Dr. Venugopal K R is the former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University. He holds eleven degrees,
including a Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering from IIT-Madras, Chennai and a Ph.D. in Economics
from Bangalore University. He also has degrees in Law, Mass Communication, Electronics,
Economics, Business Finance, Computer Science, Public Relations and Industrial Relations. He has
authored and edited 86 books and published more than 1207 papers in refereed international journals
and international conferences and has 40 patents to his credit. Dr. Venugopal was a postdoctoral
research scholar at the University of Southern California, USA. He has been conferred with IEEE
fellow and ACM Distinguished Educator for his contributions to computer science engineering and
electrical engineering education.

Roopa M S is an Associate Professor at Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru,
India. She received her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Medical Electronics from the M S
Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bengaluru, India, and the
Master of Engineering degree in Information Technology from University Visvesvaraya College
of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bengaluru. She holds her Ph.D. in Computer Science and
Engineering from Bangalore University. Her research interests include the Social Internet of Things,
Cyberbullying, Multivariate Time Series Analysis, Machine Intelligence, and Web Mining.
Santosh Pattar received the Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science from the RNS
Institute of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bengaluru, India, in 2012 and
the Master of Engineering degree in bioinformatics from the University Visvesvaraya College of
Engineering, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, in 2015, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D.
degree in computer science. His current research interests include the Internet of Things, with a
focus on device search and discovery techniques, deep learning, and bioinformatics.

Santosh Pattar received the Bachelor of Engineering degree in computer science from the RNS
Institute of Technology, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Bengaluru, India, in 2012 and
the Master of Engineering degree in bioinformatics from the University Visvesvaraya College of
Engineering, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, in 2015, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D.
degree in computer science. His current research interests include the Internet of Things, with a
focus on device search and discovery techniques, deep learning, and bioinformatics.