Cyber Security, Privacy and Networking

A New Modified MD5-224 bits Hash Function and an Efficient Message Authentication Code Based on Quasigroups.- Leveraging Transfer Learning for Effective Recognition of Emotions from Images: A Review.- An Automated System for Facial Mask Detection and Face Recognition during COVID - 19 Pandemic.- ROS Simulation Based Autonomous Navigation Systems & Object Detection.- Robotic Assistant for Medicine and Food Delivery in Healthcare.

Dharma P. Agrawal (M'77-F'87-LF'12) received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology Raipur, India, in 1966, the M.E. (Honors) degree in electronics and communication engineering from the IIT Roorkee, India, in 1968, and the D.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, in 1975. He is the Ohio Board of Regents Distinguished Professor at University of Cincinnati, Ohio. His recent research interests include resource allocation and security in mesh networks, efficient deployment and security in sensor networks, use of Femto cells in numerous applications, efficient resource selection in heterogeneous wireless networks, vehicular area networks and use of sensors in monitoring human health and fitness of athletes. His recent contribution in the form of a co-authored introductory text book on wireless and mobile computing has been widely accepted throughout the world, and a third edition has been published. The book has been reprinted both in China and India and translated into Korean and Chinese languages. His co-authored book on Ad hoc and Sensor Networks, second edition published in spring of 2011, is called the best seller by the publisher. He has delivered keynote speeches at 26 different international conferences. He has published 625 papers, given 42 different tutorials and extensive training courses in various conferences in the USA, and numerous institutions in Taiwan, Korea, Jordan, UAE, Malaysia and India in the areas of Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and Mesh Networks, including security issues. He has been appointed as the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Central European Journal of Computer Science, Versita. He has graduated 64 Ph.D. and 55 M.S. students. He has also been named as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Computer Science. He is a recipient of 2008 Harry Goode Memorial award from the IEEE Computer Society, 2011 Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students, University of