Information Technology and Applied Mathematics

This book discusses recent advances and contemporary research in the field of cryptography, security, mathematics and statistics, and their applications in computing and information technology. Mainly focusing on mathematics and applications of mathematics in computer science and information technology, it includes contributions from eminent international scientists, researchers, and scholars. The book helps researchers update their knowledge of cryptography, security, algebra, frame theory, optimizations, stochastic processes, compressive sensing, functional analysis, and complex variables.

Dr. Debasis Giri is Dean of the School of Electronics, Computer Science and Informatics and a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, India. He completed his M.Tech. and M.Sc. at IIT Kharagpur, India and also his doctorate at IIT Kharagpur, India. He was ranked tenth in the country in the India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering in 1999. He has published over 50 papers in international journals/conferences. His current research interests include cryptography, information security, e-commerce security and design & analysis of algorithms. He is an editorial board member and reviewer for numerous international journals. He is also a program committee member for various international conferences. He is a life member of the Cryptology Research Society of India and the International Society for Analysis, its Applications and Computation (ISAAC). 

Prof. Peeyush Chandra is a retired professor at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India and past president of the Indian Mathematical Society and Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur, India and B.Sc. at Meerut College, Meerut University, India. His research interests include bio-fluid mechanics, fluid mechanics (low Reynolds number flow) lubrication theory, magnetic fluids, ecological modeling and mathematical epidemiology. Prof. Chandra has published over 100 articles in refereed journals and proceedings of leading national and international conferences. Dr. Chandra has over 35 years of teaching and over 45 years of research experience. 

Dr. Fagen Li is a professor at the School of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, P.R. China. He received his Ph.D. in Cryptography from Xidian University, Xi'an, in 2007 and from 2008 to 2009, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Future University-Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan, which is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He worked as a research fellow at the Institute of Mathematics for Industry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan from 2010 to 2012. His recent research interests include cryptography and network security. He has published more than 80 papers in international journals and conferences. He is a member of the IEEE. 

Dr. Samarjit Kar is associated with the Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India. He received his Ph.D. from Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India and M.Sc. & BSc. from Calcutta University, Kolkata, India. His research interests include operations research and optimization, multi-criteria decision-making, financial modeling, soft computing, and uncertainty modeling. Dr. Kar has published 74 journal papers, 2 books and 5 edited volumes. He has supervised 12 Ph.D. students to date. 

Dr. Dipak Kumar Jana is an associate professor at the Department of Applied Science at Haldia Institute of Technology, India. Dr. Jana received his Ph.D. (Science) from IIEST, Shibpur, and his M.Sc. and B.Sc. from Vidyasagar University, India. He has 12 years of teaching and 5 years of research experience. His areas of interest include operations research, inventory, uncertainty theory, bio-mathematics, transportation, rough sets, optimal control and fuzzy inference. Dr. Jana has published 6 books, 2 book chapters, 37 journal papers and 16 conference papers.