Mike Hinchey – President, IFIP and Chair - IEEE UK and Ireland Section

Director of Lero and Professor of Software Engineering at the University of Limerick

Mike Hinchey is Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick, Ireland. Prior to joining Lero, Professor Hinchey was Director of the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory; he continues to serve as a NASA Expert. In 2009 he was awarded NASA's Kerley Award as Innovator of the Year. Hinchey holds a B.Sc. in Computer Systems from University of Limerick, an M.Sc. in Computation from University of Oxford and a PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge. The author/editor of more than 15 books and over 200 articles on various aspects of Software Engineering, at various times Hinchey previously held positions as Full Professor in Australia, UK, Sweden and USA. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Engineering Professional, Chartered Mathematician and Charted Information Technology Professional, as well as a Fellow of the IET, British Computer Society and Irish Computer Society. He is President of IFIP (International Federation for Information Processing) and Vice-Chair (and Chair-Elect) of IEEE UK & Ireland section. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering: a NASA Journal and Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society.

Xin-She Yang – DPhil, University of Oxford

Professor, Middlesex University, United Kingdom

Xin-She Yang obtained his DPhil in Applied Mathematics from the University of Oxford. He then worked at Cambridge University and National Physical Laboratory (UK) as a Senior Research Scientist. Now he is Reader in Modelling and Optimization at Middlesex University, an elected Bye-Fellow at Cambridge University and Adjunct Professor at Reykjavik University (Iceland). He is the chair of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Business Intelligence and Knowledge Management. He is on the list of both 2016 and 2017 Clarivate Analytics/Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers. His mail interests include applied mathematics, algorithm development, computational intelligence, engineering optimization, mathematical modelling, optimization and swarm intelligence.

Anicia Peters - Dean: Faculty of Computing and Informatics, NUST

Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

She is the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Computing and Informatics at the Namibia University of Science and Technology formerly known as Polytechnic of Namibia. I am a native of Namibia.

She is an HCI researcher and my research interests span Social Networks, Gender and E-Participation. She is passionate about user- and community-centered HCI research and design. In this connection, She started the ACM professional chapter and ACM SIGCHI chapter in my country. In 2016, She co-chaired the inaugural Africa Human Computer Interaction Conference (AfriCHI'16) which was organized in-cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and held in Nairobi Kenya. She also chaired the International Culture and Computer Science Conference 2016 which was also organized in-cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and held in Windhoek, Namibia. She also works on several initiatives to attract, support and retain women in Computing. One example of such initiatives is the Namibia Women in Computing Society. She was featured as one of 20 prominent personalities in Who's Who Namibia 2016/2017.

She completed my PhD in HCI at Iowa State University on an International Fulbright Science and Technology Award and a Schlumberger Faculty for the Future Women in Science award. In 2012, She was Google Anita Borg Scholar (now Google Women Techmakers) in the United States.

Milan Tuba, Vice Rector for International Relations

Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Singidunum University

Milan Tuba was born in Lucani in 1952. Completed primary and secondary education in Osijek. He received BS in Mathematics, MS in Mathematics, MS in Computer Science, MPh in Computer Science, PhD in Computer Science from University of Belgrade and New York University.

From 1983 to 1994 he was in the USA first as a graduate student as well as teaching and research assistant at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University and later as assistant professor of Electrical Engineering at Cooper Union Graduate School of Engineering, New York. During that time, he was the founder and director of Microprocessor Lab and VLSI Lab, leader of scientific projects and supervisor of many theses.

Since returning from the USA in 1994, he has been a participant in the scientific projects of the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, currently on the project Project III-44006. He was teaching more than 20 graduate and undergraduate courses, from VLSI Design and Computer Architecture to Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Image Processing, Calculus and Queuing Theory. His research interests include mathematical, queuing theory and heuristic optimizations applied to computer networks, image processing and combinatorial problems. Currently, mentor in a group of five students working in the field of heuristic optimization methods based on the intelligence of swarms. He is the author of more than 150 scientific papers and a monograph.

Mr Tuba held ten plenary lectures at conferences at Harvard, Cambridge, Moscow, Paris and Istanbul. He is also a coeditor, a member of the editorial board, scientific committee member or a reviewer for several international journals and conferences. Member of international and scientific organizations: ACM, IEEE, AMS, SIAM and FNA.

