Adel Ben Youseff, PhD is a Professor of Economics at the Université Côte d’Azur, France, and a member of the GREDEG CNRS research laboratory (GREDEG - CNR UMR 7321). He is also an associate researcher at the Economic Research Forum in Cairo, Egypt, and the Global Labor Organization in Bonn, Germany. He is an international expert on digital and ecological transitions for many international institutions. He is a founding member of the African Association of Artificial Intelligence and Industry 4.0 (AISMA). In addition, he was a negotiator for Tunisia at COP 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 (2017–2023) in the field of climate finance. He has published more than 100 academic articles in various renowned international journals. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Platforms Journal (MDPI), Associate Editor of the journals Development and Sustainability in Economics and Finance (Springer) and Green and Low-Carbon Economy (GLCE). He is ranked among the top 4% of economists in the last 10 years by REPEC and the top 2% of economists by scholar GPS.Pethuru Raj, PhD, is Chief Architect and Vice President at Reliance Jio Platforms Ltd. (JPL), Bangalore, India. Previously, he worked as a cloud architect at the IBM Global Cloud Center of Excellence (CoE), as an enterprise architect in Wipro Consulting Services (WCS), and as a software architect in Robert Bosch Corporate Research. In total, he has gained more than 22 years of IT industry experience and eight years of research experience. He finished his CSIR-sponsored PhD degree at Anna University, Chennai, and continued with his UGC-sponsored postdoctoral research in the Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He was granted a couple of international research fellowships (JSPS and JST) to work as a research scientist for several years at two leading Japanese universities. He has authored and edited more than 45 technology books, published more than 60 research papers, and contributed more than 50 book chapters. Dr. Raj has also submitted a couple of international patents. He completed several IT architecture certifications (TOGAF and ITIL) as well. He has delivered keynote addresses at 25 international conferences and has conducted numerous technical sessions across colleges, universities, and institutes of eminence in India and abroad. He has participated as a panel member in IT industry symposiums and written several white papers for the IT companies.Pronaya Bhattacharya, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Kolkata, India. He has over 11 years of teaching experience. He has authored or co-authored more than 130 research papers in leading SCI-indexed journals and top CORE-ranked IEEE/ACM/Springer conferences. Some of his top-notch findings are published in reputed SCI journals. He has 2111 citations to his credit with an H-index of 23 and i10-index of 53. He has edited two books and is currently editing three more books with noted publishers such as IET and IGI Global. His research interests include blockchain, 5G and beyond communications, healthcare analytics, industry 5.0, metaverse, digital twins, smart cities, optical switching and networking, federated learning, blockchain, and the IoT. He has three granted patents to his credit. He has been a keynote speaker, a technical committee member, and a session chair across various conferences and faculty development programs organized globally. He is a recipient of nine best paper awards from reputed journals.Pushan Kumar Dutta, PhD, is a distinguished Assistant Professor Grade III in the Electronics and Communication Engineering Department at ASETK, Amity University Kolkata, India. He has served as a Research Coordinator and Assistant Professor in Andhra Pradesh and has been honored with the Young Faculty in Engineering Award in 2018. Dr. Dutta research interests are diverse, including data mining, big data, AI, edge computing, federated learning, predictive analytics, earthquake precursor study, computer hardware, sustainability, electronic devices, design thinking, industry 5.0, machine ethics, and intelligent systems for biomedical science. He is an accomplished editor, having edited multiple books in the field of healthcare, signal processing, industry 4.0, and digital transformation for IET, IGI Global, De Gruyter, CRC, Elsevier, and Springer, with over 10 book chapters. He is also a reviewer for Springer, Wiley, CRC, Apple Academic Press, and Taylor and Francis. In addition, he has published more than 42 articles in Scopus-indexed journals and 90 articles in total. He is a member of the technical programming committee for various prominent conferences in 2022 and 2023 and has delivered keynote speeches at international events. Dr. Dutta holds Indian copyright for his book Innovative Digital Teaching and Learning for Professional Readiness. He is a passionate educator, a dedicated researcher, and an influential voice in the field of electronics and communication engineering. He completed his PhD at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2015, and later pursued a postdoctorate at the Erasmus Mundus Association.
