Dr. Neelu Jyothi Ahuja is a professor and the head of the Department of Systemics at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. She has successfully completed 5 government-sponsored R&D projects under various schemes, such as Cognitive Science Research Initiative (CSRI) and Technology Intervention for Disabled and Elderly (TIDE), both of which were funded by Science for Equity Empowerment and Development (SEED) division of Department of Science & Technology (DST). Her research projects focus on teaching–learning processes, learning styles, learning environments and interventions for learning disabled. Ten students were awarded Ph.D. under her supervision, and she currently has 4 Ph.D. students. Adarsh Kumar received his master’s degree (M. Tech) in software engineering from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India, in 2005 and earned his Ph.D. degree from the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, Noida, India, in 2016.From 2005 to 2016, he was an assistant professor at the Department of Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. Currently, he works at the School of Computer Science, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India, as an associate professor. His main research interests include cybersecurity, cryptography, network security and ad hoc networks. He has published more than 60 research papers in academic journals, conferences and workshops. He participated in the European Union H2020 sponsored research project, and he is currently involved in 2 research projects sponsored by UPES. Dr. Anand Nayyar received his Ph.D. in computer science from Desh Bhagat University in 2017 by research in wireless sensor networks and swarm intelligence. He currently works in the Faculty of Information Technology, Duy Tan University, Da Nang, Vietnam. He has published more than 100 research papers in various international journals. He has also authored, co-authored or edited more than 30 books in computer science discipline. Currently, he works on wireless sensor networks, IoT, swarm intelligence, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, drones, blockchain, cyber security, network simulation and wireless communications. He is an associate editor for Wireless Networks (Springer), Computer Communications (Elsevier), IET Quantum Communications (Wiley) and many other journals. He is one of the editor-in-chiefs of International Journal of Smart Vehicles and Smart Transportation (IGI Global).
