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Contributors
health care. He has given numerous invited talks and tutorials, and is a founder of, and
consultant to, companies involved in the internet of things. He is involved in teaching and
learning new technologies.
Soumen Roy has been with the University of Calcutta for the last 4 years as a research
scholar. He has also been working at Bagnan College, Bagnan, Howrah, India, for the past
5 years as a lecturer. He has a year’s experience in software development. He has published
more than 15 international papers in the form of journal and conference proceedings.
Utpal Roy was with School of Technology (SOT), Assam University, Silchar, India. He is
now with Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, and is the head of the Department of Computer and
System Science. He has published more than 64 articles in the form of journal and conference proceedings.
T.R. Sooraj 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 area of research
interest includes soft set theory, soft computing, fuzzy set theory, decision-making under
uncertainty, and computational intelligence and networking. He is an author of more than
20 research publications.
Shridevi Subramanian completed her MCA from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
MPhil from Madurai Kamaraj University, and is currently pursuing research at MS
University. She has published many papers in international/national conferences and
journals. Her areas of interest include semantic web technology, semantic big data, and
semantic web services.
Devadatta Sinha has been with the University of Calcutta for the last 30 years. He has
30 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests are in parallel processing, software engineering, and bioinformatics. He acted as chairperson for several
national and international conferences.
R. Somasundaram is a research scholar in the School of Computer Science and
Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, India. He received his MS degree in computer science and engineering from Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Anna
University, Chennai. He has 4 years of teaching experience as an assistant professor in
the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman
College of Engineering, Anna University. His area of specialization is network security. He
has presented three papers in national and international conferences.
Mythili Thirugnanam is an associate professor in the School of Computer Science
and Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, India. She received a MS degree in
Software Engineering from VIT University. She received her PhD in computer science
and engineering at VIT University in 2014. Dr. Thirugnanam has 9 years of teaching
experience. She has 3 years of research experience in handling sponsored projects
funded by the Government of India. Her areas of specialization include image processing, software engineering, and knowledge engineering. She has published more
than 20 papers in international journals and presented 7 papers at various national
and international conferences.
Contributors
health care. He has given numerous invited talks and tutorials, and is a founder of, and
consultant to, companies involved in the internet of things. He is involved in teaching and
learning new technologies.
Soumen Roy has been with the University of Calcutta for the last 4 years as a research
scholar. He has also been working at Bagnan College, Bagnan, Howrah, India, for the past
5 years as a lecturer. He has a year’s experience in software development. He has published
more than 15 international papers in the form of journal and conference proceedings.
Utpal Roy was with School of Technology (SOT), Assam University, Silchar, India. He is
now with Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, and is the head of the Department of Computer and
System Science. He has published more than 64 articles in the form of journal and conference proceedings.
T.R. Sooraj 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 area of research
interest includes soft set theory, soft computing, fuzzy set theory, decision-making under
uncertainty, and computational intelligence and networking. He is an author of more than
20 research publications.
Shridevi Subramanian completed her MCA from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
MPhil from Madurai Kamaraj University, and is currently pursuing research at MS
University. She has published many papers in international/national conferences and
journals. Her areas of interest include semantic web technology, semantic big data, and
semantic web services.
Devadatta Sinha has been with the University of Calcutta for the last 30 years. He has
30 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests are in parallel processing, software engineering, and bioinformatics. He acted as chairperson for several
national and international conferences.
R. Somasundaram is a research scholar in the School of Computer Science and
Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, India. He received his MS degree in computer science and engineering from Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Anna
University, Chennai. He has 4 years of teaching experience as an assistant professor in
the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman
College of Engineering, Anna University. His area of specialization is network security. He
has presented three papers in national and international conferences.
Mythili Thirugnanam is an associate professor in the School of Computer Science
and Engineering at VIT University, Vellore, India. She received a MS degree in
Software Engineering from VIT University. She received her PhD in computer science
and engineering at VIT University in 2014. Dr. Thirugnanam has 9 years of teaching
experience. She has 3 years of research experience in handling sponsored projects
funded by the Government of India. Her areas of specialization include image processing, software engineering, and knowledge engineering. She has published more
than 20 papers in international journals and presented 7 papers at various national
and international conferences.