About Conference

Key Committees NMITCON-2025

Chief Patrons

• Shri N V Hegde, Honb’le Chancellor, NITTE (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, President, Nitte Education Trust
• Dr. N R Shetty, Advisor, Nitte Education Trust
• Prof. (Dr.) M. Shantharam Shetty, Pro-Chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru
• Sri. Vishal Hegde, Pro-Chancellor (Admin), Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru
• Prof. (Dr.) M S Moodithaya, Honb’le Vice-Chancellor, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru
• Prof (Dr.) Gopal Mugeraya, Vice President (Technical Education), Nitte Education Trust (NET)
• Dr. Harsha Halahalli, Registrar, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru
• Dr. Vidyashankar S, Honb’le Vice Chancellor, VTU, Belagavi

Patrons

• Dr. Sandeep Shastri, Vice President, Bangalore Campus, Nitte University.
• Dr. H C Nagaraj, Principal, NMIT.
• Dr. J. Sudheer Reddy, Dean (Academics), NMIT.
• Sri. Rohit Punja, Administrator, NET.

Advisory Committee

• Dr. Praveenkumar Shetty, Director (R & D), Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru.
• Dr. V Sridhar, Professor Emeritus and Advisor, NMIT.
• Prof. L M Patnaik, Former Professor, IISc, Bangalore.
• Dr. B E Rangaswamy, Registrar, VTU, Belagavi.
• Dr. T N Sreenivasa, Registrar (Evaluation), VTU, Belagavi.
• Mrs. M A Sapna, Finance Officer, VTU, Belagavi.
• Dr. Dinesh Kumar Hurreeram, Director General, UTM, Mauritius.
• Dr. Venugopal K R, Former Vice Chancellor, Bangalore University.
• Dr. Ho Chin Kuan, Vice Chancellor, APU, Malaysia.
• Dr. Deepa Shenoy P, 2022 Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section.
• Dr. Arcangelo Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy.
• Dr. Zhiyuan TAN, Edinburgh Napier University, UK.
• Prof. Ankit Chaudhary, University of Missouri, USA.
• Dr. Hwa-Young Jeong, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
• Dr. Nhlanhla B W Mlitwa (Mlita), University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa.
• Dr. Juan M Corchado, Rector, University of Salamanca, Spain.
• Dr. Gwanggil Jeon, Incheon National University, South Korea.
• Dr. Jaime Lloret, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain.
• Dr. Maode Ma, Qatar University, Qatar.
• Dr. Vinaye Armoogum, UTM, Mauritius.

General Chair

• Dr. Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, ITALY.
• Dr. Amir H Gandomi, UTS, Australia.
• Dr. Jerry Chun-Wei Lin, HVL, Norway.
• Mr. Puneet Kumar Mishra, Board of Governors, IEEE AESS, USA.
• Dr. T Srinivas, Professor, IISc, Bengaluru, 2024 Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section.
• Dr. Ram Bilas Pachori, IIT Indore.

Conference Chair

• Dr. Parameshachari B D, Professor & Head, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Program Chairs

• Dr. Ramachandra A C, Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Rajesh N, Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Organizing Chairs

• Dr. Manjula B M, Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Dr. Naveen I G, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Ms. Kushalatha M R, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Mr. Pradeep Kumar S, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Mr. Subhra Chakarbarty, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Dr. Raghunath Reddy, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Dr. Anupama Sindgi, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Dr. Bharathi C, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.

Industry Interaction Chair

• Dr. Karunakara Rai B, Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Mr. Amruth A. Gadag, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Mr. Soenil Soebedar, Founder, SOEBIT Cybersecurity Netherlands-Europe.
• Mr. Charith G Kashyap, TEDx Speaker, Entrepreneur.
• Prof. Sankar Dasiga, Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.

Publication Chairs

• Dr. Thimmaraja Yadava G, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Keping Yu, Hosei University, Japan
• Dr. Miguel García Torres, Pablo de Olavide University, Spain
• Dr. Kavitha Sooda, Associate professor, Dept of CSE, BMSCE, Bengaluru
• Dr. Badarla Sri Pavan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Sponsorship Chairs

• Prof. Sitaram V Yaji, Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Shashidhara K S, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Prasanna G Paga, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Murthy M, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Finance Chairs

• Ms. Naina R Karkal, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Harsha Karamchandani, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Divya G, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Registration Chairs

• Dr. Rekha Phadke, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Latha Kumari K R, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Mrs. Ashitha V Naik, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Ayesha Siddiqua, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. E. Suganya, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Harshitha G M, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Track chairs

