Smart Electronic Devices and Systems for Biomedical and Healthcare Applications

Explores the development of smart bioelectronics and biomedical devices using advanced information technology. Considers the integration of smart technologies in healthcare, employing big data analytics, the Internet of Things, machine learning, and other technologies for predictive modeling, etc., for medical diagnosis and treatment.

Upendra Kumar, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow, India. He has around four years of industrial experience at Tata Consultancy Services, where he worked on many corporate projects as a JAVA/J2EE developer. He also has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of research interest include digital image processing, machine learning, medical informatics, biomedical signal processing, fractal and chaos analysis, embedded systems and robotics with embedded C, medical imaging and diagnostic system, big data analytics, etc. He has published many papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has also published books and book chapters with international publishers and filed one Indian patent with the collaboration of IIIT Allahabad, India. He supervises research scholars for their PhD thesis work. Dr. Kumar has delivered expert lectures at various international and national conferences, workshops, and seminars and is a member of several review committees of national and international journals, conferences, and professional bodies. Apart from teaching and research work, he has held an administrative role working as Deputy Dean of Students Welfare at the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Dr. Kumar has an MTech in IT from IIIT Allahabad and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, UP, Lucknow, India.

Rajesh K. Kesharwani, PhD, MTech, is working as Associate Professor, Department of Computer Application, Nehru Gram Bharati (Deemed to be University), Prayagraj, India. He has more than 11 years of research and nine years of teaching experience at various institutes of India, imparting bioinformatics and biotechnology education. He has received several awards, including the NASI-Swarna Jayanti Puruskar by The National Academy of Sciences of India. He has supervised one PhD and more than 20 undergraduate and graduate students for their research work. Dr. Kesharwani has authored over 49 peer-reviewed articles, 20 book chapters, and 14 edited books with international publishers. He has been a member of many scientific communities as well as a reviewer for many international journals. He has presented many papers at various national and international conferences. He has been a recipient of a Ministry of Human Resource Development (India) Fellowship and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Indian Council of Medical Research, India. His research fields of interest are medical informatics, protein structure and function prediction, computer-aided drug designing, structural biology, drug delivery, cancer biology, nanobiotechnology, and biomedical sciences. Dr. Kesharwani received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, and worked at NIT Warangal for two semesters.

Raj K. Keservani, PhD, MPharm, is working as Associate Professor in the Faculty of B. Pharmacy at CSM Group of Institutions, Prayagraj, India. He has more than 12 years of academic (teaching) experience from various institutes of India in pharmaceutical education. He has supervised more than 25 UG students for their research work, has published 31 peer-reviewed papers in the field of pharmaceutical sciences in national and international journals, one patent, 50 book chapters, three co-authored books, and 40 edited books. He is also active as a reviewer for several international scientific journals. Dr. Keservani graduated with a pharmacy degree from the Department of Pharmacy, Kumaun University, Nainital (Uttarakhand), India. He received his Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) (specialization in pharmaceutics) from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, India. He received his PhD degree from IKG Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Dr. Keservani is a life member of Society of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER). His research interests include nutraceutical and functional foods, novel drug delivery systems (NDDS), transdermal drug delivery/drug delivery, health science, cancer biology, and neurobiology.