Series Editor: Rathishchandra R. Gatti, Chandra Singh, Steven Fernandes, and P. Srividya

Scope: Digital convergence is a propensity of unrelated emerging technologies to converge and yield advanced engineering products or solutions. Currently, AI, IoT, Big data Analytics, cloud computing, Blockchain, robotics and automation, AR/VR etc. are the emerging ICT based technologies in the cyber aspects of the cyber-physical systems(CPS) while smart functional materials, free space optics, sensor fusion, additive manufacturing, renewables, smart mobility, sustainable building materials etc. are the emerging physical aspects of CPS. The state-of-the-art engineered products already prove that the convergence of the cyber world with physical world has already started and is accelerating towards building better CPS systems such as autonomous cars, block chain based smart grids, AI enabled manufacturing automation to name a few. Such digital convergence also raises new challenges such as data security issues in ubiquitously deployed IoT motes, privacy issues in connected vehicles etc.

The objective of the book series - Digital Convergence in Engineering Systems is to discuss the trends of these emerging technologies, the opportunities and the threats as well as proposed inventive solutions, methods, algorithms and protocols. The scope of this book is to help the reader to understand existing convergence in CPS and create new products or solutions.

About the Series Editor:
Rathishchandra R Gatti is currently a researcher in the field of self-powered systems, energy harvesting and wave energy and also working as a Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management. Prior to his role, he has worked as Research Academic and IP Analyst at Curtin University, Australia, NPI program manager at General Electric, Design Engineering roles at Meritor Automotive, SVI and Rapsri. He pursued his BE in Mechanical engineering from NITK Suratkal, MBA from IGNOU, PG Diploma in Global Strategic Management from ICFAI and PhD from Curtin University, Perth, Australia.He has 4 patents and 20 peer reviewed publications.

Chandra Singh is currently working as Assistant Professor at Sahyadri college of Engineering & Management.He has obtained M.Tech in Digital Electronics & Communication from NMAM Institute of Technology Nitte. He has obtained B.E in Electronics & Communication Engineering at Srinivas School of Engineering, Mukka,Mangaluru. He has Co-Authored one textbook entitled “Survivability Techniques in Optical Network” published by Studuim Press. He has published more 15 papers in Scopus & Web of Science Journals.

Steven Fernandes began his postdoctoral research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he worked on NIH-funded projects. He also conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Central Florida. This research included working on DARPA, NSF, and RBC funded projects. His publications include research articles in highly selective artificial intelligence venues. He received his Ph.D., M.Tech, and B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Manipal Institute of Technology, and Visvesvaraya Technological University respectively. His current area of research is focused on using artificial intelligence techniques to extract useful patterns from big data. This includes robust computer vision applications using deep learning and computer-aided diagnosis using medical image processing.

Srividya is currently working as an Associate Professor at RVCE. Prior to this role, she has worked as Associate Professor at SJBIT for 3 Years, Lecturer at SJBIT for 5 Years and at VKIT for 1 year. Her research areas of interest are Communication systems and VLSI Design. She pursued her BE in Telecommunications from Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Bangalore, M. Tech Degree in VLSI Design from Department of PG studies VTU, Belagavi, PhD from VTU Belagavi. She has about 44 peer reviewed publications which comprise of 27 journal papers,11 conference papers and 6 book chapters.

Submission to the series:
Proposed submissions to the series should be sent to gattirathish@gmail.com

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