Biographical note

Sabu M.Thampi is a Professor at the School of Computer Science & Engineering. His research interests include the Internet of Things (IoT), Cognitive Security, Endpoint Security, Cognitive Surveillance, and Smart Cyber-Physical Systems. He also coordinates the Connected Systems and Intelligence (CSI) Lab. With a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Sabu has actively contributed to funded research projects and has a notable record of publications in books, journals, and conferences. He has authored and edited books and conference proceedings published by reputed publishers. Dr. Sabu’s contributions extend to serving as a Guest Editor for special journal issues and participating as a program committee member in international conferences and workshops. He has taken on leadership roles as a co-chair for international workshops and conferences and has initiated and organized multiple annual conferences and symposiums.  

Vipin Chaudhary is the Kevin J. Kranzusch Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer and Data Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Most recently, he was a Program Director at the National Science Foundation where he was involved in many national initiatives and the Empire Innovation Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at SUNY Buffalo. He cofounded Scalable Informatics, a leading provider of pragmatic, high-performance software-defined storage and compute solutions to a wide range of markets, from financial and scientific computing to research and big data

analytics. Dr. Chaudhary was awarded the prestigious President of India Gold

Medal in 1986 at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur where he

received the B.Tech. (Hons.) degree in Computer Science and Engineering and a

Ph.D. degree from The University of Texas at Austin.

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan is a Professor at

the Computer Science and Engineering department at United International

University (UIU), Bangladesh, and serves as a PhD Co-supervisor (external) at

the Computer Sciences Department, University Ferhat Abbas Setif 1, Algeria. He

earned his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Kyung Hee University, South

Korea, in 2009, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Information Technology from

the Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh, in 2003. With a diverse

academic background, he has held faculty positions at various institutions,

including Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Southeast University,

Bangladesh, and International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). His research

interests encompass wireless sensor networks, network security, cloud

computing, and e-services technologies. He has delivered 33 keynote and invited

speeches at international conferences, received several awards and best paper

accolades, and actively contributed to top-ranked journals and conferences.

Professor Li is currently a Professor in

the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at the

Providence University, Taiwan. He was a department chair in 2009, the Special

Assistant to the University President since 2010, and appointed as Vice-Dean

for Office of International and Cross-Strait Affairs (OIA) in this same

university since 2014. Dr. Li is recipient of awards from Nvidia, Ministry of

Education (MOE)/Taiwan and Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)/Taiwan, as

also guest professorship from universities in China, that includes Xiamen

University (XMU), Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Lanzhou

University (LZU), Shanghai University (SHU), Anhui University of Science and

Technology (AUST), and Lanzhou Jiaotong University (LZJTU). He has been

involved actively in conferences and workshops as a program/general/steering

conference chairman positions, numerous conferences and workshops as a program

committee member, and has organized numerous conferences related to high-performance

computing and computational science & engineering.

Dr. Dilip Krishnaswamy, currently the

Founder of Quantum Walks Technologies (QWalks) based in New Jersey, USA since

2022, is a visionary technologist with a profound interest in leveraging

cutting-edge technologies to address contemporary challenges. His expertise

spans Quantum & AI Edge Acceleration, Zero Trust Processing, Trustworthy

Distributed AI, Quantum Key Distribution Protocols, Digital Twin Modeling,

Risk-aware Generative AI, Sustainable Systems, and System Optimization. With a

remarkable track record boasting 70+ granted US patents and 70+ research

publications, Dr. Krishnaswamy has received accolades such as the

"Technologist of the Year 2020" awardfrom IEEE Bangalore. Dr.

Krishnaswamy has held key roles in renowned organizations, including Senior

Principal Architect at STL Edge Networks, Vice President (New & Emerging

Tech R&D) at Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd, Senior Scientist at IBM Research,

and Senior Staff Researcher at Qualcomm. His educational background includes a

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at

Urbana-Champaign, where his research focused on Parallel Processing

Applications in VLSI-CAD, Signal and Image Processing, and Numerical Methods.

Dr. Krishnaswamy has been an influential figure in the field, contributing to

various conferences, events, and initiatives, demonstrating his commitment to

pushing the boundaries of technology.