Jukka Heikkonen
Department of Computing, University of Turku, Turku, 20014, Finland
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Prof. Jukka Heikkonen has been a professor of computer science of University of Turku, Finland, since 2009. His research as the head of the Algorithms and Computational Intelligent (ACI) research group is related to data analytics, machine learning and autonomous systems. Currently he is focusing on machine learning based data/sensor fusion applied for pattern recognition, situational awareness modelling of autonomous systems, and GIS data analysis in geographical applications. He has worked at top level research laboratories and Center of Excellences in Finland and international organizations (European Commission, Japan) and has led many international and national research projects. He has authored more than 150 scientific articles.

Mr. Aninda Bose
Executive Editor
Research Publishing – Books
Interdisciplinary Applied Sciences
Springer Nature Group
The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London N1 9XW

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Mr. Aninda Bose is presently working as Executive Editor with Springer Nature. Mr. Bose is part of the Global Acquisition Team at Springer Nature and responsible for acquisition of scientific content across the globe. He is responsible for acquisition of content in Interdisciplinary Applied Sciences. He has more than 26 years of industrial experience in marketing and different fields of publishing. Mr. Bose has completed Masters in Organic Chemistry from Delhi University and Masters in Marketing Research from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune. Mr. Bose has delivered more than 160 invited talks on Scientific Writing and Publishing Ethics in reputed Universities, International Conferences and Author Workshops. He has published books for secondary level in Chemistry and is a member of American Chemical Society, USA.

Dr. Rajeev Kanth
Principal Lecturer (Yliopettaja- in Finnish)
Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland


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Dr. Rajeev Kanth received a Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) in Information and Communication Technology from the University of Turku, Finland, in 2013. He has been working as a Principal Lecturer (Yliopettaja- in Finnish) at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Finland, where he focuses on teaching and research on the Internet of Things (IoT). He has been an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Computing, University of Turku, Finland, and a Visiting Professor at Hebei University of Environmental Engineering, China. He is currently a senior member of the IEEE. Previously, he worked at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Ahmedabad, India, and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, where he was a researcher and a senior research scientist, respectively. He has over 25 years of experience working in academic and research institutions. His current research interests include the Internet of Things, big-data analytics, artificial intelligence, and wireless cloud and edge computing. He has published more than 95 scientific articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings and refereed computer science and communication technology journals. Some of the recent and ongoing research and development projects are UCNDRONE (funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education), VLEFACT (EU Erasmus Plus-funded project), and AIQUSEC (Business Finland).

Prof. Dipankar Deb
Professor, IIT Mandi | Director Incubation, IIT Mandi Catalyst

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Dipankar Deb is a Professor at the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, IIT Mandi, India, and an Affiliate Faculty member of the Indian Knowledge System and Mental Health Applications (IKSHMA) initiative at IIT Mandi. He previously served as Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Institute of Infrastructure, Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM), Ahmedabad (2019–2025), and as Assistant Professor at IIT Guwahati (2010–2012). He also brings over six years of industrial research experience from New York, USA, and GE Global Research, Bengaluru. His research spans artificial intelligence, robotics, adaptive and nonlinear control, cognitive robotics, renewable energy systems, and autonomous aerial platforms, with a strong focus on translating theory into deployable engineering systems. His work has made notable contributions to AI-enabled robotics and control, including UAV autonomy, swarm intelligence, resilient control, and intelligent decision-making systems, where he integrates machine learning with control-theoretic frameworks for real-time, safety-critical applications. He is actively engaged in technology transfer, incubation, and innovation ecosystems, supporting startup development and industry-academia collaboration, and advancing frameworks that bridge research to market in deep-tech domains. He holds 6 US patents and 12 Indian patents, and has published over 63 SCI-indexed journal articles and 40+ international conference papers, along with 12 books with leading publishers such as Springer and Elsevier.
Prof. Deb serves as a Book Series Editor for Springer’s Studies in Infrastructure and Control and with CRC Press on Control Theory and Applications, and is leading a new series for authored books “From Research to Market in Digital Technologies: Evidence-Based Approaches for Technology Transfer” with CRC Press. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Fellow of IETE and The Institution of Engineers (India). He has been recognized among the top 2% of researchers worldwide (Stanford/Elsevier rankings) for multiple consecutive years (2020–2022), and his current work focuses on AI-driven robotics, resilient autonomous systems, and scalable pathways for translating advanced research into real-world impact.