SK Hafizul Islam received Ph.D. (CSE) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India, under the INSPIRE Fellowship Ph.D. Program (funded by the DST, Government of India). He is currently an Assistant Professor at IIIT Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Before joining the IIIT Kalyani, he was an Assistant Professor at the BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He has authored or co-authored 125 research papers in journals and conference proceedings of international reputes. His research interests include Information Security, Lattice-based Cryptography, IoT & Blockchain Security, and Deep Learning. He is an Associate Editor for "IEEE J-BHI", "IEEE T-ITS", "IEEE Systems Journal", "IEEE Access", “IJCS (Wiley)”, “Telecommunication Systems (Springer)", "IET Wireless Sensor Systems", “Journal of Cloud Computing (Springer)”, and Technical Committee Member for “Computer Communications (Elsevier)”. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal, the S. D. Singha Memorial Endowment Gold Medal, and the Sabitri Parya Memorial Endowment Gold Medal from Vidyasagar University, in 2006. He was also the recipient of the University Gold Medal from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad in 2009. Debabrata Samanta is the Department Chair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing and Information Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology—RIT Tirana, Tirana, Albania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engg. in the area of SAR Image Processing. He is keenly interested in Interdisciplinary Research and development and has experience spanning fields of SAR Image Analysis, Video surveillance, a Heuristic algorithm for Image Classification, Deep Learning Framework for Detection and Classification, Blockchain, Statistical Modelling, Wireless Adhoc Networks, Natural Language Processing. He has successfully completed six Consultancy Projects. He owns 22 Patents (4 Design Indian Patents and 2 Australian patents Granted, 16 Indian Patents published) and 2 copyrights. He has authored or co-authored over 224 research papers; he has co-authored 13 books and co-edited 13 books. He has presented various papers at international conferences and received Best Paper awards. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an Associate Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), and a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Arup Kumar Pal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India. Before joining this institute, he was a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, from April 2011 to December 2011. He received his BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, India, in 2006. He did his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in 2011. He has more than Nine years of teaching and research experience. He has contributed over 70 research papers in several journals and conference proceedings of national and international reputes. His main research interest includes Data Compression, Multimedia Security, and CBIR. He has organized several FDP in the area of Image Processing and Cryptography. He has served as an Advisor Committee member and Technical Programme Committee (TPC) member in various conferences/workshops etc. Ummer Iqbal received a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College, Vishweriaya Technical University Bangalore, in 2007. He completed his M.Tech and Ph.D. from NIT Srinagar in 2015 and 2022. He joined NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu in 2010 as Scientist 'B'. He has accumulated a total experience of around 13 years, and his job profile includes teaching IT, Information Security, and Cyber Forensics at the P.G. level at NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu. His research & development interest is IoT security, Information Security and Open-source technologies.

• 1. Next-Generation IoT Security: Machine Learning and AI Perspectives2. Image-Based Steganography in IIoT: Enhancing Data Security with CNN, CBAM, and Quantization Techniques3. Securing Patient Data in IoT-Enabled Medical Imaging: A Steganographic Approach4. A Multifactor-based Secure and Efficient Protocol for Authentication and key Key-management in Industrial Internet-of-Things5. Human Factors and Social Engineering in IoT Attacks6. Machine Learning Approaches for Strengthening IoT Security: A Thorough Review7. Modern Privacy Preserving Strategies for IoT Security8. Identity and Access Management for IOT Devices9. A Comprehensive Study on ECC-Based Secure IEEE 802.15.4 Connectivity in IoT Gateways10. Securing MAVLink Communication in the Internet of Drones Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography11. Contemporary Threats and Countermeasures for IoT Systems12. Secure and Efficient Communication for MQTT-based IoT Systems13. Safeguarding Crop Quality: IoT-Enabled Pest Classification via Convolution Neural Network and Transfer Learning14. Leveraging Self-Sovereign Identities for User-Centric Identity Management in Internet of Things15. Securing IoT-Based Pancreatic Cancer Management Systems with Elliptic Curve Cryptography16. Emerging Trends and Security in IoT Devices17. Collaborative Security approaches for IoT Ecosystems18. IoT-Based Cardiovascular Health Monitoring: Ensuring Security with Machine Learning and AI Techniques19. Progressions and Unfilled Gaps in Homomorphic Encryption for Emerging Application Areas: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Preface20. A Short Study on Robotics in Smart Homes: Developing a Robotic Assistant for Everyday Tasks21. Homomorphic Encryption for Modern Data Security: Case Studies of IBM’s Comprehensive Solutions and Zama’s Cutting-Edge Innovations for IoT22. From Needs to Insights: User Stories Guide Data Processing and Networking for IDMS Development for IOT23. IoT Security Through Machine Learning And AI24. The role of IOT in optimising quick commerce operations: a comprehensive analysis of micro-fulfillment centers and consumer satisfaction25. Securing the Future: Challenges and Threats in IoT Device Security

