Biographical note

Dr. Richi Nayak is a professor of computer science at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane Australia. Her current research interests include machine learning, text mining, personalization, automation, and social network analysis. She was awarded the 2016 WiT (Women in Technology) Infotech Outstanding Achievement Award for exemplary service to the field of data analytics. With a proven track record, she has successfully overseen and delivered over 30 industry-related projects, attracting a total income of over $15 million. She has an extensive portfolio of more than 250 refereed publications, attracting over 4,200 citations, with an h-index of 33 and an i10-index of 115 as of June 2023. She received the Masters in Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, and the PhD degree in computer science from the Queensland University of Technology.

Dr. Namita Mittal is working as Associate Professor of in Department of ComputerScience and Engineering at MNIT Jaipur and currently also holds the position of Head of the Department and coordinator, ISRO RACS at MNIT Jaipur. She is a recipient of Career Award for Young Teachers (CAYT) by AICTE. Her Current research areas are Data Science, Information Retrieval, Data Mining and NLP. She has published several research papers in reputed international conferences and journals, and two books in Springer Publication. She is also a member of review committees for Refereed journals/ conferences. She has been granted one patent of “The Smart Gait Analyzer”. She is Senior Member of IEEE, Member of ACM, CCICI, and SCRS. She has conducted various FDPs/Conferences/Workshops like Ph.D. Colloquium FIRE 2017, GIAN Course on Advances on Data and Web Analytics 2017 and AI and Information Retrieval 2022., International Workshop on Text analytics and Retrieval (WI 2018), and WIRe (FIRE Track 2020). She is guiding 7 PhD students currently and 8 PhD have been awarded under her guidance. One PhD scholar is receiving prestigious PMRF scholarship.

Dr. Manoj Kumar completed his Ph.D. from The Northcap University and M.Sc. (Information Security and Digital Forensics) from Technological University Dublin, Ireland in 2013. He received fully-funded scholarship for his M.Tech and M.Sc. program from Irish Government. Dr. Kumar have more than 13 years of research, teaching, and corporate experience. He is currently working on the post of Associate Professor-Cyber Security in the University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE and Research Head for Network and Cyber Security Cluster. His specializations are Digital Forensics, Machine Learning, Information Security, Image Processing, IOT and Computer Networking. He has published over 140 articles in International refereed journals and conferences. Dr. Kumar is member of numerous renowned professional bodies including IEEE, ACM, IAENG, ISTS and UACEE and many more.He delivered several guest lectures, seminars and chaired the session at various reputed international conferences. He published three textbooks and eight edited books for the most famed publishers like Springer, CRC Press, IOP, Bentham Science, Taylor & Francis, and Elsevier, etc. He is an associate editor, Guest editor, and editorial board member of various journals of repute. Dr. Kumar received the Best Researcher Award in 2020, an outstanding Scientist Award in 2021, and a Young Researcher Award in 2021 from recognized international professional bodies. He published over 10 patents and delivered three international research funded projects.

Dr. Zdzislaw Polkowski is professor of UJW at Faculty of Social and Technical Sciences and Rector's Representative for International Cooperation and Erasmus+ Program at the Jan Wyzykowski University Polkowice and professor of WSG University Bydgoszcz, Poland. Also Since 2019 he is also Adjunct Professor in Department of Business Intelligence in Management,  Wroclaw University of Economics and Business and The Karkonosze University of Applied Sciences in Jelenia Góra Poland. Moreover, he is visiting professor in University of Pitesti, Romania, Swami Sahajanand School of Management, Bhavnagar and adjunct professor in Marwadi University, Rajkot, India. He is the former dean of the Technical Sciences Faculty during the period 2009 -2012 at UZZM in Lubin.  He holds a PhD degree in Computer Science and Management from Wroclaw University of Technology, Post Graduate degree in Microcomputer Systems in Management from University of Economics in Wroclaw and Post Graduate degree IT in Education from Economics University in Katowice. He obtained his Engineering degree in Computer Systems in Industry  from Technical University of Zielona Gora. He has published more than 159 papers in journals, 35 conference proceedings, including more than 65 papers in journals indexed in the Web of Science, Scopus, IEEE. Dr. Polkowski is co-editor of  29 books which have been published in Springer, IGI and CRC Press Taylor & Francis. He served as a member of Technical Program Committee and the member of the editorial board in many International conferences, journals in Poland, India, China, Iran, Iraq, Syria, United Kingdom,  Romania, Turkey, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bulgaria. Till date he has delivered over 85 invited talks at different international conferences across various countries. He is also the member of the Board of Studies and expert member of the doctoral research committee in many universities in India. His area of interests includes IT in Business, IoT in Business and Education Technology. He has successfully completed a research projects on “Developing the innovative methodology of teaching Business Informatics” and “Web Technology & Green Internet of Things” funded by the European Commission. He also owns an IT SME consultancy company in Polkowice and Lubin, Poland.

Dr.Ajay Khunteta isan accomplished professional with a rich background in academia and research, spanning over 22 years. Currently serving as a Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Computer Science & Engineering at Poornima University in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, he has made significant contributions to the field. His expertise lies in the areas of AI, Cloud Computing, Data Security, and Distributed Systems. With a passion for guiding and mentoring students, Dr. Ajay Khunteta has successfully supervised 46 M.Tech dissertations and 6 PhD theses on various topics related to AI and Cloud technology. He has authored and co-authored over 106 research papers in esteemed international journals and conferences. He has completed many Research and MODROB project grants from prestigious organizations such as AICTE and DST. He is also the member of the editorial board of several journals and served as a reviewer in a wide range of international journals. In addition to his academic achievements, he is actively involved in organizing conferences sponsored by IEEE and Elsevier at Poornima University.