Dr. Rakesh Nayak, author of two text books, is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at O. P. Jindal University, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India. He earned his Master's degree in Computer Applications from Indira Gandhi National Open University in the year 2007 and MTech in computer science and engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India in 2010 and his PhD degree in Computer Science from Behrampur University, Odisha, India in 2013. Prior to joining the computer science department of O. P. Jindal University in January 2022, he worked in various capacities in different Engineering/MCA colleges. He has more than 22 years of teaching experience and has guided 11 MTech students. He has many publications in international journals to his credit. Dr. Nishu Gupta is a senior member, IEEE. He is a postdoctoral fellow in the Smart Wireless Systems (SWS) Research Group at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), located in Gjøvik, Norway. Before this position, he was an assistant professor in the Electronics and Communication Engineering department, College of Engineering and Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India. He earned his PhD degree from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, which is an Institute of National Importance as declared by the Govt. of India. He has authored and edited several books with international publishers such as Taylor & Francis, Springer, Wiley, Scrivener, among others. Dr. Nishu is on the editorial board of various International reputed journals and transactions. Dr. Nishu serves as an active reviewer in various highly reputed journals such as IEEE Transactions on ITS, IEEE Access, IET Communications and many more. He is a recipient of the Best Paper Presentation Award during an International Conference at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research interests include Autonomous Vehicles, Edge Computing, Augmented Intelligence, Internet of Things, Internet of Vehicles, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Ad-Hoc Networks, Vehicular Communication, Driving Efficiency, Cognitive Computing, and Human-Machine Interaction.
