Recent Trends in Data Analytics and Computing

Dr. Pijush Dutta

works as an Assistant professor and head at the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management, JIS Group, West Bengal, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching & more than 8 years of research experience. He completed his B. Tech in 2007, M. Tech in 2012 & Ph.D. in 2022. Dr. Dutta's research interests include Sensor and transducer, nonlinear process control systems, Mechatronics systems, optimization algorithms, intelligent systems, Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and Deep learning. He has 14 International and national patents, he has published more than 100 research articles in his credit, published in international, and national journals & conference proceedings. He has 10 edited & authored books & 21 book chapters under reputed book publishers Scrivener, Nova, CRC Press, Elsevier & Springer. Dr. Dutta has also been invited as session chair and invited speaker at several international Conferences. Moreover, Dr. Dutta has also been awarded by different international and national organizations regarding his credentials.

Dr. Jyoti Sekhar Banerjee

is currently serving as the Associate Professor & Head of the Department in the Computer Science and Engineering (AI & ML) Department at the Techno Bengal Institute of Technology (for?merly known as Bengal Institute of Technology), Kolkata, India. He is also the Professor-in-Charge, R & D and Consultancy Cell & Nodal Officer of the IPR Cell of BIT. Since 2024, he also works as a Remote Researcher in the Internet of THings & AppliCAtions Lab (ITHACA) at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Macedonia, Greece. Dr. Banerjee is also working as the Adjunct Research Faculty under the Lincoln Global Postdoctoral Researcher (LGPR) Programme at Lincoln University College, Malaysia. He is the former Remote Research Fellow of the Cognitive Computing and Brain Informatics Research Group (CCBI) at Nottingham Trent University (NTU), UK. Dr. Banerjee did his Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Nottingham Trent University, UK, in the Department of Computer Science. He also completed the Post Graduate Diploma in IPR & TBM from MAKAUT, WB. He has teaching and research experience spanning 21 years and completed one IEI funded project. He is the present Secretary-cum-Treasurer of the ISTE WB Section and Secretary of the IETE, Kolkata Centre. He is the Immediate Past Secretary of the Computer Society of India, Kolkata Chapter. Dr. Banerjee is also the Vice Chairman Cum Chairman Elect in Computer Society of India, Kolkata Chapter for the year 2025-2027.

Prof. (Dr.) Siddhartha Bhattacharyya

[FRSA, FIET (UK), FIEI, FIETE, FSCRS, LFOSI, SMIEEE, SMACM, SMAAIA, SMIETI, LMCSI, LMISTE] is currently a senior researcher at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic. He is also a scientific advisor at Algebra Bernays University, Zagreb, Croatia. Prior to this, he was the Principal of Rajnagar Mahavidyalaya, Birbhum, India. Before this, he was a professor at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India. He also served as the Principal of RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata, India. He has served VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, as a Senior Research Scientist. He is the recipient of several coveted national and international awards. He received the Honorary Doctorate Award (D. Litt.) from The University of South America and the SEARCC International Digital Award ICT Educator of the Year in 2017. He was appointed as the ACM Distinguished Speaker for the tenure of 2018-2020. He has been appointed as the IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor for 2021-2024. He is a co-author of six books and the co-editor of 106 books and has more than 400 research publications in international journals and conference proceedings to his credit.

Dr. Debashis De

is a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, India. He received an M.Tech. degree from the University of Calcutta, in 2002. and a Ph.D. from Jadavpur University in 2005. He is a senior member-IEEE, fellow IETE, and life member CSI. He was awarded the prestigious Boyscast Fellowship by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to work at the Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK. He received the Endeavour Fellowship Award from 2008-2009 by DEST Australia to work at the University of Western Australia. He received the Young Scientist award both in 2005 in New Delhi and in 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, from the International Union of Radio Science, Belgium. In 2016, he received the JC Bose research award from IETE, New Delhi.

Dr. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis

is the Director of the ITHACA lab, co-founder of the 1st spin-off of the University of Western Macedonia: MetaMind Innovations P.C., and Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece. He received the B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2001 and 2007, respectively. He has published over 360 papers in international journals, conferences and book chapters, including IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Communications, IEEE Internet of Things, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, IEEE Systems Journal, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Access and Computer Networks. He received six best paper awards and the IEEE SMC TCHS Research and Innovation Award 2023. He has been involved in several national, European and international projects, coordinating and technically leading numerous national and European projects including H2020, Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and operational programs. His research interests include telecommunication networks, internet of things and network security. He is an IEEE member and participates in the Editorial Boards of various journals like IEEE Transactions on Communications, IET Networks, International Journal of Communication Systems and International Journal of Information Security.

Dr. Mohamed Lahby

is Associate Professor at the Higher Normal School (ENS) University Hassan II of Casablanca, Morocco. His PhD in Computer Science from Faculty of Sciences and Technology of Mohammedia, University Hassan II of Casablanca, in 2013. His research interests are wireless communication and network, mobility management, QoS/QoE, Internet of things, Smart cities, Optimization and Machine learning. He has published more than 60 papers (book chapters, international journals, and conferences), 10 edited books, and 1 authored book. He has served and continues to serve on executive and technical program committees of numerous international conferences such as IEEE PIMRC, ICC, NTMS, IWCMC, WINCOM, ISNCC. He also referees many prestigious Elsevier journals : Ad Hoc Networks, Applied Computing and Informatics and International journal of disaster risk reduction. He organized and participated more than 40 conferences and workshops. He is the chair of many international workshops and special sessions such as MLNGSN'19, CSPSC'19, MLNGSN'20, MLNGSN'21, AI2SC '20, WCTCP'20, CIOT'22, ISGTA'23 and ISGAIE'25

Dr. Shashi Kant Gupta

is a distinguished academic and researcher in the field of Computer Science and Engineering, with a prolific career spanning over a decade. His extensive contributions to academia and industry are marked by his roles in various prestigious institutions and his leadership in innovative research projects. Prof. Gupta's work primarily focuses on Cloud Computing, Big Data Analytics, IoT, and Computational Intelligence with multidisciplinary areas in which he has made significant advancements. Prof. Gupta is currently serving as the Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Information Technology, Victorian Institute of Technology, Level 14,123 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia. In addition, he is currently serving as a Post?Doctoral Fellow and Researcher at Eudoxia Research University, USA, where he is involved in cutting-edge research in Computer Science and Engineering. He serves as Adjunct Professor at Lincoln University College (Malaysia), Chitkara University (India), Saveetha School of Engineering (India), and MAAUN (Nigeria), among others. He has published widely in SCOPUS/SCI journals, holds international patents, and edits books with Springer, CRC, Wiley, and Taylor & Francis. He is a senior editor, senior IEEE member, and recipient of multiple international awards