Professor J K Mandal received his M.Sc. in Physics from Jadavpur University in 1986 and M.Tech. in Computer Science from the University of Calcutta and was awarded a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering Jadavpur University in 2000. Currently, he is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Technology, and Management, Kalyani University, West Bengal, for two consecutive terms. He started his career as Lecturer at NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh, in September 1988 and has 30 years of teaching and research experience. His research areas include coding theory, data and network security, remote sensing and GIS-based applications, data compression, error correction, visual cryptography, steganography, security in MANET, wireless networks, and unified computing. He has been a Life Member of the Computer Society of India since 1992, CRSI since 2009, ACM since 2012, IEEE since 2013, and Fellow of IETE since 2012. He has chaired more than 60 sessions at various international conferences and delivered more than 60 expert/invited lectures during the last 5 years. He has acted as Program Chair of several international conferences and edited more than 30 proceedings volumes. He is a Reviewer for various international journals and conferences and has published over 360 articles and 6 books. He is one of the editors for the Springer AISC and CCIS Series. He has published more than 450 articles, out of which 160 papers are published in the international journal. He has authored 12 books. Twenty-four scholars were awarded Ph.D. degrees under his supervision.Prof. (Dr.) Joyanta Kumar Roy, Ph.D(Tech.)., has been associated with academics and industry in Electronics and Automation Engineering for the last 40 years. His present assignments include Visiting Professor, Narula Institute of Technology (Autonomous unit of MAKAUT), India; Company Director, System Advance Technologies, Kolkata, India, and Founder Chairman, Eureka Scientech Research Foundation, Kolkata. He is also a Freelance Consultant to many industries for providing design support toward smart technology in the water industry. Earlier, he served three engineering institutions in India with various capacities, including Principal, Dean, and Professor. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and past Chairman of IET Kolkata network, Fellow Member of IETE and IWWA, regular Reviewer of IEEE and Springer Journals, and Associate Editor of S2IS journal. He has published a significant number of scientific and technical publications (165 nos. publications) in the form of the book, book chapters, design documents, peer-reviewed SCI-indexed research papers, etc. He has chaired more than forty international conferences in various sessions and delivered more than sixty expert talks, plenary, and keynote addresses nationally and internationally. He has volunteered 250 technical events under the umbrella of IET(UK) and IEEE. His research interest includes developing innovative and intelligent measurement and control systems, multifunction sensors, IoT-based m-health, and technology-assisted living, smart home, and city.
