Smart Systems and IoT: 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 an 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.

Rajveer Singh Shekhawat is Professor & Director of the School of Computing & IT, Manipal University Jaipur. He completed his M.Sc., B. Tech. M.S. and Ph.D. at BITS, Pilani. He holds 4 patents: Software for PC EK22 3D co-ordinate capturing system (1996); Software Package for Digital Mapping Applications (1996); NF 205/96: An Electronic Device Useful for Measuring Three Dimensional Model and Ground Co-ordinates from Stereo-Photogrammetric Instruments, CSIR, 1996; and NF/92/90: An Electronic Device for High Speed Peer to Peer Data Communication, CSIR, 1988.

Ankit Mundra is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science and IT, Manipal University Jaipur. He is currently pursuing a PhD in the area of Internet of Vehicles at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur. His research interests include IoV, online fraud detection, and cyber-physical systems. He has published over 30 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, book series, and conference proceedings.

Sumit Srivastava is a Professor of Information Technology with expertise in the domain of data analytics and image processing. He is also a senior member of IEEE. He has published more than 100 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, book series and conference proceedings.

Vivek Kumar Verma is an Assistant Professor at the School of Computing & Information Technology, Manipal University Jaipur. His areas of expertise include image processing, and natural language processing. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed international journals, book series and conference proceedings.