Niko Phillips, New Group Director International

Activate Learning, City of Oxford College, Oxford, United Kingdom

Niko Phillips have a vast experience of more than 20 years currently heading the International Division at Active Learning and Former Group Operations Director for BSC Group, Niko Phillips, has been announced as the new Group Director - International at Activate Learning. Niko has a background in international education, with sixteen years’ experience working as a teacher, trainer, academic director and school leader across geographical locations including South East Asia, Africa and Europe. He was most recently Group Operations Director for the BSC Group of schools where he was focused on international business development, quality assurance, safeguarding, and developing the use of technology in schools. Speaking about his new role, Niko said: “I am very excited to be taking up this role with Activate Learning, as we seek to continue developing a strong international presence. Activate Learning’s growing reputation, together with our unique learning philosophy, means that we have an unrivalled opportunity to transform lives through learning in an international arena.’

Swagatam Das

Professor, Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

Swagatam Das received the B. E. Tel. E., M. E. Tel. E (Control Engineering specialization) and Ph. D. degrees, all from Jadavpur University, India, in 2003, 2005, and 2009 respectively. Swagatam Das is currently serving as an associate professor at the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India. His research interests include evolutionary computing, pattern recognition, multi-agent systems, and wireless communication. Dr. Das has published one research monograph, one edited volume, and more than 200 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He is the founding co-editor-in-chief of Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, an international journal from Elsevier. He has also served as or is serving as the associate editors of the IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, IEEE Access, Neurocomputing (Elsevier), Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Elsevier), and Information Sciences (Elsevier). He is an editorial board member of Progress in Artificial Intelligence (Springer), PeerJ Computer Science, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, and International Journal of Adaptive and Autonomous Communication Systems. Dr. Das has 14000+ Google Scholar citations and an H-index of 56 till date.He is the recipient of the 2012 Young Engineer Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).

He is also the recipient of the 2015 Thomson Reuters Research Excellence India Citation Award as the highest cited researcher from India in Engineering and Computer Science category between 2010 to 2014.

Nilanjan Dey

Techno India College of Technology, Kolkata

Nilanjan Dey is an Asst. Professor in the Department of Information Technology in Techno India College of Technology, Rajarhat, Kolkata, India. He holds an honorary position of Visiting Scientist at Global Biomedical Technologies Inc., CA, USA and Research Scientist of Laboratory of Applied Mathematical Modeling in Human Physiology, Territorial Organization Of- Sgientifig And Engineering Unions, BULGARIA. He is the Managing Editor of International Journal of Image Mining (IJIM), Inderscience, Regional Editor-Asia of International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics (IJIEI), Inderscience and Associated Editor of International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, IGI Global. His research interests include: Medical Imaging, Soft computing, Data mining, Machine learning, Rough set, Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation, Modeling of Biomedical Systems, Robotics and Systems, Information Hiding, Security, Computer Aided Diagnosis, Atherosclerosis. He has 8 books and 150 international conferences and journal papers. He is a life member of IE, UACEE, ISOC etc.

S C Satapathy

Professor, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology [ KIIT ], India

Dr. Suresh Chandra Satapathy is is currently Professor at KIIT and former Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Anil Neerukonda Institute of Technology and Sciences (ANITS), Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad and his Master’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Rourkela, Odisha. He has more than 27 years of teaching and research experience. His research interests include machine learning, data mining, swarm intelligence studies and their applications to engineering. He has more than 98 publications to his credit in various reputed international journals and conference proceedings. He has edited many volumes from Springer AISC and LNCS in the past. In addition to serving on the editorial board of several international journals, he is a senior member of the IEEE and a Life Member of the Computer Society of India, where he is the National Chairman of Division-V (Education and Research).

Vijay Singh Rathore

Head (CSE) & Dean, Jaipur Engineering College & Research Center, Jaipur

Prof. Vijay Singh Rathore Professor & Head - CSE & Dean, Jaipur Engineering College & Research Center, Jaipur (Affiliated to RTU & Approved by AICTE) (PhD(Computer Science), MCA, MTech(CS), MBA, (CAD-USA, ICDA-USA, Diplomas in French & German) His foreign visits include UK, France, Netherlands, Thailand, Vietnam, Nepal as Invited Speaker/ Session Chair. Earlier Prof Rathore has been awarded "Shiksha Bhushan Award 2009" by the then Governor of Gujarat Sh. Nawal Kishore Sharma for the initiation of HELP (Holistic Education Learning Process) in which a four pillar modP1wa-z prepared (Academic Skills, Soft Skills, Industry & Social Exposure, and Problem Solving Attitude)for providing industry specific placement oriented education to the technical students. He is an active academician and always welcoming and forming innovative ideas in the various dimensions of education and research for the better development of the society.

