Biographical note

Valentina Emilia Balas is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a PhD cum Laude in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from the Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is the author of more than 350 research papers. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the 'International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms' and the 'International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering', an editorial board member for several other national and international publications, and an expert evaluator for national and international projects and PhD theses. Dr. Le Hoang Son obtained the Bachelor, Master and PhD degrees on Mathematics – Informatics at VNU University of Science, Vietnam National University (VNU). He has been working as a researcher and now Vice Director of the Center for High Performance Computing, VNU University of Science, Vietnam National University since 2007. His major field includes Soft Computing, Fuzzy Clustering, Recommender Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Particle Swarm Optimization. He is a member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), a member of Center for Applied Research in e-Health (eCARE), a member of Vietnam Society for Applications of Mathematics (Vietsam), Editorial Board of Le Hoang Son‘s CV June 14, 2017 Neutrosophic Sets and Systems (NSS), Editorial Board of International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI, SCOPUS) and associate editor of the International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET). Dr. Son served as a reviewer for various international journals and conferences such as PACIS 2010, ICMET 2011, ICCTD 2011, KSE 2013, BAFI 2014, NICS 2014 & 2015, ACIIDS 2015 & 2016, ICNSC15, GIS-2015, FAIR 2015, International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Imaging Science Journal, International Journal of Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Neural Computing and Applications, International Journal of Fuzzy System Applications, Intelligent Data Analysis, Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, World Journal of Modeling and Simulation, Knowledge-Based Systems, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. He gave a number of invited talks at many conferences such as 2015 National Fundamental and Applied IT Research (FAIR 15’), 2015 National conference of Vietnam Society for Applications of Mathematics (VietSam15’), 2015 Conference on Developing Applications in Virtual Reality, GIS and Mobile technologies, and International Conference on Mathematical Education Vietnam 2015 (ICME Vietnam 2015), 2016 3rd National Foundation for Science and Technology Development Conference on Information and Computer Science (NICS 16’), and 2016 HUST Conference on Applied Mathematics and Informatics (SAMI 16’), 2017 Keynote speaker on IoT at the University of Transport Technology (UTT), 2017 VNU-HUS Statistical Day 2017 Sudan Jha holds a Ph.D. in CSE and Ph.D. in CE*, with 18 years of experience in Academia, Administration as a Principal in four Colleges in India and Nepal, and Industrial Research and Software Project Development & Management. As a team leader, Dr Jha executed three government-funded projects; sat on the Board of Directors and acted as Technical Advisor for Nepal's National Television (NTV); Chief IT Consultant in Nepal Telecom Authority, the regulating body for telecommunications in Nepal. Dr Jha has published 31 International Journal transaction papers [SCOPUS Indexed-3, UGC Approved-8, Others-20]; 30+ conference papers; 8 major software developed as Team Leader including Govt and non Govt. organization, and are a Editorial board member for several Journals, International Conferences, and books. Manju Khari, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor at the Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technology and Research, under Govt. Of NCT Delhi, affiliated with Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University), India. She is also Professor In-charge of the IT Services of the Institute and has more than twelve years' experience in Network Planning & Management. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Patna and received her Master's degree in Information Security from Ambedkar Institute Technology of Advanced Communication Technology and Research, Delhi, India. Her research interests are in software testing, software quality, software metrics, information security and nature-inspired algorithms. She has published 60 papers in refereed national and International journals and conferences, and has authored 6 book chapters and co-authored two books. She is a life member of various International and national research societies (SDIWC, IAENG, etc.). She also guest Editor of the International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, reviewer for the International Journal of Forensic Engineering, and Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. Raghvendra Kumar is working as an Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering Department at GIET University, India. He received BTech, MTech, and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, India, and Postdoc Fellow from the Institute of Information Technology, Virtual Reality and Multimedia, Vietnam. He has published a number of research papers in international journals and conferences. His research areas are computer networks, data mining, cloud computing, and secure multiparty computations, theory of computer science, and design of algorithms. He authored and edited 23 computer science books in field of IoT, data mining, and biomedical engineering.