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Prof. Raghunath K. ShevgaonkarProfessor Emeritus, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India. Emeritus Professor Dr. R.K. Shevgaonkar is a recipient of the IEEE William Sayle Award for Academic Leadership in 2013, the IETE Ram Lal Wadhwa Award in 2012, the VASVIK Award for IT and Communication in 2009 and many more awards for outstanding contribution in the field of Photonics and Opto-electronics. He has served as the Director of IIT Delhi, playing a crucial role in advancing research and education at the institute. Additionally, he has held the position of Vice Chancellor at both the University of Pune and Bennett University. He has served as the Deputy Director (Finance and External Affairs), Dean (Resource Mobilization), Head (Electrical Engineering Department) at IIT Bombay. With more than 170 research publications in top-tier journals and conferences, his research focuses in Fibre Optic Communication, Photonics, Non-linear fibre optics, Computational Electromagnetics, Antennas, Image Processing, Radio Astronomy, etc. Professor Shevgaonkar is a Fellow of IEEE, INAE, NASc, IETE, and OSI and he has played a key role in promoting online education through NPTEL, benefiting thousands of students worldwide. Profile Link -https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/wiki/faculty/rks |
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Dr.-Ing. Sian Lun LauProfessor, Department of Smart Computing and Cyber Resilience (DSCCR), School of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, Malaysia. Professor Sian Lun Lau earned his MSc and Dr.-Ing. from the University of Kassel, Germany, where he worked as a full-time researcher since 2004. He has contributed and managed various German national as well as EU-funded projects. He joined Sunway University in 2013 and is currently the Deputy Dean at the School of Engineering and Technology. With more than 80 publications over journals and conferences, his research focuses on ubiquitous computing, sustainable smart cities, context-awareness, and applied machine learning. He is a senior IEEE member and Vice-Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Malaysia Chapter (2023/24). Profile Link -https://sunwayuniversity.edu.my/school-of-engineering-technology/staff-profiles/professor-ts-dr-ing-lau-sian-lun |
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Prof. Asit Kumar DasProfessor, Computer Science and Technology, IIEST Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, India. Professor Asit Kumar Das holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from Bengal Engineering and Science University (2011) and an M. Tech and B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from Calcutta University in the year 2002 and 1996 respectively. With more than 100 publications over journals, conferences, book chapters, his research focuses on machine learning, big data analytics, data mining, AI, NLP, social networks, bioinformatics, and Text, Audio and Video data analysis. Profile Link -https://www.iiests.ac.in/IIEST/Faculty/cs-akdas |
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Prof. Arijit SurProfessor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India. Professor Arijit Sur received his M. Sc. And M. Tech. degrees from the University of Calcutta in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He received his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur in 2010 and is currently a professor at IIT Guwahati. He is guiding 8 Ph.D. research scholars and 8 scholars have graduated. With more than 85 research publications in top-tier journals and conferences, his research focuses on deep learning for computer vision, including image/video restoration, super-resolution, and change detection in domains like underwater vision, remote sensing, and medical imaging. He also works on machine learning topics such as zero-shot learning, robotic vision, and adaptive video streaming. He serves as an Associate Editor for Multimedia Systems Journal (Springer) and APSIPA Trans. on Information and Signal Processing (ATSIP). Profile Link -https://www.iitg.ac.in/arijit |
Prof. (Dr.) Arindam Ghosh
Organizing Chair, CIACON 2025
Email: arindam.ghosh@bcrec.ac.in
Tel: +91-9233300909
Working Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00-17:30 (IST/GMT+05:30)