Speakers

Prof.Ma
Prof. Maode Ma, Ph.D., IET Fellow, SMIEEE, Qatar University, Qatar

Prof. Maode Ma, a Fellow of IET, received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Computer Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 1999. Now, Prof. Ma is a Research Professor in the College of Engineering at Qatar University in Qatar. He has extensive research interests including network security and wireless networking. He has over 500 international academic publications including over 250 journal papers and about 250 conference papers. His publication has received more than 10,500 citations in Google Scholar. Prof. Ma currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering and the Journal of Communications. He also serves as a Senior Editor for IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials, and an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing and the International Journal of Communication Systems. Prof. Ma is a senior member of the IEEE Communication Society and a member of ACM. He is now the Chair of the ACM, Singapore Chapter. Prof. Ma has been a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Communication Society from 2013 to 2016 and from 2023 to 2024.

Prof.Trajkovic
Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic, Ph.D., P.Eng., FIEEE, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Prof. Ljiljana Trajkovic received the Dipl. Ing. degree from University of Pristina, Yugoslavia, in 1974, the M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering and computer engineering from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, in 1979 and 1981, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from University of California at Los Angeles, in 1986.

She is currently a Professor in the School of Engineering Science at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. From 1995 to 1997, she was a National Science Foundation (NSF) Visiting Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department, University of California, Berkeley. She was a Research Scientist at Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ, from 1990 to 1997, and a Member of the Technical Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, from 1988 to 1990. Her research interests include high-performance communication networks, control of communication systems, computer-aided circuit analysis and design, and theory of nonlinear circuits and dynamical systems.

Dr. Trajkovic serves as IEEE Division X Delegate/Director (2019-2020) and served as IEEE Division X Delegate-Elect/Director-Elect (2018). She served as Senior Past President (2018-2019), Junior Past President (2016-2017), President (2014-2015), President-Elect (2013), Vice President Publications (2012-2013, 2010-2011), Vice President Long-Range Planning and Finance (2008-2009), and a Member at Large of the Board of Governors (2004-2006) of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society. She served as 2007 President of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and a member of its Board of Governors (2004-2005, 2001-2003). She is Chair of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society joint Chapter of the Vancouver/Victoria Sections. She was Chair of the IEEE Technical Committee on Nonlinear Circuits and Systems (1998). She is General Co-Chair of SMC 2020 and SMC 2020 Workshop on BMI Systems and served as General Co-Chair of SMC 2019 and SMC 2018 Workshops on BMI Systems, SMC 2016, and HPSR 2014, Special Sessions Co-Chair of SMC 2017, Technical Program Chair of SMC 2017 and SMC 2016 Workshops on BMI Systems, Technical Program Co-Chair of ISCAS 2005, and Technical Program Chair and Vice General Co-Chair of ISCAS 2004. She served as an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (Part I) (2004-2005, 1993-1995), the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems (Part II) (2018, 2002-2003, 1999-2001), and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine (2001-2003). She is a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (2020-2021) and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (2010-2011, 2002-2003). She is a Professional Member of IEEE-HKN and a Life Fellow of the IEEE.

Prof.Sharma
Prof. Aditi Sharma, Ph.D., SMIEEE, Symbiosis International University, India

Aditi Sharma, Ph.D (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and engineering from Mody Institute of Technology and Science, Lakshmangarh, India in 2008 and also qualified GATE in 2008. She received her Ph.D. degree from MBM Engineering College, JNVU, India in Computer Science and Engineering in 2018. She has worked as Post Doctoral Fellow in School of Engineering and Digital Sciences at Nazarbayev University Kazakhstan in the area of Intelligent Cryptosystems, IOT and cloud in Robotics. She is the visiting faculty at Astana IT University, Kazakhstan and University of Uyo Nigeria. She is designated as Associate Professor in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune. She is an Active member of IEEE 5G security group. Prior to that she has worked as Associate Professor in Parul University, Vadodara, ITM Vocational University Vadodara, Quantum University Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Her overall experience is almost 16 years. She has published 122 research papers in international journals SCI, ESCI, Scopus and national/international conferences and authored six books. She has published ten patents and also having 20 patents grant in her credit. Her research area includes Cryptography, Block chaining, VLSI, Cellular Automata, Machine Learning, AI chatbots, IOT and artificial intelligence. She is the Life Member of Professional Bodies such as Cryptology Society of India, IEANG and N2women society. She is a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics and IEEE transactions on Big Data. She is serving as Conference Chair, General Chair, Technical Programme Committee (TPC) Member and a Reviewer in various Springer, IEEE international conferences, CSNT 2022, DASA’22, IAICT’2022, AIARS 2022, ISI 2022, ICCAIS 2021, ICDSIE- 2020, IAPCS 2020, ICSELM 2017, INAIT 2019, Global Open Online Conference System, WCI'18 and many more. She was invited for invited speaker/ Resource Person in TEQIP III Faculty Development Programs and in International conferences such as ICASTEM-2020. She is an Associate Editor of IAES International Journal of Artificial Intelligence (IJ-AI), International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering (IJECE) Scopus Indexed Journal, Reviewer of Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (BEEI) Scopus (Elsevier) and International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS), e-ISSN 2210-142X, Scopus Indexed Journal and Editorial Board Member: IJBST Journal Group and International Journals and Research epublications in Engineering & Science IJRPES, GRD group of journals, Guest Editor of Bentham Science, scopus indexed journal. She has been the Faculty Mentor of Smart India Hackathon and 1st AICTE Chatra Vishwakarma Award. She served as Coordinator IIT Bombay Spoken Tutorial, NPTEL, Atal Incubation Center at MITS Jadan. She also organized various workshops, Industrial visits and conferences during her career. She is also working as University Examiner for Rajasthan Technical University Kota and Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur. She achieved many awards and scholarships including Nav Shakti Award by North Eastern Council, Ministry of DoNER, Government of India.Parvati-Chanda Devi and Gargi scholarships and Awards from Madan Lal Khurana, Sunil Dutt, APJ Abdul Kalam. She also got Best Teacher Award by Rajasthan Patrika Group.