Invited Speakers

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Invited Speaker I

Prof. Amiya Kumar Tripathy, University of Mumbai, India

Dr. Amiya Kumar Tripathy is a Professor in Computer Engineering at Don Bosco Institute of Technology (DBIT), University of Mumbai, India. He is the Director of Centre for GeoAI & Machine Leaning at DBIT and had been the Dean of Research & Development. He had been adjunct Professor to School of Science, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Perth, Australia during 2015 to 2021. He had been Visiting Researcher and Research Mentor to Smart Farming Project at RM University of Technology, Bangkok campus, Thailand during 2017 to 2018. He had been a researcher at IIT Bombay, India during 2009 to 2012. Dr. Tripathy had been the Secretary to RUSA, Government of Maharashtra, India for Higher studies in Geo-Spatial Technology. He is an ACM professional member and IEEE member. Currently the Chairperson to the IEEE GeoScience & Remote Sensing Society, Bombay Chapter, India since 2021.

 

Invited Speaker II

Associate Professor Dr. Thinagaran Perumal, Universiti Putra Malaysia,  Malaysia

Thinagaran Perumal is the recipient of 2014 Early Career Award from IEEE Consumer Electronics Society for his pioneering contribution in the field of consumer technologies. He completed his PhD at Universiti Putra Malaysia, in the area of smart technology and robotics. He is also currently appointed as Head of Department at the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia. in the university and also been elected as Chair of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society Malaysia Chapter. His research interests are towards interoperability aspects of smart homes and Internet of Things (IoT), wearable computing, and cyber-physical systems. Thina is also heading the National Committee on Standardization for IoT (IEC/ISO TC / G/16) as Chairman since 2018. Some of the eminent works include proactive architecture for IoT systems; development of the cognitive IoT frameworks for smart homes and wearable devices for rehabilitation purposes. He is an active member of IEEE Consumer Electronics Society and its Future Directions Committee on Internet of Things. He has been invited to give several keynote lectures and plenary talk on Internet of Things in various institutions and organizations internationally. He has published several papers in IEEE Conferences and Journals and is serving as TPC member for several reputed IEEE conferences. He is an active reviewer for IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Communication Magazine, IEEE Sensors Journal, and IEEE Transaction for Automation Science and Engineering, to name a few. He was elected as General Chair for IEEE International Symposium on Consumer Electronics 2017 (ISCE’17) held in Kuala Lumpur. Thina is currently serving as Vice Chair, IEEE CTSoc Technical Committee on Internet of Things and Digital Twin, overseeing some of the society’s technical activities.