Connecting Intelligence : Trends in Computation and Data Communication

Professor Bal S. Virdee

is the Director of the Centre for Communications Technology Research Group at London Metropolitan University, London, U.K. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. He received the B.Sc. (Eng.) degree in Communications Engineering from the University of Leeds, U.K., in 1984, and the Ph.D. degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of London, U.K., in 1996. He is the Director of the Centre for Communications Technology within the School of Computing and Digital Media at London Metropolitan University, UK, where he also serves as a Senior Professor of Communications Technology. His transition into academia follows a distinguished career in industry. He has held key positions at leading technology companies, including Philips, where he worked as a Research and Development Engineer, and Teledyne Defence & Space, where he served as a Future Products Developer specialising in advanced communications and radar guidance systems. This indus□try experience informs his teaching and research, bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. He has taught at various higher education institutions and remains deeply engaged in curriculum development, mentorship, and academic leadership. His impact extends beyond the classroom through his ser□vice on editorial boards of international journals and an extensive publication record, reflecting his commitment to advancing knowledge in the field. His research portfolio is both broad and impactful, with a strong emphasis on collaborative industry partnerships. His area of expertise includes the Internet of Things (IoT), biomedi□cal sensors, wireless network security, assistive technologies, robotics, digital systems, microwave, millime□tre-wave, and terahertz (THz) wireless systems for terrestrial and satellite applications. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles in prestigious journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions, IEEE Access, and Nature Scientific Reports. His research has attracted significant funding from various national and interna□tional sources., Prof. Virdee is the Chief Editor of Frontiers in Antennas and Propagation and holds several pres□tigious professional designations: Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Chartered Engineer (CEng), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Dr. Tanweer Ali (Senior Member, IEEE)

is currently working as an Additional Professor with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India. He is an active researcher in the field of microstrip, MIMO, DRA, UWB, millimeter wave and Tera-hertz antennas, wireless communication, and microwave imaging. He has been listed in top 2% scientists across the world for the year 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by the pres□tigious list published by Stanford University, USA, indexed by Scopus. He is currently heading Advanced Antenna and Microwave Research Lab at MIT, Manipal. He has published more than 250 papers in reputed web of science (SCI) and Scopus indexed journals and conferences and has filed fifteen Indian patents, of which three have been granted and six have been published. He is serving as Associate Editor of the jour□nal IEEE ACCESS, Scientific Reports of Springer Nature, International Journal of Communication System (Wiley), Security and Privacy (Wiley), Frontiers in Antennas and Propagation, Frontier Publisher, Journal of High Frequency Technologies, Journal of Studies in Science and Engineering, Guest Editor in Discover Sustainability, Springer Nature, Micromachines Journal, MDPI Publisher.

Dr. Jaume Anguera

IEEE Fellow, is co-founder and CTO of the technology company Ignion (Barcelona, Spain) and Professor at Ramon LLull University and member of the Remote-IoT research group. Inventor of more than 150 granted patents, most of them licensed to telecommunication companies. Among his most out□standing contributions is that of inventor of Antenna Booster Technology, a technology that fostered the creation of Ignion. Many of these products have been adopted by the wireless industry worldwide, to allow wireless connectivity through a miniature component called an antenna booster. Author of more than 250 scientific papers and international conferences. Author of 7 books. He has participated as principal researcher in more than 22 research projects financed by the Spanish Ministry, CDTI, CIDEM, and the European Commission for an amount exceeding 7M$.

Dr. Suman Lata Tripathy

is working as Professor in the Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India. She has completed her Ph.D in the area of microelectronics and VLSI from MNNIT, Allahabad. She did her M.Tech in Electronics Engineering from UP Technical University, Lucknow and B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from Purvanchal University, Jaunpur. She is post-doc researcher at NTU, UK. She has published more than 65 research papers in refereed journals and conferences. She has organized a number of workshops, summer internships and expert lectures for students. She has worked as a session chair, conference steering committee member, editorial board member and reviewer in international/ national IEEE Journal and conferences. She has been nominated for the “Research Excellence Award” in 2019, 2020, 2021 at Lovely professional university. Her area of expertise includes microelectronics device modeling and characterization, low power VLSI circuit design, VLSI design of testing and advance FET design for IOT and biomedical applications etc.