Biographical note

Dr. N. Jeyanthi received her Ph.D. degree in Cloud Security Theory from VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India, in 2013. She is an Associate Professor in VIT, Vellore for School of Information Science and Engineering. She has authored and co-authored over 50 research publications in peer-reviewed reputed journals and 30 conference proceedings. His entire publications have been cited over 249 times (Google Scholar). The latest Google h-index of his publications is 10 and i10 index is 12. She has served as the program committee member of various international conferences and reviewer for various international journals. She is part of the editorial board member of Cybernetics and Information Technology, International Journal of Technology in Computer Science & Engineering, Information and Technology, and International Journal of Signal Processing, Image Processing and Pattern. Her research work was funded by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. She is a life member in Indian Society for Technical Education. She has been honoured by VIT as an active researcher for four consecutive years. Her current areas of interest include IoT, Cloud, and Big Data security.

Dr. Kun Ma received his Ph.D degree in Computer Software and Theory from Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, in 2011. He is an Associate Professor (University Professor) in Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Network based Intelligent Computing and School of Information Science and Engineering, University of Jinan, China. He has authored and co-authored over 60 research publications in peer-reviewed reputed journals and conference proceedings. His entire publications have been cited over 330 times (Google Scholar). Three of his papers have been cited over 20 times. The latest Google h-index of his publications is 9. He has served as the program committee member of various international conferences and reviewer for various international journals. He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Computer Information Systems and Industrial Management Applications (IJCISIM) and International Journal of Autonomic Computing (IJAC). He is the managing editor of Journal of Information Assurance and Security (JIAS). He is the editorial board member of International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing and International Journal of Intelligent Systems Design and Computing. He is the guest editor of International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing, Informatica, International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems, International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, Recent Patents on Computer Science, and International Journal of Services Technology and Management. His research interests include model-driven engineering (MDE), data intensive computing, and big data management. He has obtained 7 patents for inventions.

Dr. Thinagaran Perumal is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, University Putra Malaysia. Dr. Thina received his BEng in Computer and Communication Systems from UPM in 2003, and his M.S. and Ph.D.in Intelligent Systems from same university in 2006 and 2012, respectively. Thina's research interests include embedded systems, Internet of Things (IoTs), smart homes and building automation, machine learning, robotics, smart cities, and