Prof. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya [FRSA (UK), FIET (UK), FIEI (I), FIETE, LFOSI, SMIEEE, SMACM, SMIETI] did his Bachelors in Physics, Bachelors in Optics and Optoelectronics, and Masters in Optics and Optoelectronics from the University of Calcutta, India, in 1995, 1998, and 2000, respectively. He completed Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University, India, in 2008. He is Recipient of the University Gold Medal from the University of Calcutta for his Masters. He is Recipient of several coveted awards including the Distinguished HoD Award and Distinguished Professor Award conferred by Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, India, in 2017, the Honorary Doctorate Award (D. Litt.) from the University of South America and the South East Asian Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC) International Digital Award ICT Educator of the Year in 2017. He has been appointed as ACM Distinguished Speaker for the tenure of 2018–2020. He is currently serving as the Principalof Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya, Birbhum, India. Prior to this, he was a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering of Christ University, Bangalore. He served as Principal of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India, during 2017–2019. He is Co-author of 6 books and Co-editor of 80 books and has more than 400 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. Gautam Das is Professor of the ECE Department of Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal. He completed B. Tech. and M. Tech. from the Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, Calcutta University, and subsequently completed Ph.D. from NBU.Dr. Das has more than 19 years of teaching and research experience. He has been Author & Co-author of many journals and conference papers and participated in organized national & international conferences. His area of interest includes system-on-chip testing & design of smart City.Dr. Sourav De [SMIEEE, MACM, MIEI, LISTE, MCSTA, MIAENG] is currently Associate Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal. With over 15 years of academic experience, he has authored one book and edited 12 books and contributed to more than 54 research publications in internationally reputed journals, edited books, and international IEEE conference proceedings, and has five patents to his credit. His research interests include soft computing, pattern recognition, image processing, and data mining.
