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 | Associate Prof. (Mrs.) Meera K. Joseph received the degrees of DPhil. Engineering Management from the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in April 2014, Masters in Computer Applications in 1998 from the Bangalore University, India and BSc. Chemistry (Maths, Physics - subsidiary) from University of Kerala in 1994. She worked as an Associate Professor at the DFC, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, UJ and is a Professional Member of Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (PMIITPSA) and Full Member of IEEE Computer Society (CS) and IEEE Computer Society SA chapter chair. 11 students completed Masters degree under her supervision and 2 doctoral students completed their thesis /passed from UJ in 2018 under her supervision . She has published over 52 papers, majority in IEEE International conferences, some local conferences, in many recognized peer-reviewed journals and in a few book chapters over the past few years. She has over 18 years lecturing experience. She founded and leads the Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) research group at UJ and her research interests are - ICT4D, smart grids, cloud computing, computer networks / femtocells, renewable energy, ICT for Power research and ICT in Engineering Education. |
| Organising Chairs | |||
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| Dr Upasana Singh, UKZN, Durban, South Africa | Sameerchand Pudaruth, University of Mauritius | ||
| International Advisory Committee | |||
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| Prof. Zoran Bojkovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia | Prof. (Dr.) Fushuan Wen, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei | Prof. Rajat Moona, Director General, C-DAC, India | Prof. (Dr.) inz D.Sc. Bozena Skolud, Silesia University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland |
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| Dr. Jai Govind Singh, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok | Dr. Anurag K. Srivastava, Washington State University, USA | Amar Faiz Bin Zainal Abidin, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka | Dr. Sanjay Madria, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA |
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| Dr. Sunil Kumar, San Diego State University | Prof. (Dr.) M. P. Gupta, IIT Delhi | Anupam Srivastava, Associate Dean, Middle East College, KNowledge Oasis Muscat, Oman | Prof. (Dr.) Subarna Shakya, Tribhuvan University, Nepal |
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| Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Kumar Khatri, Amity Institute of Information Technology, India | Dr. Rushan Ziatdinov, Keimyung University, South Korea | Haoxiang Wang, Cornell University, USA | Mahdi Bahaghighat, Raja University Of Qazvin, Iran |
| Technical Program Committee | |||
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| Dr Vinaye Armoogum (Co-chair TPC), University of Technology, Mauritius | Prof. Reggie Davidrajuh (Co-chair TPC), University of Stavanger, Norway | Prof. Magdalena Salazar Palma, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain | Prof. Andrejs Romanovs, Riga Technical University, Latvia |
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| Dr Vinay Rishiwal, MJP Rohilkhand University, India | Dr Parma Nand, School of Computing Science & Engineering, Galgotias University, India | Dr Ranjan Dasgupta, NITTTR, Kolkata, India | Dr Balasubramani R, NMAM Institute of Technology, India |
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| Dr Carlos Caldeira, University of Evora, Portugal | Dr Vedpal Singh, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Malaysia | Dr Anand Nayyar, Duy Tan University, Vietnam | Dr Van Niekerk, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa |
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| Dr Hlaing Htake Khaung Tin, University of Computer Studies, Yangon, Myanmar | Dr Yiannis Koumpouros, Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Department of Informatics, Greece | Dr G. Shobha, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore | Dr Cheng-Hsiang Liu, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan |
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| Dr Gaurav Bajpai, College of Science and Technology, University of Rwanda | Prof. Pramod Kumar Tula's Institue, India | Dr Shekhar Verma, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad | Dr Ruchir Gupta, Department of Computer Science, IIIT, Jablpur |
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| Dr K V Arya, Associate Professor, ABV-Indian Institute of Information Technology, Gwalior | Dr Bharti Suri, GGS Indraprastha University, Delhi | Dr R K Srivastava EED, IIT BHU, Varanasi | Prof. Yatindra Nath Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India |
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| Dr Nitish, Chooramun, University of Mauritius | Dr Satish Kumar Singh, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, India | Prof. Etienne Ntagwirumugara, University of Rwanda, Rwanda | Dr Renoh Johnson Chalakkal, University of Auckland, Auckland |
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| Dr Sudhanshu Maurya, Jharkhand Rai University, India | Dr V Evelyn Brindha, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology | Dr Nagaraj V. Dharwadkar, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Islampur, India | Dr Lebogang M. Seoketsa, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa |
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| Associate Prof. Cecilia Maria Schultz, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa | Dr Delene Heukelman, Durban University of Technology, South Africa | Prof. Bakhe Nleya, Durban University of Technology, South Africa | Dr Rushan Ziatdinov, Keimyung University, South Korea |
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| Dr Oludare Sokoya, Durban University of Technology, South Africa | Dr Ngoc Tu Nguyen, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA | Prof. Tughrul Arslan, The University of Edinburgh, UK | Dr Angel Raphella, PET Engineering College, Tamilnadu, India |
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| Dr Ravinder Singh Mann | Er Vikram Dhiman | Dr Yogeshwer Singh Randhawa | |
| Publicity Committee | |||
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| Natasha Madhav, The Independent Institute of Education (Pty) Ltd, South Africa | Sampson D. Asare, University of Botswana, Botswana | Paul Macharia, Data Manager, Kenya | Jeraline Dwarika, University of Technology, Durban |
| Local Organizing Committee | ||
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| Dr Upasana Singh, UKZN, South Africa | Mogandren Govender, Durban University of Technology, South Africa | Ms. Sudhika Palhad, Durban University of Technology, South Africa |