Smart Cities of AI Robots and Autonomous Vehicles

Dr. Paras Chawla is an accomplished academic and researcher with over 24 years of experience across academia, research, industry, and administration. He holds a B.Tech. (Honors) and M.Tech. from Kurukshetra University and NIT Kurukshetra, and a Ph.D. from Thapar University, Patiala. Additionally, he completed a year-long Post Graduate Program in AI and ML from Purdue University, USA, along with a master's course from IBM. He has recently completed a Post Doc Fellowship (PDF) in computer vision from Lincoln University, Malaysia. Currently, he serves as Professor & Director at Amity School of Engineering & Technology and Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University Haryana. His leadership journey includes roles like Zonal Head for IT Academics, Associate Dean, and Head of Departments, steering successful national and international accreditations. Dr. Chawla has guided 11 Ph.D. theses, 25 M.Tech. dissertations, and over 55 B.Tech. projects across various domains. His research expertise spans reconfigurable antennas, AI, machine learning, data science, 5G communications, and healthcare applications. He has published over 120 papers, including 92 SCI/Scopus indexed articles, and holds 24 patents, 15 of which have been granted. Notable achievements include receiving the prestigious Coventor Scholarship Award from MANCEF, New Mexico, and the Tenderfoot Award from NASA for his work in CanSat competitions. His innovations extend to AI and computer vision in transport and service robots, 3D-printed humanoid robots, and AI-driven educational methods.

Dr. Chawla’s visionary leadership and groundbreaking work continue to make significant contributions to both academic and technological advancements.

Dr. Shubham Mahajan is a respected academic and researcher, and a member of well-known professional organizations like IEEE, ACM, and IAENG. He completed his B.Tech. from Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University, his M.Tech. from Chandigarh University, and his Ph.D. from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU), Katra. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Haryana.

Dr. Mahajan has made strong contributions in the fields of artificial intelligence and image processing. He holds nineteen Indian patents, along with one Australian and one German patent. He has published more than 103 research papers in national and international journals and conferences, including 55 in SCIE journals and 48 indexed by Scopus. He has also edited 10 Scopus-indexed books. His research areas include image processing, video compression, image segmentation, fuzzy entropy, nature-inspired algorithms, optimization, data mining, machine learning, robotics, and optical communication. He won the Best Research Paper Award at ICRIC 2019 (Springer LNEE series).

Throughout his career, Dr. Mahajan has received many awards, such as the Best Student Award (2019), IEEE Region-10 Travel Grant (2019), 2nd runner-up in IEEE RAS Hackathon (2019, Bangladesh), IEEE SERCF (2020), Emerging Scientist Award (2021), and the IEEE SPS Professional Development Grant (2021). He also received the Excellence in Research Award in 2023.

Beyond research, Dr. Mahajan has contributed to the academic community in many ways. He has worked as a Campus Ambassador for IEEE at top institutions like IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Varanasi, and IIT Delhi, as well as for several multinational companies. He is active in promoting international research collaborations and serves on Technical Program Committees and Editorial Boards of various international conferences and journals.

Dr Rohit Anand is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at G. B. Pant DSEU Okhla-1 Campus (formerly G.B. Pant Engineering College), Government of NCT of Delhi. He has teaching experience of almost 22 years and has published 19 books and 20 research papers