The book is a compilation of high-quality scientific papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Computer & Communication Technologies (IC3T 2022). The book covers cutting-edge technologies and applications of soft computing, artificial intelligence and communication. In addition, a variety of further topics are discussed, which include data mining, machine intelligence, fuzzy computing, sensor networks, signal and image processing, human-computer interaction, and web intelligence.
Dr. Ashoka Reddy Komalla is acting as Principal, Kakatiya Institute of Technology & Science, Warangal (KITSW). He studied Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering at KITSW and received B.Tech. degree in 1992 from Kakatiya University, Warangal, Telangana. He received M.Tech. degree in 1994 from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada (JNTUK), Andhra Pradesh. He did research on Pulse Oximeters and received Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2008 from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, India. He received Innovative Project Award in 2008 from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for his Ph.D. work. His teaching and research interests include signal processing and instrumentation. He has authored over 15 research papers in refereed journals and 50 papers in conferences proceedings. He received Rs.10 lakh funding under RPS from AICTE, New Delhi, during 2013-2016; received 7.5 lakhs from AICTE in 2017. He is a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Measurements & Instrumentation, IEEE transactions on Biomedical Engineering, and IEEE Sensors Journal. He is also a member of IEEE, a life member of ISTE, a member of IETE and a member of CSI.
Dr. Rama Devi Boddu received the Ph.D. from JNTUH College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, in April 2016. She completed M.Tech -Digital Communication Engineering from Kakatiya University, Warangal in 2007. She joined the faculty of Electronics and Communication Engineering, KITSW in 2007. Currently, she is working as Professor & Head, Dept. ECE. She published more than 40 papers in various journals and conferences, and filed four patents. She published three books and acted as Session Chair for various international conferences. Her areas of interest include wireless communication, wireless networks, Signal processing for communications, medical body area networks, and Smart grid. She is an active reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), Elsevier, Wireless Personal Communications and Springer journals.
Dr. Boby George received the M. Tech. and Ph. D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai, India, in 2003 and 2007, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Institute of Electrical Measurement and Measurement Signal Processing, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria from 2007 to 2010. He joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras in 2010. Currently, he is working as a Professor there. His areas of interest include magnetic and electric field-based sensing approaches, sensor interface circuits/signal conditioning circuits, sensors and instrumentation for automotive and industrial applications. He has co-authored more than 75 IEEE transactions/journals. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, and IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement.
Dr. K Srujan Raju is currently working as Dean Student Welfare and Heading Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Information Technology at CMR Technical Campus. He obtained his Doctorate in Computer Science in the area of Network Security. He has more than 20 years of experience in academics and research. His research interest areas include computer networks, information security, data mining, cognitive radio networks and image processing and other programming languages. Dr. Raju is presently working on 2 projects funded by Government of India under CSRI & NSTMIS, has also filed 7 patents and 1 copyright at Indian Patent Office, edited more than 14 books published by Springer Book Proceedings of AISC series, LAIS series and other which are indexed by Scopus, also authored books in C Programming & Data Structure, Exploring to Internet, Hacking Secrets, contributed chapters in various books and published more than 30 papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. Dr. Raju was invited as Session Chair, Keynote Speaker, a Technical Program Committee member, Track Manager and a reviewer for many national and international conferences also appointed as subject Expert by CEPTAM DRDO - Delhi & CDAC. He has undergone specific training conducted by Wipro Mission 10X & NITTTR, Chennai, which helped his involvement with students and is very conducive for solving their day-to-day problems. He has guided various student clubs for activities ranging from photography to Hackathon. He mentored more than 100 students for incubating cutting-edge solutions. He has organized many conferences, FDPs, workshops and symposiums. He has established the Centre of Excellence in IoT, Data Analytics. Dr. Raju is a member of various professional bodies, received Significant Contributor Award and Active Young Member Award from Computer Society of India and also served as a Management Committee member, State Student Coordinator & Secretary of CSI - Hyderabad Chapter.
Dr. Mathini Sellathurai is currently the Dean of Science and Engineering and the head of the Signal Processing for Intelligent Systems and Communications Research Group, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K and leading research in signal processing for Radar and wireless communications networks. Prof. Sellathurai has 5 years of industrial research experience. She held positions with Bell-Laboratories, New Jersey, USA and with the Canadian (Government) Communications Research Centre, Ottawa Canada. She was an Associate Editorship for the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2005-2018) and IEEE Signal Processing for Communications Technical Committee member (2013-2018). She was an organizer for the IEEE International Workshop on Cognitive Wireless Systems, IIT Delhi, India, 2009, 2010 and 2013; and the General Chair of the 2016 IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), Edinburgh, UK.. She is also a peer review college member and Strategic Advisory Committee member of Information and Communications Technology of Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK. Prof Sellathurai has published over 200 peer reviewed papers in leading international journals and IEEE conferences as well as a research monograph. She was the recipient of the IEEE Communication Society Fred W. Ellersick Best Paper Award in 2005, Industry Canada Public Service Awards for her contributions in science and technology in 2005 and awards for contributions to technology Transfer to industries in 2004. She was also the recipient of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada's doctoral award for her Ph.D. dissertation Her research has been funded by UK Engineering Physical Sciences Research Council titled "A Unified Multiple Access Framework for Next Generation Mobile Networks By Removing Orthogonality"; "Large Scale Antenna Systems Made Practical: Advanced Signal Processing for Compact Deployments"; "A Systematic Study of Physical Layer Network Coding: From Information-theoretic Understanding to Practical DSP Algorithm Design"; "Advanced Signal Processing Techniques for Multi-user Multiple-input Multiple-output Broadband Wireless Communications"; "Bridging the gap between design and implementation of soft-detectors for Turbo-MIMO wireless systems"; "Signal Processing Techniques to Reduce the Clutter Competition in Forward Looking Radar".
