Gautam Srivastava is a full professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada. He previously worked in the Department of Computer Science at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Victoria. His research focuses on data mining and big data security and privacy. He is involved in research projects with other academics in Norway, Taiwan, Singapore, Canada, and the USA. He has published 400+ papers in high-impact conferences and journals.

Thippa Reddy Gadekallu is a chief engineer at Zhongda Group, Haiyan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, China. He is also an associate professor in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology, India. He has published 200+ publications in reputed journals and conferences. His areas of research include machine learning, deep neural networks, internet of things, blockchain and computer vision. He is an editor for several international journals.