Editor Biographies

Dr Siddhartha Bhattacharyya earned his bachelor's in Physics, bachelor's in Optics and Optoelectronics, and master's in Optics and Optoelectronics from University of Calcutta, India, in 1995, 1998, and 2000, respectively. He completed a PhD in computer science and engineering from Jadavpur University, India, in 2008. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal from the University of Calcutta for his master's in 2012. He is also the recipient of the coveted ADARSH VIDYA SARASWATI RASHTRIYA PURASKAR for excellence in education and research in 2016. He is the recipient of the Distinguished HoD Award and Distinguished Professor Award conferred by Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, India in 2017. He is also the recipient of the coveted Bhartiya Shiksha Ratan Award conferred by Economic Growth Foundation, New Delhi in 2017.

He is currently the Principal of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India. In addition, he is serving as the Dean of Research and Development of the institute from November 2013. Prior to this, he was the Professor and Head of Information Technology of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India, from 2014 to 2017. Before this, he was an Associate Professor of Information Technology in the same institute, from 2011 to 2014. Before that, he served as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Information Technology of University Institute of Technology, The University of Burdwan, India, from 2005 to 2011. He was a Lecturer in Information Technology of Kalyani Government Engineering College, India, during 2001-2005. He is a coauthor of four books and the coeditor of eight books, and has more than 175 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings to his credit. He has got a patent on intelligent colorimeter technology. He was the convener of the AICTE-IEEE National Conference on Computing and Communication Systems (CoCoSys-09) in 2009. He was the member of the Young Researchers' Committee of the WSC 2008 Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications. He has been the member of the organizing and technical program committees of several national and international conferences. He served as the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI) published by IGI Global (Hershey, PA, USA) from July 17, 2014, to November 6, 2014. He was the General Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICCICN 2014) organized by the Department of Information Technology, RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, in association with Machine Intelligence Research Labs, Gwalior, and IEEE Young Professionals, Kolkata Section; it was held at Kolkata, India, in 2014. He is the Associate Editor of International Journal of Pattern Recognition Research. He is the member of the editorial board of International Journal of Engineering, Science and Technology and ACCENTS Transactions on Information Security (ATIS). He is also the member of the editorial advisory board of HETC Journal of Computer Engineering and Applications. He has been the Associate Editor of the International Journal of BioInfo Soft Computing since 2013. He is the Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Hybrid Intelligent Techniques for Image Analysis and Understanding of Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier, Amsterdam). He was the General Chair of the 2015 IEEE International Conference on Research in Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (ICRCICN 2015) organized by the Department of Information Technology, RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, in association with IEEE Young Professionals, Kolkata Section and held at Kolkata, India, in 2015. He is the Lead Guest Editor of the Special Issue on Computational Intelligence and Communications in International Journal of Computers and Applications (IJCA) (Taylor & Francis, London) in 2016. He has been the Issue Editor of International Journal of Pattern Recognition Research since January 2016. He was the General Chair of the 2016 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Network Security and Signal Processing (WCNSSP2016) held during June 26-27, 2016, at Chiang Mai, Thailand. He is the member of the editorial board of Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier, Amsterdam).

He has visited several leading universities in several countries like China, Thailand, and Japan for delivering invited lectures. His research interests include soft computing, pattern recognition, multimedia data processing, hybrid intelligence, and quantum computing. Dr Bhattacharyya is a Fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India. He is a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA; Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA; and International Engineering and Technology Institute (IETI), Hong Kong. He is a member of International Rough Set Society, International Association for Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong; Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), USA; International Association of Academicians, Scholars, Scientists and Engineers (IAASSE), USA; Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK; and Institute of Doctors Engineers and Scientists (IDES), India. He is a life member of Computer Society of India, Optical Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education, and Center for Education Growth and Research, India.

Dr Indrajit Pan has done his BE in Computer Science and Engineering with Honors from The University of Burdwan in 2005; M.Tech. in Information Technology from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, in 2009; and PhD (Engg.) from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, in 2015. He is the recipient of BESU, University Medal for securing first rank in M.Tech. (IT). He has a couple of national- and international-level research publications and book chapters to his credit. He has attended several international conferences, national-level faculty development programs, workshops, and symposiums.

In this Institute, his primary responsibility is teaching and project guidance at UG (B.Tech.) and PG (M.Tech. and MCA) levels as Assistant Professor of Information Technology (erstwhile Lecturer since joining in February 2006). Apart from this, he has carried out additional responsibility of Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for Infosys Campus Connect Initiative in 2009-2011, and Coordinator of Institute-level UG Project Committee in 2008-2010. At present, his additional responsibility includes Nodal Officer of Institutional Reforms for TEQIP-II Project since 2011 and Member Secretary of Academic Council since 2013. Apart from these, he has actively served as an organizing member of several Faculty Development Programs and International Conferences (ICCICN 2014) for RCCIIT. He has also acted as the Session Chair in an International Conference (ICACCI 2013) and Member of Technical Committee for FICTA 2014. Before joining RCCIIT, Indrajit served Siliguri Institute of Technology, Darjeeling, as a Lecturer in CSE/IT from 2005 to 2006.

Indrajit is a Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA; and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA.

Dr Anirban Mukherjee did his bachelor's in Civil Engineering in 1994 from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. While in service, he achieved a professional Diploma in Operations Management (PGDOM) in 1998 and completed his PhD on Automatic Diagram Drawing based on Natural Language Text Understanding from Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, in 2014. Serving RCC Institute of Information Technology (RCCIIT), Kolkata, since its inception (in 1999), he is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering Science & Management at RCCIIT. Before joining RCCIIT, he served as an Engineer in the Scientific & Technical Application Group in erstwhile RCC, Calcutta, for six years. His research interest includes computer graphics, computational intelligence, optimization, and assistive technology. He has coauthored two UG engineering textbooks: one on Computer Graphics and Multimedia and another on Engineering Mechanics. He has also coauthored more than 18 books on Computer Graphics/Multimedia for distance learning courses He holds BBA/MBA/BCA/MCA/B.Sc (Comp.Sc.)/M.Sc (IT) of different universities of India. He has a few international journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers to his credit. He is in the editorial board of International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI).

Dr Paramartha Dutta, born 1966, did his bachelor's and master's in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, in the years 1988 and 1990, respectively. He afterward completed his master's degree of technology in Computer Science from the same Institute in 1993, and PhD in engineering from the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, in 2005, respectively. He has served in the capacity of research personnel in various projects funded by Government of India, which include DRDO, CSIR, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, and others. Dr Dutta is now a Professor in the Department of Computer and System Sciences of the Visva Bharati University, West Bengal, India. Prior to this, he served Kalyani Government Engineering College and College of Engineering in West Bengal as a full-time faculty member. Dr Dutta remained associated as Visiting/Guest Faculty of several universities and institutes, such as West Bengal...