Abdul Mueed Hafiz completed his B.Tech in Electronics & Communication Engineering in 2005 from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar, India; his M. Tech in Communication & Information Technology in 2008 from the National Institute of Technology Srinagar; and his PhD in Computer Vision in 2018 from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. Currently, he is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Institute of Technology, University of Kashmir. He has also served twice as Head of the Department. He has publications in international journals, conferences and book chapters. He serves as a reviewer for reputed journals in IEEE, Springer, Elsevier, etc. He is also a member of the ACM Society. His research interests include Neural networks, Learning systems, Computer vision and Quantum machine learning.

Mohammad Ahsan Chishti has done his Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Srinagar. He has completed Bachelor of Engineering and M.S. in Computer and Information Engineering from International Islamic University Malaysia. Presently he is working as Associate Professor in the Department Computer Science & Engineering and Associate Dean (Research & Consultancy) at National Institute of Technology Srinagar. He has more than 160 research publications to his credit and 17 patents. He has successfully completed a number of sponsored research projects. He has been awarded "IEI Young Engineers Award 2015-2016" by the Institution of Engineers (India) and "Young Scientist Award 2009-2010" from Department of Science & Technology, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. He has guided 10 research scholars for the award of Ph.D. in Engineering and his research area includes Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Internet of Things and Digital Twins.