J. Dinesh Peter is currently working as an Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences Technology at Karunya University, Coimbatore. Prior to this, he was a full time research scholar at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India, from where he received his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering. His research focus includes Big-data, image processing and computer vision. He has highly cited publications in journals of national and international repute. He is a member of IEEE, CSI & IEI and has served as session chairs and delivered plenary speeches for various international conferences and workshops. 

Steven L. Fernandes is currently a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science, University of Central Florida. He has previously been affiliated with the University of Alabama Birmingham, USA and the Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, India. Dr Fernandes has authored 1 book and 40 research papers in refereed journals.

Amir H. Alavi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, United States. His multidisciplinary research integrates sensing, computation, control, networking, and information systems into the civil infrastructure to create cyber-physical infrastructure systems. His research interests include smart cities, structural health monitoring, deployment of advanced sensors, energy harvesting, and civil engineering system informatics. Dr. Alavi has authored 5 books and over 170 publications in archival journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings.