Jayakrushna Sahoo Editor

Jayakrushna Sahoo, PhD, has been associated with the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, where he also serves as the Head of Computer Science and Engineering department. Before this, he worked with BML Munjal University, Gurgaon, India, as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Dr. Sahoo has also worked as an ad hoc faculty in the Department of Computer Applications, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, India. His publications have appeared in many reputed journals over the years. His research interests include data mining, machine learning, and federated learning. With his vast experience in research, he has been guiding several PhD scholars and has been associated with some of the country’s premier institutions. He has also worked in the capacity of resource person and technical panel member and has headed several international conferences in India. He earned his PhD with specialization in Data Mining from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India, and was awarded his MTech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.

Mariya Ouaissa, PhD, is currently a Professor at an institute specializing in new information and communication technologies. She is also a research associate and practitioner with industry and academic experience. She earned her PhD in 2019 in Computer Science and Networks at the Laboratory of Modelisation of Mathematics and Computer Science at ENSAM-Moulay Ismail University, Meknes, Morocco. She is a networks and telecoms engineer, graduated in 2013 from the National School of Applied Sciences Khouribga, Morocco. She is a Co-Founder and IT Consultant at the IT Support and Consulting Center. She was working for the School of Technology of Meknes, Morocco, as a Visiting Professor from 2013 to 2021. She is member of the International Association of Engineers and International Association of Online Engineering, and since 2021, she is an ACM Professional Member. She is an expert reviewer with the Academic Exchange Information Centre (AEIC) and a brand ambassador with Bentham Science. She has served and continues to serve on technical programs and organizing committees of several conferences, symposiums, workshops, and conferences. She is also a reviewer for numerous international journals. Dr. Ouaissa has made contributions in the fields of information security and privacy, Internet of Things security, and wireless and constrained networks security. Her main research topics are IoT, M2M, D2D, WSN, cellular networks, and vehicular networks. She has published over 40 papers (book chapters, international journals, and conferences/workshops), 10 edited books, and eight specials issues as guest editor.

Akarsh K. Nair is a Doctoral Researcher at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam, India, with a specialization in distributed learning, machine learning, federated learning, and edge intelligence. Mr. Nair has worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at TEC College, Palakkad, India. He is also associated with iHub HCI Foundation of IIT, Himachal Pradesh, India, as a doctoral fellow. He has published several research articles in reputed scientific journals and international platforms. He has also acted as a reviewer for many prestigious scientific journals.