This book is a collection of high-quality research papers presented at the International Conference on Smart and Intelligent Systems (SIS 2021), which will be held in Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC), Andhra Pradesh, India, during February 25–26, 2021, in virtual mode. It highlights how recent informatics intelligent systems have successfully been used to develop innovative smart techniques and infrastructure in the field of modern engineering and technology. The book will also be of interest to those working in the field of computational intelligence, smart computer network and security analysis, control and automation system, cloud computing, fog computing and IoT, smart grid communication, smart cities, solar cell synthesis and their performance, green technology, and many more. The contents of this book prove useful to researchers and professionals.
Dr. Subhojit has completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Silchar, India; Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Power and Energy Systems Engineering from National Institute of Technology Silchar, India; and Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Electrical Engineering from West Bengal University of Technology, India. Dr. Dawn has published more than 25 research papers in reputed international journals/conferences in the field of power system. His current research includes power system economics, renewable energy integration, power system planning, congestion management, and smart grid and energy management. Dr. Dawn is a member of IEEE. He also serves the IEEE Student Branch, NIT Silchar, India, as Chair during 2016–2018. Dr. Dawn is Associate Editor of Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology (JEET), Springer. He is a continuous reviewer of many reputed international (SCI/SCIE/ESCI) journals including IET Renewable Power Generation, IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, Renewable Energy (Elsevier), Applied Energy (Elsevier), etc., and various IEEE/Springer/Elsevier hosted/sponsored conferences. Dr. Dawn is an editorial member of several international journals including American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, SCIREA Journal of Electrical Engineering, International Journal of Energy Policy and Management, etc. He was participating in many international conferences as Organizing Chair, Session Chair and member in Technical Program Committee. He is Editor of “Intelligent Techniques and Applications in Science and Technology” book published by Springer.
Dr. Kedar Nath Das is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics, NIT Silchar, Assam. He qualified the GATE examination and was awarded his Ph.D. degree from IIT Roorkee in the year 2008. His area of research interest includes operations research, evolutionary optimization techniques, networking optimization, and multi-objective optimization. As of now, Dr. Das has over 50 research papers to his credit including papers in international journals of repute, which has around 400 Google Scholar Citations till date. There are 1 book and 3 book chapters to his credit. He has already guided 5 Ph.D. scholars and recently 4 are working under him. Also, he has successfully guided about 6 M.Sc. projects and 2 undergraduate internships. Dr. Das has visited around 11 foreign countries (including Las Vegas, USA; London, UK; Amstradem, Netherlands; Bankok, Thailand; Singapore; Dubai; Kuching, Malaysia; Bratislava; Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Liverpool, UK; Wales, UK) and delivered about 25 expert lectures at different institutions in India (like IIT Roorkee, VIT Vellore, GMIT Guwahati, NIT Silchar, JIET Jodhpur, GIST Udaipur, SAU Delhi, NIT Nagaland, S. S. College Hailakandi, Prativa College Chatrapur Odisha, RTU Kota, IIIT Guwalior, BJB College Bhubaneswar, GC College Silchar). As coordinator, he has organized 11 events including STTP, international conference, workshops, and self-financed courses. He has already reviewed more than 100 research papers. He is the life member of ORSI (Operational Research Society of India), ISTE (The Indian Society for Technical Education), OMS (Odisha Mathematical Society) and member of IEEE. He has been recently awarded “Slovak National Scholarship” in the year 2019.
Rammohan Mallipeddi is Associate Professor working in the School of Electronics Engineering, Kyungpook National University (Daegu, South Korea). He received Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in computer control and automation from the School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. His research interests include evolutionary computing, artificial intelligence, image processing, digital signal processing, robotics, and control engineering. He co-authored papers published IEEE TEVC, etc. Currently, he serves as Associate Editor for “Swarm and Evolutionary Computation,” an international journal from Elsevier and a regular reviewer for journals including IEEE TEVC and IEEE TCYB.
D. P. Acharjya received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Berhampur University, India; M.Tech. degree in Computer Science from Utkal University, India, in 2002; M.Phil. from Berhampur University, India; and M.Sc. from NIT, Rourkela, India. He has been awarded with Gold Medal in M.Sc. Currently, he is working as Professor in the School of Computing Sciences and Engineering, VIT University, Vellore, India. He has authored more than 100 national and international journal and conference papers, and five books; Fundamental Approach to Discrete Mathematics, Computer Based on Mathematics, Theory of Computation; Rough Set in Knowledge Representation and Granular Computing; Introduction to Information and Communication Technology and Computer programming to his credit. He has also edited seven books to his credit. He has also published many chapters in different books published by international publishers. Besides, he has produced seven Ph.D.’s in computer science and engineering. In addition, he is a reviewer of many international journals such as Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Knowledge Based Systems, and Applied Journal of Soft Computing. He has been awarded with Eminent Academician Award from Khallikote Sanskrutika Parisad, Brahmapur, Odisha; Outstanding Educator and Scholar Award from National Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development, Coimbatore, India; The Best Citizens of India Award from The International Publishing House, New Delhi, India; and Bharat Vikas Award from Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Dr. Acharjya is actively associated with many professional bodies like CSI, ISTE, IMS, AMTI, ISIAM, OITS, IACSIT, CSTA, IEEE, ACM, and IAENG. He was Founder Secretary of OITS Rourkela chapter. His current research interests include rough sets, formal concept analysis, knowledge representation, data mining, granular computing, and business intelligence.
