Biographical note

Dr. Satchidananda Dehuri is working as Professor in the Department of Information and Communication Technology, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, India, since 2013. He received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Odisha, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. He visited as a BOYSCAST Fellow to the Soft Computing Laboratory, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, under the BOYSCAST Fellowship Program of DST, Govt. of India, in 2008. In 2010, he received Young Scientist Award in Engineering and Technology for the year 2008 from Odisha Vigyan Academy, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Odisha. He was at the Center for Theoretical Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, as Visiting Scholar in 2002. During May–June 2006, he was Visiting Scientist at the Center for Soft Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. His research interests include evolutionary computation, neural networks, pattern recognition, data mining, object-oriented programming and its Applications and bioinformatics. He has already published about 200 research papers in reputed journals and referred conferences, has published five text books for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and edited more than ten books of contemporary relevance. Under his direct supervision, 17 Ph.D. scholars have been successfully awarded, two scholars have submitted their thesis, and two more are pursuing their Ph.D. work. In addition, he has successfully guided two postdoctoral scholars during the stay at Ajou University, South Korea, as Associate Professor in the Department of System Engineering for 02 years. He has completed three different research projects obtained from DST, UGC, and DRDO. His h-index is 25; i10-index is 56 and has 2379 citations (Google Scholar). As a part of academic collaboration, he has visited Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, France, and Nepal. He has also successfully performed many administrative duties like: i) Head of the Department of Information and Communication Technology, Fakir Mohan University, in two different periods like June 2010 to May 31, 2012 and June 2014 to May 2017 and enjoying the third term from 1st June 2021; ii) Director of Self-Financing Courses (SFC), Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, from August 2014 to May 2015. Five Programs were running during his directorship: P.G. Odia, M. Phil. Odia, P.G. English, PMIR, IMBA, M. Phil. History; iii) Director of Center of Distance and Continuing Education, Fakir Mohan University, from July 30, 2011, to August 28, 2012; iv) Director of Software Development Cell of Fakir Mohan University, from January 2007 to August 28, 2012, and v) Director of the Center of Instrumentation and Maintenance Facility, Fakir Mohan University, from March 2007 to March 2008 and from March 2009 to August 28, 2010; v) From December 31, 2017, to May 31, 2019, he has successfully completed the tenure of Controller of Examinations of Fakir Mohan University in addition to his normal duties; vi) He has also successfully completed the term of Chairman, Post Graduate Council from 1st June 2019 to 31st May 2021.

Prof. Yen-Wei Chen received his B.E. degree in 1985 from Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. He received his M.E. degree in 1987, and his D.E. degree in 1990, both from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. He was Research Fellow at the Institute of Laser Technology, Osaka, from 1991 to 1994. From October 1994 to March 2004, he was Associate Professor and Professor in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. He is currently Professor at the College of Information Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan. He was Visiting Scholar at Oxford University, Oxford, UK, in 2003 and at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA, in 2010. His research interests include applications of machine learning, medical image analysis, and pattern recognition. He has published more than 300 research papers. He has received many distinguished awards including Best Scientific Paper Award of ICPR2013 and Outstanding Chinese Oversea Scholar Fund of Chinese Academy of Science. He is Principal Investigator of several research projects, funded by the Japanese Government.