Dharma P. Agrawal (M’77-F’87-LF’12) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, in 1966, the M.E. (Honors) degree in electronics and communication engineering from the IIT Roorkee, India, in 1968, and the D.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1975. He is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor at University of Cincinnati, Ohio. His recent research interests include resource allocation and security in mesh networks, efficient deployment and security in sensor networks, use of Femto cells in numerous applications, efficient resource selection in heterogeneous wireless networks, vehicular area networks and use of sensors in monitoring human health and fitness of athletes. His recent contribution in the form of a co-authored introductory text book on wireless and mobile computing has been widely accepted throughout the world, and a third edition has been published. The book has been reprinted both in China and India and translated into Korean and Chinese languages. His co-authored book on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, second edition published in spring of 2011, is called the best seller by the publisher. He has delivered keynote speeches at 26 different international conferences. He has published 625 papers, given 42 different tutorials and extensive training courses in various conferences in the USA, and numerous institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia and India in the areas of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and Mesh Networks, including security issues. He has been appointed as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Central European Journal of Computer Science, Versita. He has graduated 64 Ph.D. and 55 M.S. students. He has also been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. He is a recipient of 2008 Harry Goode Memorial award from the IEEE Computer Society, 2011 Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students, University of Cincinnati, and founding Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2012. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.Nadia Nedjah received the engineering degree in computer science and the M.Sc. degree in system engineering and computation from the University of Annaba, Algeria, and the Ph.D. degree in computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK. She is Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics Engineering and Telecommunications, Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research interests include functional programming, embedded systems and reconfigurable hardware design, as well as cryptography.B. B. Gupta received the Ph.D. degree in information and cyber security from IIT Roorkee, India. He has published more than 400 research articles in international jounals and conferences of high repute, including the IEEE, Elsevier, ACM, Springer and Inderscience. He is Professor with Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan. He is also a senior Member of IEEE, ACM, and Life Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT). He is selected as a distinguished lecturer for IEEE Consumer Technology Society and also included in the list of Top 2% Scientists in the world from Stanford University USA. He also received theSir Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship Award, in 2017, from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He also received the 2019 and 2018 Best Faculty Award for Research Activities from NIT Kurukshetra. He has been serving/served as Associate Editor for the IEEE TII, IEEE ITS, ACM TOIT, IEEE Access, IEEE IoT, etc. He is also leading the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC), as Editor-in-Chief. His research interests include information security, cyber security, mobile/smartphone, cloud computing, web security, intrusion detection, computer networks and phishing.Gregorio Martinez Perez is currently Full Professor with the University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain,since 2014. His scientific activity is mainly devoted to cyber security and data science. He is working on different national and European IST research projects related to these topics, being principal investigator for UMU in most of them. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science with the University of Murcia.

• A New Modified MD5-224 bits Hash Function and an Efficient Message Authentication Code Based on Quasigroups.- Leveraging Transfer Learning for Effective Recognition of Emotions from Images: A Review.- An Automated System for Facial Mask Detection and Face Recognition during COVID - 19 Pandemic.- ROS Simulation Based Autonomous Navigation Systems & Object Detection.- Robotic Assistant for Medicine and Food Delivery in Healthcare.

Dharma P. Agrawal (M’77-F’87-LF’12) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, in 1966, the M.E. (Honors) degree in electronics and communication engineering from the IIT Roorkee, India, in 1968, and the D.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1975. He is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor at University of Cincinnati, Ohio. His recent research interests include resource allocation and security in mesh networks, efficient deployment and security in sensor networks, use of Femto cells in numerous applications, efficient resource selection in heterogeneous wireless networks, vehicular area networks and use of sensors in monitoring human health and fitness of athletes. His recent contribution in the form of a co-authored introductory text book on wireless and mobile computing has been widely accepted throughout the world, and a third edition has been published. The book has been reprinted both in China and India and translated into Korean and Chinese languages. His co-authored book on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, second edition published in spring of 2011, is called the best seller by the publisher. He has delivered keynote speeches at 26 different international conferences. He has published 625 papers, given 42 different tutorials and extensive training courses in various conferences in the USA, and numerous institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia and India in the areas of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and Mesh Networks, including security issues. He has been appointed as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Central European Journal of Computer Science, Versita. He has graduated 64 Ph.D. and 55 M.S. students. He has also been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. He is a recipient of 2008 Harry Goode Memorial award from the IEEE Computer Society, 2011 Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students, University of Cincinnati, and founding Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2012. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.Nadia Nedjah received the engineering degree in computer science and the M.Sc. degree in system engineering and computation from the University of Annaba, Algeria, and the Ph.D. degree in computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK. She is Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics Engineering and Telecommunications, Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research interests include functional programming, embedded systems and reconfigurable hardware design, as well as cryptography.B. B. Gupta received the Ph.D. degree in information and cyber security from IIT Roorkee, India. He has published more than 400 research articles in international jounals and conferences of high repute, including the IEEE, Elsevier, ACM, Springer and Inderscience. He is Professor with Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan. He is also a senior Member of IEEE, ACM, and Life Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT). He is selected as a distinguished lecturer for IEEE Consumer Technology Society and also included in the list of Top 2% Scientists in the world from Stanford University USA. He also received theSir Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship Award, in 2017, from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He also received the 2019 and 2018 Best Faculty Award for Research Activities from NIT Kurukshetra. He has been serving/served as Associate Editor for the IEEE TII, IEEE ITS, ACM TOIT, IEEE Access, IEEE IoT, etc. He is also leading the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC), as Editor-in-Chief. His research interests include information security, cyber security, mobile/smartphone, cloud computing, web security, intrusion detection, computer networks and phishing.Gregorio Martinez Perez is currently Full Professor with the University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain,since 2014. His scientific activity is mainly devoted to cyber security and data science. He is working on different national and European IST research projects related to these topics, being principal investigator for UMU in most of them. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science with the University of Murcia.