SK Hafizul Islam received Ph.D. (CSE) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India, under the INSPIRE Fellowship Ph.D. Program (funded by the DST, Government of India). He is currently an Assistant Professor at IIIT Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Before joining the IIIT Kalyani, he was an Assistant Professor at the BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He has authored or co-authored 125 research papers in journals and conference proceedings of international reputes. His research interests include Information Security, Lattice-based Cryptography, IoT & Blockchain Security, and Deep Learning. He is an Associate Editor for "IEEE J-BHI", "IEEE T-ITS", "IEEE Systems Journal", "IEEE Access", “IJCS (Wiley)”, “Telecommunication Systems (Springer)", "IET Wireless Sensor Systems", “Journal of Cloud Computing (Springer)”, and Technical Committee Member for “Computer Communications (Elsevier)”. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal, the S. D. Singha Memorial Endowment Gold Medal, and the Sabitri Parya Memorial Endowment Gold Medal from Vidyasagar University, in 2006. He was also the recipient of the University Gold Medal from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad in 2009. Debabrata Samanta is the Department Chair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing and Information Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology—RIT Tirana, Tirana, Albania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engg. in the area of SAR Image Processing. He is keenly interested in Interdisciplinary Research and development and has experience spanning fields of SAR Image Analysis, Video surveillance, a Heuristic algorithm for Image Classification, Deep Learning Framework for Detection and Classification, Blockchain, Statistical Modelling, Wireless Adhoc Networks, Natural Language Processing. He has successfully completed six Consultancy Projects. He owns 22 Patents (4 Design Indian Patents and 2 Australian patents Granted, 16 Indian Patents published) and 2 copyrights. He has authored or co-authored over 224 research papers; he has co-authored 13 books and co-edited 13 books. He has presented various papers at international conferences and received Best Paper awards. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an Associate Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), and a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Arup Kumar Pal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India. Before joining this institute, he was a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, from April 2011 to December 2011. He received his BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, India, in 2006. He did his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in 2011. He has more than Nine years of teaching and research experience. He has contributed over 70 research papers in several journals and conference proceedings of national and international reputes. His main research interest includes Data Compression, Multimedia Security, and CBIR. He has organized several FDP in the area of Image Processing and Cryptography. He has served as an Advisor Committee member and Technical Programme Committee (TPC) member in various conferences/workshops etc. Ummer Iqbal received a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College, Vishweriaya Technical University Bangalore, in 2007. He completed his M.Tech and Ph.D. from NIT Srinagar in 2015 and 2022. He joined NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu in 2010 as Scientist 'B'. He has accumulated a total experience of around 13 years, and his job profile includes teaching IT, Information Security, and Cyber Forensics at the P.G. level at NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu. His research & development interest is IoT security, Information Security and Open-source technologies.

• 1. Next-Generation IoT Security: Machine Learning and AI Perspectives2. Image-Based Steganography in IIoT: Enhancing Data Security with CNN, CBAM, and Quantization Techniques3. Securing Patient Data in IoT-Enabled Medical Imaging: A Steganographic Approach4. A Multifactor-based Secure and Efficient Protocol for Authentication and key Key-management in Industrial Internet-of-Things5. Human Factors and Social Engineering in IoT Attacks6. Machine Learning Approaches for Strengthening IoT Security: A Thorough Review7. Modern Privacy Preserving Strategies for IoT Security8. Identity and Access Management for IOT Devices9. A Comprehensive Study on ECC-Based Secure IEEE 802.15.4 Connectivity in IoT Gateways10. Securing MAVLink Communication in the Internet of Drones Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography11. Contemporary Threats and Countermeasures for IoT Systems12. Secure and Efficient Communication for MQTT-based IoT Systems13. Safeguarding Crop Quality: IoT-Enabled Pest Classification via Convolution Neural Network and Transfer Learning14. Leveraging Self-Sovereign Identities for User-Centric Identity Management in Internet of Things15. Securing IoT-Based Pancreatic Cancer Management Systems with Elliptic Curve Cryptography16. Emerging Trends and Security in IoT Devices17. Collaborative Security approaches for IoT Ecosystems18. IoT-Based Cardiovascular Health Monitoring: Ensuring Security with Machine Learning and AI Techniques19. Progressions and Unfilled Gaps in Homomorphic Encryption for Emerging Application Areas: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Preface20. A Short Study on Robotics in Smart Homes: Developing a Robotic Assistant for Everyday Tasks21. Homomorphic Encryption for Modern Data Security: Case Studies of IBM’s Comprehensive Solutions and Zama’s Cutting-Edge Innovations for IoT22. From Needs to Insights: User Stories Guide Data Processing and Networking for IDMS Development for IOT23. IoT Security Through Machine Learning And AI24. The role of IOT in optimising quick commerce operations: a comprehensive analysis of micro-fulfillment centers and consumer satisfaction25. Securing the Future: Challenges and Threats in IoT Device Security

