Advances in Computational Intelligence and Informatics

Dr. C. Raghavendra Rao is a Professor at the School of Computer & Information Sciences (SCIS), University of Hyderabad. He received his bachelor's degree from Andhra University, and his master's and Ph.D. from Osmania University, Hyderabad. A Fellow of the IETE, APAS and senior member of the IRSS, his interests include operations research, stochastic processes, computer graphics, artificial intelligence and rough computing. He is a Professional Member of the ACM, Society for the Development of Statistics, Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Indian Mathematical Society, and many more. Dr. Salvatore Distefano is an Associate Professor at the University of Messina, Italy, and Fellow Professor at Kazan Federal University, Russia, as well as Head of the Social and Urban Computing Group and of the Cisco Innovation Center in Kazan. He received his master's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Catania, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Messina, in 2001 and 2006. Dr. Salvatore has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific papers and contributions to international journals, conferences and books. He has 16 years of experience in teaching, research, consultancy and curriculum development. Dr. Sandeep Singh Rawat is a Professor at the Computer Science & Engineering Department, Anurag Group of Institutions, Hyderabad. He received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science & Engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Surat (formerly REC, Surat), his master's from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and his Ph.D. from the University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Dr. Sandeep was a Research Scholar and Visiting Professor at Iowa State University, USA, from 2016 to 2018. His areas of expertise include knowledge extraction, information systems & machine learning, databases, information retrieval, data warehousing, cloud computing and group decision support systems. He has published numerous papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings.