Smart Computing Paradigms: Human-Centric Systems for Sustainable Development Proceedings of Eighth International Conference on Smart Computing and Informatics (SCI 2026), Volume 4

Vikrant Bhateja is associate professor in Department of Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (UNSIET), Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is also serving as Head: Computer Sc. Engg. & Information Technology in the same university. He holds a doctorate in ECE (Bio-Medical Imaging) with a total academic teaching experience of 21 years with around 190 publications in reputed international conferences, journals and online book chapter contributions; out of which 40 papers are published in SCIE indexed high impact factored journals. One of his papers published in Review of Scientific Instruments (RSI) Journal (under American International Publishers) has been selected as “Editor Choice Paper of the Issue'' in 2016. Among the international conference publications, five papers have received “Best Paper Award''. He has been instrumental in chairing/co-chairing around 30 international conferences in India and abroad as Publication/TPC chair and edited 55 book volumes from Springer-Nature as a corresponding/co-editor/author on date. He has delivered nearly 25 keynotes, invited talks in international conferences, ATAL, TEQIP and other AICTE sponsored FDPs and STTPs. He has been Editor-in-Chief of IGI Global--International Journal of Natural Computing and Research (IJNCR) journal from 2017-22. He is guest editor in journals like: Elsevier: Measurement, Springer: Evolutionary Intelligence. He is Senior Member of IEEE and Life Member of CSI.

Jaume Anguera is the founder of and CTO at Ignion. Prior to this he was the Partner and R&D Manager at Fractus, Barcelona, Spain. He is also serving as Associate Professor at Universitat Ramon LLull, Barcelona, Spain. He is an IEEE Antennas and Propagation Distinguished Lecturer. He holds more than 150 patents. His biography is listed in Who´s Who in the World, Who´s Who in Engineering. Author of more than 250 scientific widely cited papers and international conferences with citations above 7500, h-index 50, and i10 index of 150. Author of 6 books. He has participated in more than 21 competitive research projects financed by the Spanish Ministry. He is the author of 6 books, directed more than 100 bachelor and master thesis and 3 Ph.Ds. He is inventor of Virtual Antenna™ technology, which enables full functional multi-band wireless connectivity to wireless devices through miniature and off-the-shelf antenna boosters. He has taught more than 20 antenna courses around the world (USA, China, Korea, India, UK, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Tunisia, Spain).

Mridu Sahu holds a Ph.D. from NIT Raipur, an M.Tech from RIT, Raipur, and a B.Tech from MANIT Bhopal, is an accomplished academic and researcher currently serving as the Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare) & Assistant Professor in department of IT.. Her primary areas of interest include Data Mining, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision, which she applies to two distinct and impactful domains: biomedical engineering and earth sciences. Dr. Sahu has an extensive publication record focusing on the analysis of EEG signals and the development of deep learning models for medical image analysis. Simultaneously, she leads numerous major sponsored research and consultancy projects centered on hydrology, water resource management, and groundwater modeling. Her work has earned her several international awards—including a Best Research Paper Presentation in Nagoya, Japan and a Best Researcher Award from the International Scientist Awards —as well as local appreciation from the District Dhamtari for her contributions to water conservation. Beyond her technical research,