This book contains best selected research papers presented at ICTCS 2024: Ninth International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Competitive Strategies. The conference will be held in Jaipur, India during 19 – 21 December 2024. The book covers state-of-the-art as well as emerging topics pertaining to ICT and effective strategies for its implementation for engineering and managerial applications. This book contains papers mainly focused on ICT for computation, algorithms and data analytics and IT security. The work is presented in ten volumes.
Dr. Amit Joshi is currently serving as Director of the esteemed Global Knowledge Research Foundation, India, and this distinguished individual is Accomplished Entrepreneur and Researcher. His academic journey includes obtaining a B.Tech. degree in information technology, an M.Tech. in computer science and engineering, and a Ph.D. focusing on the intricate fields of cloud computing and cryptography in medical imaging. His present-day interests are primarily oriented towards the critical examination of government strategies and global forum requirements across education and business sectors. His editorial contributions include editing over 100 books published by renowned publishers such as Springer, T&F, and ACM. He has also organised over 100 national and international conference delegations and workshops in over 20 countries including the USA, Canada, major of Europe, Southeast Asia through various societies and international organisations.
Dr. Mufti Mahmud received his Ph.D. degree in information engineering (specialised in neuroengineering) from the University of Padova—Italy—in 2011. Recipient of the Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowship, Dr. Mahmud has served at various positions in the industry and academia in India, Bangladesh, Italy, Belgium, and the UK during the last 17 years. Senior Member of IEEE and ACM, and Professional Member of BCS, Dr. Mahmud holds leadership roles at many technical committees, such as Vice Chair of the Intelligent System Application Technical Committee of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, Member of the IEEE CIS Task Force on Intelligence Systems for Health, Co-Chair of the IEEE P2733 Standard on Intelligent systems design, with AI/ML, Member of the IEEE R8 Humanitarian Activities Subcommittee, and Project Liaison Officer of the IEEE UK and Ireland Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology.
Dr. Roshan Ragel is Full Professor in computer engineering at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is Skilled University Lecturer and Researcher with a doctorate in computer science and engineering and a passion for teaching, research, and administration. His research interest is in the areas of fault-tolerant and dependable computing, accelerated and high-performance computing, wearable computing, and synthesis of secure and reliable embedded processors. Prof. Ragel received his Ph.D. in computer science and engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia, in 2007 and his B.Sc. in engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, in 2001. Prof. Ragel has co-authored about 150 peer-reviewed articles. He has won several best paper awards in conference papers, the most prolific Sri Lankan author award from Elsevier Research in 2017 and the Presidential award for scientific publication in Sri Lanka in 2018.
Dr. S Karthik is presently Professor and Dean in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, SNS College of Technology, affiliated to Anna University—Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received the M.E. and Ph.D. degree from Anna University, Chennai. His research interests include network security, big data, cloud computing, web services, and wireless systems. In particular, he is currently working in a research group developing new Internet security architectures and active defence systems against DDoS attacks. Dr. S Karthik published more than 200 papers in refereed international journals and 125 papers in conferences and has been involved in many international conferences as Technical Chair and Tutorial Presenter. He is Active Member of IEEE, ISTE, IAENG, IACSIT, and Indian Computer Society.