• A New Modified MD5-224 bits Hash Function and an Efficient Message Authentication Code Based on Quasigroups.- Leveraging Transfer Learning for Effective Recognition of Emotions from Images: A Review.- An Automated System for Facial Mask Detection and Face Recognition during COVID - 19 Pandemic.- ROS Simulation Based Autonomous Navigation Systems & Object Detection.- Robotic Assistant for Medicine and Food Delivery in Healthcare.

Dharma P. Agrawal (M’77-F’87-LF’12) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, in 1966, the M.E. (Honors) degree in electronics and communication engineering from the IIT Roorkee, India, in 1968, and the D.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1975. He is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor at University of Cincinnati, Ohio. His recent research interests include resource allocation and security in mesh networks, efficient deployment and security in sensor networks, use of Femto cells in numerous applications, efficient resource selection in heterogeneous wireless networks, vehicular area networks and use of sensors in monitoring human health and fitness of athletes. His recent contribution in the form of a co-authored introductory text book on wireless and mobile computing has been widely accepted throughout the world, and a third edition has been published. The book has been reprinted both in China and India and translated into Korean and Chinese languages. His co-authored book on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, second edition published in spring of 2011, is called the best seller by the publisher. He has delivered keynote speeches at 26 different international conferences. He has published 625 papers, given 42 different tutorials and extensive training courses in various conferences in the USA, and numerous institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia and India in the areas of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and Mesh Networks, including security issues. He has been appointed as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Central European Journal of Computer Science, Versita. He has graduated 64 Ph.D. and 55 M.S. students. He has also been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. He is a recipient of 2008 Harry Goode Memorial award from the IEEE Computer Society, 2011 Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students, University of Cincinnati, and founding Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, 2012. He is a Life Fellow of the IEEE.Nadia Nedjah received the engineering degree in computer science and the M.Sc. degree in system engineering and computation from the University of Annaba, Algeria, and the Ph.D. degree in computation from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK. She is Associate Professor with the Department of Electronics Engineering and Telecommunications, Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her research interests include functional programming, embedded systems and reconfigurable hardware design, as well as cryptography.B. B. Gupta received the Ph.D. degree in information and cyber security from IIT Roorkee, India. He has published more than 400 research articles in international jounals and conferences of high repute, including the IEEE, Elsevier, ACM, Springer and Inderscience. He is Professor with Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Asia University, Taichung 413, Taiwan. He is also a senior Member of IEEE, ACM, and Life Member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and the International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT). He is selected as a distinguished lecturer for IEEE Consumer Technology Society and also included in the list of Top 2% Scientists in the world from Stanford University USA. He also received theSir Visvesvaraya Young Faculty Research Fellowship Award, in 2017, from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He also received the 2019 and 2018 Best Faculty Award for Research Activities from NIT Kurukshetra. He has been serving/served as Associate Editor for the IEEE TII, IEEE ITS, ACM TOIT, IEEE Access, IEEE IoT, etc. He is also leading the International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing (IJCAC), as Editor-in-Chief. His research interests include information security, cyber security, mobile/smartphone, cloud computing, web security, intrusion detection, computer networks and phishing.Gregorio Martinez Perez is currently Full Professor with the University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain,since 2014. His scientific activity is mainly devoted to cyber security and data science. He is working on different national and European IST research projects related to these topics, being principal investigator for UMU in most of them. He received the Ph.D. degree in computer science with the University of Murcia.

• A New Modified MD5-224 bits Hash Function and an Efficient Message Authentication Code Based on Quasigroups.- Leveraging Transfer Learning for Effective Recognition of Emotions from Images: A Review.- An Automated System for Facial Mask Detection and Face Recognition during COVID - 19 Pandemic.- ROS Simulation Based Autonomous Navigation Systems & Object Detection.- Robotic Assistant for Medicine and Food Delivery in Healthcare.