Data Science and Security

This book presents best-selected papers presented at the International Conference on Data Science for Computational Security (IDSCS 2023), organized by the Department of Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Pune Lavasa Campus, India, from 02–04 November, 2023. The proceeding targets the current research works in the areas of data science, data security, data analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, algorithms design, computer networking, data mining, big data, text mining, knowledge representation, soft computing, and cloud computing.

Samiksha Shukla is currently employed as an Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Christ(Deemed to be University), Bangalore. Her research interests include computational security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and big data. She is a certified AWS Educator. She has presented and published several research papers in reputed journals and conferences. She has co-edited Data Science and Security books (Springer, 2020, 2021 & 2022) and also co-authored Springer Brief on Data Ethics and Challenges and Data Economy in the Digital Age. She has 18 years of academic and research experience. She is a reviewer for the Inderscience Journal, Springer Nature’s International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management (IJSA), and IEEE and ACM conferences. Dr. Shukla is an experienced and focused teacher committed to promoting students’ education and well-being. She is passionate about innovation and good practices in teaching. She has constantly engaged in continuous learning to broaden her knowledge and experience. Her core expertise lies in Computational Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Healthcare-related projects. She is skilled at adopting a pragmatic approach to improvising solutions and resolving complex research problems. Dr. Shukla possesses an integrated set of competencies encompassing teaching, Mentoring, Strategic Management, and establishing a Centre of Excellence via Industry tie-ups. She has a track record of driving unprecedented research and development projects with international collaboration and has been instrumental in organizing various National and International Events. Hiroki Sayama is a Professor in the Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering and Director of the Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo) at Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA. He also serves as a Non-tenured Professor in the School of Commerce at Waseda University, Japan, as well as an External Faculty Member of the Vermont Complex Systems Center at the University of Vermont. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and D.Sc. in Information Science, all from the University of Tokyo, Japan. He did his postdoctoral work at the New England Complex Systems Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His research interests include complex dynamical networks, human and social dynamics, collective behaviors, artificial life/chemistry, interactive systems, and complex systems education, among others. He is an Expert in mathematical/computational modeling and analysis of various complex systems. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings papers and has written or edited 14 books and conference proceedings about complex systems-related topics. His open-access textbook on complex systems modeling and analysis has been downloaded more than 68,000 times globally and has become one of the standard textbooks on this subject.