Sudarshan Nandy Editor

Dr. Rik Das is an Assistant Professor for Post Graduate Programme in Information Technology, Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi. Dr. Das has over 16 years of experience in academia and research with various leading Universities and Institutes in India including Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) (Deemed-to-be-University), Globsyn Business School, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology and so on. He has an early career stint in Business Development and Project Marketing with Industries like Great Eastern Impex Pvt. Ltd., Zenith Computers Ltd. and so on. Dr. Rik Das is appointed as a "Distinguished Speaker" by the "Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)", New York, USA in July, 2020. He is featured in uLektz Wall of Fame as one of the "Top 50 Tech Savvy Academicians in Higher Education across India" for the year 2019. He is also a Member of International Advisory Committee of AI-Forum, UK. Dr. Das is awarded with "Professional Membership" of the "Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)", New York, USA for the year 2020-21. He is the recipient of prestigious "InSc Research Excellence Award" hosted in the year 2020. Dr. Das is conferred with Best Researcher Award at International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine for the year 2021.

Dr. Sudarshan Nandy was felicitated with a Ph.D in Engineering and Technology from Kalyani University in the year 2014. He has obtained his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology in the year 2007 . He earned his B.E degree in computer science and Engineering from BPUT, Orissa in the year 2004. He is presently working in the rank of Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University of Kolkata, India. His area of research includes Artificial Neural Network, metaheuristic algorithms, optimization, functional analysis, cloud computing. He has contributed in many research articles in various journals and conferences of repute. He is also a member of various professional society.

Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya is serving as a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Christ University, Bangalore. He served as the Principal of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India during 2017-2019. He is a co-author of 5 books and the co-editor of 72 books and has more than 300 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings to his credit. His research interests include hybrid intelligence, pattern recognition, multimedia data processing, social networks and quantum computing. Dr. Bhattacharyya is a life fellow of Optical Society of India (OSI), India, life fellow of International Society of Research and Development (ISRD), UK, a fellow of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, a fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India and a fellow of Institution of Engineers (IEI), India.