SK Hafizul Islam received Ph.D. (CSE) from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, India, under the INSPIRE Fellowship Ph.D. Program (funded by the DST, Government of India). He is currently an Assistant Professor at IIIT Kalyani, West Bengal, India. Before joining the IIIT Kalyani, he was an Assistant Professor at the BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India. He has authored or co-authored 125 research papers in journals and conference proceedings of international reputes. His research interests include Information Security, Lattice-based Cryptography, IoT & Blockchain Security, and Deep Learning. He is an Associate Editor for "IEEE J-BHI", "IEEE T-ITS", "IEEE Systems Journal", "IEEE Access", “IJCS (Wiley)”, “Telecommunication Systems (Springer)", "IET Wireless Sensor Systems", “Journal of Cloud Computing (Springer)”, and Technical Committee Member for “Computer Communications (Elsevier)”. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal, the S. D. Singha Memorial Endowment Gold Medal, and the Sabitri Parya Memorial Endowment Gold Medal from Vidyasagar University, in 2006. He was also the recipient of the University Gold Medal from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad in 2009. Debabrata Samanta is the Department Chair and Assistant Professor at the Department of Computing and Information Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology—RIT Tirana, Tirana, Albania. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engg. in the area of SAR Image Processing. He is keenly interested in Interdisciplinary Research and development and has experience spanning fields of SAR Image Analysis, Video surveillance, a Heuristic algorithm for Image Classification, Deep Learning Framework for Detection and Classification, Blockchain, Statistical Modelling, Wireless Adhoc Networks, Natural Language Processing. He has successfully completed six Consultancy Projects. He owns 22 Patents (4 Design Indian Patents and 2 Australian patents Granted, 16 Indian Patents published) and 2 copyrights. He has authored or co-authored over 224 research papers; he has co-authored 13 books and co-edited 13 books. He has presented various papers at international conferences and received Best Paper awards. He is an IEEE Senior Member, an Associate Life Member of the Computer Society of India (CSI), and a Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Arup Kumar Pal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India. Before joining this institute, he was a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, from April 2011 to December 2011. He received his BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Berhampore, India, in 2006. He did his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in 2011. He has more than Nine years of teaching and research experience. He has contributed over 70 research papers in several journals and conference proceedings of national and international reputes. His main research interest includes Data Compression, Multimedia Security, and CBIR. He has organized several FDP in the area of Image Processing and Cryptography. He has served as an Advisor Committee member and Technical Programme Committee (TPC) member in various conferences/workshops etc. Ummer Iqbal received a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering from Dayananda Sagar College, Vishweriaya Technical University Bangalore, in 2007. He completed his M.Tech and Ph.D. from NIT Srinagar in 2015 and 2022. He joined NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu in 2010 as Scientist 'B'. He has accumulated a total experience of around 13 years, and his job profile includes teaching IT, Information Security, and Cyber Forensics at the P.G. level at NIELIT Srinagar/Jammu. His research & development interest is IoT security, Information Security and Open-source technologies.

• 1. Next-Generation IoT Security: Machine Learning and AI Perspectives2. Image-Based Steganography in IIoT: Enhancing Data Security with CNN, CBAM, and Quantization Techniques3. Securing Patient Data in IoT-Enabled Medical Imaging: A Steganographic Approach4. A Multifactor-based Secure and Efficient Protocol for Authentication and key Key-management in Industrial Internet-of-Things5. Human Factors and Social Engineering in IoT Attacks6. Machine Learning Approaches for Strengthening IoT Security: A Thorough Review7. Modern Privacy Preserving Strategies for IoT Security8. Identity and Access Management for IOT Devices9. A Comprehensive Study on ECC-Based Secure IEEE 802.15.4 Connectivity in IoT Gateways10. Securing MAVLink Communication in the Internet of Drones Using Elliptic Curve Cryptography11. Contemporary Threats and Countermeasures for IoT Systems12. Secure and Efficient Communication for MQTT-based IoT Systems13. Safeguarding Crop Quality: IoT-Enabled Pest Classification via Convolution Neural Network and Transfer Learning14. Leveraging Self-Sovereign Identities for User-Centric Identity Management in Internet of Things15. Securing IoT-Based Pancreatic Cancer Management Systems with Elliptic Curve Cryptography16. Emerging Trends and Security in IoT Devices17. Collaborative Security approaches for IoT Ecosystems18. IoT-Based Cardiovascular Health Monitoring: Ensuring Security with Machine Learning and AI Techniques19. Progressions and Unfilled Gaps in Homomorphic Encryption for Emerging Application Areas: A Comprehensive Literature Review and Preface20. A Short Study on Robotics in Smart Homes: Developing a Robotic Assistant for Everyday Tasks21. Homomorphic Encryption for Modern Data Security: Case Studies of IBM’s Comprehensive Solutions and Zama’s Cutting-Edge Innovations for IoT22. From Needs to Insights: User Stories Guide Data Processing and Networking for IDMS Development for IOT23. IoT Security Through Machine Learning And AI24. The role of IOT in optimising quick commerce operations: a comprehensive analysis of micro-fulfillment centers and consumer satisfaction25. Securing the Future: Challenges and Threats in IoT Device Security