Artificial Intelligence and Communication Techniques in Industry 5.0

Payal Bansal has received a Diploma, BE, MTech, and PhD degree in the area of Electronics and Communication Engineering. She has vast teaching experience of more than 15 years in reputed organizations. In her professional career, she has been associated with reputed organizations. In her research, she contributed remarkable research in the field of radio frequency communication and developed a filter that can work as a protected sheet to prevent high- frequency radio signals. Currently, she is working as Dean R& D & Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur, Rajasthan. She has published more than 20 research articles in peer- reviewed journals including IEEE Explore, SCOPUS, and SCI indexed, in which eight journal papers, nine conference papers, seven book chapters published, five national and two international books, five patents and one copy right is there. Her main area of research is RF communication, Internet of Things, wide band antenna designs, and machine learning. She has organized several national and international conferences, symposia, and webinars. Bansal has also published three patents in the field of antenna designs, Internet of Things-based applications under the Intellectual Property Rights of Government of India. She is actively associated with NAAC SSR preparations at universities interface promotional activities. She is a professional member of several national and international bodies.

Rajeev Kumar is a proficient academician and academic administrator with more than 14 years of experience in developing the strategy toward excellence in professional education. Kumar is currently serving as Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Department, Moradabad Institute of Technology, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He earned the intellect in distinction as PhD (Computer Science), DSc (Post-Doctoral Degree) in Computer Science, and Postdoctoral Fellowship (Malaysia). He has done certification in Data Science and Machine Learning using python and R Programming from IIM Raipur and certification from IBM, Google, etc. Senior member of IEEE and core team member of IEEE young professional committee and he is having membership of Computer Society of India, and AIEEE. He has participated in many training programs in leadership and also delivers expert talks on how to develop or enrich the curriculum, development of PO, PSO, PEOs, and how to design the vision and mission and the implementation. His academic areas of interest and specialization include artificial intelligence, cloud computing, e- governance and networking. Kumar is actively associated with NAAC SSR preparations at universities interface. He has visited international countries― London (United Kingdom), Mauritius, Dubai― for academic promotional activities. Under his supervision, nine scholars were awarded their PhD and four scholars’ research work is ongoing in the field of computer science. He is awarded three times best project supervisor award. Kumar guides institutions toward academic excellence; promotes a culture of research, innovation, and leads new curricula and program development efforts. He is an expert in designing and deployment academic curriculum, and program inception. He organizes the seminar, workshops for the students and faculty to promote the research. Kumar also nurtures the ecosystem for incubation for the students as well as mentors. Under his leadership, many ideas are under incubation, and few are incubated and developed prototypes. Kumar developed a short-term course on artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning and its application and published 11 patents (National/ International) mostly in Computer Science and Engineering to serve the nation in the field of research. Kumar has authored and coauthored more than 115 research papers in refereed international journals (SCI and non- SCI) and conferences like IEEE, Springer, American Journal of Physics (USA), and many international and national conferences, like IIT (International Conference), etc. and serves as editor of different international journals and is a reviewer in SCI and Non- SCI journal, serves as a committee member in many IEEE Society, Springer international conferences. He has delivered guest lectures and keynote speeches, and has chaired sessions in many national and international conferences, webinars, faculty development programs and workshops. Kumar is associated with many high- impact society memberships like IEEE, ACM, CSI, IAENG, and ISC. His key contributions include introducing the activity- based learning system and skill- based learning system through project- based learning instead of classroom teaching in all programs across the university and the development and maintenance of a student- centric ambiance on the campus.

Ashwani Kumar holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering, specializing in Mechanical Vibration and Design. Currently serving as Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering (Gazetted Officer Group B) at the Technical Education Department of Uttar Pradesh, India, under the Government of Uttar Pradesh, he assumed this role in December 2013. Prior to this, Kumar worked as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Graphic Era University, Dehradun, India, with an NIRF Ranking of 55, from July 2010 to November 2013. With over 13 years of combined experience in research, academia, and administration, Kumar has undertaken various roles, including Coordinator for AICTE- Extension of Approval, Nodal Officer for PMKVY- TI Scheme (Government of India), Internal Coordinator for the CDTP scheme (Government of Uttar Pradesh), Industry Academia Relation Officer, Assistant Centre Superintendent (ACS) in the Institute Examination Cell, and Zonal Officer for conducting the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE- Diploma), and Sector Magistrate for State Assembly Election held in Uttar Pradesh. As an academician and researcher, Kumar serves as the Series Editor for five book series published by CRC Press (Taylor & Francis, USA) and Wiley Scrivener Publishing, titled as Advances in Manufacturing, Design and Computational Intelligence Techniques, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Developments, Smart Innovations and Technological Advancements in Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Solar Thermal Energy Systems, and Computational Intelligence and Biomedical Engineering. Furthermore, he is the Guest Editor of a special issue titled “Sustainable Buildings, Resilient Cities, and Infrastructure Systems” in Buildings (ISSN: 2075- 5309, I.F. 3.8). Kumar holds the position of Editor- in- Chief for the International Journal of Materials, Manufacturing and Sustainable Technologies (IJMMST, ISSN: 2583- 6625) and serves as the Editor of the International Journal of Energy Resources Applications (IJERA, ISSN: 2583- 6617). Additionally, he acts as a guest editor and editorial board member for eight international journals and is a Review Board Member for 20 prestigious international journals indexed in SCI/ SCIE/ Scopus, including Applied Acoustics, Measurement, JESTEC, AJSE, SVJME, and LAJSS. Kumar has a prolific publication record, with more than 100 articles in journals, book chapters, and conferences. He has authored, co- authored, and edited more than 40 books in Mechanical, Materials, and Renewable Energy Engineering. Holding three patents, he is recognized for his contributions to academia and research, earning the title of Best Teacher for excellence in both fields. Actively engaged in academic pursuits, Kumar has successfully supervised 15 BTech, MTech, and PhD theses and serves as an external doctoral committee member of SRM University, New Delhi. His current research interests encompass AI and ML in Mechanical Engineering, Smart Materials and Manufacturing Techniques, Thermal Energy Storage, Building Efficiency, Renewable Energy Harvesting, and Sustainable Mobility. Kumar’s Orcid is 0000- 0003- 4099- 935X, and Google Scholar web link is https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=KOILpEkAAAAJ.

Daniel D. Dasig, Jr. is currently an Associate Professorial Lecturer 6 of Graduate Studies of Science and Computing and De La Salle University Dasmarinas, Philippines. Dasig has PhD in Educational Management, and Doctor of Business Administration degree. He also holds a MS Engineering major in Computer Engineering, and Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, and currently pursuing a degree in Doctor of Public Administration. He has published a copious of journal articles indexed in ESCI, SCI and Scopus, and co- edited books for engineering and technology research domains. Currently, he is the Dean― Institute of Engineering, and Program Chair― Computer Engineering of Mandaluyong College of Science and Technology.