Dr. Nagaraju obtained his MSc and his PhD, both in Biotechnology, from Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his DSc from Berhampur University in Berhampur, Odisha, India. Dr. Nagaraju’s research focuses on translational projects related to gastrointestinal malignancies. He has published over 100 research papers in highly reputed international journals and has presented more than 50 abstracts at various national and international conferences. Dr. Nagaraju is author and editor of several published books for Elsevier and Springer Nature. He serves as editorial board member of several internationally recognized academic journals. Dr. Nagaraju has received several international awards including FAACC. He also holds memberships with the Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America (ASIOA), the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), The Science Advisory Board, The RNA Society, The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR). Dr. V. Amouda is an Assistant Professor with a demonstrated history of working in higher education at the Department of Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. She possesses a doctoral degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Pondicherry University. She has more than a decade of research and development experience in new computational data technologies focusing on Data analysis, Machine learning, Data mining, and Big Data analytics across biomedical areas. She has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and presented many abstracts at national and international conferences. Dr. V. Amouda is a co-author of 4 book chapters published by International publishers and a reviewer of many international journals. She promotes science and progress by organizing 35 national and international conferences at various platforms in the Bioinformatics and Computer Science fields. She has a strong administrative professional experience with a track of contributing science to society by associating with various scientific bodies of Government & NGOs. She has experience in extension activities as she is a member of learned societies of national professional agencies. Dr. Ampasala earned his PhD degree in biochemistry from Sri Venkateswara University. He spent 12 years in research and teaching at Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, and 10 years in postdoctoral studies in cancer research in United States and Canada. Dr. Ampasala’s current research focuses are on functional genomics, molecular mechanisms of cancer, signal transduction, and computational neurobiology and has published nearly 70 peer-reviewed scholarly research articles and book chapters, which are extensively cited globally. He is a reviewer and editorial member for several biomedical/bioinformatics journals and has received several competitive research grants for his research accomplishments/contributions. He has been honored with fellow award from the Society of Plant Research (2019), and he has bagged other prestigious awards such as DST-Young Scientist (2008), DBT-Young Investigator (2015), Science Communicator-ISCA (2013, 2014), and the Best Teacher Award (2011, Pondicherry University). He received VA Merit Award from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States (2005–2007) for his postdoctoral studies; research associate fellowship funded by Genomic Canada, Canada (2001-2005); and postdoctoral fellowship funded by DBT, Indian Institute of Science (1999–2001).

• Artificial intelligence in gastrointestinal cancersThe role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancers: challenges and opportunitiesRise of machine learning applications in diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer: Imaging and omics dataImaging to intervention: examining the potential of artificial intelligence for gastrointestinal cancersDevelopments of AI based early detection and diagnosis method in pancreatic cancerExploring artificial intelligence approaches for studying intrinsically disorder proteins involvement in gastrointestinal cancersIdentification of diagnostic transcriptome regulatory network for prediction of early-onset Gastric Cancer using integrated bioinformatics analysisData to diagnosis: AI-powered insights for biomarker discovery in gastrointestinal tract cancersThe role of artificial intelligence in gastric cancer diagnosis, prognosis, surgery and drug discoveryAcceptance sampling approaches in discovering drugs for gastrointestinal cancerTransforming gastrointestinal tract cancer with applications and advancements of artificial intelligence and machine learning: A next-generation patient careHarnessing artificial intelligence for screening phytochemicals in gastrointestinal cancer therapeuticsExploring AI-enabled drug discovery and repurposing approaches for gastrointestinal tract cancerAI-driven drug repurposing strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma: Unlocking new therapeutic potentialRevolutionizing therapeutic possibilities for hepatocellular carcinoma by advanced bioinformatics and artificial intelligence-driven drug repurposingChallenges and future perspectives of AI in gastrointestinal cancers

