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This book features research work presented at the 2nd International Conference on Data Engineering and Communication Technology (ICDECT) held on December 15-16, 2017 at Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India. It discusses advanced, multi-disciplinary research into smart computing, information systems and electronic systems, focusing on innovation paradigms in system knowledge, intelligence and sustainability that can be applied to provide feasible solutions to varied problems in society, the environment and industry. It also addresses the deployment of emerging computational and knowledge transfer approaches, optimizing solutions in a variety of disciplines of computer science and electronics engineering.

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Anand J. Kulkarni holds a Ph.D. in Distributed Optimization from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, an MS in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Regina, Canada, Bachelor of Engineering from Shivaji University, India and Diploma from the Board of Technical Education, Mumbai. He worked as a research fellow on a cross-border, supply-chain disruption project at Odette School of Business, University of Windsor, Canada. Currently, he is working as head and associate professor at the Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Symbiosis International University, Pune, India. His research interests include optimization algorithms, multi-objective optimization, continuous, discrete and combinatorial optimization, multi-agent systems, complex systems, cohort intelligence, probability collectives, swarm optimization, game theory, self-organizing systems and fault-tolerant systems. He is the founder and chairman of the Optimization and Agent Technology (OAT) Research Lab. Anand has published over 30 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences.

Suresh Chandra Satapathy holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and is currently working as a professor and head of the Department of CSE, PVPSIT, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India. In 2015-17 he was the national chairman of the Computer Society of India´s Div-V (Educational and Research), which is the largest professional society in India. He was also secretary and treasurer of the Computational Intelligence Society´s IEEE Hyderabad Chapter. He is a senior member of IEEE. He has been instrumental in organizing more than 18 international conferences in India and has been corresponding editor for over 30 books. His research activities include swarm intelligence, machine learning, and data mining. He has developed a new optimization algorithm known as Social Group Optimization (SGO) published in a Springer Journal. He has delivered a number of keynote addresses and tutorials at various events in India. He has published over 100 papers in leading journals and conference proceedings. Currently he is on the editorial board of IGI Global, Inderscience, and Growing Science journals and is also guest editor for the Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering.

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