Handbook of Wireless Sensor Networks: Issues and Challenges in Current Scenario's

​​Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh is currently working as Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) in Department of  CSE at Jaypee University of Information Technology (JUIT), Waknaghat, H.P.  He has completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Gautam Buddha University (State Government University), Greater Noida, UP, India. He received his M.Tech. (CSE) with Distinction from GGSIPU , New Delhi, India. Dr. Singh is having life membership of Computer Society of India (CSI), Life Member of IEI and promoted to Senior Member Grade from CSI and ACM. He is Associate Editor of International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime (IJISC) a scientific peer reviewed journal from Romania. He has published nearly 85 research papers in various International Journals and Conferences of repute. He has received three sponsored research projects grant from Govt. of India and Govt. of HP worth Rs 25 Lakhs. He has edited total 8 books from Springer and Elsevier and also edited several special issues for SCI and SCIE Journals from Elsevier and IGI Global. His research interests include wireless sensor networks, internet of things, information security and data science technologies. Dr. Bharat K Bhargava is working as Professor of Comp Science at Purdue University, USA. He has 14631 Google scholar citations, H-index 59 and i-10 Index 233 in his account. Professor Bhargava is conducting research in security and privacy issues in distributed systems. His main research interest include  cyber and cloud security, experiments in communications and networking software, secure mobile systems, Trust Management, Privacy in Data Access, Collaborative Attacks and Defense in Networks, Multi-media Security. Professor Bhargava is recipient of seven best paper awards in various international computer science conferences. Professor Bhargava is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and of the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers. In 1999, he received the IEEE Technical Achievement Award for a major impact of his decade long contributions to foundations of adaptability in communication and distributed systems. He has been awarded the charter Gold Core Member distinction by the IEEE Computer Society for his distinguished service. In 2003, he was inducted in the Purdue's Book of Great Teachers. In 2017, he received the Helen Schleman Gold Medallion Award for supporting women at Purdue and Focus award for advancing technology for differently abled students. He is editor-in-chief of four journals and serves on over ten editorial boards of international journals. He also served on the IEEE Computer Society on Technical Achievement award and Fellow committees. Professor Bhargava is the founder of the IEEE Symposium on Reliable and Distributed Systems, IEEE conference on Digital Library, and the ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management.
Dr. Marcin Paprzycki is an associate professor at the Systems Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences. He has an MS from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, a PhD from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a Doctor of Science from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He is a senior member of IEEE, a senior member of ACM, a Senior Fulbright Lecturer, and an IEEE CS Distinguished Visitor. He has contributed to more than 450 publications and was invited to the program committees of over 500 international conferences. He is on the editorial boards of 12 journals and a book series. He has 3820 Google scholar citations, H-index 27 and i-10 Index 119 in his account. His research interests include software agents, semantic technologies, high performance computing, data analytics, internet of things and networking technologies. To reach him, please visit http://www.ibspan.waw.pl/~paprzyck/.
Dr. Narottam Chand is AssociateProfessor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering, NIT Hamirpur. Presently he is also serving as Associate Dean (Admissions & Registration) at the Institute. He served Head of Department, Computer Science and Engineering for two terms during July 2015 to April 2018 and Feb 2008 to Jan 2011. Previously he has also served Head, Institute Computer Centre, for two terms during Feb 2008 to July 2009 and Oct 2014 to June 2015. In the recent past, he has coordinated different key assignments at NIT Hamirpur like Accreditation, Campus Wide Networking, Institute Web Site and Institute Office Automation. Dr. Narottam is an active industry consultant for entities like BHEL and Kangra Central Cooperative Bank. He received his PhD degree from IIT Roorkee in Computer Science and Engineering. Previously, he received MTech and BTech degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Delhi and NIT Hamirpur, respectively. His current research areas of interest include mobile computing, mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks and IoTs. He has published more than 150 research papers in International/National journals & conferences, guided seven PhDs and guiding few more in these areas. He is Fellow of Institution of Engineers (India), Senior Member of IEEE, and Member of ACM, ISTE, CSI, International Association of Engineers and Internet Society. He has 1707 Google scholar citations , H-index 22 and i-10 Index 32 in his account.
Prof. Dr. Wei-Chiang Hong is a Jiangsu Distinguished Professor in the School of Computer Science and Technology, Jiangsu Normal University, China. His research interests mainly include computational intelligence (neural networks and evolutionary computation), and application of forecasting technology (ARIMA, support vector regression, and chaos theory), networking technologies and machine learning algorithms. Professor Hong serves as the General Chair of the 2nd  International Conference on RecentInnovations in Computing (ICRIC 2019), the Honorary Chair of FTNCT (2018, 2019), IC4S (2019), and ETCCS (2019), the Technical Program Co-Chair of FTNCT (2018, 2019), IEEE ITNEC (2016-2020), and ICBDBI (2017). He also serves as the program committee of various international conferences including premium ones such as IEEE CEC, IEEE CIS, IEEE ICNSC, IEEE SMC, IEEE CASE, and IEEE SMCia, etc. In May 2012, his paper had been evaluated as Top Cited Article 2007-2011 by Elsevier Publisher (Netherlands). In Sep. 2012, once again, his paper had been indexed in ISI Essential Science Indicator database as Highly Cited Papers, in the meanwhile, he also had been awarded as the Model Teacher Award by Taiwan Private Education Association. Professor Hong is a senior member of IIE and IEEE. He is indexed in the list of Who’s Who in the World (25th-30th Editions), Who’s Who in Asia (2nd Edition), and Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (10th and 11th Editions). Professor Hong is currently appointed asthe Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Applied Evolutionary Computation, in addition, he serves as a guest editor of the Energies, and is appointed as an Associate Editor of the Neurocomputing and International Journal of System Dynamics Applications. He has 5474 Google scholar citations, H-index 38 and i-10 Index 64 in his account.