Recent Developments in Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices

Dr. Srikanta Patnaik is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India. He has received his Ph.D. (Engineering) on Computational Intelligence from Jadavpur University, India in 1999 and supervised 12 Ph.D. theses and more than 30 M. Tech theses in the area of Computational Intelligence, Soft Computing Applications and Re-Engineering. Dr. Patnaik has published around 60 research papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is author of 2 text books and edited 12 books and few invited book chapters, published by leading international publishers like Springer-Verlag, Kluwer Academic, etc. Dr. Patnaik was the Principal Investigator of AICTE sponsored TAPTEC project “Building Cognition for Intelligent Robot” and UGC sponsored Major Research Project “Machine Learning and Perception using Cognition Methods”. He is the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Information and Communication Technology and International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics published from Inderscience Publishing House, England and also Series Editor of Book Series on “Modeling and Optimization in Science and Technology” published from Springer, Germany. Dr. Florin POPENTIU VLÃDICESCU is at present an associated Professor of Software Engineering at UNESCO Department University, City University, London. Dr. Florin POPENTIU has been a Visiting Professor at various universities such as Telecom Paris, ENST, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines Paris, ENSMP, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, ENSTA, ETH - Zurich, Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris, UPMC, Delft University of Technology, University of Twente Enschede and Technical University of Denmark Lyngby. Prof. Florin POPENTIU VLÃDICESCU is currently Visiting Professor at "ParisTech" which includes the "Grandes Ecoles", The ATHENS Programme, where he teaches courses on Software Reliability. He also lectures on Software Reliability at International Master of Science in Computer Systems Engineering, Technical University of Denmark. Prof. Florin POPENTIU VLÃDICESCU has published over 100 papers in International Journals and Conference Proceedings and is author of one book and co-author of 3 books. He has worked for many years on problems associated with software reliability and has been Co-Director of two NATO research projects involving collaboration with partner institutions throughout Europe. He is on advisory board of several international journals; Reliability: Theory & Applications Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (JSCI) and Microelectronics Reliability. He is reviewer for ACM Computing Reviews, IJCSIS, and Associated Editor to IJICT.

Preface.- About the editors.- Table of Contents.- Chapters.- Author index.