Biographical note

Ahmed M. Hamad is a renowned food science and nutrition expert with years of experience in teaching, research, and industry. Dr. Ahmed has published numerous papers and books on food hygiene, nutrition, and bioscience and has worked with various government and non-government organizations on food safety and nutrition projects. Debojyoti Paul brings over 15 years of rich experience spanning premier research institutions, academic organizations, and scientific advisory roles. Currently, as Head of the Food and Nutrition Department at Amity University Kolkata, he steers curricula and research in food science and allied healthcare domains. Armed with a PhD in Biochemistry from the distinguished University of Calcutta, Dr. Paul is an accomplished researcher, evinced by his 50+ high-impact publications and in-depth expertise across Nanomedicine, Bioinformatics, Protein Biochemistry, Lipid Biology, and Cancer Biology. His research portfolio includes developing innovative biomaterials, designing real-time cytometric analysis platforms, advancing immunotherapy and nano-carriers for biomedical use, and expanding insights into cancer biology. Beyond research, Dr. Paul is passionate about translating healthcare advances to improve lives. This dedication has led him to take on diverse responsibilities - organizing international conferences on emerging healthcare technologies, serving on journal editorial boards, and most recently, guiding an interdisciplinary student team to develop a diagnostic kit for tropical diseases. Additionally, Dr. Paul expanded his horizons by completing the Executive Program in Healthcare Management at IIM Calcutta. Blending management knowledge with scientific expertise empowers his vision to incubate healthcare innovations from bench to bedside. Kushan Kumar Dutta is an Erasmus Mundus post-doctoral fellow and ATAL Innovation Mission mentor, Dr. Pushan Kumar Dutta brings an interdisciplinary perspective to steering technological innovations. Currently an Assistant Professor at Amity University Kolkata, he leverages over 12 years of cross-domain research and industry expertise to advance engineering education and research. Armed with a PhD focused on artificial neural network and computational optimization techniques from Jadavpur University, India, Dr. Dutta has significantly expanded his research across data mining, AI, edge computing, federated learning, predictive analytics, sustainability, and intelligent systems. His outstanding scholarship is reflected by 68 scopus publications along with numerous keynotes and invited talks at global forums. Beyond publications, Dr. Dutta actively translates ideas into impact via diverse professional roles. As a book editor for top international publishers like IGI Global, Taylor and Francis, Springer, Elsevier, Apple Academic Press, Routledge and Degruyter, he crafts the latest academic insights into accessible resources. Concurrently, he serves on journal editorial boards and conference organizing committees to nurture promising innovations. Recognized with the Young Faculty in Engineering Award in 2018, Dr. Dutta continues to champion the integration of forward-looking technologies across domains to drive positive change for society. His multifaceted perspective that bridges academic rigour with real-world awareness distinguishes him as an invaluable contributor advancing 21st century education and research ecosystems. Muhammad Shafiq (Australian Permanent Residency Holder)(IEEE Senior Member), (Distinguished Associate Professor & Adjunct Professor), (Associate Editor at Techscience, Hindawi, Frontiers, MDPI, IJASE CUT University) received his Ph.D. degree at the School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, in 2018. He completed his Post-doctorate in 2020 at Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China. He is currently a Distinguished Associate Professor at the Cyberspace Institute of Advance Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, and an Adjunct Professor at Shenyang Normal University, China. He is Associate Editor and Academic Editor at several well-known journals, such as IASC-Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing ((ISSN: 1079-8587 (Print); ISSN: 2326-005X), Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Journal and Electronics, etc. He became IEEE Senior Member in 2021. Recently, he won an NSFC project on September 29, 2022, for 2023, funded by the National Natural Science Foundations of China (NSFC) (200000 RMB). In October 2022, he was listed in the top 2% of scientists in the world (According to the recently released list by Stanford University USA). Recently, he won Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements Reward (130,000 RMB) at Guangzhou University in August 2022. In 2021, he won Outstanding Scientific Research Achievements Reward (30,000 RMB) at Cyberspace Institute of Advanced Technology, Guangzhou University. He has been a Lead Guest Editor and Guest Editor in several Special Issues in well-reported SCI journals. He has been Chair of several conferences. He has been invited as a keynote speaker and chairperson at several well-known conferences. He is a member of several well-known conferences (CP, PC a, and TPC members). His current research areas of interest include Cybersecurity, Network Security, IoT Security, IoT anomaly and intrusion traffic classification, detection identification, IoT management, Network Traffic Classification, and Cloud Computing. He has authored more than over 100 peer-reviewed articles on topics related to cybersecurity. He has received multiple awards for Academic Excellence and University Contribution. He is the reviewer of many prominent journals, including IEEE Transaction on Network Science and Engineering, Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications, IEEE Transaction on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transaction on Cloud Computing, IEEE Transaction on Service Computing, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE Access, Concurrency, and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley), Journal of Parallel and Distributing Computing. In 2020, he received a Certificate of Appreciation from Journal Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience by Wiley.