Linda Smail Editor & Author

Dr. Rajan Patel is currently associated as a full time Professor and Head in the Department of Computer Engineering at Gandhinagar Institute of Technology (GIT) and Dean (Engineering and Technology) of Gandhinagar University, Gandhinagar, India. He has more than 17 years of teaching in the field of Computer Science and Engineering. He did his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from RK University, Rajkot, India. He obtained his M.Tech. in Computer Engineering from S. V. National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surat, India, and B.E. in Computer Engineering from Saurashtra University, Rajkot, India. He has more than 56 collaborative publications in journals and conferences and presented 17 articles in National/International conferences including IEEE, Science Direct, Springer, Elsevier. He has published 01 Indian patent and granted 02 Australian patents. As a co-author, he published edited Springer and CRC press books. He received appreciation certification from the Dewang Mehta Innovation IT award and Honored Code certificate in the Technical Communication workshop from IIT, Bombay. He also received two awards: paper presenter at International Conference (2017, 2018-19) from CSI. He received the certificate of excellence for organizing a two-week sponsored FDP from IIT Bombay. He also worked for ISEAP sponsored MHRD project during his Post graduation period at NIT, Surat, India. He acted as a Reviewer/Editorial board member/TPC/Advisory/Session chair/invited guest of IEEE, Springer, IET and other International/National conferences and Journals. He is also associated with the other universities as examiners, supervisor and board members. He is recognized Ph.D. research supervisor and under his guidance 02 Ph.D. scholars awarded PhD degree. Also, he guided more than 16 PG students. His main area of interest is Intelligent Applications and its Security, Information Security, IoT and Cloud Computing.

Dr. Nimisha Patel is a Professor in the department of Information Technology at Gandhinagar Institute of Technology (GIT) constituent Institute of Gandhinagar University, Gujarat, India. She has worked at the different positions in 18 years of academic journey as a Dean, Associate Dean (R&D), and Head. She completed her Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering with Cloud Computing as the domain of research. She obtained her M.Tech. in Computer Engineering from S.V. National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) Surat and BE in Information Technology from HNGU, Patan. She has more than 50 research publications in various conferences & journals of international/national repute. Being a recognized PhD supervisor, she is guiding six PhD scholars. She has delivered expert talks, acted as session chair and also reviewed the research publications. Her areas of interest are Cloud Computing, Parallel Processing, Security and Networking.

Dr. Linda Smail is an Associate professor in the department of Mathematics and Statistics at Zayed University, Dubai, United Arab Emirates where she teaches Mathematics and Statistics courses. She obtained her PhD in Applied Mathematics from Marne-La-Vallée University, France in 2004. Her research interests include Bayesian Networks and machine learning. Dr. Smail is particularly interested in inference in Bayesian Networks and learning in graphical models with a focus on exact inference algorithms for Bayesian networks. Her primary scholarly goal is to conduct research and use Bayesian Networks in different fields from Medical, Entrepreneurship, to decision making under uncertainty as well as intelligent systems.

Mr. Mukesh Soni is pursuing his Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering from Jagran lackcity Unviersity, Bhopal, India. He has completed his Master Degree in Computer Science and Engineering from NIT Bhopal. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Engineering at Smt. S. R. Patel Engineering College, India. He has been selected for many awards like "Young Scientist award", "Best Teacher Award", "Award for Contribution to Student Development" etc. He is also reviewer in many peer reviewed Journals. He has many articles in SCIE/Scopus Journals and also in Springer/IEEE conferences. He has Qualified GATE Examination several times and also qualified UGC- NET Examination. He has also published 03 patents in India.

Dr. Pariza Kamboj is currently associated with Sarvajanik College of Engineering & Technology (SCET) Surat as Professor & HoD in the Computer Engineering Department. She has more than 25 years of teaching experience in various reputed engineering colleges in India. She received her Ph. D (Computer Engineering) from MDU Rohtak in 2011. She did her M.Tech (Comp. Sc. & Engg.) with Distinction from Kururkshetra University (KU), Kurukshetra, Haryana (India) in the year 2006. Her research interest areas are Deep Learning, Machine Learning, IoT, Big Data Analytics, Data Science, and Python for Data Science, WSN, Mobile Ad-hoc Networks, Computer Networks, and Network Security. She has published a total of 47 research papers in various International, National Journals, International, and National Conferences of repute. She is a member of various professional bodies like Institution of Engineers, Computer Society of India, Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), IFERP, ISRD and International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT). She has published/filed 5 patents in India and Australia. She has done consultancy and provided a cost effective and efficient solution to the problem titled "Optimizing IVF Predictions and Procedure for Better Outcomes".