Computer Vision in Smart Agriculture and Crop Management

Rajesh Kumar Dhanaraj, PhD, is a professor in the School of Computing Science and Engineering at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India. He has contributed to over 25 books on various technologies, 21 patents, and 53 articles and papers in various refereed journals and international conferences. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, member of the Computer Science Teacher Association and International Association of Engineers, and an Expert Advisory Panel Member of Texas Instruments Inc., USA. His research interests include Machine Learning, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Wireless Sensor Networks. Balamurugan Balusamy, PhD, is an associate dean student at Shiv Nadar University, Delhi, India with over 12 years of experience. He has published over 200 papers, edited and authored over 80 books, and collaborated with professors across the world from top ranked universities. Additionally, he has several top-notch conferences on his resume, serves on the advisory committee for several startups and forums, and does consultancy work for the industry on industrial IoT and has given over 195 talks at various events and symposiums. Prithi Samuel, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Computational Intelligence at the SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur Campus, Chennai, India with over 15 years of teaching experience in reputed engineering colleges. She is a pioneer researcher in the areas of automation theory, machine learning, deep learning, computational intelligence techniques, and the Internet of Things. She has published papers in leading international journals and conferences and published books and book chapters for several renowned publishing houses. She is an active member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Association for Computing Machinery and holds an International Society for Technology in Education and International Association of Engineers lifetime membership. Malathy Sathyamoorthy is an assistant professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kongu Engineering College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. She is a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education and International Association of Engineers. She has also published over 20 research papers in various journals, 15 papers in international conferences, two patents, and four book chapters. Her areas of interest include wireless sensor networks, networking, security, and machine learning. Ali Kashif Bashir, PhD, is a reader of Networks and Security at the Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. He is also affiliated with the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, National University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, and University of Guelph, Canada. He is managing several research and industrial projects and reviews funding proposals for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK, Commonwealth, UK, National Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada, Mitacs, Canada, the Irish Research Council, and Qatar National Research Fund. He has delivered more than 30 talks across the globe, organized over 40 guest editorials, and chaired more than 35 conferences and workshops.