Biographical note

Gaddadevara Matt Siddesh is an associate professor in the Department of Information Science and Engineering at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology. Dr. Siddesh is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Indian Society for Technical Education, and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). His research interests include distributed computing, grid/cloud computing, and the Internet of Things. He earned a PhD in computer science and engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

Ganesh Chandra Deka is the principal of the Regional Vocational Training Institute for Women in Tura, under Directorate General of Training, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (formerly DGE&T, Ministry of Labor & Employment), Government of India. He is a member of the IEEE and IETE, an associate member of the Institution of Engineers (India), and the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computing, Communications, and Networking. His research interests include information and communications technology (ICT) in rural development, e-governance, cloud computing, data mining, NoSQL databases, and vocational education and training. He has edited three books on cloud computing and published more than 40 research papers. He earned a PhD in computer science from Ballsbridge University.

Krishnarajanagar GopalaIyengar Srinivasa is the principal investigator for many projects funded by UGC, DRDO, and DST. He has been a recipient of several awards, published more than 100 research papers, and authored two books. His research areas include data mining, machine learning, and cloud computing. He earned a PhD in computer science and engineering from Bangalore University.

Lalit Mohan Patnaik is an honorary professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and an INSA Senior Scientist and adjunct faculty at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. He has published more than 1000 research papers and is a coeditor/coauthor of 21 books. He is a fellow of the IEEE, IETE, the Institution of Engineers (India), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Computer Society of India, the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is also a life member of the VLSI Society of India and the Instrument Society of India and a founding member of the Executive Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Fault-Tolerant and Autonomous Systems. During his long career, Dr. Patnaik has received numerous honors, including the IEEE Computer Society’s Meritorious Service Award, the Goyal Prize for Applied Science, and Indian Science Congress Association’s Srinivasa Ramanujan Birth Centenary Award. His research areas include parallel and distributed computing, computer architecture, CAD of VLSI systems, theoretical computer science, real-time systems, soft computing, and computational neuroscience. He earned a PhD in real-time systems from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.