Rik Das is an Assistant Professor, Department of Information Technology, Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. He is a PhD (Tech.) in Information Technology from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India and has completed his M.Tech. in Information Technology from the same University. Prior to this, he has done his B.E. in Information Technology from University of Burdwan, India. He takes keen interest in researching with Image Processing, Object Detection, Computer Vision, Deep Learning and Machine Learning. He has carried out collaborative research work with Institutions in India and abroad. Rik has multiple International research publications till date with reputed Publishers, namely, IEEE, Springer, Emerald, Inderscience etc. He is a reviewer for leading Journals, such as, Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Elsevier, Transactions on Mutimedia, IEEE, LNCS Transactions on Computational Science, Springer etc. He is the receiver of "Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing" conferred by Elsevier in cooperation with King Saud University. He has also chaired sessions in International Conferences on Image Processing. Rik is a part of academic fraternity for more than 14 years and has served significant Academic Institutions in India, including, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) (Deemed-to-be-University), Mumbai, India, Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi, India and so on to name a few. He is a Resource person for UGC-HRDC Refresher Courses in Information and Communication Technology. Rik is always open to discuss new research ideas for collaborative research work and for techno-managerial
Rik is always open to discuss new research ideas for collaborative research work and for techno-managerial consultancies.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.