Recent Trends in Electronics and Communication (eBook)

This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal processing (VCAS 2020). The contents are broadly divided into three topics - VLSI, Communication, and Signal Processing. The book focuses on the latest innovations, trends, and challenges encountered in the different areas of electronics and communication, especially in the area of microelectronics and VLSI design, communication systems and networks, and image and signal processing. It also offers potential solutions and provides an insight into various emerging areas such as Internet of Things (IoT), System on a Chip (SoC), Sensor Networks, underwater and underground communication networks etc. This book will be useful for academicians and professionals alike.

Dr. Amit Dhawan received his Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India; his Masters (Control & Instrumentation) and Ph. D. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. He joined MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, as lecturer in 1991, and became an Assistant Professor in 2001, Associate Professor in 2006 and Professor in 2012. At present, he is Professor and Head in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. His current research interests include digital signal processing, robust stability, guaranteed cost control, delayed systems and multidimensional systems. He has published many articles in SCI journals and conference proceedings. He has also served as reviewer for many international journals and conferences. His biography was listed in Marquis´s Who´s Who in the World, USA.

 

Dr. Vijay Shanker Tripathi has received his B.Tech. from J. K. Institute of Applied Physics and Technology, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, in 1988. He did his M.Tech and Ph.D. from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad, Prayagraj, India in 1999 and 2007, respectively. At present he is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj, India. He has published more than 60 research papers in reputed refereed international journals as well as in international conferences. He has guided more than 05 Ph.D scholars and more than 15 M.Tech scholars. His area of specialization includes RF circuits and systems, antenna, SDR, non-invasive RF sensors.

 

Dr. Karm Veer Arya has received his B.Sc. from Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, India, in 1986. He did his M.E. and Ph.D. from IISc Bangalore, India, and IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India in 1991 and 2007, respectively. He is currently working as a Professor at ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior, India. He has published more than 150 research papers in reputed refereed international journals as well as in international conferences. He has supervised 11 Ph.D. scholars and 92 Masters' students. Dr. Arya has successfully completed many funded R&D projects. His research interest includes image processing, biometrics, and information security.

 

Dr. Kshirasagar Naik received his B.Sc (Engg.) and M.Tech degrees from Sambalpur University, India, and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, respectively. He received an M. Math degree in computer science from the University of Waterloo and a Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Concordia University, Montreal. He worked as a software developer for three years in Wipro, Bangalore - now one of the largest software consultancy companies in the world. Later, he worked as a faculty member at the University of Aizu in Japan and Carleton University in Canada. At present he is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Waterloo. He was a visiting Professor at the Research Institute of Electrical Communications at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, during May-November 2003. His research interests include energy performance of mobile devices and applications, detection of anomalous behavior of wireless devices and physical systems, energy harvesting IoT (Internet of Things) devices for sustainable monitoring of physical systems, and communication security, and wireless sensor networks. Designing mathematical models and building prototype sensor networks for performing real-life, controlled experiments lie at the core of his research. He has served on the editorial boards of many journals, including: Journal of Peer-to-Peer networking and Applications, International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems, Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, and IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. He was a co-guest editor of four special issues of IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications and IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. He is a co-author of two widely used textbooks, namely, Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice (Wiley, 2008) and Software Evolution and Maintenance: A Practitioner's Approach (Wiley, 2014).

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This book comprises select proceedings of the International Conference on VLSI, Communication and Signal processing (VCAS 2020). The contents are broadly divided into three topics - VLSI, Communication, and Signal Processing. The book focuses on the latest innovations, trends, and challenges encountered in the different areas of electronics and communication, especially in the area of microelectronics and VLSI design, communication systems and networks, and image and signal processing. It also offers potential solutions and provides an insight into various emerging areas such as Internet of Things (IoT), System on a Chip (SoC), Sensor Networks, underwater and underground communication networks etc. This book will be useful for academicians and professionals alike.