Arun K. Somani is currently Anson Marston Distinguished Professor and Jerry R. Junkins Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Iowa State University. He worked as Scientific Officer for Govt. of India, New Delhi and as a faculty member at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Professor Somani's research interests are in the area of fault tolerant computing, computer interconnection networks, WDM-based optical networking, and reconfigurable and parallel computer system architecture. He architected, designed, and implemented a 46-node multi-computer cluster-based system, Proteus. He has served as IEEE distinguished visitor, IEEE distinguished tutorial speaker, and has delivered several key note speeches. He has been elected a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to “theory and applications of computer networks.” He has been awarded a Distinguished Scientist member grade of ACM in 2006.Sumit Srivastava is Professor, Head Department of Information Technology and the Convener of SSIC 2017 Conference held at Manipal University Jaipur. He has expertise in the domain of Data Analytics and Image Processing. He is also a senior member of IEEE with more than 14 years of teaching experience. He has organized many national and international conference under IEEE & Springer banner in Rajasthan. He has also serves as publication chair of two consecutive editions of IEEE conference on MOOC, Innovation and Computing (MITE). Prof. Srivastava has coordinated and mentored the Bilateral Exchange between the HEIG-VD University and Manipal University Jaipur for two consecutive years. He has published more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed International Journals, Book series and IEEE/Springer/Elsevier conference proceedings. Ankit Mundra is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Technology, School of Computer Science and IT, Manipal University Jaipur. Previously, he has worked at Department of CSE, Central University of Rajasthan for two years. He has completed his M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Waknaghat, India and awarded with Gold Medal for scoring highest grades during M.Tech program. His research interest includes Online Fraud Detection, Distributed Computer Networks, Parallel Computing, Cyber Physical Systems, Sensor Networks, Network Algorithms, and Parallel Algorithms. He has supervised 8 M.Tech Scholars and published 21 research papers in peer-reviewed International Journals, Book series and IEEE/Springer/Elsevier conference. e="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Sanyog Rawat is presently associated as Associate Professor with Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Manipal University Jaipur. He has been into teaching and research for more than twelve years. He graduated with Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Communication, Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Microwave Engineering and PhD in the field of Planar Antennas. He is engaged actively in the research areas related to planar antennas for wireless and satellite communication systems. He has published more than 50 research papers in peer-reviewed International Journals, Book series and IEEE/Springer/Elsevier conference. He has organized several workshops, seminars, national and international conferences. He has been empaneled in the editorial and reviewer board of various national and International Journals. He has also edited the Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft Computing - Theories and Applications (SoCTA 2016) for Springer publication (India). His current research interests include RF and Microwave devices, nature inspired antennas and biological effects of microwave. He is an active member of various professional societies including IET (UK), ISLE, and IACSIT.
