Kaushik Das Sharma is currently a Professor at the Electrical Engineering Section of the Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta, India. In 2019, he was invited to serve as a Teacher-Researcher Fellow at the University of Paris-Est Créteil, France. He is a recipient of the Kanodia Research Scholarship (2002) and University Gold Medal (2004), both from the University of Calcutta. Dr. Das Sharma’s key research interests include fuzzy control, stochastic optimization, machine learning, robotics and computational biology. He has authored/co-authored more than 70 technical articles, including 40 international journal papers and two books with Springer Nature. Dr. Das Sharma is a senior member of the IEEE (USA) and a life member of the Indian Science Congress Association. He is currently serving as Chair of the IEEE Joint CSS-IMS Kolkata Chapter. He is also an editor for IEEE Transactions of Vehicular Technology and editor for Elsevier Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.Subhajit Kar is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, India. He is a member of the IEEE (USA) and currently serves as honorary treasurer of the IEEE Joint CSS-IMS Kolkata Chapter. He has authored/co-authored several international journal and international conference papers. His research interests include computational biology, biomedical imaging, stochastic optimization and machine learning techniques. Madhubanti Maitra is currently a Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, India. She has previously served as a research scientist for the DRDL-sponsored projects on Control and Guidance of Agni and Nag Missiles; and as a teacher-investigator and coordinator for DRDL- and ADA-sponsored projects on CLAW IV and V for LCA (Light Combat Aircraft). She has 22 classified articles on Agni, Nag and LCA and more than 65 international journal and conference papers to her credit. She has authored/co-authored several books with international publishers, as well as seven book chapters in edited volumes including LNCS. She has supervised and is supervising more than 20 PhD and MEE students. She has acted as PI and Co-PI of several UGC- and AICTE-funded projects. She is a senior member of the IEEE, USA, and a founder member of both the ComSoc (Communication Society) Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section, Region 10, and the Joint CSS-IMS Chapter, IEEE Kolkata Section, Region 10.
