Machine Learning for Robotics Applications (Studies in Computational Intelligence)

Monica Bianchini received the Laurea degree cum laude in Applied Mathematics in 1989 and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Control Systems in 1995 from the University of Florence. She is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering and Mathematics of the University of Siena. Her main research interests are in the field of machine learning, with emphasis on neural networks for structured data and deep learning, approximation theory, bioinformatics, and image processing. M. Bianchini has authored more than one hundred papers and has been the editor of books and special issues on international journals in her research field. She has been involved in the organization of several scientific events, including the NATO Advanced Workshop on Limitations and Future Trends in Neural Computation (2001), the 8th AI*IA Conference (2002), GIRPR 2012, the 25th International
Symposium on LogicBased Program Synthesis and Transformation, and the ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers 2017. Prof. Bianchini served/serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (2003-09), Neurocomputing (from 2003), and Int. J. of Computers in Healthcare (from 2010). She is a permanent member of the Editorial Board of IJCNN, ICANN, ICPR, ICPRAM, ESANN, ANNPR and KES.

Ankush Ghosh is Associate Professor in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, The Neotia University, India and Visiting Faculty at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He has more than 15 years of experience in Teaching, research as well as industry. He has outstanding research experiences and published more than 60 research papers in International Journal and Conferences. He was a research fellow of the Advanced Technology Cell- DRDO, Govt. of India. He was awarded National Scholarship by HRD, Govt. of India. He received his Ph.D. (Engg.) Degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India in 2010. His UG and PG teaching assignments include Microprocessor and microcontroller, AI, IOT, Embedded and real time systems etc. He has delivered Invited lecture in a number of international seminar/conferences, refreshers courses, and FDPs. He has guided a large number of M.Tech and Ph.D. students. He is Editorial Board Member of seven International Journals.

Rabindra Nath Shaw is a Senior Member of IEEE (USA), currently holding the post of Director, International Relations, Galgotias University India. He is an alumnus of the applied physics department, University of Calcutta, India. . He has more than eleven years teaching experience in leading institutes like Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, India, Jadavpur University and others in UG and PG level. He has successfully organised more than fifteen International conferences as Conference Chair, Publication Chair and Editor. He has published more than fifty Scopus/ WoS/ ISI indexed research papers in International Journals and conference Proceedings. He is the editor of several Springer and Elsevier books. His primary area of research is optimization algorithms and machine learning techniques for power systems, IoT Application, Renewable Energy, and power Electronics converters. He also worked as University Examination Coordinator, University MOOC’s Coordinator, University Conference Coordinator and Faculty- In Charge, Centre of Excellence for Power Engineering and Clean Energy Integration. .