Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Competencies for Next-generation Cybersecurity Solutions

Pethuru Raj, PhD, is Chief Architect and Vice President at Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd., Bangalore, India. Previously, he worked at the IBM Global Cloud Center of Excellence, Wipro Consulting Services, and Robert Bosch Corporate Research. He has more than 20 years of IT industry experience and eight years of research experience. He had a number of international research fellowships as a research scientist at two leading Japanese universities. His main area of focus is emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, optimization of artificial intelligence models, streaming analytics, blockchain, digital twins, cloud-native computing, edge and serverless computing, reliability engineering, microservices architecture, quantum computing, event-driven architecture, 5G/6G, etc.

B. Sundaravadivazhagan, PhD, is a Proferssor in the Department of Information Technology at the University of Technology and Applied Science, Al Mussanah, Oman. His academic and research background spans more than 21 years at a number of institutions. He is working on two financed research projects for the Ministry of Higher Education Research Innovation in Oman. His research interests include Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, cloud computing, and cybersecurity. He has published more than 30 technical articles in international journals.

V. Kavitha, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science with Cognitive Systems, Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. She has over 19 years of teaching and research experience. She has been supervising research scholars and postgraduate and undergraduate students in the areas of cybersecurity. She has published more than 75 research papers in international as well as national journals, international conferences, and book chapters. Dr. Kavitha has delivered technical talks in the areas of big data analysis and cybersecurity. Cybersecurity, IoT security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning are some of her research interests.