Dr. Subhransu Sekhar Dash is presently a Professor and HOD in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, Odisha, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, Chennai, India. He has more than 22 years of research and teaching experience. His research areas are AI techniques application to power system, modeling of FACTS controller, power quality and smart grid. He is a Visiting Professor at Francois Rabelais University, POLYTECH, France. He has published more than 220 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences.
Dr. C. Lakshmi is working as a Professor and Head in the Department of Software Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, India. She received her B.E., M.E., and Ph.D., degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 1990, 2001 and 2010 respectively. Her research interests include Pattern Recognition, Image Processing, Machine learning and Software Engineering. She has published many papers in International Journals and Conferences. She has served as guest editor in various international journals.
Dr. Swagatam Das received the B. E. Tel. E., M. E. Tel. E (Control Engineering specialization), and Ph.D. degrees, all from Jadavpur University, India, in 2003, 2005, and 2009, respectively. Currently, he is serving as an Assistant Professor at the Electronics and Communication Sciences Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. His research interests include evolutionary computing, pattern recognition, multi-agent systems, and wireless communication. Dr. Das has published one research monograph, one edited volume, and more than 150 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and international conferences. He is the founding co-editor-in-chief of “Swarm and Evolutionary Computation,”, an international journal from Elsevier. He serves as associate editor of the IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems and Information Sciences (Elsevier). He is an editorial board member of Progress in Artificial Intelligence (Springer), Mathematical Problems in Engineering, International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, and International Journal of Adaptive and Autonomous Communication Systems. He is the recipient of the 2012 Young Engineer Award from the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE).
Dr. B K Panigrahi is working as a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Delhi, India. Prior to joining IIT Delhi in 2005, he has served as a faculty in Electrical Engineering Department, UCE Burla, Odisha, India, from 1992 to 2005. Dr Panigrahi is a senior member of IEEE and Fellow of INAE, India. His research interest includes the application of soft computing and evolutionary computing techniques to power system planning, operation, and control. He has also worked in the fields of bio-medical signal processing and image processing. He has served as the editorial board member, associate editor, and special issue guest editor of different international journals. He is also associated with various international conferences in various capacities. Dr. Panigrahi has published more than 100 research papers in various international and national journals.