Smart Systems: Innovations in Computing

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. His research interests include fault-tolerant computing, computer interconnection networks, WDM-based optical networking, and reconfigurable and parallel computer system architecture. He architected, designed, and implemented the 46-node multi-computer cluster-based system, Proteus. He has served as IEEE Distinguished Visitor, IEEE Distinguished Tutorial Speaker, and has delivered several keynotes. He was elected as a Fellow of IEEE for his contributions to the "theory and applications of computer networks." He was made a Distinguished Scientist Member of ACM in 2006.
Ankit Mundra is an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in the Department of Information Technology, School of Computer Science and IT, Manipal University Jaipur. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in the area of Internet of Vehicles from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. His research interests include IoV, online fraud detection, cyber-physical systems, and network communications. He has published over 40 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, book series, and conference proceedings. He has also edited three volumes of books for Springer Nature. He is also looking after the innovations at Manipal University Jaipur.
Dr. Robin Doss is an experienced senior academic and executive with a proven track record in academic and research leadership, industry engagement, internationalisation, and business development within the higher education sector. He is a strategic thinker with the ability to effectively drive change to achieve operational efficiencies and synergise academic and research environments. He is recipient of the Cyber Security Researcher of the Year Award from the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) in 2019 and the Vice Chancellor'sAward for Outstanding Contributions from Deakin University in 2015. Currently, he is serving as Director, Security and Privacy Research, IOT (SPYRIT) Lab, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University, and also he is serving as Deputy Head of School of Information Technology, Deakin University. Dr. Doss has published many research papers in IEEE Transactions and reviewed journals.
Subhajit Bhattacharya is a tenured IT professional having over 20 years of experience, technology evangelist, thought leader, mentor, author, and speaker. He has got deep experience into IT consultancy, solution architecting and software engineering, delivery operations, and portfolio and project management while working with some of the global fortune 100 multi-national companies. He has been Global Project Delivery Manager at Accenture, and currently he is managing Accenture Innovation & Strategic programs as a Senior Program Manager. He has gotkey responsibilities to orchestrate Innovation & Automation Programs within the span of robotic process automation, machine & deep learning, cloud computing, IoT, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence for product development, process improvement, and delivery excellence. He has got responsibilities to manage top strategic programs and playing pivotal role to ensure their success. He is Honorary Advisory Council Member of Harvard Business Review, USA. He has served as Business Adviser and Honorary Board Member for Indian IT start-ups. He is honored as Editorial Board Member for Bio-byword Scientific Publishing Company, Australia. He has been honored as "Mentor of Change" for Atal Innovation Mission, an initiative by NITI Aayog (Government of India), to promote innovation & entrepreneurship in academic institutions across India.