J K Mandal

Jyotsna Kumar Mandal received M. Tech. from Department of Computer Science, University of Calcutta, India and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, India in the field of Data Compression and Error Correction Techniques. He is Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, Director, IQAC, Former Dean, FETM, University of Kalyani. Prof. Mandal has 29 years of teaching and research experience. He is working in the field of Network Security, Steganography, Image Processing, Wireless and Sensor Networks. He has guided 17 PhD scholars, published six books, and published more than 360 papers including 148 publications in various International journals, and edited 19 volumes as volume editor from Science Direct, Springer, CSI, etc.

Dr. Parikshit N. Mahalle

Professor & Head , Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering

Dr. Parikshit N. Mahalle is working as Professor and Head in Department of Computer Engineering at STES’s Smt. Kashibai Navale College of Engineering, Pune, India. He has obtained his B.E degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, India and M.E. degree in Computer Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, India. He completed his Ph. D in Computer Science and Engineering specialization in Wireless Communication from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He has more than 16 years of teaching and research experience.He has been a member board of studies in computer engineering, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), Pune, India. He has been a member – Board of studies in computer engineering, SPPU. He is member – BoS coordination committee in computer engineering, SPPU. He is also serving as member- Technical committee, SPPU. He is IEEE member, ACM member, Life member CSI and Life member ISTE. He is :Reviewer for Springer journal of Wireless Personal Communications, Reviewer for Elsevier journal of Applied Computing and Informatics, Member-Editorial Review Board for IGI Global – International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI), Member-Editorial Review Board for Journal of Global Research in Computer Science, Reviewer for IGI Global – International Journal of Rough Sets and Data Analysis (IJRSDA), Associate Editor for IGI Global - International Journal of Synthetic Emotions (IJSE), Inderscience International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing (IJGUC).

Dr. Simon James Fong

PhD Advisor of Computer and Information Science
Associate Professor, University of Macau

Simon Fong graduated from La Trobe University, Australia, with a 1st Class Honours BEng. Computer Systems degree and a PhD. Computer Science degree in 1993 and 1998 respectively. Simon is now working as an Associate Professor at the Computer and Information Science Department of the University of Macau. He is also one of the founding members of the Data Analytics and Collaborative Computing Research Group in the Faculty of Science and Technology. Prior to his academic career, Simon took up various managerial and technical posts, such as systems engineer, IT consultant and e-bommerce director in Australia and Asia. Dr. Fong has published over 300 international conference and peer-reviewed journal papers, mostly in the areas of data mining and optimization algorithms.

Nakul Sherdalal

Chariman , ASSOCHAM IPR Council

Mr. Nakul J Sharedalai is Chariman of the ASSOCHAM IPR Council. He is a Master of Laws from Queen Mary, Univeristy of London. He has specialized in Commercial anc Corporate Laws. He also happens to be a Honorary Global Advisor at CIAC Confederation of International Accreditation Commission. Beside this, he has served as a Mentor at a International Start Up company. As Advocate, he undertakes work relating to drafting and preparing documents for licensing, Technology Transfer agreements, audit and valuation of intellectual Property, investigations, searches, prosecutions, litigations, anti-counterfeiting operations,arbitration and handling settlements. Apart from his professional commitments,he loves to educate and enlighten his fellow countrymen and statesmen about Intellectual Property. After pursuing his Master of Laws,he especially returned to India from Great Britain, to further his ideology of making his country ever steady in IPR. He is a regular speaker at various Apex bodies and Educational Institutions. Having such an extensive IPR legacy behind him, he believes in in spreading awareness by stimulating the innovators and creators to nose dive in to the world of IPR.

Dr Nilesh Modi

Professor and Director, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, Ahmedabad, India

Dr Nilesh Modi, a researcher and academician, working with highly industry standards having full focused vision to bring the institute at the highest pick of cut-throat academic environment, for the national leverage. He is having rich experience of around 12 years in academics and IT industry. He is holding Doctorate in E-Security (Computer Science and Application). Continuing his research on Cyber Security, presently he is pursuing post doctoral research on Wireless Communication and Security and certification as an Ethical Hacking. He is working as a recognized research supervisors for Ph.D. and M.Phil. Programme for different universities in India. He has reviewed number of Ph.D., M.Phil and M.Tech thesis from different universities in India and abroad also evaluated the scholars for the same. He is also serving as a manuscript reviewer and program committee member for different research journals and conferences of national and international repute in the world. He has very good number of research under his name and presented more than 75 research papers in International and National Journals and Conferences. He has delivered number of expert talk on eSecurity and hacking in National and International Conferences.

