Iot and Cloud Computing-Based Healthcare Information Systems

Features new research on the contributions of IoT and cloud technology in healthcare information systems for the improvement of patient care and disease management. The chapters showcase the interface between e-health and communication technologies and their contribution to building efficient and secure healthcare information systems.

Anand Sharma, PhD, has been working at Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh, India, for last 10 years. He has more than 14 years of experience in teaching and research. He has been invited to several reputed institutions, including ISI-Kolkata, IIT-Mumbai, IIT-Jodhpur, IIT-Delhi, RTU-Kota, etc. He is an academician associated with the field of education and provides resources to enhance knowledge and to promote understanding of fundamental as well as applied concepts in the respective research area. Dr. Sharma has pioneered research in areas of information security, IoT, WBAN, and machine learning. He is a member of IEEE, IET, ACM, and IE (India) and a life member of CSI and ISTE. He is serving as secretary of CSI-Lakshmangarh Chapter and as Student Branch Coordinator of CSI-MUST Student Branch. He has organized more than 15 conferences, seminars, and workshops; has chaired more than eight special sessions; and has delivered six keynote addresses at international conferences. He serves in an advisory capacity for several international journals as an editorial member and for international conferences on the technical programming and organizing committees. Dr. Sharma received his PhD degree in Engineering from MUST, Lakshmangarh, India; his MTech from ABV-IIITM, Gwalior; and BE from RGPV, Bhopal, India.

H. K. D. Sarma, PhD, is presently working as Professor in the Department of Information Technology, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, India. He was appointed as a Visiting Fellow by various universities, including North Eastern Hill University, Shillong; Assam University, Silchar; and Mizoram University, Aizawl, India. He has more than 23 years of teaching experience and research. He has successfully completed research projects funded by AICTE and the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India. He has received a Young Scientist Award of URSI (International Union of Radio Science) during the General Assembly of URSI in 2005, held at New Delhi, India. Professor Sarma has more than 70 international publications in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and conference proceedings. He has edited books published by ACCB Publishing (England) and Springer. He has presented his research in many places outside India, including New Mexico (USA); Berkeley, California (USA); and Japan. He has served as reviewer for several journals, including Wireless Personal Communications, Neural Computing and Applications, Network and Computer Applications, and IEEE Systems Journal. He has also served as a book reviewer for Pearson Education India and Tata McGraw Hill India. Dr. Sarma received his PhD (Computer Science and Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and his MTech and BE from Tezpur University and Gauhati University, India, respectively.

S. R. Biradar, PhD, is currently working as Professor in the Information Science and Engineering Department and Deputy Dean (Academic Programs) at SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. Previously, he has worked at the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, India, and Mody University, Lakshmangarh, India. His research is broadly in networks, Internet of Things, and big data. He has more than 22 years of research and teaching experience. Prof. Biradar has published over 65 journal and conference papers. He has received travel grants from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to visit Las Vegas, USA, to present his paper at an international conference. Dr. Biradar received his BE degree in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) from Karnataka University, his MTech degree in CSE from MAHE Manipal, and his PhD degree in Engineering from the Jadavpur University, India.