Advances in Artificial-Business Analytics and Quantum Machine Learning: Select Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference, Com-It-Con 2023, Volum
暫譯: 人工商業分析與量子機器學習的進展：第三屆國際會議 Com-It-Con 2023 選輯論文集，卷

本書呈現了於2023年7月在Manav Rachna University舉行的第三屆國際會議「人工商業分析、量子與機器學習：趨勢、觀點與前景」（Com-IT-Con 2023）的選定會議論文。內容涵蓋人工智慧與商業分析、虛擬/擴增實境、量子資訊系統、網路安全、資料科學及機器學習等主題。本書對於對人工智慧工程廣泛領域感興趣的研究人員和專業人士非常有用。

Prof. KC Santosh--a highly accomplished AI expert--is the Chair of the Department of Computer Science and the founding director of the Applied AI Research Lab at the University of South Dakota (USD). He also served the National Institutes of Health as a research fellow and LORIA Research Center as a postdoctoral research scientist, in collaboration with industrial partner, ITESOFT, France. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science--Artificial Intelligence from INRIA Nancy Grand East Research Center (France). With funding exceeding $8 million from sources like DOD, NSF, ED, and SDBOR, he has authored 10 books and more than 250 peer-reviewed research articles, including IEEE TPAMI. He serves as an associate editor for esteemed journals such as IEEE Transactions on AI, Int. J of Machine Learning & Cybernetics, and Int. J of Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence.

To name a few, Prof. Santosh is the proud recipient of the Visionary Leadership Award (University of Derby - UK, 2023) Cutler Award for Teaching and Research Excellence (USD, 2021), the President's Research Excellence Award (USD, 2019), and the Ignite Award from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS, 2014).

Effective from Spring 2024, he has joined the NIST's AI Safety Institute Consortium, with USD being the only institution representing the state of South Dakota in this consortium.

As the founder of AI programs at USD, he has taken significant strides to increase enrolment in the graduate program, resulting in over 3,000% growth in just three years. His leadership has helped build multiple inter-disciplinary AI/Data Science related academic programs, including collaborations with Biology, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Sustainability and Business Analytics departments. Prof. Santosh is highly motivated in academic leadership, and his contributions have established USD as a pioneer in AI programs within the state of SD.

Dr. Poonam Nandal is an esteemed academic and researcher with an impressive career spanning over 17 years. Her academic journey reached its pinnacle with a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from YMCA University of Science & Technology in 2017. Complementing this, she holds a Master's degree in Computer Engineering from Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, showcasing a comprehensive educational background. Dr. Nandal scholarly impact is evidenced by her substantial contributions, including 6 patents and more than 40 research papers published in esteemed conferences and peer-reviewed journals. These publications are indexed in renowned databases such as Scopus, WoS, EBSCO, and UGC Care, underscoring her dedication to advancing knowledge in her field. Beyond her research, she actively participates in advisory and editorial capacities for respected peer-reviewed journals.

Sandeep Kumar Sood received the Ph.D. degree in computer science and engineering from IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, in 2010. He is currently working as a Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Applications, N.I.T. Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He has authored or coauthored more than 115 SCI/SCIE indexed research publications. According to Google Scholar, the citation number is, with an h-index equal to 34 and i10-index equal to 96. His research interests include network and information security, fog computing, cloud computing, IoT, and big data analytics.

Hari is in data science and artificial intelligence at the school of technology Bournemouth University, UK. He was featured in the World Ranking list of Top 2% scientists by Stanford University. He is specialized in Computer Science & Engineering. His research area includes artificial intelligence, soft computing techniques, natural language processing, language acquisition, machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision. Hari is the author of various books in computer science engineering (algorithms, programming and evolutionary algorithms). Hari has published over 150 scientific papers in reputed journals and conferences. He is serving in the editorial board of reputed journals as action editor, associate editor, and guest editor. He is a reviewer of top international conferences such as GECCO, CEC, IJCNN, BMVC, AAAI etc. Hari has delivered expert talks as keynote and invited speaker. He is a fellow of the HEA of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) and has a rich teaching experience at the higher education level. He has been given the prestigious award "The Global Award for the Best Computer Science Faculty of the Year 2015", award for completing INDO-US project "GENTLE", award (Certificate of Exceptionalism) from the Prime Minister of India and award for developing innovative teaching and learning models for higher-education. In the past, he has worked as a sr. lecturer in the computer science department at Edge Hill University, UK. He also worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in machine learning at the school of technology at Middlesex University London where he worked on a European Commission project- DREAM4CARS

