Pradeep Nijalingappa is working as Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Davangere, Karnataka, India affiliated Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, India. He is having 18 years of academic experience, which includes teaching and research experience. He has worked at various verticals starting from Lecturer to Associate Professor. His research areas of interest include Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Medical Image Analysis, Knowledge Discovery Techniques, and Data Analytics. He is presently guiding TWO research scholars on Knowledge Discovery and Medical Image Analysis. He has successfully edited a book published by IGI Publishers, USA. Two edited books to be published by Elsevier and Scrivener Publishing, Wiley are in progress. He has published more than 20 research articles published in refereed journals and also one Indian Patent application is published and one Australian Patent is granted. He is a reviewer of various International Conferences and few journals. He is a Professional member in ACM, ISTE and IEI. Also, he is a Technical Committee Member for Davangere Smart City, Davangere.
Mangesh Manikrao Ghonge is currently working at Sandip Institute of Technology and Research Center, Nashik, Maharashtra, India. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, India and an M.Tech degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, India. He authored/co-authored more than 60 published articles in prestigious journals, book chapters, and conference papers. Besides, Dr. Mangesh Ghonge authored/edited 10 international books published by recognized publishers such as Springer, IGI Global, CRC Press Taylor & Francis, Wiley-Scrivener, Nova. He has been invited as a resource person for many workshops/FDP. He has organized and chaired many national/international conferences and conducted various workshops. He received a grant from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and DST. He is editor-in-chief of International Journal of Research in Advent Technology (IJRAT), E-ISSN 2321-9637. He is also guest editor for SCIE indexed journal special issue. He worked as a reviewer for Scopus/SCIE Indexed journals.