ICT Systems and Sustainability

This book proposes new technologies and discusses future solutions for ICT design infrastructures, as reflected in high-quality papers presented at the 8th International Conference on ICT for Sustainable Development (ICT4SD 2024), held in Goa, India, on 8–9 August 2024. The book covers the topics such as big data and data mining, data fusion, IoT programming toolkits and frameworks, green communication systems and network, use of ICT in smart cities, sensor networks and embedded system, network and information security, wireless and optical networks, security, trust, and privacy, routing and control protocols, cognitive radio and networks, and natural language processing. Bringing together experts from different countries, the book explores a range of central issues from an international perspective.

Milan Tuba was born in Lucani in 1952. Completed primary and secondary education in Osijek. He received BS in Mathematics, MS in Mathematics, MS in Computer Science, MPh in Computer Science, PhD in Computer Science from University of Belgrade and New York University. From 1983 to 1994 he was in the USA first as a graduate student as well as teaching and research assistant at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University and later as 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, leader of scientific projects and supervisor of many theses. Since returning from the USA in 1994, he has been a participant in the scientific projects of the Ministry of Science of the Republic of Serbia, currently on the project Project III-44006. He taught more than 20 graduate and undergraduate courses, from VLSI Design and Computer Architecture to Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Image Processing, Calculus and Queuing Theory. His research interests include mathematical, queuing theory and heuristic optimizations applied to computer networks, image processing and combinatorial problems. Currently, mentor in a group of five students working in the field of heuristic optimization methods based on the intelligence of swarms. He is the author of more than 150 scientific papers and a monograph. Mr Tuba held ten plenary lectures at conferences at Harvard, Cambridge, Moscow, Paris and Istanbul. He is also a coeditor, a member of the editorial board, scientific committee member or a reviewer for several international journals and conferences. Member of international and scientific organizations: ACM, IEEE, AMS, SIAM and FNA. Currently he is the Vice Rector for Singidunum University, Serbia.

Shyam Akashe is 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 and 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 Multiplexer 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 currently the Director of Global Knowledge Research Foundation, also an entrepreneur & researcher who has completed his graduation (B.Tech ) in Information Technology and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and completed his research in the areas of Cloud Computing and Cryptography in Medical imaging with a focus on analysis of the current Government Strategies and World forums needs in different sectors on security purposes. He has an experience of around 12 years in academic and industry in prestigious organizations. He is an active member of ACM, IEEE, CSI, AMIE, IACSIT-Singapore, IDES, ACEEE, NPA and many other professional societies. Currently he is a Chairman of Computer Society of India (CSI) Udaipur Chapter and Secretary for Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) Udaipur Professional Chapter. Further currently he is also the International Chair of InterYIT at International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP, Austria), He has presented and published more than 50 papers in National and International Journals/Conferences of IEEE and ACM. He has also edited more than 20 books which are published by Springer, ACM and other reputed publishers. He has also organized more than 40 National and International Conferences and Workshops through ACM, Springer, IEEE across 5 countries including India, UK, Thailand, Europe.  Apart from this academic involvement he is also associated with the Business and Industry Community across the globe. He is currently the Director of Emanant TechMedia (P) Limited which focuses on ICT and web-based services. With Global Knowledge Research Foundation his major work area is focussed on building & making effective linkages among bureaucrats, industry associations, Academic Leaders and regulatory authorities for effective connectivity for taking up common issues related to research in different sectors and has organized more than 20 Industry forum Events and recognised and felicitated Awards Ceremonies through his organizations in last 5 years. Liaisoning / communications with State as well as Central establishments along with corporate and Academics to take Industry and Government Sector together. He is majorly focusing on Academic Tie-ups for Medical, Engineering and management sectors, for the same he is representing the organization in many delegations to countries including USA, UK, Canada, Israel and visited more than 15 countries. He always looks forward and strives for Networking in various sectors with a focus on Education and Industry Sector.