Biographical note

Prasant Kumar Pattnaik, PhD (Computer Science), Fellow IETE, Senior Member IEEE, is a Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has more than a decade of teaching and research experience. Dr. Pattnaik has published numbers of research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. His areas of specialization are mobile computing, cloud computing, brain computer interface and privacy preservation. He has been editor of some published volumes with Springer and IGI Global.

Siddharth Swarup Rautaray, PhD (Information Technology), Member IET, IEEE, ACM, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. His research interest includes big data analytics, human computer interaction, and image processing. He has published research papers in various international journals and conferences. He has been organising chair/committee member of different international conferences, workshops and symposiums. He has also been reviewer for different reputed journals and conferences. 

Himansu Das is working as an as Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Engineering, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He has received his B.Tech and M.Tech degree from Biju Pattnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Odisha, India. He has published several research papers in various international journals and conferences. He has also edited several books of international repute. He is associated with different international bodies as Editorial/Reviewer board member of various journals and conferences. He is proficient in the field of Computer Science and Engineering and served as an organizing chair, publicity chair and act as member of program committees of many national and international conferences. He is also associated with various educational and research societies like IACSIT, ISTE, UACEE, CSI, IET, IAENG, ISCA, etc. He has 10 years of teaching and research experience in different engineering colleges. His research interest includes grid computing, cloud computing, and machine learning.

Janmenjoy Nayak is working as an Associate Professor, Sri Sivani College of Engineering, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has been awarded INSPIRE Research Fellowship from Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India (both as JRF and SRF level) for doing his Doctoral Research in the Department of CSE, Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, Odisha, India. He completed his M.Tech. degree (Gold Medalist and Topper of the Batch) in Computer Science from  Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, Odisha, India and M.Sc. degree (Gold Medalist and Topper of the Batch) in Computer Science from Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India. He has published more than 50 research papers in various reputed peer reviewed international conferences, refereed journals and book chapters. He has also authored one textbook on “Formal Languages and AutomataTheory” in Vikash Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., which has been widely acclaimed throughout the country and abroad by the students of all levels. He is the recipient of Young Faculty in Engineering-2017 Award by Venus International Foundation, Chennai. He has been serving as an active member of reviewer committee of various reputed peer reviewed journals such as IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Elsevier, Springer, Inderscience and IGI-Global journals. He is the life member of some of the reputed societies like CSI, India, OITS, OMS, and IAENG (Hong Kong). His area of interest includes data mining, nature inspired algorithms and soft computing.