Applied Data Science and Smart Systems (eBook)

Jaiteg Singh is an accomplished academician with 22 years of experience in research, development, and teaching in computer science and engineering. He possesses expertise in diverse fields like Neuromarketing, Navigation Systems, Software Engineering, Business Intelligence, and Data Mining. He has supervised eighteen Ph.D. thesis and eighteen M.Tech thesis. He has generated significant consultancy revenue, organized international conferences, and published extensively in renowned journals indexed in reputed databases like Scopus and Web of Science. He has authored/edited six books, secured four US copyrights, and filed over 50 patents. He is serving as a reviewer for numerous journals from reputed publishers.Rajesh Kumar Kaushal is a highly accomplished and dedicated researcher and educator, boasting a robust background in Computer Science and Engineering, and accumulating 20 years of extensive experience in academia since 2004. Holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from Chitkara University, Punjab, India. He currently serves as a professor in the Department of Computer Applications, Chitkara University and actively contributes to research endeavours. Dr. Kaushal's prolific research output is evident through his involvement in more than 100 patent filings, one of them being published in the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and 40 being granted. Additionally, he has taken on the role of Project Manager in a DST-funded project titled "Smart and Portable Intensive Care Unit," supported by the Millennium Alliance (FICCI, USAID, UKAID, Facebook, World Bank, and TDB DST). Furthermore, he served as a Co-Principal Investigator in another DST-funded project named "Remote Vital Information and Surveillance System for Elderly and Disabled Persons," under the Technology Intervention of Disabled and Elderly (TIDE) scheme of the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. Presently he is working on another DST funded project named "Smart Ergonomic Portable Commode Chair" under the DST TIDE scheme.Sukhjit Singh Sehra is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada. A proactive academician with extensive experience teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Spatial Data Science, and Big Data. He possesses strong analytical skills and provides expertise in large-scale spatial and unstructured textual datasets. He has supervised 19 master's theses and published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in journals and conferences. He possesses 18+ years of experience in research, academia, and industry. He worked at prestigious organizations in India and Canada like Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, and Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation, Natural Resources Canada. He is actively involved in the usability and application of technology to solve social problems. He is the Co-Founder and Director at Sabudh Foundation, India, a data science organization for social initiatives (http://sabudh.org) to develop an incubation center of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for the youth of India.