Recent Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Smart Applications

Prof. Jyotsna Kumar Mandal (F232495) working as Professor CSE, University of Kalyani, Former Vice Chancellor, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, M. Tech. in Computer Science from University of Calcutta in 1987, and awarded Ph. D. (Engineering) in Computer Science and Engineering by Jadavpur University in 2000. He is currently Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Kalyani. Former Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Technology & Management, KU, for two consecutive terms during 2008–2012. He served as Professor Computer Applications, Kalyani Government Engineering College for two years. He was Associate Professor Computer Science and Assistant Professor Computer Science North Bengal University for 16 years. He also served as Lecturer at NERIST, Itanagar, for one year. Published more than 400 research articles. awarded 31 scholars under his supervision. 

Professor Mike Hinchey is former President of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing (www.ifip.org), founded by UNESCO in 1960, is Emeritus Director of Lero-the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Software, and Professor of Software Engineering at University of Limerick, Ireland. Prior to joining Lero, Professor Hinchey was Director of the NASA Software Engineering Laboratory. The holder of 30 US patents, in 2009 he was awarded NASA’s Kerley Award as Innovator of the Year and is recognized in the NASA Inventors Hall of Fame. Professor Hinchey holds a B.Sc. in Computer Systems from University of Limerick, an M.Sc. in Computation from University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from University of Cambridge.

 Satyajit Chakrabarti is Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, and Jaipur Campus, India, and Director of the Institute of Engineering & Management, IEM. As Director of one of the most reputed organizations in Engineering & Management in Eastern India, he launched a PGDM Program to run AICTE approved Management courses, Toppers Academy to train students for certificate courses and Software Development in the field of ERP solutions. Dr. Chakrabarti was Project Manager in TELUS, Vancouver, Canada, from February 2006 to September 2009, where he was intensively involved in planning, execution, monitoring, communicating with stakeholders, negotiating with vendors and cross-functional teams and motivating members. He managed a team of 50 employees and projects with a combined budget of $3 million.