Dr. Nagaraju obtained his MSc and his PhD, both in Biotechnology, from Sri Venkateswara University in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. He received his DSc from Berhampur University in Berhampur, Odisha, India. Dr. Nagaraju’s research focuses on translational projects related to gastrointestinal malignancies. He has published over 100 research papers in highly reputed international journals and has presented more than 50 abstracts at various national and international conferences. Dr. Nagaraju is author and editor of several published books for Elsevier and Springer Nature. He serves as editorial board member of several internationally recognized academic journals. Dr. Nagaraju has received several international awards including FAACC. He also holds memberships with the Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America (ASIOA), the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB), The Science Advisory Board, The RNA Society, The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR). Dr. V. Amouda is an Assistant Professor with a demonstrated history of working in higher education at the Department of Bioinformatics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. She possesses a doctoral degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Pondicherry University. She has more than a decade of research and development experience in new computational data technologies focusing on Data analysis, Machine learning, Data mining, and Big Data analytics across biomedical areas. She has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and presented many abstracts at national and international conferences. Dr. V. Amouda is a co-author of 4 book chapters published by International publishers and a reviewer of many international journals. She promotes science and progress by organizing 35 national and international conferences at various platforms in the Bioinformatics and Computer Science fields. She has a strong administrative professional experience with a track of contributing science to society by associating with various scientific bodies of Government & NGOs. She has experience in extension activities as she is a member of learned societies of national professional agencies. Dr. Ampasala earned his PhD degree in biochemistry from Sri Venkateswara University. He spent 12 years in research and teaching at Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, and 10 years in postdoctoral studies in cancer research in United States and Canada. Dr. Ampasala’s current research focuses are on functional genomics, molecular mechanisms of cancer, signal transduction, and computational neurobiology and has published nearly 70 peer-reviewed scholarly research articles and book chapters, which are extensively cited globally. He is a reviewer and editorial member for several biomedical/bioinformatics journals and has received several competitive research grants for his research accomplishments/contributions. He has been honored with fellow award from the Society of Plant Research (2019), and he has bagged other prestigious awards such as DST-Young Scientist (2008), DBT-Young Investigator (2015), Science Communicator-ISCA (2013, 2014), and the Best Teacher Award (2011, Pondicherry University). He received VA Merit Award from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States (2005–2007) for his postdoctoral studies; research associate fellowship funded by Genomic Canada, Canada (2001-2005); and postdoctoral fellowship funded by DBT, Indian Institute of Science (1999–2001).

• Artificial intelligence in gastrointestinal cancersThe role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in gastrointestinal (GI) tract cancers: challenges and opportunitiesRise of machine learning applications in diagnosis and prognosis of gastric cancer: Imaging and omics dataImaging to intervention: examining the potential of artificial intelligence for gastrointestinal cancersDevelopments of AI based early detection and diagnosis method in pancreatic cancerExploring artificial intelligence approaches for studying intrinsically disorder proteins involvement in gastrointestinal cancersIdentification of diagnostic transcriptome regulatory network for prediction of early-onset Gastric Cancer using integrated bioinformatics analysisData to diagnosis: AI-powered insights for biomarker discovery in gastrointestinal tract cancersThe role of artificial intelligence in gastric cancer diagnosis, prognosis, surgery and drug discoveryAcceptance sampling approaches in discovering drugs for gastrointestinal cancerTransforming gastrointestinal tract cancer with applications and advancements of artificial intelligence and machine learning: A next-generation patient careHarnessing artificial intelligence for screening phytochemicals in gastrointestinal cancer therapeuticsExploring AI-enabled drug discovery and repurposing approaches for gastrointestinal tract cancerAI-driven drug repurposing strategies for hepatocellular carcinoma: Unlocking new therapeutic potentialRevolutionizing therapeutic possibilities for hepatocellular carcinoma by advanced bioinformatics and artificial intelligence-driven drug repurposingChallenges and future perspectives of AI in gastrointestinal cancers