Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Techniques for Engineering Applications

Dr. Ravichander Janapati is presently working as an Associate Professor at Department of ECE, SR University, Warangal, Telangana, India. He is a senior member of IEEE, and he graduated in Electronics and Communication Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad. He received his PhD in the Adhoc Wireless Sensor Networks field and M. Tech in Digital Electronics and Communication Systems from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University, Anantapur. His research papers are published in reputed international journals and international conferences. He had successfully completed a UGC sponsored project and one project funded by DST-SERB. Interests for research are wireless senor networks and brain computer interface. He is a reviewer for the Adhoc Network journal (Elsevier). He has eight patents.

Dr. Usha Desai is presently working as a Professor and Dean (Research & Development) for S.E.A College of Engineering & Technology, Bengaluru, India. She received her PhD in Biomedical Signal Processing from REVA University, Bengaluru, and M. Tech and B.E. from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, Karnataka, India. She received the DST International Travel Grant to present her research paper at 39th IEEE EMBS International Annual Conference held at Jeju Island, South Korea. She has organized International Conference on Innovative Research Development (ICIRD-2024) at Shinawatra University, Bangkok, Thailand and received Best Academician and Organizing member awards.

She served as an Organizer and Session Chair at the reputed IEEE International Conferences. Also, she has presented technical research papers in numerous international indexed conferences and authored more than 50 research publications. She has authored five books on biomedical healthcare. She has six patents. She is presently a Senior Member of IEEE and Life Member of ISTE.

Dr. Steven Fernandes began his postdoctoral research at the University of Alabama-Birmingham after receiving his Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Karunya Institute of Technology and Science and his Masters in Microelectronics from Manipal Institute of Technology. There, he worked on NIH-funded projects. He also conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Central Florida. This research included working on DARPA, NSF, and RBC funded projects. Steven's current area of research is focused on using artificial intelligence techniques to extract useful patterns from big data. This includes robust computer vision applications using deep learning and computer-aided diagnosis using medical image processing.

Dr. Rakesh Sengupta is a cognitive scientist specializing in vision, attention, and working memory. While working on his dissertation, Rakesh spent two years as a visiting fellow at Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CiMec) at the University of Trento, Italy. He completed his PhD from the Center for Neural and Cognitive Science, University of Hyderabad in 2015. His current research involves building a visual working memory module for selective tuning based cognitive architecture, as well as building computational models of the human motor system using computational, theoretical, behavioral, and neuroimaging methods.

Dr. Shubham Tayal is a Layout Design Engineer at Synopsys India Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India. He has more than 8 Years of academic/research experience of teaching at UG and PG level. He has received his Ph.D. in Microelectronics & VLSI Design from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, M.Tech (VLSI Design) from YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad and B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from MDU, Rohtak. His research interests include Simulation and Modelling of Multigate Semiconductor Devices, Device-Circuit Co-design in Digital/Analog Domain, Machine Learning and IOT.