Recent Trends in Artificial Intelligence Towards a Smart World

Dr. Rajeev Arya received the Engineering Degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Government Engineering College, Ujjain, (RGPV University, Bhopal) India, and the Master of Technology in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad, India. He received the Ph.D. degree in Communication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Roorkee) Roorkee, India. He is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering at National Institute of Technology, Patna, India. His current research interests are Applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning in Wireless Sensor Networks, soft computing techniques, 5G/6G Networks, UAV Networks, Signal Processing, Communication Systems and Circuits Design.

Subhash Chander Sharma is a Professor in the Electronics and Computers discipline at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Saharanpur Campus, India. He has an MSc (electronics), M Tech (electronics & communication engineering), and PhD (electronics & computer engineering) in 1981, 1983, and 1992 respectively from IIT Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee). He began his career as an R&D Engineer in 1983, joining the teaching profession in January 1984 at IIT Roorkee, where he continues till date. He has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience. He has published over three hundred research papers in national and international journals/conferences, and supervised more than 30 projects/dissertations of PG students and 34 PhDs in the area of computer networking, wireless network, computer communication, applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, internet of things (IoT), cloud & its security, and mobile computing.

Ajit Kumar Verma is Professor in the Faculty of Technology, Environmental and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Haugesund, Norway (since March 2012) and was Professor/HAG scale for 15 years with the Department of Electrical Engg./Reliability Engg. at IIT Bombay with a research focus in computational intelligence applications in reliability and safety engineering. He is also Guest Professor at Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. He has several publications to his credit. He is Series Editor of 5 book series, and has authored and edited several books with international publishers including Springer. He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of OPSEARCH (Jan 2008-Jan 2011), and is a Patron and Founding Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management besides being an Editor-in-Chief of Life Cycle Reliability and Safety Engineering, all published by Springer.

Dr. Brijesh Iyer is Associate Professor in the Department of E&TC Engineering at the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere, India. He is a recipient of an INAE research fellowship in the field of Engineering. His research interests include RF Front end design for 5G/6G, IoT, Biomedical Image and Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Soft Computing. He has patents to his credit, has authored five books on cutting edge technologies such as Sensor Technology, and published over 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He has served as Program Committee Member of various international conferences. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.