has a notable publication record, with multiple papers featured in national and international journals and conferences. Dr. Bhoi has played a pivotal role in the organization of international conferences and workshops, offering his expertise as a key contributor. Currently, he is involved in editing several books in collaboration with international publishers Victor Hugo C. de Albuquerque [M’17, SM’19] is a collaborator Professor and senior researcher at the Graduate Program on Teleinformatics Engineering at the Federal University of Ceará, Brazil, and at the Graduate Program on Telecommunication Engineering, Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Ceará, Fortaleza/CE, Brazil. He has a Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB, 2010), an MSc in Teleinformatics Engineering from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC, 2007), and he graduated in Mechatronics Engineering at the Federal Center of Technological Education of Ceará (CEFETCE, 2006). He is a specialist, mainly, in Image Data Science, IoT, Machine/Deep Learning, Pattern Recognition, Robotic. Parvathaneni Naga Srinivasu has earned his Ph.D. degree at GITAM (Deemed to be University) and his areas of research include Biomedical Imaging, Image Enhancement, Image Segmentation, Object Recognition, Image Encryption, Optimization Algorithms, Soft computing, and Natural Language Processing. He is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GIT, GITAM (Deemed to be University), Visakhapatnam. He is a member of CSI, IAENG, IARA and a regular reviewer for Scopus indexed journals like JCS and IJAIP, Inderscience. He is a guest editor for the special issues and books that are published by reputed publishers like Bentham Science, Springer, and Elsevier. He is a passionate researcher and his articles have been published in national and international journals alongside conferences. Gonçalo Marques holds a PhD in Computer Science Engineering and is member of the Portuguese Engineering Association (Ordem dos Engenheiros). He is currently working as Assistant Professor lecturing courses on programming, multimedia and database systems. His current research interests include Internet of Things, Enhanced Living Environments, machine learning, e-health, telemedicine, medical and healthcare systems, indoor air quality monitoring and assessment, and wireless sensor networks. He has more than 80 publications in international journals and conferences, is a frequent reviewer of journals and international conferences and is also involved in several edited books projects.