Lightweight Digital Trust Architectures in the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)

Pronaya Bhattacharya received the Ph.D. degree from Dr. A. P. J Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Computer Science and Engineering Department, Amity School of Engineering and Technology, Amity University, Kolkata, India. He has over ten years of teaching experience. He has authored or coauthored more than 150 research papers in leading SCI journals and top core IEEE COMSOC A* conferences. Some of his top-notch findings are published in reputed SCI journals, such as IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, IEEE Transactions of Network and Service Management, IEEE Access, IEEE Sensors Journal, IEEE Internet of Things Magazine, IEEE Communication Standards Magazine, ETT (Wiley), Expert Systems (Wiley), CCPE (Wiley), FGCS (Elsevier), OQEL (Springer), WPC (Springer), ACM-MOBICOM, IEEE-INFOCOM, IEEE-ICC, IEEE-CITS, IEEE-ICIEM, IEEE-CCCI, and IEEE-ECAI. He has an H-index of 33 and an i10-index of 74. He has edited four books and is currently editing eight books from famed publishers like IGI Global, Elsevier, and Springer. His research interests include healthcare analytics, optical switching and networking, federated learning, blockchain, and the IoT. He is listed as Top 2% scientists as per list published by Stanford University. He has been appointed at the capacity of a keynote speaker, a technical committee member, and the session chair across the globe. He was awarded Eight Best Paper Awards in Springer ICRIC-2019, IEEE-ICIEM-2021, IEEE-ECAI-2021, Springer COMS2-2021, and IEEE-ICIEM-2022. He is a Reviewer of 21 reputed SCI journals, such as IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions of Vehicular Technology, IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Access, IEEE Network magazine, ETT (Wiley), IJCS (Wiley), MTAP (Springer), OSN (Elsevier), WPC (Springer), and others.

Subrata Tikadar is currently working as an ‘Assistant Professor – Research & Innovation’ in the Amity School of Engineering and Technology Kolkata, Amity University Kolkata, India. Prior to joining the Amity, he was associated with Vellore Institute of Technology – Andhra Pradesh, India, Aliah University Kolkata, India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (formerly West Bengal University of Technology) Kolkata, India, Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Assam, India, Bengal College of Engineering and Technology Durgapur, India, and Kingstone Engineering College Kolkata, India. He has around 12 years of teaching and research experience. Dr. Tikadar completed his BE in Computer Science and Engineering from the University Institute of Technology – Burdwan University (UIT-BU), India, M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering (Specialized in Multimedia and Software Systems) form National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training and Research Kolkata (NITTTR Kolkata), India, and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering (Specialized in Human-Computer and Interaction) form Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati), India. He is currently an active researcher in the field of Human-Computer Interaction, particularly in Advanced Learning Technology, Affective Computing, AR-VR-MR, Brain-Computer Interaction, and Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary interactive sensitive system design. Dr. Tikadar’s remarkable awards and recognition include the Best PhD Thesis Award (in the 23rd Convocation of IIT Guwahati, India), Best Research Paper Award by IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology (in the 19th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2019, Maceio, Brazil) organized by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology, Scholarship from IFIP TC13 on HCI, and the IFIP Digital Equity Committee to present research papers in INTERACT 2019 Paphos, Cyprus, and a Special Recognition from ACM SIGCHI for Outstanding Research Paper Review. He is a program committee member of many international top-tier conference including 22nd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI), Utrecht, the Netherlands, and 23rd ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI), Montreal, Canada. Dr. Tikadar is associated with many professional organizations that include ACM, IEEE, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology, and many more.

Pushan Kumar Dutta is an Assistant Professor Grade III at Amity University Kolkata, part of the Amity Education Group, India. With five years of experience and extensive international exposure, he has demonstrated expertise in book editing, proofreading, research publication, and innovation programs. Dr. Dutta’s academic contributions include IEEE Xplore conference publications, research collaborations, and organizing student workshops. He is actively involved as a mentor of change, focusing on skill-based and emerging courses, as well as serving on the Board of Studies. Dr. Dutta excels in designing and executing educational programs that prioritize student engagement, learning outcomes, and curriculum development. His commitment to fostering academic excellence and innovation underscores his impactful role in higher education.

Martin Sagayam received his PhD in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Signal image processing using machine learning algorithms) from Karunya University, Coimbatore, India. He received his both ME in Communication Systems and BE in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of ECE, Karunya Institute Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, India. He has authored/ co-authored more number of referred International Journals. He has also presented more number of papers in reputed international and national conferences. He has authored 2 edited book, 2 authored book, book series and more than 15 book chapters with reputed international publishers. He has three Indian patents and two Australian patents for his innovations and intellectual property right. He is an active IEEE member. His area of interest includes Communication systems, signal and image processing, machine learning and virtual reality. [Editor]