Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development: Proceedings of ICT4SD 2018 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 933)

The book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, and includes high-quality submissions presented at the Third International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2018), held in Goa, India on 30–31 August 2018. The conference stimulated cutting-edge research discussions among pioneering researchers, scientists, industrial engineers, and students from all around the world. Bringing together experts from different countries, the book focuses on innovative issues at an international level.

Milan Tuba received his B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics, and M.S., M.Ph. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Belgrade and New York University. He was an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Cooper Union Graduate School of Engineering, New York. During that time, he was the founder and director of Microprocessor Lab and VLSI Lab, and led scientific projects. Since 1994, he has participated in the scientific projects for the Republic of Serbia’s Ministry of Science. Currently he is the Vice Rector of Singidunum University, Serbia. His research interests include mathematical, queuing theory and heuristic optimizations applied to computer networks, image processing and combinatorial problems. He is the author of more than 150 scientific papers and a monograph. He has held ten plenary lectures at conferences at Harvard, Cambridge, Moscow, Paris and Istanbul. He is also a co-editor, member of the editorial board, scientific committee member and a reviewer for several international journals and conferences. He is a member of various international and scientific organizations: ACM, IEEE, AMS, SIAM and FNA.

Shyam Akashe is a Professor at ITM University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India. He completed his Ph.D. at Thapar University, Punjab and his M.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Institute of Technology & Management, Gwalior. He has authored 190 publications, including more than 50 papers in SCI indexed journals. His main research focus is low power system on chip (SoC) applications in which static random access memories (SRAMs) are omnipresent. He has authored two books entitled Moore’s Law Alive: Gate-All-Around (GAA) Next Generation Transistor published by LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany and Low Power High Speed CMOS Multiplaxer Design published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA. He has also published over 120 papers in leading national and international refereed journals of repute. Dr. Akashe has participated in numerous national and international conferences and presented over 100 papers.

Amit Joshi is a young entrepreneur and researcher who holds a B.Tech. in Information Technology and M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering. He pursued research in the areas of cloud computing and cryptography and has 6 years’ academic and industrial experience in prestigious organizations in Udaipur and Ahmedabad. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Information Technology at Sabar Institute in Gujarat. He is an active member of ACM, CSI, AMIE, IACSIT-Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA and many other professional societies. He is also Honorary Secretary of CSI Udaipur Chapter and Secretary of the ACM Udaipur Chapter. He has presented and published more than 30 papers in national and international journals as well as IEEE and ACM conferences. He has edited three books on diverse subjects including advances in open source mobile technologies, ICT for integrated rural development and ICT for competitive strategies. He has also organized more than 15 national and international conference and workshops including ICTCS 2014 in Udaipur and ACM–ICPS. He has received appreciation awards from The Institution of Engineers (India), ULC and from the SIG-WNs Computer Society of India for his contributions to society