Keynotes – ICIIS 2025

Professor Tomonari Furukawa received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Waseda University, Japan, in 1990, and a M.Eng. (Research) in Mechatronic Engineering from University of Sydney, Australia, in 1993 and a Ph.D in Quantum Engineering and Systems Science from University of Tokyo, Japan, in 1996. He has extensive research experiences in the field of robotics and computational mechanics. He has published over 300 journal and refereed conference papers, served on Editorial Boards for five international journals and as an international organizing committee member for over 10 international conferences and won a number of career research awards and paper awards

Prof. Ashutosh Dutta is a chief 5G strategist and JHU/APL sabbatical fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Labs (JHU/APL). He serves as the director of Doctor of Engineering program at JHU and an associate research professor in the Department of Computer Science. He recently served as chair for Electrical and Computer Engineering for the Engineering for Professionals program at JHU. His career, spanning more than 30 years, includes roles as director of technology security and lead member of technical staff at AT&T, CTO of wireless operations at a cybersecurity company, NIKSUN, Inc., senior scientist at Telcordia Research, director of a central research facility at Columbia University, adjunct faculty at NJIT, and a computer engineer with TATA Motors. Dutta is the author of more than 120 technical papers and 31 issued patents and serves as the founding co-chair for IEEE Future Networks which focuses on 5G standardization, education, publication, testbed, and roadmap activities. He served as the founding co-chair for the premier IEEE 5G World Forums and has organized 90 5G World Summits. Ashutosh currently serves as the chair for IEEE Industry Connection’s O-RAN activities and IPv6. He was IEEE Communications Society’s Distinguished Lecturer for 2017-2020 and is an ACM Distinguished Speaker (2020-2025). He is a member-at-large for the IEEE Communications Society, co-founded the IEEE STEM conference (ISEC), and helped to implement EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) projects in several high schools. He was the recipient of a 2009 IEEE MGA Leadership Award, award, 2010 IEEE-USA Professional Leadership Award, and a and 2022 IEEE-USA George F. McClure Citation of Honor. He also received a 2022 IEEE North American Region Exceptional Service Award. Dutta is a distinguished alumnus of NIT Rourkela with a BS in electrical engineering, an MS in computer science from NJIT, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Columbia University under the supervision of Prof. Henning Schulzrinne. He is a Fellow of IEEE, member of IEEE-HKN, and distinguished member ACM.

Prof. Santosh Kumar Vishvakarma received the B.Sc. degree in Electronics from University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1999, M.Sc. degree in Electronics from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India in 2001, M.Tech. degree in Microelectronics from Punjab University, Chandigarh, India in 2003, and PhD degree in Microelectronics and VLSI from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, in 2010. From 2009 to 2010, he was with the University Graduate Center, Kjeller, Norway, as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. Currently, Dr. Santosh Kumar Vishvakarma is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India where he is leading “NanoScale Devices, VLSI Circuit and System Design (NSDCS) Research Group” from 2010 onwards. His research interests include Volatile and Non-Volatile Memory and Memory Architectures; Compute In-Memory using SRAM/RRAM/MRAM; AI Hardware Accelerators; Biomedical Circuits; Reliable and Secure Circuits. Professor Vishvakarma has authored/co-authored more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals and conferences and granted 06 Indian patents. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, Member of ACM, Member of VLSI Society of India (VSI). Dr. Vishvakarma is Chairman of VLSI Society of India (VSI), Madhya Pradesh Chapter, India; Chair of IEEE Circuit and System Society (CASS) of Madhya Pradesh Chapter, India. Professor Vishvakarma has been recipient of “VSI Best Faculty Award” from VLSI Society of India in 38th VLSID Conference in Jan 2025 for his vision and outstanding contribution towards the growth of VLSI Design and Semiconductor Ecosystem in India.

Prof. Anil M. Kulkarni is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). His work is in the area of power systems, with research interests in dynamics, control, and the application of power electronics.

Prof Anil Fernando is a professor in Video Coding and Communications at the Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde. He leads the video coding and communication research team at Strathclyde. He has worked on major national and international multidisciplinary research projects and led most of them. His main research interests are in Video coding and communications, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), signal processing, networking and communications, interactive systems, resource optimizations, distributed technologies, media broadcasting, Quality of Experience (QoE) and intelligent systems. He has published over 350 papers in international journals and conference proceedings and published a book on 3D video broadcasting. He has successfully supervised over 56 PhDs and 30 research fellows. He has contributed to a large number of international research projects and coordinated few international and national projects . He has also led the technical coordination of many international and national projects. In this year, his team was part of commercialising a low cost rapid COVID-19 diagnostic portable device and its technology. He has been working with all major EU broadcasters, BBC, and major European media companies/SMEs in the last decade in providing innovative media technologies for British and EU citizens. Currently, he is involved in commercialising a technology for low cost rapid diagnostic system for farm animals in identifying most common bacterial and viral infections.