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Contributors
G.K. Panda is a senior faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, MITS, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, India. Presently, he
is heading the institute. He obtained his M. Tech. in computer science from Berhampur
University and graduated as the head of his class from the University. He received his
MPhil from VM University, Tamil Nadu, and his PhD from Berhampur University, India.
He has authored many research papers in national/international conferences/journals.
Dr. Panda is associated with many professional bodies. His current research interest
includes social network analysis, sentiment analysis, anonymization techniques, and
rough set theory and applications.
Mrutyunjaya Panda holds a PhD in computer science from Berhampur University. He
obtained his MS in Communication System Engineering from the University College of
Engineering, Burla, at Sambalpur University; MBA in HRM from IGNOU, New Delhi;
Bachelor in Electronics and Tele-Communication Engineering from Utkal University in
2002, 2009, and 1997, respectively. He has 19 years of teaching and research experience.
He is presently working as a reader in the PG Department of Computer Science and
Applications, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He is a member of KES (Australia), IAENG (Hong Kong), ACEEE(I), IETE(I), CSI(I), and ISTE(I). He
has published about 70 papers in international and national journals and conferences.
Dr. Panda has published five book chapters, edited two books published by Springer, and
authored two text books on soft computing techniques and modern approaches of data
mining. He is a program committee member of various international conferences. He is
acting as a member of an editorial board and active reviewer of various international journals. Dr. Panda’s active areas of research include data mining, granular computing, big
data analytics, internet of things, intrusion detection and prevention, social networking,
wireless sensor networks, image processing, text and opinion mining, and bioinformatics.
P.B. Pankajavalli is currently working as assistant professor, Department of Computer
Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. She has 13 years of teaching experience.
Her areas of specialization include MANETs, wireless sensor networks, and IoT. She has
published and presented approximately 30 papers both at national and international conferences. She received the Certificate of Excellence award for teaching from the Lions Club
International, Erode in January 2011. She received the Governor Award in January 2013
for the Best Service in Organizing the St. John Ambulance First Aid Training Programme
at Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamilnadu, India. She has acted as a resource
person in technical and motivational seminars and workshops conducted by various
institutions.
Vijai Shankar Raja is the CEO, HELYXON® Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd., IIT-M Research
Park, Chennai, India. He has more than 29 years of experience in developing, maintaining,
and installing digital medical equipment. He was one of pioneers to introduce digital x-ray
machines on a large-scale across India. Their product Feverwatch® has won Indian Health
Care Innovation Award as well as Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award in 2017.
Rajkumar Rajasekaran is an associate professor and head for data analytics at Vellore
Institute of Technology, since 2002. He received his BE from Madras University in 1999
and his MTech degree from VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu. He received his PhD in
Computer Science from the Vellore Institute of Technology. His research interests include
the internet of things, healthcare data analytics, big data in health care, and mobile cloud
Contributors
G.K. Panda is a senior faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, MITS, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha, India. Presently, he
is heading the institute. He obtained his M. Tech. in computer science from Berhampur
University and graduated as the head of his class from the University. He received his
MPhil from VM University, Tamil Nadu, and his PhD from Berhampur University, India.
He has authored many research papers in national/international conferences/journals.
Dr. Panda is associated with many professional bodies. His current research interest
includes social network analysis, sentiment analysis, anonymization techniques, and
rough set theory and applications.
Mrutyunjaya Panda holds a PhD in computer science from Berhampur University. He
obtained his MS in Communication System Engineering from the University College of
Engineering, Burla, at Sambalpur University; MBA in HRM from IGNOU, New Delhi;
Bachelor in Electronics and Tele-Communication Engineering from Utkal University in
2002, 2009, and 1997, respectively. He has 19 years of teaching and research experience.
He is presently working as a reader in the PG Department of Computer Science and
Applications, Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He is a member of KES (Australia), IAENG (Hong Kong), ACEEE(I), IETE(I), CSI(I), and ISTE(I). He
has published about 70 papers in international and national journals and conferences.
Dr. Panda has published five book chapters, edited two books published by Springer, and
authored two text books on soft computing techniques and modern approaches of data
mining. He is a program committee member of various international conferences. He is
acting as a member of an editorial board and active reviewer of various international journals. Dr. Panda’s active areas of research include data mining, granular computing, big
data analytics, internet of things, intrusion detection and prevention, social networking,
wireless sensor networks, image processing, text and opinion mining, and bioinformatics.
P.B. Pankajavalli is currently working as assistant professor, Department of Computer
Science, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India. She has 13 years of teaching experience.
Her areas of specialization include MANETs, wireless sensor networks, and IoT. She has
published and presented approximately 30 papers both at national and international conferences. She received the Certificate of Excellence award for teaching from the Lions Club
International, Erode in January 2011. She received the Governor Award in January 2013
for the Best Service in Organizing the St. John Ambulance First Aid Training Programme
at Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamilnadu, India. She has acted as a resource
person in technical and motivational seminars and workshops conducted by various
institutions.
Vijai Shankar Raja is the CEO, HELYXON® Healthcare Solutions Pvt. Ltd., IIT-M Research
Park, Chennai, India. He has more than 29 years of experience in developing, maintaining,
and installing digital medical equipment. He was one of pioneers to introduce digital x-ray
machines on a large-scale across India. Their product Feverwatch® has won Indian Health
Care Innovation Award as well as Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award in 2017.
Rajkumar Rajasekaran is an associate professor and head for data analytics at Vellore
Institute of Technology, since 2002. He received his BE from Madras University in 1999
and his MTech degree from VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu. He received his PhD in
Computer Science from the Vellore Institute of Technology. His research interests include
the internet of things, healthcare data analytics, big data in health care, and mobile cloud