Gururaj H L is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi (2019). With 14 years of teaching and research experience, he is a Senior Member of ACM and IEEE, a Lifetime Member of the Cryptology Society of India, and an ACM India Eminent Speaker (2024-2026).He has received numerous accolades, including the SERB Young Scientist International Travel Grant (2016), four consecutive Best Project Guide awards (2014–2017), and the VGST Award for Outstanding Research Publications (2023). He has authored/edited 23 books and published over 200 research papers, receiving several Best Paper awards. Dr. Gururaj holds an Australian patent, two Indian design patents, and six copyrights. He has delivered over 500 technical talks globally and serves as an Editorial Board member and Special Issue Editor for leading journals. His research interests include AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, IoT, Data Mining, and Machine Learning. Currently, he guides six Ph.D. scholars and contributes as an advisor to various national and international committees.Francesco Flammini received his masters (2003) and doctoral (2006) degrees in Computer Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. He is currently a Professor of Computer Science with a focus on Cyber-Physical Systems at Mälardalen University (Sweden). He has been a Senior Lecturer and the chair of the Cyber-Physical Systems group at Linnaeus University (Sweden). He has worked for almost 15 years in private and public companies, including Ansaldo STS (now Hitachi Rail) and IPZS (Italian State Mint and Polygraphic Institute), on large international projects addressing intelligent transportation systems, critical infrastructure protection and cybersecurity, as a technical leader and unit head. He is an IEEE Senior Member and the Chair of the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Homeland Security. He is also a member of the ERCIM Working Group on Formal Methods for Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS), He has (co)authored 100+ scientific publications and he has served as a chair, invited speaker, steering/program committee member, and editor for several international conferences and journals.Ravi Kumar V, Professor and Head, Department of Information Science and Engineering has about 24 years of teaching experience. Professor obtained his B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Kuvempu University, M. Tech in Computer Science & Engineering, and PhD from VTU. He has 27 publications to his credit in reputed publications and has served as an editor for the titles “Intelligent Systems in Healthcare and Disease Identification using Data Science” and “The Convergence of IoT with Blockchain Technology”. He has received “Best Teacher” for the academic year 2021-22 by VVCE. He was a Program Chair of Annual International Conference on Machine Learning, Data Science and Blockchain technology (AICDMB) 2020 & 2021. He has also received Rs. 1.6 Lakhs fund from AICTE, Govt. of India to organize International Conference. He is an Editorial Board Member of Inderscience International Journal of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies and reviewer for different international conferences and reputed Journals. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, NLP, Blockchain Technology, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Mining, and Internet of Things.Prema N S, working as Associate Professor, Information Science and Engineering, VVCE in Karnataka, India, with a total teaching experience of 19 years. She graduated in Information Science from SJCE, Mysore, and received her M.Tech. degree in Software Engineering from SJCE. She went on to receive her Ph.D at VTU, India. Her research interests include medical datamining, datamining, knowledge engineering, natural language processing, and machine learning. She has authored 20+ publications in international journals, conferences, and patents. She has published her work in reputed international journals and served as a reviewer for national and international journals and conferences.