• Dr. Silvia Liberata Ullo, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
• Dr. Rocio Perez de Prado, University of Jaen, Spain
• Dr. Luca Di Nunzio,University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
• Dr. Chalavadi Vishnu, University of Agder, Grimstad, Norway
• Dr.Stefano Rinaldi, University of Brescia, ITALY
• Dr. Coviello Giuseppe, Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
• Dr. Smitha G Prabhu, Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Viswanatha V, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Vijayakumar P, Professor, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai

Publicity Chairs

• Dr. Keoy Kay Hooi, Deputy Dean, UCSI Graduate Business School, Malaysia
• Dr. Megha, Department of Computer Languages and Systems, University of Seville, Spain
• Dr. Sowmya Madhavan, Associate Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Pramodhini. R, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Prajna K B, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Nithya G, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Sthuthi A, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Ms. Smitha Sharath Shankar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Rajani N, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru

Web Management Committee Chairs

• Dr. Manohara H T, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Dr. Harshavardhana M N, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.
• Ms. Chaithra K N, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT.

Technical Program Committee Chairs

• Dr. Sunil S Harakannanavar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Vinay Kumar, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Harshavardhana M N, Assistant Professor, Dept. of ECE, NMIT, Bengaluru
• Dr. Houbing Herbert Song,Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, University of Maryland, USA
• Dr. Mu-Yen Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
• Dr. Chengappa Munjandira, Senior Technologist, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Vice Chair, IEEE Bangalore Section

Technical Program Committee

• Dr. Danilo Pelusi, University of Teramo, Italy.
• Dr. Bilal Alhayani, Yildiz Technical University, Turkey.
• Dr. Fernando De la Prieta Pintado, University of Salamanca, Spain.
• Dr. Ronnie D Caytiles, Hannam University, South Korea.
• Dr. Geethamanikanta Jakka, University of the Cumberlands, USA.
• Dr. Ivan Arraut, University of Saint Joseph, Macau, China.
• Dr. BOUWMANS Thierry, La Rochelle Université, France.
• Dr. Sujata N Patil, Thomas Jefferson University, USA.
• Dr. Julio César Mello Román, National University of Asuncion, Paraguay.
• Dr. Diego P. Pinto-Roa, Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Paraguay.
• Dr. Jaroslav Frnda, University of Zilina, Slovakia.
• Dr. Khondker Shajadul Hasan, University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA.
• Dr. Xi Sung Loo, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore.
• Dr. Joel Chigada, University of South Africa, South Africa.
• Mr. Manjunath Reddy, Qualcomm Incorporated, USA.
• Dr. Gianfranco Avitabile, Politecnico di Bari, Italy.
• Dr. Abel C. H. Chen, Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories, Taiwan.
• Dr. Rajan Shankaran, Macquarie University, Australia.
• Prof. Mussawir Ahmad Hosany, UOM, Mauritius.
• Dr. Yogesh Beeharry, UOM, Mauritius.

Organizing Committee

• Dr. Kiran Aithal S, Dean (R &D), NMIT
• Dr. Hitha D Shetty, Prof. & Dean - Students' Welfare, NMIT
• Dr. Prashanth V, COE, NMIT
• Dr. S Meenakshi Sundaram, Prof. & Head, Dept. of CSE, NMIT
• Dr. Mohan S.G, Professor & Head, Dept. of ISE, NMIT
• Dr. Srikanth H V, Prof. & Head, Dept. of AE, NMIT
• Dr. Piyush Kumar Pareek, Prof. & Head, Dept. of AI & ML, NMIT
• Dr. Manjunatha L, Head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, NMIT
• Dr. RameshBabu N, Head, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NMIT
• Dr. Sudhakar K, Head, Dept. of AI & DS, NMIT
• Dr. Shilpa Ajay, Professor and Head, Dept. of MBA
• Dr. Sreekanth Rallapalli, Prof. and Head, Dept. of MCA
• Dr. Vidyavathi N, Registrar Academic, NMIT
• Dr. Kshama Shetty, Chief-Coordinator-IQAC, NMIT
• Mr. Shreyas A V, Deputy Registrar, NMIT

Key Speakers

Dr. Juan Manuel Corchado,

Rector and Full Professor at the University of Salamanca, Spain
Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan

Juan Manuel Corchado (born May 15, 1971 in Salamanca, Spain). He is Rector and Full Professor with Chair at the University of Salamanca. He was Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer from December 2013 to December 2017 and the Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca, Director of the Doctoral School of the University until December 2017 and also, he has been elected twice as the Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Salamanca. Juan Manuel Corchado is Visiting Professor at Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015 and Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan.