教授 KC Santosh 是一位成就卓越的人工智慧專家，擔任南達科他州大學 (USD) 計算機科學系主任及應用人工智慧研究實驗室的創始主任。他曾在國家衛生研究院擔任研究員，並在法國 LORIA 研究中心擔任博士後研究科學家，與工業夥伴 ITESOFT 合作。他在法國的 INRIA Nancy Grand East 研究中心獲得計算機科學—人工智慧的博士學位。獲得來自國防部 (DOD)、國家科學基金會 (NSF)、教育部 (ED) 和南達科他州大學理事會 (SDBOR) 超過 800 萬美元的資助，他已撰寫 10 本書籍和超過 250 篇經過同行評審的研究文章，包括 IEEE TPAMI。他擔任多本知名期刊的副編輯，如 IEEE Transactions on AI、Int. J of Machine Learning & Cybernetics 和 Int. J of Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence。

舉幾個例子，Santosh 教授榮獲 2023 年英國德比大學的願景領導獎、2021 年 USD 的 Cutler 教學與研究卓越獎、2019 年 USD 的校長研究卓越獎，以及 2014 年美國健康與人類服務部 (HHS) 的 Ignite 獎。

自 2024 年春季起，他已加入 NIST 的人工智慧安全研究所聯盟，USD 是該聯盟中唯一代表南達科他州的機構。作為 USD 人工智慧計畫的創始人，他在增加研究生課程的入學人數方面取得了顯著進展，僅在三年內就實現了超過 3000% 的增長。他的領導幫助建立了多個跨學科的人工智慧/數據科學相關學術計畫，包括與生物學、物理學、生物醫學工程、可持續性和商業分析系的合作。Santosh 教授在學術領導方面充滿動力，他的貢獻使 USD 成為南達科他州人工智慧計畫的先驅。

Poonam Nandal 博士是一位受人尊敬的學者和研究人員，擁有超過 17 年的卓越職業生涯。她的學術旅程在 2017 年達到巔峰，獲得 YMCA 科學與技術大學的計算機科學與工程博士學位。此外，她還擁有來自印度 Rohtak 的 Maharishi Dayanand 大學的計算機工程碩士學位，展現出全面的教育背景。Nandal 博士的學術影響力體現在她的重大貢獻上，包括 6 項專利和超過 40 篇發表於知名會議和同行評審期刊的研究論文。這些出版物在 Scopus、WoS、EBSCO 和 UGC Care 等知名數據庫中被索引，突顯了她在推進其領域知識方面的奉獻。除了研究外，她還積極參與受尊敬的同行評審期刊的顧問和編輯工作。

Sandeep Kumar Sood 於 2010 年在印度 Roorkee 的 IIT Roorkee 獲得計算機科學與工程博士學位。他目前在印度哈里亞納邦的 N.I.T. Kurukshetra 擔任計算機應用系的系主任和副教授。他已發表或共同發表超過 115 篇 SCI/SCIE 索引的研究出版物。根據 Google Scholar 的資料，他的引用次數為，h-index 為 34，i10-index 為 96。他的研究興趣包括網絡與信息安全、霧計算、雲計算、物聯網和大數據分析。

Hari 在英國伯恩茅斯大學的技術學院專注於數據科學和人工智慧。他曾入選斯坦福大學的全球前 2% 科學家排名。他專攻計算機科學與工程，研究領域包括人工智慧、軟計算技術、自然語言處理、語言習得、機器學習、深度學習和計算機視覺。Hari 是多本計算機科學工程書籍（算法、編程和進化算法）的作者。他在知名期刊和會議上發表了超過 150 篇科學論文，並在知名期刊的編輯委員會中擔任行動編輯、副編輯和客座編輯。他是 GECCO、CEC、IJCNN、BMVC、AAAI 等頂級國際會議的審稿人。Hari 曾作為主題演講者和受邀演講者發表專家演講。他是英國專業標準框架 (UKPSF) 的 HEA 會員，並在高等教育領域擁有豐富的教學經驗。他曾獲得 2015 年全球最佳計算機科學教師獎、完成印度-美國項目 "GENTLE" 的獎項、印度總理頒發的卓越證書，以及因開發創新教學和學習模式而獲得的獎項。過去，他曾在英國 Edge Hill 大學的計算機科學系擔任高級講師，並在倫敦的邁德塞克斯大學的技術學院擔任機器學習的博士後研究員，參與歐洲委員會的 DREAM4CARS 項目。