Sourav De did his Bachelors in Information Technology from The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India in 2002. He did his Masters in Information Technology from West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India in 2005. He completed PhD in Computer Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Engineering & Technology, Shibpur, Howrah, India in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering in Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal. Previous to this, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology of University Institute of Technology, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India since 2006. He served as a Junior Programmer in Apices Consultancy Private Limited, Kolkata, India in 2005. He has more than about 20 research publications in internationally reputed journals, international edited books and international IEEE conferences. He served as reviewer in several International IEEE conferences and also in several international editorial books. He has been the member of the organizing and technical program committees of several national and international conferences. He has been invited in different seminars as an expert speaker. He is a co-author of a proposed book on soft computing. His research interests include soft computing, pattern recognition, image processing and data mining. Dr. De is a member of IEEE, ACM, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and IAENG, Hong Kong. He is a life member of ISTE, India.Dr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya did his Bachelors in Physics, Bachelors in Optics and Optoelectronics and Masters in Optics and Optoelectronics from University of Calcutta, India in 1995, 1998 and 2000 respectively. He completed PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Jadavpur University, India in 2008. He is the recipient of the University Gold Medal from the University of Calcutta for his Masters. He is the recipient of the coveted National Award Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar for excellence in education and research in 2016. He is the recipient of the Distinguished HoD Award and Distinguished Professor Award conferred by Computer Society of India, Mumbai Chapter, India in 2017. He is the recipient of the coveted Bhartiya Shiksha Ratan Award conferred by Economic Growth Foundation, New Delhi in 2017. He received the NACF-SCRA, India award for Best Faculty for Research in 2017. He received the Honorary Doctorate Award (D. Litt.) from The University of South America and the South East Asian Regional Computing Confederation (SEARCC) International Digital Award ICT Educator of the Year in 2017. He also received the Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar from Center for Education Growth and Research, India in 2017. He has been appointed as the ACM Distinguished Speaker for the tenure 2018-2020.
His research interests include soft computing, pattern recognition, multimedia data processing, hybrid intelligence and quantum computing. Dr. Bhattacharyya is a fellow of Institute of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), India. He is also a senior member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), USA, International Institute of Engineering and Technology (IETI), Hong Kong and Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA. He is a member of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK, International Rough Set Society, International Association for Engineers (IAENG), Hong Kong, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), USA, International Association of Academicians, Scholars, Scientists and Engineers (IAASSE), USA, Institute of Doctors Engineers and Scientists (IDES), India and The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP). He is a life member of Computer Society of India, Optical Society of India, Indian Society for Technical Education and Center for Education Growth and Research, India.
Dr. Paramartha Dutta, born 1966, did his Bachelors and Masters in Statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta in the years 1988 and 1990 respectively.
He afterwards completed his Master of Technology in Computer science from the same Institute in the year 1993 and Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering from the Bengal
Engineering and Science University, Shibpur in 2005 respectively.
He has served in the capacity of research personnel in various projects funded by Govt. of India,
which include DRDO, CSIR, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta etc. Dr. Dutta is now a Professor in the Department of Computer and System Sciences of the Visva
Bharati University, West Bengal, India. Prior to this, he served Kalyani Government Engineering College and College of Engineering in West Bengal as full time faculty
members. Dr. Dutta remained associated as Visiting/Guest Faculty of several Universities/Institutes encompassing West Bengal University of Technology, Kalyani University,
Tripura University, National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh to name some.
He has coauthored eight books and has also eleven edited books with leading publishing houses such as Springer, Elsevier, John Wiley, Taylor and Francis, IGI Global etc. to his credit. He has published
more than two hundred papers in various journals and conference proceedings, both international and national as well as several book chapters in edited volumes of
reputed International publishing houses like Elsevier, Springer-Verlag, CRC Press, John Wiley, IGI Global to name a few. Dr. Dutta has guided six scholars who already had been
awarded their Ph. D. In addition, three of his scholars have submitted their Ph. D theses. Presently, he is supervising six scholars registered for their
Ph. D program.