This book presents best selected papers presented at the International Conference on Paradigms of Computing, Communication and Data Sciences (PCCDS 2020), organized by National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, during 1–3 May 2020. It discusses high-quality and cutting-edge research in the areas of advanced computing, communications and data science techniques. The book is a collection of latest research articles in computation algorithm, communication and data sciences, intertwined with each other for efficiency.
Dr. Mayank Dave: Mayank Dave is working as a Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra, India, with more than 27 years of experience of academic and administrative affairs. Prof. Dave received M.Tech. and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee, India. He has published approximately 200 research papers, delivered expert lectures and keynote addresses and chaired technical sessions in India and abroad including USA, Italy, China, Singapore and Thailand. He has coordinated research and development projects in the institute. He has written a book titled “Computer Networks”. He has guided fifteen Ph.D.s and several M.Tech. thesis. His research interests include mobile networks, cybersecurity, cloud computing, etc.
Dr. Ritu Garg: Dr. Ritu Garg received B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, and M.Tech. from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, in 2001 and 2006, respectively. She received Ph.D. in the area of Grid Computing from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India. She joined the Department of Computer Engineering as an Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, in 2008. Her research interests include grid computing, cloud computing, Internet of things, fault tolerance and security. She has published numerous research papers in national/international journals and conferences mainly in the area of energy management and reliability in grid computing, cloud computing and IoT.
Dr. Mohit Dua: Mohit Dua did his B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India, in 2004, and M.Tech. degree in Computer Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, in 2012. He received Ph.D. in the area of Speech Recognition from National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India, in 2018. He is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering at NIT Kurukshetra, India, with more than 14 years of academic experience. He is a life member of Computer Society of India (CSI) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). His research interests include speech processing, theory of formal languages, statistical modelling and natural language processing. He has published approximately 50 research papers including abroad paper presentations including USA, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Dubai.
Dr. Jemal Hussien: Dr. Jemal Hussien is a Full Professor at Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University, Australia. He was awarded the higher doctoral degree, Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) in 2016, by Deakin University for his outstanding research achievements. He is a senior member of IEEE Society; IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing (TCSC); IEEE Technical Committee on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance and IEEE Communication Society and foundingmember of the IEEE Communication Society Technical Committee on Big Data. He is the author of 15 books and more than 350 refereed articles in premier venues such as IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transaction on Cloud Computing, IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation and IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. He has also edited 10 conference volumes and about 20 special issue topics in highly ranked journals such as IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, Journal of Computer and System Sciences (Elsevier), Cluster Computing Journal (Elsevier), Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier) and Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience and Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier).