Sheng-Lung Peng

Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan

Sheng-Lung Peng received the Ph.D. degree in the National Tsing Hua University. He has been the professor since 2015 in the Department of Computer Science & Information Engineering, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan, where he is also the director of Library and Information Center. His research interests focus on Computer Algorithms, Graph Theory and Bioinformatics. He has published more than 30 papers in famous journals, some of which are SCI, SSCI and EI indexed.

Dharam Singh

Professor, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia

Dharm Singh Jat received his degree Master of Engineering and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering fromprestigious universities in India. He is a Professor (Computer Science) of Namibia's University of Science and Technology. From 1990 to 2014, he was with College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur, India and has more than 27 years' academic experience. He was instrumental in the setting up of MPUAT Intranet.

He has given several Guest Lecturer/Invited talk at various prestigious conferences 45th Annual National Convention of Computer Society of India (2010), 26th Indian Engineering Congress at Bangalore (2011) and various ACM conferences as ACM Speaker. More than 8 PhD and 30 Master students haveguided who are occupying leading positions including Professor in academia and industry. His interests span the areas of multimedia communications, wireless technologies, mobile communication systems, roof computing and video transmission over wired-wireless networks, Software Defined Networks, Network security, Internet of things and ICTs Applications.

He has been the recipient of more than 19 prestigious awards, such as Eminent Scientist Award, Distinguished Academic Achievement, Eminent Engineering Personality, CSI Chapter Patron, CSI Significant Contribution –National level, CSI Significant Contribution, Best Researcher 2017 (Namibia University of Science and Technology), Best Technical Staff, Outstanding Services, IEI Fellow, Senior Member IEEE and Distinguished ACM Speaker. Formed Special Interest Group on Wireless Networks of Computer Society of India and designated first Convenor and Chairman, SIG-WNs by CSI.

Gagandeep Singh

Senior Editor, CRC Press ( Taylor and Fancis Group )

Gagandeep Singh is the Editorial Manager (S&T) and Senior Editor for Engineering and Environmental Sciences in CRC Press. He is responsible for the editorial team based in India and acquisitions program in engineering for India and Australia. He has acquired more than 250 titles in last seven years or so. He has a master’s degree in Forensic Sciences and Ph.D. in Fingerprint Chemistry, and published about twenty five research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals. He has a patent to his credit as well and is winner of “National Award for Commercializable Patents 2013-14”.

Bharat Patel

Director and COO, Yudiz Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

With formal Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from Gujarat University, pursued research at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Trombay and Operational Research Group, (ORG) and Space Application Centre, ISRO for designing of microcomputers and Integrated Circuits based designs. Published many technical papers in reputed journals in the area of E-Governance and IoT for Agriculture. More than 3 decades of ambitious, goal-orientated, energetic and highly skilled information technology leadership effective presenter with great interpersonal skills and a stout combination of both technological and business savoir-faire, experienced in collaborating with various parts of the international business. An ambassador of change, a keen strategist with expertise in providing effective business solution. A strong connect and involvement in Trade Associations, Consulting organizations and Academic Institutions with a clear motive of bridging and connecting all the stake holders in the technology, through Research, Innovation, Incubation fostering the startups.

Bharat Patel is a fellow at IEI and IETE. Member of CSI, International Red Cross, Association of British Scholars (a Division of British Council), British Business Group, GCCI, ,GESIA IT Association, founder member with Gujarat Innovation Society (GIS), ASSOCHAM and many more. He was the Past Chairman of CSI, Ahmedabad, and Past Chairman of Gujarat State Centre of IEI.

Currently President with ABS (div. of British Council), Chairman – Startups Mission , ASSOCHAM for Western council, Director and Jt. Secretay with GESIA, Board Member with Gujarat Innovation Society and Council Member CPDB, at The Institution of Engineers(India).

Peter H. Kent

CEO at UK Education India Ltd

Experienced CEO in Education Management delivery and Financial Services sectors. Skilled in Negotiation, Customer Service, Corporate Finance, Coaching, Marketing, Systems Design and and Strategic Planning. Strong entrepreneurial professional with 50 years commercial experience including 30 years in Education Management Stock Exchange Membership Diplomas held in Tax Law/Taxation/ Investment management from City of London University.