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Contributors
Matt Triff is a Master’s degree candidate in computing and a data analytics at Saint
Mary’s University. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with high honors in computer science, specializing in Software Engineering. He is a veteran of many
hackathons and has won awards in the LinkedIn Hackday, 2013 in Toronto and the Data
Mining Competition at Joint Rough Set Symposium, 2013 in Halifax. He has software and
system development experience with IBM Canada, POS Bio-Sciences, Opencare, and the
Government of Canada.
Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy is an associate professor at the School of Computer Engineering,
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He earned his MTech degree in CSE from
IIT, Guwahati, India, and his PhD in CS from Berhampur University, Odisha, India. He
has 16 years of experience in teaching with 6 years of postdoctorate research experience
in the fields of soft computing, machine learning, speech processing, mobile robotics, and
big data analysis. He has been invited as visiting faculty to Asia Pacific University (APU),
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Dr. Tripathy worked as center head at APTECH Ltd., Bhubaneswar, for 3 years. He is a technical reviewer and member of the technical committee of many international conferences.
He has published approximately 60 research papers in reputed international journals
and conferences. He received the Young IT Professional Award 2013 at the regional level
from the Computer Society of India (CSI). Dr. Tripathy is a member of the International
Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore; member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong; senior member
of IEEE, India Chapter; member of IET, India; associate member of the Indian Institute of
Ceramics, Kolkata; and life member of the Computer Society of India, New Delhi.
Viswanathan Vadivel completed his doctoral degree from Anna University, Chennai,
India, by contributing his ideas to the field of semantic web technologies and social media
marketing. He has teaching experience of over 20 years in the field of computer applications. His research interests include data mining, semantic web, and social network analysis. He has authored articles in semantic web technologies for renowned publications.
S. Vandhana is a research scholar in the School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. She is currently working on spatial mining and big
data analytics. Her research focuses on machine learning algorithms using soft computing techniques. Her research interests also include information retrieval and semantic web
mining.
Glavin Wiechert is currently a software developer for Lixar IT in Halifax while also attending Saint Mary’s University for Honors in Computing Science, Bachelor of Science. He has
received first place awards at Volta Lab’s 48-hour Hackathon in 2016, IBM/Sobeys Retail
Hackathon in 2015, and IBM Bluemix Hackathon in 2015. From 2013 to 2015, he cofounded
a Halifax-based startup, Streamlyne Technologies, and developed an online service for
predictive analytics using real-time oil and gas data.
Contributors
Matt Triff is a Master’s degree candidate in computing and a data analytics at Saint
Mary’s University. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with high honors in computer science, specializing in Software Engineering. He is a veteran of many
hackathons and has won awards in the LinkedIn Hackday, 2013 in Toronto and the Data
Mining Competition at Joint Rough Set Symposium, 2013 in Halifax. He has software and
system development experience with IBM Canada, POS Bio-Sciences, Opencare, and the
Government of Canada.
Hrudaya Kumar Tripathy is an associate professor at the School of Computer Engineering,
KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He earned his MTech degree in CSE from
IIT, Guwahati, India, and his PhD in CS from Berhampur University, Odisha, India. He
has 16 years of experience in teaching with 6 years of postdoctorate research experience
in the fields of soft computing, machine learning, speech processing, mobile robotics, and
big data analysis. He has been invited as visiting faculty to Asia Pacific University (APU),
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Sintok, Kedah, Malaysia.
Dr. Tripathy worked as center head at APTECH Ltd., Bhubaneswar, for 3 years. He is a technical reviewer and member of the technical committee of many international conferences.
He has published approximately 60 research papers in reputed international journals
and conferences. He received the Young IT Professional Award 2013 at the regional level
from the Computer Society of India (CSI). Dr. Tripathy is a member of the International
Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Singapore; member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong; senior member
of IEEE, India Chapter; member of IET, India; associate member of the Indian Institute of
Ceramics, Kolkata; and life member of the Computer Society of India, New Delhi.
Viswanathan Vadivel completed his doctoral degree from Anna University, Chennai,
India, by contributing his ideas to the field of semantic web technologies and social media
marketing. He has teaching experience of over 20 years in the field of computer applications. His research interests include data mining, semantic web, and social network analysis. He has authored articles in semantic web technologies for renowned publications.
S. Vandhana is a research scholar in the School of Computer Science and Engineering,
VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu. She is currently working on spatial mining and big
data analytics. Her research focuses on machine learning algorithms using soft computing techniques. Her research interests also include information retrieval and semantic web
mining.
Glavin Wiechert is currently a software developer for Lixar IT in Halifax while also attending Saint Mary’s University for Honors in Computing Science, Bachelor of Science. He has
received first place awards at Volta Lab’s 48-hour Hackathon in 2016, IBM/Sobeys Retail
Hackathon in 2015, and IBM Bluemix Hackathon in 2015. From 2013 to 2015, he cofounded
a Halifax-based startup, Streamlyne Technologies, and developed an online service for
predictive analytics using real-time oil and gas data.