Corchado is the Director of the European IoT Digital Innovation Hub and of the BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, which he created in the year 2000, President of the AIR Institute and has been President of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Spanish Chapter.

Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki,

2025 President IEEE Computer Society
Professor and Associate Dean of Research Promotion Division
Waseda University, Japan

Dr.Hironori Washizaki is a Professor and the Associate Dean of the Research Promotion Division at Waseda University in Tokyo and a Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Informatics. He also works in the industry as Outside Director of eXmotion. He is advisor of University of Human Enviroments.

Hironori currently serves as President-Elect 2024 (and President 2025) of the IEEE CS to lead its activities and future directions. He has been on CS BoG since 2021. He has led professional and educational activities, including the evolution of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and organizing educational courses and certifications at the CS Professional and Educational Activities Board (PEAB). He was awarded Golden Core Member, Distinguished Contributor, and Spirit of the Computer Society Award from CS. He serves as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), Steering Committee Member of the IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), and Advisory Committee Member of the IEEE CS flagship conference COMPSAC. He is a Senior Member of IEEE and a Professional Member of IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu. He has been the general chair and program chair of multiple IEEE conferences, including ICST, CSEE&T, and SIoT/SISA of COMPSAC. Additionally, he has been the Chair of the CS Japan Chapter.

Dr. Alessandro Vizzarri,

Department of Electronic Engineering
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Alessandro Vizzarri received the master's degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Bologna, PhD in Telecommunication Engineering and Microelectronics from the University of Rome Tor Vergata, and a post-lauream diploma from the Superior Institute of Communication (Italian Ministry of Communication, Rome).He is a researcher in telecommunications at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. He worked previously as Project Manager for the Radiolabs Consortium and a researcher at the University of G. Marconi (www.unimarconi.it). He also worked as a Consultant Engineer and Senior Manager for vendor, manufacturing, and consultancy companies operating in the ICT market, in particular wireless networks (UMTS/HSPA, LTE, WiFi,..), Broadcast Networks (DVB-S/T/H), Digital Transmissions, Multimedia Systems (IMS), Project Management. He has been the senior project manager of several European/international projects on ICT. He was the Professional & Career Activities Coordinator at the IEEE Italy Section. His research interests include Wireless and Broadcast Networks, Radio Network Planning, QoS/QoE, interoperability, 5G/6G, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), goal-oriented semantic networks, blockchain-based platforms, and applications, regulation, and standardization.

He is a Board Member of (the Italian Association of Telecommunication Engineers, AICT, https://www.aeit.it/aeit/r02/struttura/pagedin.php?st_cod=ai&cod=homemin&gr=G&lan=en and a member of the Order of Engineers in Rome (www.ording.roma.it).

Dr. Dinesh Kumar HURREERAM,

Director General,
University of Technology, Mauritius

With a first degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Mauritius (UoM), Dr Dinesh Hurreeram completed his postgraduation in Integrated Manufacturing Systems from the University of Birmingham and holds a PhD in Manufacturing Strategy from the University of Huddersfield,UK. He is a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), UK. Dinesh started his career as an academic at the UoM in the Mechanical and Production Engineering Department and later moved to serve as Head of Department and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering. He has also been a consultant to numerous companies in the formulation and implementation of strategies for developing competitive advantages. In this context, he has authored several publications and presented keynote addresses in the field of business strategy and quality management in several international workshops and conferences. He has been the Chief Editor of the Journal of the IEM for 7 years. As Dean of Faculty, Dinesh has had an instrumental role in the internationalisation of engineering programmes at the UoM and has been part of the leadership team for Mauritius reaching signatory status to the Washington Accord.

As part of his professional commitments Dinesh has served as Chairperson of the Mauritius Accreditation Service (MAURITAS), been a Council member of the Mauritius Standards Bureau, Council member of IEM, been the Director of Business Development at Enterprise Mauritius, the Manager of the University of Mauritius Training Centre and President of the Academic Staff Union at UoM (UMASU). Dinesh took over the helm of the University of Technology, Mauritius in June 2022. His priority is to transform the University of Technology, Mauritius into a centre of excellence for targeted academic programmes, research and consultancy activities with focus on the needs of the economic sectors and the community.

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