Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies

This book comprises a selection of papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Electrical and Computer Technologies (ICAECT 2024). It compiles groundbreaking research and advancements in the field of electrical engineering, electronics engineering, computer engineering and communication technologies.

The book touches upon a wide array of topics including smart grids, soft computing techniques in power systems, smart energy management systems, and power electronics under the Electrical Engineering track; and biomedical engineering, antennas and waveguides, image and signal processing, and broad band and mobile communication under the Electronics Engineering track. With special emphasis on Computer Engineering, this book highlights emerging trends in computer vision, pattern recognition, cloud computing, pervasive computing, intelligent systems, artificial intelligence, neural network and fuzzy logic, machine learning, deep learning, data science, video processing, and wireless communication.

This is a valuable resource for students, researchers and engineers within the field of innovative research and practical applications of electrical and computer technologies.

Thangaprakash Sengodan is currently a professor at Sengunthar Engineering College, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Bharathiar University, India, and Master of Engineering in Power Electronics and Drives from Anna University, Chennai, in 2002 and 2014, respectively. He received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India, in 2011. His current research interests include power electronics circuits, renewable power conversion systems, and solid-state control of electric drives. He has authored over thirty papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences. Dr. Thangaprakash is a senior member of IEEE, IEEE-Power Electronics Society, IEEE-Communications Society, and a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Dr. Thangaprakash is currently Vice-Chair of Electronic Communication and Information Management, IEEE India Council (for the period 2021–2023), and a member of the IEEE India Council EXCOM 2021–2022 (Executive Committee) and IEEE Madras Section EXCOM 2020–2021.

Sanjay Misra is a professor of Computer Engineering at Ostfold University, Norway. Previously he was employed at Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. He has been involved in academic administration and research in various universities of Asia, Europe, and Africa for over 30 years. He obtained his Ph.D. in Information and Know. Engineering (Software Engineering) from the University of Alcala, Spain, and M.Tech. (Software Engineering) from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, India. He has authored/co-authored around 300 papers. He is the editor in chief of the book series on Advances in IT Personals and Project Management and co-editor of 31 Lecture Notes in Computer Science and 6 IEEE conference proceedings. He has presided as the general chair at many international conferences. Presently, Dr. Sanjay is editor-in-chief of International Journal of Physical Sciences (SCOPUS Indexed), the founder-editor in chief of Covenant Journal of ICT and International Journal of Computer Science and Software Technology, and editor, associate editor, and editorial board member of more than 20 journals (Including 3 SCIE) of international repute. His current research covers software quality assurance, software process improvement, software project management, object-oriented technologies, XML, SOA, Web services, cognitive informatics, artificial intelligence, neural network, health Informatics, e-learning, cloud computing, and cyber security.

Professor Dr. Murugappan M has been working at Kuwait College of Science and Technology (KCST), Kuwait as a Full Professor in Electronics, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering since 2016. He is also serving as a Visiting Professor at the School of Engineering at Vels Institute of Science, Technology, and Advanced Studies in India and an International Visiting Fellow at the Center of Excellence in Unmanned Aerial Systems at Universiti Malaysia Perlis in Malaysia. In 2006, he graduated from Anna University, India with an M.E. degree in Applied Electronics. He received his Ph.D. from Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia in 2010 for his contribution to the field of Mechatronic Engineering. Between 2010 and 2016, he worked as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Mechatronics Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. In a recent study published by Stanford University, he was ranked among the top 2 percent scientists working in experimental psychology and artificial intelligence for five consecutive years (2020-2024). To date, his google scholar citations reaches 8470+ with an H-Index of 47. His research into affective computing has received more than 750K in grants from Malaysia, Kuwait, and the UK. His publications include more than 170+ peer-reviewed conference proceedings papers, journal articles, and book chapters. Prof. Murugappan is a member of the editorial boards of PlosOne, Computers and Electrical Engineering, Human Centric Information Sciences, PEERJ Computer Science, Journal of Medical Imaging and Health Informatics, and International Journal of Cognitive Informatics. In addition to being the Chair for IEEE, he also chairs Kuwait Section's Educational Activities Committee, Kuwait. He is interested in affective computing, affective neuroscience, neuromarketing, and medical image processing.