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Contributors
areas of interest include image processing, virtualization, cloud computing, networks and
information security, digital forensics, cloud forensics, and big data forensics and internet
of things/nano forensics.
Pawan Lingras is a graduate of IIT Bombay with post-graduate studies from University
of Regina. He is currently a professor and director of Computing and Data Analytics at
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. He is internationally active having served as a visiting
professor at Munich University of Applied Sciences and IIT Gandhinagar, as a research
supervisor at Institut Superieur de Gestion de Tunis, as a Scholar-in-Residence, and as
a Shastri Indo-Canadian scholar. He has delivered more than 35 invited talks at various institutions around the world. Dr. Lingras has authored more than 200 research
papers in various international journals and conferences. He has coauthored three
textbooks, coedited two books, and eight volumes of research papers. His academic
collaborations and coauthors include academics from Canada, Chile, China, Germany,
India, Poland, Tunisia, UK, and the USA. His areas of interests include artificial intelligence, information retrieval, data mining, web intelligence, and intelligent transportation systems. He has served as the general cochair, program cochair, review committee
chair, program committee member, and reviewer for various international conferences on artificial intelligence and data mining. He is also on the editorial boards of
a number of international journals. His research has been supported by the Natural
Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada for 25 years, as well as
other funding agencies, including NRC-IRAP and MITACS. He is also serving on the
NSERC’s Computer Science peer review committee. Dr. Lingras has been awarded an
Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching award, Student union’s Faculty of Science
Teaching award, and President’s Award for Excellence in Research at Saint Mary’s
University.
Zhixing Liu, Zhicheng Yin, Shuai Zhao, Ziyun Zhong, and Runxing Zhou were part
of a research team that graduated from Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus,
China with BSc degrees in computer science. They joined Saint Mary’s University as
students in the Master’s program in computing and data analytics at Saint Mary’s
University.
D.H. Manjaiah is currently a professor in the Computer Science Department at Mangalore
University. He earned his BE, MTech, and PhD degrees in computer science and engineering. He has more than 23 years of academic and industry experience. His areas of interest
include advanced computer networks, cloud and grid computing, and mobile and wireless
communication.
R.K. Mohanty is pursuing his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering under the
supervision and guidance of Dr. B.K. Tripathy in VIT University, Vellore, India. His areas
of research interest include soft set theory, soft computing, fuzzy set theory, decisionmaking under uncertainty, and computational intelligence. He is an author in more than
20 research publications.
Manoj Kumar Padhi is associated with Nokia, USA, as an integration professional and the
founder of Fan’s Global Social NGN LLC, which is involved in research on next generation
services in social network. He received his MS in software systems from Birla Institute of
Technology and Science, Pilani, India.
Contributors
areas of interest include image processing, virtualization, cloud computing, networks and
information security, digital forensics, cloud forensics, and big data forensics and internet
of things/nano forensics.
Pawan Lingras is a graduate of IIT Bombay with post-graduate studies from University
of Regina. He is currently a professor and director of Computing and Data Analytics at
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. He is internationally active having served as a visiting
professor at Munich University of Applied Sciences and IIT Gandhinagar, as a research
supervisor at Institut Superieur de Gestion de Tunis, as a Scholar-in-Residence, and as
a Shastri Indo-Canadian scholar. He has delivered more than 35 invited talks at various institutions around the world. Dr. Lingras has authored more than 200 research
papers in various international journals and conferences. He has coauthored three
textbooks, coedited two books, and eight volumes of research papers. His academic
collaborations and coauthors include academics from Canada, Chile, China, Germany,
India, Poland, Tunisia, UK, and the USA. His areas of interests include artificial intelligence, information retrieval, data mining, web intelligence, and intelligent transportation systems. He has served as the general cochair, program cochair, review committee
chair, program committee member, and reviewer for various international conferences on artificial intelligence and data mining. He is also on the editorial boards of
a number of international journals. His research has been supported by the Natural
Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada for 25 years, as well as
other funding agencies, including NRC-IRAP and MITACS. He is also serving on the
NSERC’s Computer Science peer review committee. Dr. Lingras has been awarded an
Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching award, Student union’s Faculty of Science
Teaching award, and President’s Award for Excellence in Research at Saint Mary’s
University.
Zhixing Liu, Zhicheng Yin, Shuai Zhao, Ziyun Zhong, and Runxing Zhou were part
of a research team that graduated from Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus,
China with BSc degrees in computer science. They joined Saint Mary’s University as
students in the Master’s program in computing and data analytics at Saint Mary’s
University.
D.H. Manjaiah is currently a professor in the Computer Science Department at Mangalore
University. He earned his BE, MTech, and PhD degrees in computer science and engineering. He has more than 23 years of academic and industry experience. His areas of interest
include advanced computer networks, cloud and grid computing, and mobile and wireless
communication.
R.K. Mohanty is pursuing his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering under the
supervision and guidance of Dr. B.K. Tripathy in VIT University, Vellore, India. His areas
of research interest include soft set theory, soft computing, fuzzy set theory, decisionmaking under uncertainty, and computational intelligence. He is an author in more than
20 research publications.
Manoj Kumar Padhi is associated with Nokia, USA, as an integration professional and the
founder of Fan’s Global Social NGN LLC, which is involved in research on next generation
services in social network. He received his MS in software systems from Birla Institute of
Technology and Science, Pilani, India.