Dr. Hiren Kumar Deva Sarma is Professor in the Department of Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim. He received Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Assam (1998). He completed Master of Technology in Information Technology from Tezpur University, Assam (2000). He received Doctor of Philosophy (in Computer Science & Engineering) from Jadavpur University, West Bengal (2013). He has co-authored two books, edited three book volumes, and published more than seventy research papers in different International Journals and referred International and National Conferences of repute. He is the recipient of Young Scientist Award from International Union of Radio Science (URSI) in the XVIII General Assembly 2005, held at New Delhi, India, and has received IEEE Early Adopter Award in 2014. His current research interests are networks, network security, robotics, and big data analytics. Dr. Valentina E. Balas is currently Full Professor in the Department of Automatics and Applied Software at the Faculty of Engineering, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Romania. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Electronics and Telecommunications from Polytechnic University of Timisoara. Dr. Balas is Author of more than 350 research papers in refereed journals and International Conferences. She is Editor-in Chief to International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms (IJAIP) and to International Journal of Computational Systems Engineering (IJCSysE), Member in Editorial Board member of several national and international journals, and is Evaluator Expert for national, international projects and Ph.D. thesis. She served as General Chair of the International Workshop Soft Computing and Applications (SOFA) in eight editions 2005-2020 held in Romania and Hungary. Her research interests arein intelligent systems, fuzzy control, soft computing, smart sensors, information fusion, modeling, and simulation. Dr. Bhaskar Bhuyan is presently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology affiliated to Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, India. He did his B.E. (1997) in Computer Science & Engineering from Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College (now NIT), Allahabad, India. He did his M.Tech. (2000) in Information Technology and Ph.D. (2017) in Computer Science & Engineering from Tezpur University, Assam, India. He has 18+ years of professional experience in teaching as well as in industry. He has published several research papers in various conferences and journals of repute, and co-edited one book (conference proceedings). His research interests include computer networks, wireless sensor networks, mobile ad hoc networks, Internet of things, and cloud computing. Dr. Nitul Dutta is Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering (FoE), Marwadi Unniversity, Rajkot, Gujarat since 2014. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research. He received B.E. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Jorhat Engineering College, Assam (1995) and M. Tech. degree in Information Technology from Tezpur University, Assam (2002). He received Ph.D. (Engineering), in the field of Mobile IPv6 from Jadavpur University, West Bengal (2013). He has published 15 research papers in various journals and 30 research papers in various conferences of repute. He has co-edited 3 books (2 conference proceedings and 1 edited volume). He has successfully completed two sponsored research projects funded by AICTE, Govt. of India. His current research interests are wireless communication, mobility management in IPv6 based network, cognitive radio networks, and cyber security.
