Big Data and Cloud Computing: Select Proceedings of Icbcc 2022

Neelanarayanan Venkataraman received his Master of Science in Computer Science from Madurai Kamaraj University, India, in 1995 and his Ph.D. from IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2012. Currently, he is Professor at VIT University, Chennai, India. Before joining VIT University, he worked as Scientist at the Centre for Advanced Computing (CDAC), India, and as Lecturer at Madurai Kamaraj University, India, and its affiliated institutions. His areas of research include distributed computing such as grid and cloud computing, context-aware computing, network management and security, XML-based security technologies, and e-communities. He has initiated several international research collaborations with universities in Europe, Australia, and South Korea as Research Group Coordinator and Chief Investigator at VIT University. He was instrumental in initiating joint research collaboration between VIT University and industries such as CDAC, SET, and DLink. He served as Head of the department in Cyber-Physical Systems between 2019 and 2023. As head of the department, he was responsible for the design and development of curriculum and syllabi for undergraduate and postgraduate specialization programs. He was instrumental in setting cyber-physical systems lab and an industry 4.0 lab at VIT University, Chennai.

Lipo Wang received a bachelor's degree from the National University of Defense Technology (China) and a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University (USA). He is presently on the faculty of the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interest is artificial intelligence with applications to image/video processing, biomedical engineering, communications, control, and power systems. He has 350+ publications, a US patent in neural networks, and a patent in systems to his credit. He has co-authored 2 monographs and (co-)edited 15 books. He was Keynote Speaker for 36 international conferences. He is/was Associate Editor/Editorial Board Member of 30 international journals, including 4 IEEE Transactions, and Guest Editor for 15 journal special issues. He was a member of the Board of Governors of the International Neural Network Society, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS), and the IEEE Biometrics Council.

Xavier Fernando is a Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. He has (co-)authored over 200 research articles, and two books (one translated into Mandarin), and holds a few patents and non-disclosure agreements. He is the Director of Ryerson Communications Lab. He was an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer and delivered close to over 50 invited talks and keynote presentations all over the world. His research interests are in signal processing for optical/wireless communication systems. He mainly focuses on physical and MAC layer issues. He has a special interest in underground communications systems of cognitive radio systems, visible light communications, and wireless positioning systems.

Ahmed F. Zobaa received his B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc., and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Power & Machines from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1992, 1997, and 2002, respectively. He received his Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the University of Exeter, the UK, in 2010. He received the Doctoral of Science from Brunel University London, the UK, in 2017. Currently, he is Reader in electrical and power engineering. His main areas of expertise include power quality, (marine) renewable energy, smart grids, energy efficiency, and lighting applications.

Neelanarayanan Venkataraman於1995年獲得印度馬杜賴卡馬拉吉大學的計算機科學碩士學位，並於2012年獲得丹麥哥本哈根IT大學的博士學位。目前，他是印度金奈VIT大學的教授。在加入VIT大學之前，他曾在印度高級計算中心（CDAC）擔任科學家，並在馬杜賴卡馬拉吉大學及其附屬機構擔任講師。他的研究領域包括分散式計算（如網格計算和雲計算）、情境感知計算、網絡管理與安全、基於XML的安全技術以及電子社群。他作為VIT大學的研究小組協調員和首席研究員，發起了與歐洲、澳大利亞和南韓大學的多項國際研究合作。他在促進VIT大學與CDAC、SET和DLink等產業之間的聯合研究合作方面發揮了重要作用。他於2019年至2023年間擔任網絡物理系的系主任，負責本科和研究生專業課程的設計與開發。他在VIT大學設立了網絡物理系實驗室和工業4.0實驗室。

Lipo Wang獲得中國國防科技大學的學士學位，並在美國路易斯安那州立大學獲得博士學位。他目前是新加坡南洋理工大學電氣與電子工程學院的教職員。他的研究興趣是人工智慧，應用於影像/視頻處理、生物醫學工程、通訊、控制和電力系統。他擁有350多篇出版物、一項有關神經網絡的美國專利以及一項系統專利。他共同撰寫了兩本專著，並（共同）編輯了15本書籍。他曾擔任36場國際會議的主題演講者，並且是30本國際期刊的副編輯/編輯委員會成員，包括4本IEEE Transactions，並擔任15本期刊特刊的客座編輯。他曾是國際神經網絡學會、IEEE計算智能學會（CIS）和IEEE生物識別委員會的理事會成員。

Xavier Fernando是加拿大多倫多瑞爾森大學電氣與計算機工程系的教授。他（共同）撰寫了超過200篇研究文章和兩本書籍（其中一本已翻譯成中文），並擁有幾項專利和保密協議。他是瑞爾森通訊實驗室的主任。他曾是IEEE通訊學會的傑出講者，並在全球各地發表了近50場受邀演講和主題演講。他的研究興趣在於光學/無線通訊系統的信號處理，主要集中在物理層和媒介存取控制層的問題上。他特別關注認知無線系統的地下通訊系統、可見光通訊和無線定位系統。

Ahmed F. Zobaa於1992年、1997年和2002年分別在埃及開羅大學獲得電力與機械的學士（榮譽）、碩士和博士學位。他於2010年獲得英國埃克塞特大學的學術實踐研究生證書，並於2017年獲得英國布魯內爾大學的科學博士學位。目前，他是電氣與電力工程的講師。他的主要專業領域包括電力質量、（海洋）可再生能源、智慧電網、能源效率和照明應用。