Dr. Apu Kumar Saha is working as Professor in the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology Agartala. He completed his M.Sc. degree in mathematics from Tripura University with gold medal and completed his Ph.D. from NIT Agartala. He is Active Researcher for the past ten plus years. His fields of research are population-based optimization algorithms, multi-criteria decision-making, computational fluid dynamics, topological spaces. He has published over a hundred papers in reputed international journals, two books, fifteen book chapters, and over forty international conferences. Ten candidates received Ph.D. under his guidance, and five more candidates are currently pursuing Ph.D. under him. Harish Sharma is Associate Professor at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, in Department of Computer Science and Engineering. He has worked at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University Kota and Government Engineering College Jhalawar. He received his B.Tech. and M.Tech. degree in computer engg. from Govt. Engineering College, Kota, and Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, in 2003 and 2009, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. from ABV—Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India. He is Life Time Member of Cryptology Research Society of India, ISI, Kolkata. He is Associate Editor of “International Journal of Swarm Intelligence (IJSI)” published by Inderscience. He has also edited special issues of the many reputed journals like “Memetic Computing”, “Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence”, “Evolutionary Intelligence”, etc. His primary area of interest is nature-inspired optimization techniques. He has contributed in more than 105 papers published in various international journals and conferences. Dr. Mukesh Prasad is Senior Lecturer at School of Computer Science in the Faculty of Engineering and IT at UTS who has made substantial contributions to the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things. Mukesh’s research interests include also big data, computer vision, brain–computer interface, and evolutionary computation. He is working also in the evolving and increasingly important field of image processing, data analytics, and edge computing, which promise to pave the way for the evolution of new applications and services in the area of health care, biomedical, agriculture, smart cities, education, marketing, and finance. His research has appeared in numerous prestigious journals, including IEEE/ACM transactions and conferences, and he has written more than 100 research papers. Dr. Puneet Kumar Gupta is Assistant Professor at The ICFAI University, Dehradun. In addition to his academic responsibilities, he serves as Research Coordinator at The ICFAI University, Dehradun. He earned his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj. Before joining The ICFAI University, Dehradun, he served as Assistant Statistical Officer at the Uttar Pradesh Planning Department, Lucknow. Dr. Gupta's primary research interests include load-sharing system models, technology adoption, quantitative techniques, and Bayesian inference. He has published over 40 research papers in various international journals and conferences. He has been recognized for his academic excellence, receiving the Dr. Prem Kansal Gold Medal and the Vice-Chancellor Gold Medal for securing the first rank in M.Phil. Statistics.
